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 [...]

I recently (September 1, 2011) gave a talk at Ignite Boulder 16 on “Plus Less Than Three: The Algorithm of an Amazing Life.” It was inspired by a late June conversation under a tree in a thunderstorm with my friend Lark. This was my second Ignite talk, and I was excited to take the stage. [...]

“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 [...]

“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
Ever feel like you’re in an Econundrum of Knowing in this co-creative universe?
For as long as I remember, I have known what I wanted to do, what [...]

‎”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 [...]

Last night, while walking down Pearl Street after devouring the cuppa magic that is an affogado, two fellow artists (and devourers of life) and I ruminated on the meaning of ‘a la mode.’ Meaning at once “with ice cream on top or on the side” and “the current trend,” it is a rich word to [...]

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” - Sophia Loren

I was thinking earlier this week how life is but a collage: a collection of fragments and memories and lyrics and photographs that we hold together in the story of our experience – drawing meaning from the pieces and their juxtapositions. I think collage is an apt metaphor, and also the next trend in art.
I [...]

“What was that amazing dream you had a few weeks ago, Schultz?” the famous artist Johnny Lace asked.
“Oh, the floating chicken lantern dream? It went like this,” I said as I closed my eyes and channeled that vision again. “I found myself outside in the freshness of air at the top of the Sanitas Valley Trail in [...]