The Experiment:

Having left nearly all of the pillars of identity - business owner, homeowner, etc. - what would the collision of my conditioning and Montana culture catalyze?

The Creative Parameters:

26 days of daily writing. Each day themed around a word that begins with that letter of the alphabet.

Montana Musings A-Z

Z: Zauberlich AF

Z: Zauberlich AF

I needed an antidote to the rut I'd found myself in and a way to create changes here in Montana. That's when I turned back to what I knew would...

Z: Zauberlich AF

I needed an antidote to the rut I'd found myself in and a way to create changes here in Montana. That's when I turned back to what I knew would...

Y: the sweet ache of Yearning

Y: the sweet ache of Yearning

Scientists tell us nothing in nature exists without purpose. That "junk DNA" we once dismissed? It's made of exquisite intelligence. A whale's massive body, when it falls to the ocean floor...

Y: the sweet ache of Yearning

Scientists tell us nothing in nature exists without purpose. That "junk DNA" we once dismissed? It's made of exquisite intelligence. A whale's massive body, when it falls to the ocean floor...

X: Xenacious: the art of chosen change

X: Xenacious: the art of chosen change

I felt my life force being slowly drained. Others saw depression and worried something was wrong with me, but the only thing wrong was the misalignment between my inner knowing and my...

X: Xenacious: the art of chosen change

I felt my life force being slowly drained. Others saw depression and worried something was wrong with me, but the only thing wrong was the misalignment between my inner knowing and my...

W: Wholeheartedly present: when blank pages speak

W: Wholeheartedly present: when blank pages speak

It's funny how home sneaks up on you like that. You spend so much time wondering if you'll ever feel it, searching for it in grand gestures and dramatic moments, and...

W: Wholeheartedly present: when blank pages speak

It's funny how home sneaks up on you like that. You spend so much time wondering if you'll ever feel it, searching for it in grand gestures and dramatic moments, and...

V: Vulnerable Communication Jack Harlow-style

V: Vulnerable Communication Jack Harlow-style

When Jack moves from his September verses to January in "Denver," he's modeling this kind of real-time processing. He's not crafting a perfect narrative after the fact – he's letting...

V: Vulnerable Communication Jack Harlow-style

When Jack moves from his September verses to January in "Denver," he's modeling this kind of real-time processing. He's not crafting a perfect narrative after the fact – he's letting...

U: breathing as the Universal exchange

U: breathing as the Universal exchange

In crisis, you just keep going, pushing emotions aside to stay focused on what needs to be done. But the body keeps score, and eventually needs to release what it held.

U: breathing as the Universal exchange

In crisis, you just keep going, pushing emotions aside to stay focused on what needs to be done. But the body keeps score, and eventually needs to release what it held.