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

N: when Nurture compels

N: when Nurture compels

A hungry bird. A limping stray. An orphaned pack. Each one guides me toward sweet devastation. This wild compulsion mobilizes my entire being, drains my body with worry, floods my...

N: when Nurture compels

A hungry bird. A limping stray. An orphaned pack. Each one guides me toward sweet devastation. This wild compulsion mobilizes my entire being, drains my body with worry, floods my...

M: Moved by Mourning

M: Moved by Mourning

I found myself rage-filled, howling "What am I supposed to do with all of this love?"

M: Moved by Mourning

I found myself rage-filled, howling "What am I supposed to do with all of this love?"

L: Late because of Life

L: Late because of Life

Realizing I was running out of time, I thought about how I'll write it in the morning and just apologize for it being late. Apologize to who, Jenn? Your arbitrary standard?

L: Late because of Life

Realizing I was running out of time, I thought about how I'll write it in the morning and just apologize for it being late. Apologize to who, Jenn? Your arbitrary standard?

K: the nature of Karma, and the Karma of nature

K: the nature of Karma, and the Karma of nature

Nature's truth is wilder, rawer, more honest than our human notions of justice. She operates in perfect chaos – birth tangled with death, creation wrapped in destruction, beauty emerging from devastation. The...

K: the nature of Karma, and the Karma of nature

Nature's truth is wilder, rawer, more honest than our human notions of justice. She operates in perfect chaos – birth tangled with death, creation wrapped in destruction, beauty emerging from devastation. The...

J: higher than JUSTIFIED

J: higher than JUSTIFIED

But what if justified isn't the final destination? What if, like that eagle disappearing into blue, there's something beyond our first valid perceptions? Not to dismiss them - they're real, they...

J: higher than JUSTIFIED

But what if justified isn't the final destination? What if, like that eagle disappearing into blue, there's something beyond our first valid perceptions? Not to dismiss them - they're real, they...

I: the Insidious architecture of fear

I: the Insidious architecture of fear

I miss my boundless self. I miss the woman who saw limitations as puzzles to solve rather than walls to accept. She's still here, underneath all these layers of "what if"...

I: the Insidious architecture of fear

I miss my boundless self. I miss the woman who saw limitations as puzzles to solve rather than walls to accept. She's still here, underneath all these layers of "what if"...