Walking Mountain Paths Alone, We Learn Our Breath
Walking Mountain Paths Alone
Walking mountain paths alone
We learn our breath.
Outside of the noise of the modern world.
where words are few.
Stone and breath align.
Thought thins.
The mind, seeking nothing, finds peace.
The path ahead appears, unbidden.
This painting and poem explore the practice of Zen walking meditation in wilderness solitude—where stone and breath align, thought thins, and the seeking mind releases into stillness. Inspired by the Tao Te Ching and the contemplative tradition of walking mountain paths alone, the work invites us into the quiet where words are few and peace arrives unbidden.
Everything Heron Dance does and offers is summarized here.
The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Zen Mountain Journal blends Taoist hermit poetry, contemplative art, and reflections drawn from a lifetime shaped by wilderness, solitude, and decades doing creative work on the outer boundaries of our culture. These journals are companions for seekers — guides in the reconnection with inner quiet, beauty, and the “soundless music” of a life lived with simplicity and meaning.
• Size: 9.25 × 8.5 inches — convenient size for desk or lap.
• Hardcover — the book can be written in without a table or desk.
• Double wire-o bound to lay flat.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine, a premium uncoated paper for a beautiful writing surface.
• 160 pages.
