HeyJaredJonathan Ogden
Sharing songs, and thoughts on life, faith and the experience of being an artist drawn to making beautiful things.
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- Sep 16, 2026
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- Jul 19, 2026
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A Letter To My Apartment (opens the original)
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My Process: a Q&A with my subscribers (opens the original)
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I asked my subscribers in the Substack subscriber chat for questions, and this is my attempt to answer most of them as best as I can! It’s a little all over the place, but I tried to group them in a way that kind of makes sense and flows together. Let’s dive in!Lane: Jonathan, do you ever experience writer’s block? And if so, have you found any tools or practices to help you move back to creativity? Forcing creative energy has never worked well for me; curious what that’s like for you being a fu
real talk: no one lasts forever (opens the original)
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A conversation about where I'm at with life, grief, faith, and making art that's honest even when people want something easier from me, plus some thoughts on AI and why I think the time it takes to make something might be the whole point.
Thursday Afternoon (opens the original)
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I spent some time in Nashville this week writing songs with friends! It’s been such a fun experience. This one was a co-write with Trulah and Sxxnt. We were talking about how we grew up in church environments that told us that our faith had to be ‘EPIC’ that we were going to change the world and do all of these massive things but that we had to adjust t… Read more
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