David Sauvage is wearing a maroon T-shirt, sitting in a bright, modern indoor space with large windows, resting his chin on his left hand, looking thoughtful.

writing

Books, Articles and AI Films

My work is mostly about healing and transformation. Some of it is super simple. Some of it is rich and complex.

Books

A book titled "This Is The Way" placed on a wooden surface outdoors with blurred trees and sunlight in the background. The cover features a simple illustration of a person with tangled scribbles for hair and a quote.
A book titled "This Is The Way" placed on a wooden surface outdoors with blurred trees and sunlight in the background. The cover features a simple illustration of a person with tangled scribbles for hair and a quote.

This is the Way

A guide to healing. Simple and kind. Eighty delightful illustrations. Available on Kickstarter.

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A board book titled 'The Simplest Meditation in the World' by David Sauvage, illustrated by Kelsey McMillan, with a drawing of a red rose on a blue sky background, placed on a woven surface with a blurred green leaf in the foreground.
A board book titled 'The Simplest Meditation in the World' by David Sauvage, illustrated by Kelsey McMillan, with a drawing of a red rose on a blue sky background, placed on a woven surface with a blurred green leaf in the foreground.

The Simplest Meditation in the World

The Simplest Meditation in the World is a short, beautiful board book that delivers exactly what it promises.

Buy The Simplest Meditation
A black and white poster featuring basketball player Chico by David Sauvage, attached to a weathered wooden surface outdoors.

Chico

A short biography of the boxer Diego “Chico” Corrales. In 2005, he won what may have been the greatest boxing match in history. He never recovered.

Buy Chico
Colorful background with a quote: 'Healing heals the healer too' by David Sauvage.
Colorful background with a quote: 'Healing heals the healer too' by David Sauvage.

Healing Heals the Healer Too

Short essays about Burning Man, Ayahuasca, generational trauma, and the emergence of psychic abilities.

Buy on Amazon


Personal Essays

A man lying in a hospital bed wearing a patterned hospital gown, with hospital equipment and medical outlets visible in the background.
A medical X-ray image displayed on a computer monitor, showing a device inserted into a body part, with structures visible through X-ray imaging.

Notes from a Broken Hip

On February 1, 2025, I broke my hip falling on a patch of ice. This piece is the sense I made of it in the form of a journal.

Read on Medium
Two women standing close together in a cemetery surrounded by fall foliage. One woman has gray hair and a black jacket, the other woman has gray and black hair and a gray jacket. They are standing among tombstones with colorful autumn leaves on the ground.
Two women standing close together in a cemetery surrounded by fall foliage. One woman has gray hair and a black jacket, the other woman has gray and black hair and a gray jacket. They are standing among tombstones with colorful autumn leaves on the ground.

Jewish Ghost Towns

The story of how I went to Eastern Europe with my mom in 2022 to visit “the Old Country,” where we Ashkenazi Jews are from.

Read on Medium

AI Films

Collaborations with Ari Kuschnir

The Atonement of Bibi Netanyahu

What if Bibi realized the horrors of what he has done?

Keepers of the Sacred Glass

A sci-fi short film set thousands of years in the future about a woman with a special relationship to glass.

The Transmutation of Elon Musk

What if Elon Musk took Ayahuasca and awakened to his true purpose?