Taking the lid off and Entangled Monk
Born
in London, I studied philosophy, IT and Spanish
whilst teaching Tai Chi as the Teapotmonk. Having
learnt 3 different styles of Tai Chi, students
would constantly ask which was the better. In order
to avoid such comparisons and to sidestep the whole
debate about which style was more
authentic/effective/true etc I did away with all
tags and labels and set up the style with no name -
but this just led to large gaps on advertising
posters - so I went back to naming and called it
teapot tai chi.
Having done this, I got very confused and in 1995
decided to move to Spain instead.
I should have spent one year at Seville University
(but I was mostly in the cafe outside), two years
in the town of Toledo working in a Jazz bar and
writing a small walking guide to the city. I then
moved south and spent seven years on the coast of
Granada working the summer and easter markets. Two
years ago I began to contribute articles to a range
of travel and spanish related media, some of those
articles appear on this site.
I write on Spanish history and politics, patterns
of tourism and ecological and technological
developments on the Spanish mainland.
I have also written for on-line resources,
newsletters and travel related sites.
In search of a little respite from the maddening
crowds, Cherry - my partner - , our dog, cat and
plants have moved inland to a small town west of
Granada capital where I continue my search for the
path that leads to the perfect manchada.
Make
tea, not war.
Harry Secombe