Against dependency.
For sovereignty.
I'm Dirk Ottenheym. I write, I build, and I guide people through transition, one conversation at a time.
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Moving through France in a truck called Haubi. Writing, observing, building. The fire is here.
- Under the Hazel BushJune 25, 2026
- Who Is Looking?June 17, 2026
- What Does This River Want to Show Me?June 15, 2026
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What I Do
I write about autonomy, dependency, and the systems we carry inside. I work with people one at a time, in transition, in depth, in presence.
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Dirk Ottenheym.
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Here's why.
For years I lived inside dependency. Substances first. Then the quieter kind: jobs, systems, the voice that says stay small. I got out. Not through a method. Through what was already in me.
That's the throughline since 2016. I've lived without a fixed address: Germany, Portugal, Thailand, Vietnam, a truck called Haubi. Every move was a deliberate exit from a structure that had run its course.