Be a Startisan
We love words as much as raw chocolate truffles here at HQ where we believe in our daydreams and concoct beverages to match (see also: Dolce & Cabana Boy). This year, we’ve learned that 54% of Iceland’s population “won’t deny” the existence of elves, and we’re stoked about words about the undeniable fire of [...]

Ever feel like you’re in an Econundrum of Knowing in this co-creative universe?
The Ebullient Danielle LaPorte posted an interview with Hiro Boga in her latest post: the soul of what you want to create:
an interview with Hiro Boga. And I can’t recommend this highly enough as an affirmation to burnish your Healthy Gnosticism in your [...]

Imagination is greater than knowledge, and my friend Sam is a testament to that. Sam is a young writer with a world inside of her that drives her creative play and plotting with the written word. A fan of Anime and Cosplay, there’s no denying her devotion to her stories. She’s prolific . You can [...]

“Ancient stars in their death throes spat out atoms like iron which this universe had never known. The novel tidbits of debris were sucked up by infant suns which, in turn, created yet more atoms when their race was run. Now the iron of old nova coughings vivifies the redness of our blood.
“If stars step [...]

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium. It will be lost. The world will not have it. It is [...]

“The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.” – Lewis Thomas, from The Lives of a Cell

ebullient, adj.: Bubbling with enthusiasm or excitement.

Somethings to consider when you feel change upon you:
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” – Chuang Tse
“I can’t understand why people are afraid of new ideas, I’m afraid of the old ones.”- John Cage
“Let the body think of the spirit as streaming, pouring, rushing and shining into [...]

“If you give birth to the genius within you, it will free you. If you do not give birth to the genius within you, it will destroy you.” – Jesus, The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas

“Life is to be felt, not just figured out.” - Thomas Hardy
Lately I’ve been feelin. Feeling my space, the clarity and revelations in my body electric. Letting the intuitive lifeforce have it’s way with me. It’s been a little rad, all this aliveness.
It’s as though I’ve reached a clearing, cresting a ridge in the textural [...]