Joe, Brings back a lot of memories. When were you there? I spent most of the 70's living right across the street. Sure I remember the Hungarian Pastry Shop and my wife (now long ex) took Tai Chi from Da Liu. In fact she met her next husband in his class! Hope that wasn't you! :- ) In fact I think I still have a Super 8 Video of Da Liu.... Since Da Lui died not long after that I suspect we were there around the same time and might have passed each other on the street perhaps multiple times....
Strange how lives pass each other unbeknownst of their consciousnesses! Blessings! Edgar On Aug 6, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > Fantabulous. What a small world. But I would not want to paint it. > > I knew the rather crazy lady who cared for the peacocks. > > And who tended the Biblical Garden. > > I knew Carla de Sola, and the late Arthur Eaton, of the Liturgical Dance > Company, there. I did Lighting for some of their productions. > > I remember the Harmonic Choir performing there. > > Saw the Dalai Lama there twice, and once downtown at Saint Patrick's. > > And of course the Sufi teachers who led the dancing there on Wednesday > nights. I danced with them from 1974-1977. > > Saw a three-hour appearance with Thich-Nhat-Hanh in Oct. 9, 1995, when I was > back East for a 25th high-school reunion in NJ. Somebody gave me a free > ticket to the sold-out event when I arrived on the steps at Amsterdam Avenue! > > I usually went in "Gate 5" of the cathedral, on the South side. I liked that > metal staircase, and liked talking with the guard in the booth a bit further > up toward the School, and Garden. > > Now, did you know Da Liu, who taught us Tai Chi in the School? > > Surely you miss the Hungarian Pastry Shop, as I do. > > And V&T's pizzas. > > I thought the new sculpture on the cathedral lawn was a bit of an eyesore. > > I loved the Peace Table inside, by Japanese woodworker George Nakashima. My > hands loved to touch it while the guards snoozed. Dark Walnut. > > --Joe > > Re: [Zen] Zen: Re: Chan and Zen > > Joe, > > > I lived just across the street from St. John the Divine for many > > years... Had a great view from my living room windows... Woke to the > > sound of the peacocks... > > Edgar > >
