Sky/Light book announcement

✨ The skylight changed everything.I made a book! But not for publication, recognition, or achievement.

This one was for me—a creative (and radical) act of freedom.Last fall, an unexpected invitation fell from the sky—to join a writing retreat at The Mesa Refuge. The predictable “You're not a writer!” gremlins roared. But as soon as I arrived a portal opened and the light came streaming in.

With Rick Rubin and Pema Chödrön as spiritual guides, Solana Rice and Christie George as accountability partners, and the birds as inspiration, I gave myself permission to create—not for an audience, applause, or approval. Just for myself. (And for my totally unbiased 😉 mom who's always encouraged my photography)

In words and images I distilled the journey Joel Segre and I took with our boys last year—there was no narrative thread, just a dance with color, light and feeling.

A peek from the prologue:

"Nearly two years into our sheltered pandemic life, Joel proposed we punch a hole in the ceiling above our stairwell. Suddenly, the channel at the center of the house was flooded in brightness. This small shift felt tectonic.

Around the same time we punched a hole in the roof, other boundaries began to give way. I found myself suddenly and unexpectedly unhitched from the organization I'd founded and led for over a dozen years. While it felt like freefall at the time, it was also the lifting of a ceiling I hadn’t realized I was living under. Soonafter, Joel left his job, trading security and comfort for the unsettling promise of whatever might come next....

Staring up at the sky through the middle of our roof we knew: it was time to take flight.”

We packed our house and our boys and set off on a seven-month global journey -- chasing light, both literally and figuratively.

This book is my reminder of what I found when I remembered to look up: the peachy dawn in San Miguel; bruised sunsets over the Pategonian plains; gilded helicopters over Tel Aviv, as ominous as the birds were hopeful. In Dubai, where every surface glitters like an array of trick mirrors.  Light streamed through incense and prayer flags in Nepal, and in Thailand it ricocheted between the sea and sky. In Spain, perched across the valley from the Alhambra, the sunset dusted the buildings in regal greens and golds; and in the Scandinavian summer, I learned light doesn’t sleep, it only shifts.

We’ve been home over a year (!), and anytime people ask, “What was your favorite part of the journey?” The only reply that feels both true and useful is this: “The light.”

This book is a humble reflection of our journey— and mine.  It’s wildly imperfect, but it was never meant to be perfect. It was meant to be free.It's also the creative process that led me to envision The Flight School -- an idea that was emerging, but needed time and space to be sourced.

Stay tuned for a glimpse of each section: Sky, Light, Color, Prayer, Flight.

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