The Tao of S**t: Meditations on our Most Intimate Expletive

"The Tao of S**t" Meditations on Our Most Intimate Expletive, is meant to be a small, inexpensive humor book, suitable for adults, and will make a wonderful gift. It may be inspired by the old Price-Stern-Sloan publications from 50 years ago. With parody, satire, and jokes, this little book spoofs the many serious books that offer spiritual uplift, with its many short, poetic imitations of Zen "Koans", and with comical illustrations inspired by, but respectful of, classic Japanese and Chinese graphic art.

The hoax author is "Master Dung Ho", presented as a mythical philosopher. All of the Koans offer our modern take on ancient wisdom, using the idea that the popular allusion to human bowel movement in our Western languages most often works as a metaphor for life's challenges and changes, for psychological issues, and other problems.

Please understand that, while the actual vulgar word "SHIT" features prominently in the interior text of the phony Oriental Koans, we are careful to print it on the front cover and the back cover, only as "Sh*t", and would appear on the book spine as "S**t", so not to offend people in bookstores and libraries. We believe that two asterisks would suffice in those cases. We want to design the spine graphic in simple block letters as

"The Tao of S**t" Meditations on Our Most Intimate Expletive

or, alternately

"The Tao of S**t", by Master Dung Ho

Jonathan Wolff is a consultant, trainer, speaker and author who infuses his work in leadership development with 30 years' experience as an educator and administrator.He served as a Montessori educator at one of the first Head Start Montessori Centers in the United States.Jonathan's incisive ability to apply Dr. Montessori's educational constructs to training adults led him to positions as a teacher trainer, as the director of education and training for various education and business organizations, and as the administrator for several nationally recognized schools. Today, the primary focus of his consulting practice is on leadership development - designing best practices and writing books and articles that enhance individual and organizational performance. His creative, interactive programs, his humorous and inspiring teaching style, and his deep insight into the needs of people and organizations are in demand by organizations around the world.

Stone worked as a supervising sound editor for movies in Hollywood for some 30 years, after which he taught university classes about movie sound design, from about 2005 to about 2020, when he retired from teaching. He enjoys drawing, and has illustrated and designed "The Tao of S**t".