A monthly newsletter using chapters of the Tao Te Ching to inspire compassionate storytelling that speaks to what it means to be human, living now in the times we find ourselves in.
I write and teach creative writing. Iām the founder of Retreat West and WestWord; and believe if we change the stories we tell ourselves about being human we can bring more love, peace and unity into the world.
Exploring the quiet beauty of the ordinary and imperfect, through a Buddhist lens and a lifelong love of Japanese culture.
WestWord is a lit mag and community for writers. We run inspiring writing workshops and courses dedicated to fiction.
Notes on Taoism, Buddhism, classical poetry, and intellectual history. Tracing the intersection of the past and the now, the timeless and the evanescent.