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Amo volu ut sis

“Love is the will to say: I want you to be (amo: volo ut sis).”

Hannah Arendt

Words & Wisdom

Writing has been the steady thread running through my life’s work. For more than four decades I have written as a scholar, teacher, and reflective practitioner, not as a sideline but as a daily discipline. The books and articles have grown out of that habit of sustained inquiry—nineteen books to date, over forty peer-reviewed essays, and a blog written every two weeks since 2009. Taken together, they amount to well over a million words in print, though I tend to think of them less as output than as a long conversation carried on over time.The subjects vary—ethics, nonviolence, spirituality, practice, and the craft of living—but the intention remains constant: to write clearly about matters that shape how we live, and to do so in a way that connects thought with experience. I am drawn to writing that is precise without being technical, reflective without being abstract, and grounded in lived reality rather than theory alone. Writing, like Tai Chi or lutherie, is a craft. It requires patience, revision, and attention to form. Each sentence must be made to carry its weight. Many of these publications are available on my Amazon author page.

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