"Be Still My Heart: A Code for Love" by Chuck Trunks is getting great reviews on Amazon!

Columbia, South Carolina  - March 26, 2025 - An excerpt from Chapter 6:

"As crazy as this sounds, I did a photo shoot for a BDSM group in the Box Canyon Nature Preserve about 15 miles past Hagerman. It's an offshoot of the Snake River and has a few nice waterfalls. Have you ever hiked there before? I pried, fully knowing I had just pulled the pin from an invisible grenade. Would it explode? Or would it provide me with a chance to tell her a terrific, PG-rated story about some of the nicest people I've ever photographed?"

Be Still My Heart: A Code for Love is on Amazon now.

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How many times do we have to hear, "You're not trying hard enough," "You're going about it the wrong way," or "You need to step outside your comfort zone?" At first, I bristled at such tiresome platitudes, yet there I was, rolling up my sleeves, putting myself out there, and believing that life gives you exactly what you put into it.

But does it? Has life really given you exactly what you deserve? When so many of us can't find romantic love, meaningful work, a true friend, a permanent home, or enough money to live on, I can't help but think that something other than our own poor choices and self-defeating behaviors is working behind the scenes to keep us from acquiring happiness, success, and fulfillment. To me, it just doesn't add up.

Be Still My Heart: A Code for Love will not only reveal what's hidden behind the curtain, but you'll come to understand that your lot in life isn't all your fault. 💖💖💖 

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho to Columbia, South Carolina in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

TRUNKS ART has SEVEN books on Amazon! I hope you find one that interests you!

 

Columbia, South Carolina - March 10, 2025 - "There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is. It is the sadness of understanding that life is not a grand adventure but a series of small, insignificant moments, that love is not a fairy tale but a fragile, fleeting emotion, and that happiness is not a permanent state but a rare, fleeting glimpse of something we can never hold onto. And in that understanding, there is a profound loneliness, a sense of being cut off from the world, from other people, from oneself."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, 1927

Chuck Trunks lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and is surrounded by big-hearted people who inspire and encourage him to write and share his thoughts about the world we live in. Chuck has published seven books, all of which are on Amazon.

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

"Silver Linings in a Mad World" is Trunks Art's Seventh Book. New Release on Amazon Now!

Columbia, South Carolina - February 18, 2025 - An excerpt from Chapter 3:

"I knew something was up. Neither Ross nor Jason had come back to the monastery, and it was nearing eight o'clock on a weeknight. Thinking they were most likely at a sports bar—an activity I heard them talking about in the backyard from time to time—I figured I'd have enough time to make and pack a lunch for the following day's 30-mile bike ride to Durham, then retreat to my room before they returned."

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Six true stories comprise Silver Linings in a Mad World. I specifically chose these confounding and disappointing personal events because they reflect my feelings about today's public space, where an elite ruling class forces the working slaves of America to exchange their humanity for basic needs. 

Silver Linings in a Mad World is on Amazon Books now.

But is it really fair to place all of the blame on our corrupt government, monopolizing corporations, and billionaires with more wealth than the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt? While some of us will exercise free will to rise above the dystopian gloom, others appear unaffected by it. What's their story? Are they merely robots programmed by mainstream indoctrination? Or are they simply ignorant, lost within a new America whose constitution begins with "I the Person?" That may be true for the majority, but I discovered a different reason, a silver lining that affords a fortunate few happiness, purpose, and love despite living in a mad world. 💖

Chuck Trunks lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and is surrounded by big-hearted people who inspire and encourage him to write and share his thoughts about the world we live in. This is Chuck's seventh book.

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

New AMAZON book from TRUNKS ART: "Silver Linings in a Mad World."

Columbia, South Carolina - February 10, 2025 - Chuck Trunks lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and is surrounded by big-hearted people who inspire and encourage him to write and share his thoughts about the world we live in. This is Chuck's seventh book.

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Six true stories comprise Silver Linings in a Mad World. I specifically chose these confounding and disappointing personal events because they reflect my feelings about today's public space, where an elite ruling class forces the working slaves of America to exchange their humanity for basic needs. 

Silver Linings in a Mad World is on Amazon Books now.

But is it really fair to place all of the blame on our corrupt government, monopolizing corporations, and billionaires with more wealth than the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt? While some of us will exercise free will to rise above the dystopian gloom, others appear unaffected by it. What's their story? Are they merely robots programmed by mainstream indoctrination? Or are they simply ignorant, lost within a new America whose constitution begins with "I the Person?" That may be true for the majority, but I discovered a different reason, a silver lining that affords a fortunate few happiness, purpose, and love despite living in a mad world. 💖

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

"Physics from the Heart: A Quantum Story." One of Six Books by Chuck Trunks (Trunks Art)

Columbia, South Carolina  - January 6, 2025 - An excerpt from Chapter 3: "It looks like these subatomic varmints have ol' Bill scratchin' his head!" I drawled in my best country boy accent. "It's nuts, isn't it? These individually shot electrons were either stopped by the barrier, went through the first slit, or went through the second slit like the BBs did, yet here we have the signature of a wave interference pattern instead of seeing two bands on the detector screen. Unbelieveable."

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What if you were lucky enough to come across something that gave you the power to rise above what we're all experiencing in these trying times? And what if you wanted to share it with the rest of the world but realized that your life-changing revelation was understandably complicated and couldn't be offered to the masses through a simple meme, sound bite, or video clip? 

Physics from the Heart: A Quantum Story is on Amazon Books now.

Physics from the Heart: A Quantum Story solves this dilemma by packaging its sentient message within a narrative that reads less like a textbook and more like a lighthearted screenplay. Not only will readers find themselves painlessly becoming closet experts on one of the most famous discoveries in all of science, but they'll also be able to connect it to the world around them, including consciousness.

Like any good movie, Physics from the Heart is relatable, entertaining, unpredictable, and even comes with a surprise ending that explains why this book will leave you feeling both empowered and happy. 💖

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

23 Books Read in 2024 (after dumping 80% of social media time)!

Columbia, South Carolina - January 3, 2025 - I enjoy reading books as much as I enjoy writing them, and last year was no different. FIRST PLACE (tie): Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell and What is the What? by Dave Eggers. HONORABLE MENTION (tie): The President and Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul by Brian Kilmeade and Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom. LAST PLACE (tie): Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon and Shadowed: How I Became the Sex-Trafficked Mother Next Door by Julie Whitehead. 

All my books can be found on Amazon. 💓💓💓

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).

 

It's a book that's proving to be more on point as each day goes by: "It's Not Your Fault: But It Could Be" by Chuck Trunks

 

Panama City, Florida  - November 21, 2024 - An excerpt from the intro to Part III: 

"In the next three chapters, I will show you how society puts you to work as soon as possible so the corprate players holding all the cards can compete with each other for your time, attention, and most importantly, your money. Consider whether the societal construct is looking out for you or serving its own self-interest by controlling the masses. Having spent almost as much time on the outside of the societal construct as I did living within it, I hope you'll appreciate my unique perspective as I take you to see the doctor, lease an apartment, and borrow money from the bank. After that, we'll go back to school to revisit primary, secondary, and higher education in America, followed by sobering but true aspects of marriage, homeownership, and having a family." 💓

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Is it just me? Or do other people notice what I'm noticing but aren't saying anything?

If you've seen what I've seen inside and outside mainstream society, then you will love this book because you will have found a like-minded brother in me. If what I'm revealing in It's Not Your Fault: But It Could Be is eye-opening to you, then you will also love this book because it demonstrates that there's more to work than the daily grind, more to happiness than material wealth, and more to relationships than pet-centric lives.

We live in a duplicitous society where we're surrounded by messaging that tells us to follow our dreams and to be our authentic selves despite being bombarded by a culture that offers a narrow definition of success and only one way to get there. This book is based on real-life experiences that will remind you of the freedoms you still have, so you, too, can avoid the false promises of the American Dream.

In my last book, Being Happy: The Pursuit of You, I offer a formula for finding the happiness within you. This latest book, It's Not Your Fault: But It Could Be, is about acquiring and maintaining happiness despite living in such a toxic culture.

All my books can be found on Amazon. 💓💓💓

Trunks Art moved from Nampa, Idaho, to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2024 and has made this city his home and writing inspiration.

To see more of my work, please have a look at more posts or email me at chucktrunks@gmail.com. Or, visit my website at www.trunksart.com.  Also, you can find me on Instagram (chucktrunks) and Facebook (Chuck Trunks).