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I’m Trying To Feng Shui My Writing Life
Less noise means more peace
Feng Shui is a 5,000-year-old practice that means literally, “the way of wind and water”. Much of its principles have been used for decorating homes and businesses and can incorporate the ideas of yin and yang.
How would this translate to writing, though? How can something that uses a Bagua Map in terms of interior designing a space, apply to something as technically literal as writing?
I thought hard on this one.
Feng Shui…my book covers?
I am a huge fan of Canva for many reasons. One being that they allow you to see the colors that match your brand or photo, helping you choose the right balance of colors.
For my book, ‘Rumors of Ouroboros’ I selected white, black and red. According to Yin/Yang principals, and the Bagua map, I wouldn’t want the red lettering and white to be swallowed by a “fire” background, so using Black (which is water), added a unique balance. There is a snake eating its own tail on the cover, but it pulls your eyes in. It is odd for me to design such an “in your face” kind of book cover, but it works for the words inside.
