Knowledge

Writing something down does not make it so.
Language and books attempt to solidify reality, to capture the complexity of existence in words.
Can this be done?
Truth is too vast and complex to be verbalised. It is everything that is happening simultaneously, everywhere, all at once.

Knowledge is profoundly flawed. By its very nature it is partial and incomplete.

Once we see that information is simply a pointer indicating the way/the direction, we can treat it appropriately.
Rather than live in awe of knowledge we must see it as it is: limited.

Words detailing the knowledge and skills of long-dead tai chi people do not capture any facet of how that person performed the art.
Narrative is dead. tai chi is alive. It is made manifest by the living, breathing, changing person.