A Source for Taoist Art and Traditional Supplies
My greatest interest has always been how to find my own Way, my Taoist path, even though I am not an Asian. I have no Chinese ancestry or personal experience with traditional activities as they are experienced in Asian countries. I have managed in my life to find what I sense to be appropriate in our own natural Environment and our Seasons, and my own way of following the Tao. I draw from what I have learned over the years about making things that a Taoist practitioner (which is what I am!) would find useful and beautiful. I incorporate materials that many would find worthless and remote to their experience and present them in a new kind of light. I know that there are many Westerners, people of European descent, who find the wisdom and philosophy of the Ancients to be of serious interest and wish to similarly apply what they have learned to their own Postmodern lifestyle. To this new experience of the Way, and the Usefulness of the Way, I established this shop as a means of spreading my work to the whole world, and not in the lofty, rarified atmosphere of an uptown art gallery. What I get in return is excitement, and confirmation of the strength of my path as it reaches out through the grassroots of contemporary collectors.
Concerning Returns and Exchanges: Once most things in my store are purchased, very often, even if there is an inventory listed for the article, I begin to produce the item at the time of purchase. I commit materials and time to make the item, so I cannot refund once the item is purchased.
The time period given for the production of items in my store is a realistic schedule based on my general work flow. Sometimes, as often as possible, I may ship a few days early, but the time-frame given is my stated goal.
