The Beauty of Gesture: The Invisible Keyboard of Piano and Tai Chi
by Catherine David
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Author: Catherine DavidEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-01
ISBN: 1556432194
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
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Summary: 2 Stars
As an tai chi chuan player of more than 14 years and an amateur pianist for a much longer period, I thought this book might have been written especially for me. Not so, unfortunately. It is beautifully written in a rather voulu, creative writing school kind of way. But it has little to say about taichi--no Chinese sources are mentioned, none of the tai chi classics are mentioned. Indeed, she touches very lightly on tai chi and most of what she does say seems to come from a Japanese source (David speaks of katas, her dojo). No mention of chi (qi), the style of tai chi she does, names of the forms etc; and the dantian appears as the tanden. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who knows anything about tai chi. Nevertheless, there is some pleasure to be had here, some insights into literature and gesture. It just doesn't really deliver on the promise of its subtitle.
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