
I’ve been enjoying the book The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi, which is credited on its cover to Lou Red, but is more accurately a posthumous book, assembled by Laurie Anderson, from materials he wrote, interview materials with Reed, and the reminiscences of numerous people in his orbit. Here he talks about the 2007 album, produced by Reed and Hal Willner, he released of music he recorded for use during his tai chi sessions. I love that he, in essence, re-created ambient music, and came to understand it deeply, in the process.