Between Earth and Sky by Jo Confino - ISBN: 9781967175024
Paperback
Find renewal in Mexico’s “place of the dead” through mindful observation.

Between Earth and Sky

100 Days of Deep Looking in the Place of the Dead

  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    12 May 2026

Summary

A transformative 100-day exploration through the seemingly desolate lands of Mexico’s “place of the dead” etches a path of collapse and renewal, documented in poignant, imaginative prose and remarkable macro lens photography.

A visually arresting and contemplative giftable object that pairs luminous, full color macro photography from the stark, mythical deserts of Oaxaca, Mexico with short, reflective prose rooted in mindfulness.

After the loss of his career and identity as a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781967175024
ISBN-10:1967175020
Author:Jo Confino
Publisher:Parallax Press
Imprint:Parallax Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:12 May 2026
Weight:369g
Dimensions:178mm x 203mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“The writing and photography that emerged from Jo Confino’s one hundred days of quiet reflection carry a lived-in clarity—the sensitivity of someone who has sat with both collapse and renewal and was able to touch what his teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, calls the ‘ultimate dimension.’ These pages open a subtle threshold into a deeper way of seeing. To read these pages and linger with these images is to be drawn into a meditation.”—Chris Levine, artist and photographer of the Lightness of Being portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

About The Author

Jo Confino

Jo Confino is a leadership coach, spiritual mentor, facilitator, journalist, author, and sustainability expert. He works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change and his coaching practice focuses on supporting leaders within the fields of climate, biodiversity and social justice. As a journalist for more than forty years, he was executive editor as well as Impact, Innovation, and Editorial Director of What’s Working at the HuffPost in NewYork. Before joining HuffPost, he was an executive editor of The Guardian, helping to create the environment, sustainable business, and global development websites as well as being responsible for ensuring the media organization lived its own values. A mindfulness advocate, Jo has worked closely with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community in southwestern France for nearly twenty years.

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