Year of the Snake

                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                

Last week the subject was Tai Chi Chuan. That wonderful art that seems to always take

a backseat in the arts. The art supposedly started with the observation of a dual between a Crane (that 

majestic wing bird) and a snake. Biblical students recall the serpent as the instigator in the

Garden of Eden. So, snakes are reviled mostly. Environmentalists determined that snakes should thrive 

as a status of our environment.

Tai Chi practitioners state  "It's healthy and for everyone." Yet we only see villagers exhibit.

We almost never see statesmen, professionals and the like in practice. It has it's time and place perhaps?

Enthused Westerners visit the Exotic East and their enthusiasm gets tampered because people

are too busy for Tai Chi exploration and discussion . 

It's the Year of the Snake. Admire or hate it, the serpent will never be forgotten.

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