Like a young Noguchi
Tiep is a sculptor and architect
living beauty
I met him through my dear friend, Lan Tue
who is creating yet a new Zen Spa
in a quiet and chic part
of the Hoy Tay Lake District of Ha Noi.
One morning she asked me to meet her at Tet Deco
his restaurant next door to her new house
and when he offered
to take us all
to his country place
very close to the airport
we fell in love
He discovered this place
in Dai Lai twelve years ago
with a xe om driver
who could not believe
he was interested in buying this muddy hill
so far from the city
(at that time before
today's new highways
and the Top Ten Resort
which borders it).
Now Tiep has a beautiful farm and tea plantation
plentiful with pampelmo,
wild potato, flower, and pig
seven little houses he has designed
for visiting friends
thinking of old ways and new
to love the land.
He offers you to come
and live simply for a week
or a month or two
in his paradise..
Bring meditative
creative friends
to enjoy his loving artful style together
in an ever growing
new landscape architecture.
You can be part of
his visionary sculpture.
as he gently welcomes all of us
to enter his dream
of "the real Viet Nam and new ancient spaces
still unfolding from many hard working ancestors
where Tet happens every day"
You can make his heart sing
with Lan Tue
Huong
Son
and his dream of Buddha
by emailing:
tiephaiphong@yahoo.com
with love
and hugs
d
Dan Potter
40 Lac Chinh
Truc Bach, Ha Noi
cell tel. 01263020497
google: dan's sculpture
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