I walked into my daughter’s temple this week.
Not a church. A recording studio.
Lionsgate, here in Colorado—where my singer-songwriter daughter Vivian has been shaping her art. She’s the one who said, “Mom, record here. Steve Turney is magic.”
So I did. I spent the week recording the audiobook for Quantum Surfing.
And here’s what surprised me: It’s intimate. You’re alone in a room, but you’re not alone at all. You’re having a conversation with someone you can’t see. You’re really talking to them. Sharing. It’s the strangest, most beautiful thing—speaking into silence and trusting it lands somewhere real.
The audiobook opens with praise quotes from people who read the manuscript early. And those contributors? They’ll read their own reflections. You’ll hear their voices before you hear mine. I love that.
Vivian has taught me so much about this creative process. How tiny musings coalesce into phrases. How you collaborate with the art that’s emerging. How the best work demands raw vulnerability—you leave yourself on the page, in the music, on the canvas.
And today, she releases a new single: L and a Half Road. A tender retrospective of her formative 20s as she turns 30 in three months. The melodies live in the space between folk and indie, built on storytelling.
This is the Quantum Surfing insight I keep returning to: Take action on your small nudges. They’re tiny sparks—a phrase, a feeling, an impetuous desire to splash paint across a canvas. Don’t ignore them. They’re your creative genius at play.
Come play.
🎧 Listen to L and a Half Road: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tuL0oZOMVs4Kn6s8LAOX8
(While you’re there, tee up singles Pleasure Weather or Rediscovery. In Colorado this summer? Catch Viv playing solo gigs in the mountains.)
Surf on, Mavericks. 🌊