Creativity is a descent into internal chaos in a search for peace.
Creativity is a descent into internal chaos in a search for peace. It is a search for that which is sacred inside – the kernel of truth under the obvious truth – the kernel of truth under the truth that later turns out to be false, to be emotion, self-deception, ego.
Creativity is a search for the tiny voice inside that we know has something important to say, but that is shy, reticent, buried under the noise. Buried under piles of fear of embarrassment. Fear of failure. We all have that fear, no matter how commercially successful or unsuccessful we may be as artists.
When we can get down there underneath all that, and create out of that place, we enter a sacred realm.
Zen Mountain Press and Heron Dance Press Books
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The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Our life and work in the world are reflections of our inner life. The Tao Te Ching Journal is a companion for that inner life — a quiet friendship with yourself.
There is more information on the Tao Te Ching Journal here.
You can order the Journal here.
There are still a few copies of the first edition of Nurturing the Song Within available. This is a premium art book with a Smyth-sewn lay flat binding printed by on high. quality art paper. It explores the inner work underlying creative work and the creation of a unique life.
Each day two-page spread includes a painting and journal notes on living a creative, meaningful life.
Hardcover first edition with dust jacket. $87. You can order here.
PDF $9.99 including tax. Order here.
More information here.
Below, two sample pages from Nurturing The Song Within
There are a few copies of the first edition (hardcover, dust jacket, premium art paper) still available. After they are sold out, we don’t plan to republish.
A mockup of the first two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery. It is available now as a PDF, and in the next few days as a hardcover.
A mockup of the first two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery. It is available now as a PDF, and in the next few days as a hardcover.
A mockup of two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery.
Front cover, The Pausing For Beauty Poetry Diary. PDF and Softcover (Lay Flat, wire-o binding) versions available. Visit here.
Two interior pages, The Pausing For Beauty Poetry Diary. PDF and Softcover (Lay Flat, wire-o binding) versions available. Visit here.