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The Master Director
Hardcover
Published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Thomas K. Shor
10 books19 followersWriter and photographer Thomas K. Shor was born in Boston, USA, and studied comparative religion and literature in Vermont.
With an ear for unusual stories, the fortune to attract them, and an eye for detail, he has traveled the planet's mountainous realms--from the Mayan Highlands of southern Mexico in the midst of insurrection to the mountains of Greece, and more recently, to the Indian Himalayas--to collect, illustrate, and write stories with a uniquely personal character, often having the flavor of fable.
Shor has lectured widely on his writings and has had solo exhibits of his photographs in Europe and India. He can often be found in the most obscure locales, immersed in a compelling story touching upon fundamental human themes.
Thomas K. Shor is the author of:
JUST RELEASED (September, 2022):
THE BABA DOWNSTAIRS: The Life Story of a Misfit Indian Saint
The bestselling A STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE: The True Story of a Tibetan Lama's Journey to a Land of Immortality
INTO THE HANDS OF THE UNKNOWN: an Indian Sojourn with a Harvard Renunciant
THE MASTER DIRECTOR: A Journey through Politics, Doubt and Devotion with a Himalayan Master
THE MONK AND THE SLY CHICKPEA: Travels on Corfu
LEOPARD IN THE CITY: An Urban Fable.
He is also the author of two books of black and white photography:
SCULPTURE GARDEN OF THE GODS: Animated Landscape Photography from the Greek Island of Ikaria (also available in a bilingual English/Greek edition)
GANGES LAMENT: Black & White Photographic Portraits from the Sacred Indian City of Varanasi.
You may visit him at www.ThomasShor.com
With an ear for unusual stories, the fortune to attract them, and an eye for detail, he has traveled the planet's mountainous realms--from the Mayan Highlands of southern Mexico in the midst of insurrection to the mountains of Greece, and more recently, to the Indian Himalayas--to collect, illustrate, and write stories with a uniquely personal character, often having the flavor of fable.
Shor has lectured widely on his writings and has had solo exhibits of his photographs in Europe and India. He can often be found in the most obscure locales, immersed in a compelling story touching upon fundamental human themes.
Thomas K. Shor is the author of:
JUST RELEASED (September, 2022):
THE BABA DOWNSTAIRS: The Life Story of a Misfit Indian Saint
The bestselling A STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE: The True Story of a Tibetan Lama's Journey to a Land of Immortality
INTO THE HANDS OF THE UNKNOWN: an Indian Sojourn with a Harvard Renunciant
THE MASTER DIRECTOR: A Journey through Politics, Doubt and Devotion with a Himalayan Master
THE MONK AND THE SLY CHICKPEA: Travels on Corfu
LEOPARD IN THE CITY: An Urban Fable.
He is also the author of two books of black and white photography:
SCULPTURE GARDEN OF THE GODS: Animated Landscape Photography from the Greek Island of Ikaria (also available in a bilingual English/Greek edition)
GANGES LAMENT: Black & White Photographic Portraits from the Sacred Indian City of Varanasi.
You may visit him at www.ThomasShor.com
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January 14, 2020
This book seems a little undercooked. To be fair, the author makes it clear why, but its a shortcoming. It also has some real strengths: the author’s candor about his doubts and conflicting thoughts and feelings is brave and disarming, even in those moments when the narrative seems too speculative about the thoughts and motives of people to whom he remains an outsider. And, the anecdotal account of a guru s entanglement with locals politics is fascinating, and came at the apparent cost of real danger to the author. It held my interest to the end, and -full disclosure- as a student of Tibetan Buddhist teachers, I enjoyed getting inside the head of someone meeting and starting to connect with a powerful teacher. If you’re going to read just one of Thomas Shor’s books, I recommend ‘A Step Away From Paradise’, which I enjoyed without qualification.
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