Eric Alan

Eric_Alan_4cEric Alan is an author, photographer, lyricist, radio broadcaster and workshop leader. With the release of Grace and Tranquility in book and CD form, he continues a creative journey that has taken him across genres and decades. His previous book, Wild Grace: Nature as a Spiritual Path, has inspired workshops on the re-integration of nature into daily life, a regular column reaching several eastern states, and multi-media event collaborations with nationally recognized musicians. Grace and Tranquility further integrates his passions for meditative inquiry, photography and music. It’s a quest to share a path along which reliable daily tranquility can be found, no matter the world’s hard chaotic edges.

The companion CD of the same name adapts lyrics from his two books and merges them with the elegant music of the band Gypsy Soul. He divides his time between Cottage Grove and Ashland, Oregon, while also exploring wild and civilized places beyond. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Conversations: Grace and Tranquility

Natural Peaceful Paths Through Every Living Day
  • Webs of Convergence
    Are we subconsciously repeating the steps of evolution and creation?
  • Hidden Stories
    I couldn’t help but notice yesterday that Abraham Lincoln was sitting on the floor of my office.
  • The Loudness of Silence
    It’s only in silence that you discover what the city has hidden from you, not only in the world, but within your own heart.
  • Hitchhikers
    I have my own fictional legend about how each of us arrives here.
  • Mountain Mullets
    It’s a common observation that people often look like their pets. So do people also begin to look like their planet?
Beauty and edge merge in Grace and Tranquility, Gypsy Soul’s electric and acoustic soul collaboration with lyricist and author Eric Alan. The music dances through genres from funk to folk, rock to Americana, woven together into one seamless whole.

Experience the band’s vocal and instrumental brilliance: Gypsy Soul
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We can walk and seek serenity together, no matter the conflict that surrounds and stirs within us. You and I, we can walk these places and make them home. We can find the paths of grace and tranquility within them, just as we have found each other within the open arms of the day. We can share the earth’s abundance, and by knowing its ways well, grow abundance greater still. We can deepen our gratitude for the mystery and miracle, celebrating each moment and its reflections inside.
~ Eric Alan
Grace and Tranquility