“Yin-yang with young Jung.”

This book offers a unique perspective from a half-Japanese Canadian actor, screenwriter and poet living in Tokyo. It combines elements of memoir—reflecting a classic journey of redemption—with insights into creativity and mindfulness, as well as a spiritual quest rooted in metaphysical idealism. Additionally, it serves as a philosophical tribute to myth and beauty. Featuring the dragon as a living archetype, this cinematic personal narrative blends lessons from acting and Japanese aesthetics with some analysis into the differences between Western and Japanese fairy tales and mythology. Ultimately, it invites readers to explore the coincidence of pattern and possibility, where meaning is born. This poetic book gives us a new story to believe in, one that says meaning can be found anytime, anywhere, if we bravely open our eyes and notice the beauty that’s always inside us and in all ways around us. 

Aesthetics, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Spiritual

“A masterpiece of elegancy in expression and creativity. Indeed, a poem of life.”

 — Dörte Kamarid, Ph.D Buddhist Studies