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This site contains paintings and brush drawings showing
movements and postures of the Tai Chi form. It is
addressed not only to those who study and practice
Tai Chi Chuan, but also to the contemplative spirit of everyone.
The artist is trying to transfer his understanding and feel
of the Tai Chi movement and posture onto a paper or canvas
and dissolve the divide between the practice of Tai Chi form
and the practice of painting.
In each picture there is an attempt to convey the
essential essence of a particular posture.
Each movement is a fusion, a merging of the bodily,
the psychic, and the mental dimensions.
The name of each posture has a pictorial character.
It provides a description and functions as a symbol.
Some of the names evoke the movement of animals.
The unbiased observation of the animal kingdom
informed the development of Chinese Yoga and Martial
Arts and greatly influenced the shape of the movement.
The Taoist masters of the past believed that through
observing all natural phenomena, they could understand
the essential patterns of energy in the world.
The artist feels - when his pictures have taken form
and his Tai Chi practice of postures and movements
has taken on an added depth - an inner harmony and
joy at a story having been told |
