As many of you know.... I've been working on instigating new ventures into an concept I call the "Urban Teahouse."
The urban teahouse is intended to cultivate a movement through which we meld together relevant aspects of different cultures & ways of thinking--drawing upon the insights of traditional wisdom and interweaving it with progressive modern ideals in order to create new paradigms and models for social change and interaction. This effort has drawn largely upon the concept of a "teahouse" as an ideal environment for social interaction, ideological exchange, and entertainment.
In working toward this concept, I've spent years cultivating connections with other artists, healers, educators, researchers, business owners, etc..... And we're finally on the verge of making our next small step in this monumental journey of bridging cultures and communities, which is why I'm reaching out to you all now!
Almost everyone of you that is mentioned in this not has helped contribute to the movement of bringing together arts or community involvmenet in one way or another--whether directly or indirectly--and I'm sharing this track with you now as a way to express that appreciation and simply to share a few subtle works of art with those of you who I think would appreciate it and would like to help this new "urban teahouse" movement to grow.
The movement... is as many of you know.... coming together through our efforts as "The Tea Syndicate"
and our next step is to continue cultivating community through events, education, and interaction
I'm sharing this track with you now as an expression of appreciation for all of you & your respective efforts through art, community interaction, global travels, and cross-cultural interaction.
This track is a very subtle work by Travis Austin {aka Mediums} sourced from a 20yr old Chinese er'hu sample by our good friend Alex Peng from Taiwan. The accompanying artwork is by Raul Pizarro of Chile from a collaboration in Andong Korea 2010.
I hope you all enjoy the track & I look forward to any feedback or potential collaboration through art, music, tea, education, events, etc. in the future
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