a simple creature
by Allison Schultz
I am here -
present
a gift.
an unlettered map of the
fallen starfragment
tracing a story in the earth
about a dream becoming true
at the edge of transformation and wonder.
a body of work
soft animal fur and pink
wired, electric desiring beyond my edges of
percipient perceptible flesh
attuning perception reception inside outside as above so below
pulsing at the center [...]

“Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.” – Marcel Proust
The waves of summer’s happenings are going swimmingly here at HQ, where everyday is a 5 star day, the studio feels like a spa, and co-conspirator rhymes [...]

‎”The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love. Born out of concern for all beings.” – Buddha
Where you are and where you want to be is [...]

I revised The Inspiration Book a bit this morning – edited some copy, added in some brighter images, had some fun. Be sure to check it out, send a copy to your pops, and tell all your besties. It’s still very free, just more rich in vibrance.

“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.” – Matt Groening
Twenty Eleven has me facing my fear of heights here at the studio, where I’ve been enamored by [...]

“Are you barely breathing and calling it a life?” Mary Oliver
We’ve been stepping up our time on the mat here at HQ, where things have been transpiring in the substratum of our beingness as of late, and we’ve been told our handwriting looks like an ancient text. Paired with a good starlit sit on the [...]

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci
We keep holy the daily hike and put romaine and avocados in our smoothies here at HQ, because our creative bones are the anatomy [...]

The whole world as we experience it visually comes to us through the mystic realm of color.” – Hans Hofmann
The sweet, sweet beauty that’s been pouring out of the studio over the past year – heck, the past week – is almost too much to keep to myself.
I invite you to come visit, this Saturday Morning, [...]

I’ve been experiencing (and coincidentally reading about) the seductive nature of gravity lately.
Ever since I got the Owl my spirits have been stoked about the prospect of climbing again. I was a climber in a past life – for a little bit, anyway, back from 99-03, before I lost touch. The Owl and I head [...]

“I think one’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.” – Andrew Wyeth
Love is mixed throughout our body in the ever expanding universe at HQ, as it feeds our burning desires round the clock, and in other dimensions of the space-time continuum, as we feel into one of our favorite maxims: [...]