The art of the straight line: my Tai chi

My Tai chi / by Lou Reed

Foreword / by Laurie Anderson

Making a book / A. M. Homes

What is Tai chi?: The Chinese say you meet the hard with the soft, the yin with the yang, the down with the up

Staring out: Doin' the things that we want to

Practice: I'm beginning to see the light

Chen Village: The earth has changed its course

Ren Guangyi: The power of the heart

Meditation: Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony

Tai chi in art: Caught between the twisted stars, the plotted line the faulty map

Tai chi on tour: Hey man, what's your style?

Tai chi in public: Just say "go" and that is that, I'm a New York City man

Mastery: I accept the newfound man, and set the twilight reeling

Afterword / by Laurie Anderson.