Specifications
Binding | Paperback |
Publisher | North Atlantic Books, U.S. |
Country of Origin | USA |
Number of Pages | 166 |
Pubilcation Date | 1996 |
Condition | New |
Product details
- Tai Chi Book
- by Catherine David
- Links between piano and Tai Chi
- Philosophical insight
- Great read
The Beauty of Gesture Description
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The Beauty of Gesture
The Invisible Keyboard of Piano and Tai Chi
Translated from an award-winning French edition, this unique work explores the aesthetic resonances between playing the piano and tai chi ch'uan- each an art of the "beautiful gesture." The author draws on memory, reflection, works of philosophy, art, and lit-erature, and her own parallel practice of piano and tai chi in a lyrical meditation on discipline as the gateway to freedom and gesture as the expression of spirit in action.
"Precise, deep, brilliant." _La Tribune de Genève
"The quest for the right sensation, the mastery of the gesture, have incited the author to share her experi-ence. From the beauty of gesture to the pleasure of the text."
"Catherine David is a wanderer in time, space, and action, seeking her ideal-'the beauty of gesture?
It is the metaphor she has chosen to express her thirst for serenity in a chaotic world."-Le Figaro
Born and raised in Paris by her American mother and French father, Catherine David is a journalist and literary critic for the news magazine Le Nouvelle Observateur, writing on a range of topics including fiction, poetry, film, philosophy, biology, psychology, and history. She is the author of a novel, L'Ocean miniature, and a personal biography of the great actress, Simone Signoret ou la Mémoire partagée.
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