25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TEACHING IN THE PHILIPPINES
This year 2023 is the 25th anniversary of teaching in the Philippines. I’ve taught healing seminars and and covered different subjects –
Month: June 2023
Nostalgia
Diary 5/30/23:
Just saw the movie “Paris Can Wait” with Diane Lane in the lead role of a married woman who decides to travel to Paris with her husband’s business partner. I won’t go into the details of the movie. It was written, produced and directed by Eleanor Coppola. I remember Diane from when I got involved in work teaching martial arts fist and staff forms and movement in a 2-week theatre workshop in 1974 or 75 to the Great Jones Repertory Company under director Andre Serban.
Continue reading “Nostalgia”The bonsai at Arnold Arboretum
This is one of the best renditions of the piece on the guzheng/zither. I’ve heard many different versions of it through the years (since the 1970s). The first time I heard it I instinctively asked myself, Is my Tai chi chuan form as good? I’ve also heard it on the pipa/lute. One time on the cruise to the 3 Gorges and the Great Dam on the Yangzi River, it was played by a young Chinese woman on the boat.
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