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Announcing the publication
of my latest book, just in time for holiday giving!. As you can see by the
description below taken from the preface, it is not my “newest” book, but
rather an old book that I decided it was time to dust off and formally publish.
For now, it is available, at a discount, only at the publisher’s site, Lulu: www.lulu.com/spotlight/yajc. I
will announce if and when it becomes available elsewhere. There is an extensive
preview that is available at the Lulu site.
Writings
of the Dawn
The Spiritual Journey of a
Baby-Boomer
PREFACE TO LULU EDITION
“It is
always darkest just before the Day dawneth.”
(Earliest known printed version of
this popular proverb, by English theologian and historian Thomas Fuller, in A
Pisgah-Sight Of Palestine And The Confines Thereof, 1650)
This may be the closest thing that
I will ever write that could be considered an autobiography, although it is
largely not in narrative form. It covers the eleven-year period from 1967
through 1977 (age 16 through 26) that was a significant developmental period in
my life, from junior year in high school through college and the ensuing young
adult period. It describes
these early years of my spiritual journey in pose, poetry, art and journal
entries. There
are a few later entries in a “Postscript” section at the end from the years
1978 through 1985.
The main entries are divided into
chronological sections covering the periods identified for works composed
during those times. However, at the end of each section is a narrative “Notes”
section that was written in 1996, in retrospect, in which the preceding
material is explained and tied together. I produced a home-made version at that
time and had some run off with simple report-type binding at a local copy shop.
The production and font-selection is
a bit crude, because I wanted to retain the flavor of the original home-spun
version, including the drawings and artwork. Everything after this page is a
faithful rendering of the original work. As with all of my work, my earnest
hope is that the reader will find inspiration, stimulation, maybe some
revelation, and hopefully, most precious of all, perhaps some transformation.
Steven J. Gold
September, 2012
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