Today is the publication date of The Dào of Laozi: A Fresh Look Based on Bronze Inscription Glyphs. It’s also my 60th birthday, and this is my present to myself. I frankly adore it. The gorgeous cover was created by David Huebner of Back of Beyond Media, and as he understatedly says, “it has a good vibe.” It really does. Thank you, Dave.
Allowing time for the birthing of this book is part of why the blog paused for so long. Another part was the events that transpired here in the US this year and how they came to a head June 2nd. Like everyone, I had a lot of intense reactions, but I wasn’t sure of my intentional response. Finally, after lots of listening, it seems clear that halting our Creativity is an insult to those who are kept from expressing their own Creativity, either partly—because they are ill or held down by culture and systems—or completely—because they died or were murdered. So I doubled down on my creative efforts and especially the scary ones where I feel vulnerable, like this Dào project. Because I can. And that’s an obligation as well as a right and a beloved bit of good fortune.
I also created The Stairway of Surprise: A Daybook of Wonder, a surprise journal that came out October 1st. Both books are published under the auspices of Sunwarmed Sage Press, where I will be publishing other very content-specific non-fiction books that I find soothing and that I hope will have the same effect on others and our collective nervous systems.
I didn’t get ahead of the shipping schedule like I wanted to, so it will be a few more days before you’ll be able to order copies of The Dào of Laozi. I’ll keep you posted. Meanwhile, thanks for being here and for celebrating with me.
The Dào of Lâozî 