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).

"Being Happy: The Pursuit of You" is one of TRUNKS ART'S biggest sellers! I hope it will inspire you to see the story inside of you!

 

Columbia, South Carolina - October 13, 2024 - An excerpt from Chapter 10:

"I don't know about you, but I've been around chronically elated people, and, to me, it comes across as forced, disingenuous, and, quite frankly, a little creepy. For the purposes of this book, I prefer to communicate from a position of having lived in the real world, thinking that most readers would agree with me that it's more realistic to aim for a life that vacillates between states of feeling happy and 'not unhappy' rather than to delude oneself into thinking that it's possible to feel cheerful all of the time. If you don't believe these perpetually euphoric people exist, just look at your Facebook or Instagram feeds." 💓

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Who do I think I am? What gives me the right? I'm no Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, or Viktor Frankl, yet I've written a book about finding happiness by controlling emotions, investing in the current moment, and having a meaningful purpose. The nerve!

More than 100 billion human beings have lived and died on this planet, and I'm guessing that every one of them wanted to be happy. I'm also guessing that very few of them wrote books about being happy. What's unique about my book is that I will take you on an open and honest journey using real events from my life that will entertain you, make you feel, relate, and think while being shown exactly how I came to discover and harness the happiness and fulfillment that was hiding inside me all these years.

I offer my humble story with the hope that it'll help you find yours, too. 💓

"Being Happy: The Pursuit of You" is on Amazon now.

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).