Deeply disturbing account of endemic racism, enabled in Australian schools. #ausnews www.deepcutnews.com/p/gazans-des...

Part of Chen Rong's Nine Dragon Scroll from the #SouthernSong. The ultimate #dragon painter! debraliu.substack.com/p/drawing-dr...

If you're on the Sunshine Coast, pop into #anniesbooksonperegian or #Berkelouw_books_eumundi and grab yourself a copy! #local-bookstores #authors #new-releases #daoism #mountains #taoism #China-travel

My new book is available on Amazon! Get your copy. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F52YHFXD

In Chinese mythology, the Kun (鯤) is a colossal fish dwelling in the northern sea, first recorded in Zhuangzi. When it transforms, it becomes the Peng (鵬), a bird so vast its back spans thousands of miles. In flight, its wings darken the heavens like suspended clouds. 1/2 🎨 RLoN

Debbie Liu 2h Linda Jaivin’s latest, Bombard the Headquarters. An important account of a difficult time, written in Jaivin’s signature easy to read yet packing so much punch style. highly recommended. #booksky #latestbooks #reading

Sold Out #BookLaunch for my book <<Into the Mountains>> at #Brisbane's premier independent bookstore Avid Reader.

a pod of #pelicans at the beach this morning.

A glorious warm morning on Ningy Ningy country!

Sunset over the Leifang Tower, #Hangzhou. 雷峰夕照 - one of the ten famous scenes of beautiful West Lake.

northern #song-dynasty #GuanYin public domain image from Zhejiang museum #Hangzhou. Typical Song dynasty pose with the goddess standing slightly sideways.

The right outcome. Australia's arts community has spoken—and Creative Australia have reinstated Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. Huge respect to Khaled and Michael for your dignity throughout this ordeal. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Review from the Hongkong Review "Liu’s lyrical style captures the essence of the Daoist worldview, the interconnectedness of nature, spirit, and human experience. Her intimate encounters with the mountains evoke an appreciation for their timeless presence" www.hongkongreview.co/post/beyong-...

Last chance to get discounted e-pub! If you enjoy reading ebooks, get your order in now. Price goes up on publication day, July 8th. #daoism #writing #booksky #publishing www.amazon.com/dp/B0F52YHFXD

仁 (ren), the Confucian precept often translated as benevolence or humaneness, exemplified by the human adult instinct to protect children. The Analects also states that if the ruler lacks ren, it will be difficult for his subjects to behave humanely. More of ren, now. [「仁」歐陽詢 九成宮醴泉銘]

The extraordinary first photos from the Vera Robins observatory in Chile. Great to see it named after a woman astronomer, after all the controversy with the James Webb telescope. This is the #Trifid and #Lagoon #Nebulas.

today's sunset.

My interview with Matteo Damiani from China Underground, covering Daoist traditions in the past and present. china-underground.com/2025/06/18/d...

On a weekend walk, I looked up to the sky. The clouds seemed to be forming Hexagram 11 of the Yi Jing( I Ching ) - The Wilhelm Baynes translation of Hexagram 11, 泰, is PEACE. The small departs, The great approaches. Good fortune. Success.

Veins of quartz sparkling quietly in the morning sun, along my coastal walk. #australian-coastline

One of Xu Dongdong's paintings depicting the 24 solar terms and 72 microseasons in China's ancient calendric system. The microseasons are also carved at a temple in Huashan: read about this in my new book 'Into the Mountains.' Get your copy now while it is still discounted! Link in pinned post.

'Andes Of Chile' 400 images captured by Nichole Ayers are processed, graded & interpolated to create a real time video from ISS Expedition 73 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 2m53s 4k original. Credit: Nichole Ayers / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran

#Canopus, the star identified as the southern celestial pole in Early China, where 寿星, Shou Xing, the Old Man of the South Pole is believed to live. Shou Xing is the longevity god, often seen with his friends Fu Xing and Lu Xing, the happniess-fortune star and the wealth star. photo from NASA 1/2

In #Daoist belief, Dongyue Dadi (東嶽大帝), the Great Deity of Mount Tai, rules both the sacred mountain in the east and the underworld. Among the Five Mountain Gods, he holds the highest rank. Mount Tai, where the sun rises, symbolizes rebirth and connection between heaven and humanity. 1/2

Yuntai Pavillion on kesi #silk embroidery from the Qianlong era. Kesi is a highly skilled weaving technique where different coloured short silk threads are woven horizontally through the warp creating intricate patterns. Held in Taipei museum, creative commons.

Silk and gold thread woven tapestry of Shou Xing, the Longevity god of the Southern Celestial Pole. Qing dynasty, origin unknown. Longevity symbols are embroidered on the work, including the lingzhi mushroom, Eight Immortals, bats and cloud-like patterns. (public domain, University of Oregon)

A Ming dynasty painting (attributed to Qiu Ying) of the magical animal qilin, giving a Jade Book to the mother of Confucius at his birth. The book purportedly said the baby would become "the king of virtue". Qilin appear rarely and were believed to manifest at the birth of a sage.

Waratah #sydney flowers

My new book is now available for Amazon preorder. Preorders are at a discount price for a short time.

#COVER-REVEAL loving this cover for my #new-book #booksky #writing #book-release #China-books #Daoism

This morning's #sunrise.

In Chinese #mythology, Yaochi (瑶池), the Jade Pool, is a celestial realm on Mount Kunlun ruled by the Queen Mother of the West. Every few thousand years, she hosts a grand Peach Banquet where immortals gather to celebrate her birthday. The peaches, ripening only once every 3,000 years, 1/2

A #Dragon's Egg. #nasa astronomy pic of the day Also known as NGC 6164, the Dragon's Egg is an emission nebula in the southern end of the Milky Way.

Tibrogargan, Beerwah, Coonowrin, Beerburrum - #mountains on Kabi Kabi land, Queensland, Australia, from across the bay.

Afternoon clouds. the beauty of living on a peninsula, seeing both sunrise and sunset over the water #australia #sunset

Morning gulls. #australia #birds #ocean

Afternoon galahs. #ausbirds #nature

Morning pelican. #aussiebirds #nature

Magu, neolithic bird goddess who was sinicized into a goddess of immortality, visiting Queen Mother of the West on her birthday with a gift of Lingzhi wine. She is depicted with the longevity symbols, white deer and peach, on this silk painting by Ming artist Zhang Lu in Beijing’s Palace Musuem,

Apparently April 9 is National Unicorn Day, so please enjoy this unicorn amongst umbrellas! #linocut #printmaking #unicorn #umbrella #illustration #mythology #NationalUnicornDay Find another version here: minouette.etsy.com/listing/5575...

A mural at Beijing's White Cloud Temple, 白云观， of Daoist saint Qiu Chuji going on his long trek from Shandong to Mongolia, at the request of Chinggis Khan. Ancestor Qiu is buried under a tree root in an altar in the middle of Baiyunguan.

Yes… imagine that…

Reading the latest from Jack Weatherford. Weatherford's books on Mongolia are like no other - extensively researched, eminently readable. Details of trade, wars, succession of the Chinggisids, including some hard to find info about Hulegu. #booksky #histbookchat #mongolia

the gorgeous work of artist Li Huan

Lan Ying, Imitating Zhang Sengyou's Landscape, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #mountain #landscape #chineseArt #painting

Nasa's astronomy photo of the day. The new moon and earthshine on the Dolomites. #moonrise just to take your mind of penguins..

Ironically, most penguins aren't aware that today is Penguin Awareness Day and they think it's just a regular Monday. The reason for this, of course is that they refused to adopt the new Gregorian calendar in 1582, and still adhere to the old Julian one, for tax purposes.

Last night I met with my publisher's marketing team. I love that sentence. #writing #bookpublishing #booksky

Attributed to Song Emperor Huizong, Auspicious Cranes is painted on silk, currently at the Liaoning Provincial Museum. Huizong painted it (or put his name to it) after seeing auspicious clouds descend over Kaifeng followed by a flock of cranes. #Daoist symbology abounds, clouds, mist and cranes.

What a beautiful photo of the moon!