In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that swept through Lahaina Town on Maui, a sense of urgency stirred within me. The vision of Hawai’i as a haven defined by collective well-being resonates deeply within my soul. In early 2023, this vision materialized as Notes from Nowhere, my novel portraying the future Mutual Nation of…
I’ve decided to take the concept of ‘Surfball’ the sport I’ve been envisioning for more than a decade and which I think I may have perfected into a playable sport with the assistance of ChatGPT – and to write a cinematic novel about it – also with the assistance of ChatGPT. I’m doing much of…
For the past six months, I’ve been working with my collaborators Carsten Lambrecht of Creatokia and Honolulu based digital artist Femmebot to bring my book Notes from Nowhere to life. This has been an immersive process that has involved all of us exploring new technologies and ways of telling stories – which is fitting since…
Title: The Children’s Crusade by ChatGPT with prompts by CD Damitio Act 1: Lost Childhood Scene 1: (Scene opens in Oakwood, a small town in a first-world country. We see a group of right-wing propagandists discussing their plan to promote child labor in order to boost the economy. They are gathered in a dimly lit…
My inappropriate and offensive novel The Nuns of Baboob is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It is the story of a pig of a man, called Pig (among other things) who goes on a comical journey to a far off land that most people have never heard of. Order it here —> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ328ZYY This…
A Year of Practicing Baldism 1. Introduction to Baldism The goal of this article is to introduce the religion of Baldism (formerly Bald Jesusism) and the benefits it can bring to those who practice it. Baldism is a decentralized religion that was built by a process of crowdsourcing, trial and error, and adopting what works…
GM Frens! First of all — I want to thank you for subscribing to Vagobond Magazine whether it is through Substack, Vagobond.com, Medium, Cent or if you are reading this on Facebook, Twitter, or one of the many other channels we publish in — no matter where you are reading it- Thank you. Thank you…
This post is also a free NFT you can collect. Mint it at https://vagobond.cent.co I’ve been thinking a lot about how we tell stories. The ways we share our culture, our values, our ideas. I (like many people) was raised in a time and place where ‘storyteller’ was made synonymous with ‘liar’ or even ‘charlatan’….
Author’s Note: This is the origin story of the Izita Bear NFT collection. You can see the Izita’s here – you can even buy one (or more): https://opensea.io/collection/izit-a-bear The Origin of the Izita Bears by CD Vagobond Long from now… The town of Wherzitat experienced a miracle. Deep in the bowels of…
Sartori in Paris I’d wanted to read this for many years but reading doesn’t come easy these days. 4096 miles on a budget airline in an aisle seat flying over the wide blue expanse of the Pacific did the trick. The only in flight entertainment being Australian fishing shows. I split my reading time between Sartori…