Code of the West

Conversations

Three conversations with Chris Hunt about the experiences and ideas behind the work.

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01
Huckberry Written interview

Chris Hunt Wants to Know: What Would You Hold Onto, Even If It Cost You Everything?

A candid conversation about moral frameworks, AI and sovereignty, work and survival, creativity and identity—and the questions that open a life back up.

“If you don’t consciously choose your framework, you’re just cast on the wind.”
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02
Boot Barn Profile + interview

Code of the West: An Artist’s Guide to the Cowboy Way

The landscape that formed Chris, the quiet expectations he absorbed there, and why consequence may be the clearest teacher we have.

“You can’t negotiate your way out of the consequences of reality.”
Read at Boot Barn
03
John Wayne Written Q&A

Drawing the Code: Chris Hunt on the Cowboy Ethic

A conversation about ordinary courage, sovereignty without isolation, and why a code has to work when the decision gets difficult.

“Without a code, you don’t have a decision matrix. You’re winging it.”
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