The Light That Grew Wings: A Pocket Field Guide to Creative Duality

By Dastan Shukanayev

A pocket guide to moving with clarity when the world gets loud.

The Light That Grew Wings is a compact field manual for making better choices under uncertainty. Blending strategy, psychology, and poetic minimalism, it shows you how to see signal in noise, choose cleanly, and build momentum you can keep.

Across three concise parts - Light (clarity), Wings (principles), Flight (practice), you'll learn:

How to create space for judgment when the stakes are high

Simple frames to reduce complexity without dumbing it down

The discipline of small, compounding actions

What to do when fear, perfectionism, or overthinking stalls you

A five-minute cadence to reset attention and progress, any day

Written by Dastan Shukanayev - an interdisciplinary foresight strategist and strategic polymath, mixed-media artist and poet, former professional alpinist, and guest lecturer, the book combines analytical rigor with creative insight and mountain-tested calm.

This is not a manifesto to admire. It's a tool to carry. Open any page, apply one idea, and move.

For readers: founders, operators, product leaders, students, and anyone who wants sharper decisions, steadier courage, and quieter confidence without the fluff.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FVTMDVTJ
• ISBN13: 9798269149363
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"