GiddyupBuddha is a home for people who crave depth in a world that keeps flattening everything into sound bites. We're for thoughtful, reflective creatives who want stories that breathe, not scroll. If post-digital doom-scrolling has left your creative spirit hollow and languishing for depth, consider this your antidote: immersive storytelling, human connection, and meaning you can actually feel.
We publish stories that travel—across borders and backroads, through memory and music, into the absurd and the beautiful. It's the kind of writing that feels like a road trip with a wise troublemaker in the passenger seat.
“Giddyup” brings the momentum, “Buddha” brings the pause—but not dogma. Here, it's about reflection and balance—finding meaning in the mess, no matter who you are. We pair energy with stillness so everyone can find a place in the stories we share.
“Giddyup” is motion — curiosity, momentum, the urge to keep going.
“Buddha” is the pause — not religion, not doctrine, and not a gendered figure or spiritual authority. Here, it simply signals reflection: the moment where a story slows down long enough to mean something.
Together, the name holds a tension we recognize in ourselves — movement and stillness, humor and depth, chaos and perspective.
GiddyupBuddha isn't about enlightenment. It's about being human while you're still figuring things out.
Creator-driven work from people with something to say—and the craft to say it.
Real places. Real memories. Real detours. Stories that move.
Writing that plays well on a screen or in your ears—on a commute, a walk, or a long drive.
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