Goodreads asked Gudjon Bergmann:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Gudjon Bergmann I have been wanting to write a book about my spiritual search (and all the frustrating things that I found along the way) for years, but I never found an angle that I liked. Then, in 2014, I wrote a poem titled Generation X. It was raw, powerful, and it lit me up. I made the connection between my own search and the jaded postmodern generation of which I was a part. I realized that, as a GenX poster child, my story reflected the struggle of a generation. That was the inspiration for the book. It took me about six months to write and luckily I got plenty of supervision from my friend, Robert Jack, who is a philosopher. He criticized my ideas and helped me hone my message. Overall it was a cathartic experience. Hopefully it will spark a cultural dialogue about Generation X and our search for rational spirituality.

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