The Gentle Wild Journal is a place for reflections on nature, creativity, and meaningful conversation. Many of the experiences that shape how we see the world arise through time spent outdoors, through the creative process, or through thoughtful reflection on our own lives. This journal is simply a place to explore those moments with curiosity and respect.

The Gentle Wild Journal

Remembering the Way Forward

Remembering the Way Forward

Fourteen years after writing a poem called The Road Forward, I stumbled across it while searching for inspiration. What I found was not a forgotten poem, but a reminder of...

Remembering the Way Forward

Fourteen years after writing a poem called The Road Forward, I stumbled across it while searching for inspiration. What I found was not a forgotten poem, but a reminder of...

You can explain it. It just doesn’t come across the same.

You can explain it. It just doesn’t come across...

You can explain it. That’s not the problem. But somewhere in the telling, something shifts, just enough to know it isn’t coming across the way you experienced it.

You can explain it. It just doesn’t come across...

You can explain it. That’s not the problem. But somewhere in the telling, something shifts, just enough to know it isn’t coming across the way you experienced it.

The Kind of Tired That Sleep Doesn't Fix

The Kind of Tired That Sleep Doesn't Fix

Not all tiredness is solved with sleep. Sometimes it comes from carrying too much, for too long. A reflection on what happens when the mind doesn’t stop, and what begins...

The Kind of Tired That Sleep Doesn't Fix

Not all tiredness is solved with sleep. Sometimes it comes from carrying too much, for too long. A reflection on what happens when the mind doesn’t stop, and what begins...

How Much Is Just Enough?

How Much Is Just Enough?

A quiet reflection from a Painting with Presence session; exploring moonlight, creative pressure, and the question of how much clarity is truly enough.

How Much Is Just Enough?

A quiet reflection from a Painting with Presence session; exploring moonlight, creative pressure, and the question of how much clarity is truly enough.

Looking out the yurt door, the forest, the grasses still partially covered in snow. Looking forward.

What Remains

What stays is not always the words…

What Remains

What stays is not always the words…

Canada Goose feather on grass with brown shoes and pebbles in the background at The Gentle Wild

Why Some Stories Wait Years To Be Spoken

Some experiences stay with us for years before they are spoken. Not because they were forgotten, but because they didn’t easily fit into ordinary conversation.

Why Some Stories Wait Years To Be Spoken

Some experiences stay with us for years before they are spoken. Not because they were forgotten, but because they didn’t easily fit into ordinary conversation.