The Long Necklace of Buddha


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

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