Word: shui
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particularly for a communist country, but some form of faith or superstition weaves its way through every element of Chinese life. The new Shanghai stock exchange is built in the shape of a hollowed square to help trap positive energy, a nod to the ancient geomantic rituals of feng shui. And members of China's new middle class are embracing both state-of-the-art technology to transform their economy and 5,000-year-old superstitions to support their lives. "It turns out that the majority of businesspeople in China believe in the god of fortune," sighs Fu, the Marxist...
...most recent film Guzzetti enjoyed was Benoit Jaquot's Seventh Heaven, now playing at the Coolidge Corner theater. It's all about a neurotic Parisian, her paranoid husband, eastern Feng Shui mysticism on how to rearrange furniture, orgasm deprivation, and other dysfunctional artsy stuff. Guzzetti highly recommends...
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...about the organization of my personal space. Avidly interested in art history at the time, I went for a minimalist, art gallery look. I threw out all my Van Gogh and Monet posters and went with Willem De Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Andrew Wyeth. I read up on feng shui, the ancient Chinese philosophy for creating harmonious environments and then tried to incorporate mirrors, crystals and running water into my living space. In my own way, I tried to bring out the feng shui ideals of Balance, Harmony, and Prosperity in my meager dorm room. I'm not entirely sure...
...Feng Shui: The Art of Dwelling in theWorld. A brown-bag lunch with architects andrelated professionals. 34 Concord Ave., noon. Call868-3282 to register...