Thought games, poetic prompts, and small adventures in perspective. A beautifully illustrated field guide for looking again, finding words you can stand behind, and bringing a little more warmth and play into an ordinary day.
Sometimes the world gets smaller than it needs to be. One interpretation fills the window. A familiar sentence takes over. You read the same paragraph four times and open your phone "for a second."
ReOrient Express is a small invitation: pause, look again, try something. You might leave with a clearer question, a four-line poem, a greeting you actually want to use, or one next step that feels possible.
You do not have to arrive with a problem. An appetite for a little more life will do.
Open to whichever line matches your moment. Each route stands on its own and takes between three and twelve minutes.
Three moves — catch, flip, feed — for the moment a worry begins to circle.
Free · Try it belowSeparate what happened from what you made it mean. Try three readings. Choose a response you could actually use.
Build a sentence you can say out loud without laughing. Or with.
Turn an intention into a four-line poem and one small first move.
Rehearse an ordinary scene — including the part that goes wrong — and the response you'd try.
Specific, generous words for arrivals, reconnections, and the things worth marking.
Think of one recent moment that left you uncertain. Complete these two sentences.
Hold your answer in mind. There is nothing to submit and nobody collecting. The full route walks this through, with three readings and a next move.
Open wherever curiosity or the moment takes you. The contents page is sorted by situation, not by chapter.
Think it, say it, or make a few notes. No cards, no pieces, no special setup. A pen is optional; a straight face is not required.
Keep one useful question, line, observation, or action. Return whenever you like — familiar pages read differently on different days.
ReOrient Express is a project by Tara Griffin — visual storyteller, designer, and a person with a fondness for making complicated things navigable. It began with a story about a small guidebook that made life more fun, and the idea that the inside of one's own head deserves one too.
It brings together language, imagination, and a little quiet science, and it is made in coastal Maine and Guanacaste, Costa Rica, for curious people who enjoy a good question, an unexpected connection, and the pleasure of trying a different way in.
Roughly the price of a forgettable delivery dinner, for a book that expects to be reopened. No subscription. No streak to lose. The pages do not expire.
No. Each route stands on its own. Start with whichever line matches your moment.
Writing is optional. Think a prompt through, say it aloud, or make a few notes. The PDF supports reading and annotation in a compatible reader; it is not a fillable form.
Yes. The Reframe Game includes a companion version, and several routes have conversational invitations. Ask first, and let either person pass.
No. It is a field guide for creative play and everyday reflection — good company, not treatment, and not a substitute for care when care is what's needed.
By email, as a download link, right after purchase.