The Great Cosmic Happy-Ass Card Co.
For me, it all came together when I hit menopause. Sure, my breasts bungeed from a 40C to a 44Long, certain yoga postures elicited noisy protests from orifices which should remain silent, and I finally admitted I was NOT "middle-aged" (just how many 120-year olds do YOU know??).
Besides all that, though, I suddenly felt the freedom to allow my inner child to pretty much run the whole place. I immediately left the metaphysical bookshop in St. Augustine, FL I had owned for 14 years, picked up a fistful of colored pens, and started following my bliss — creating a delightfully whacked-out series of original designs celebrating the humor, joy and perfect imperfection of this carnival ride we call Life.
Before I finally stopped trying to squeeze my round-peg self into a square-hole job, I'd been a medical technician, I'd sold shoes and ads, and I did a stint as a newspaper graphic designer in West-by-God Virginia. The bookshop phase was a darn good launching pad for my consciousness — I had the chance to savor a smorgasbord of metaphysical authors and meet fascinating people. I was puzzled, though, at how seriously many of these folks seemed to take themselves. It was kind of an "I'm OK, you're NOT" approach to enlightenment — "My prayers are better than YOUR prayers," "My spirit guides can beat up YOUR spirit guides," and even "My Reiki con Leche is SOOOOOOO much more powerful than YOUR Reiki Sumo." What?!
Where there is laughter, there is God. It's really that simple. And that irrepressible inner child of mine was and is committed to manifesting a space where the spiritual and the hilarious meet in perfect synchronicity, shining a light on the joyful, ironic and downright silly things that bind us all together. I call it "creating art for the spiritually challenged," and it seems to be striking a chord. My cards, magnets, prints and assorted other cool goodies are being distributed around the world — not bad for a self-taught artist!
I've also survived countless spiritual crises, have seen the light and discovered the secrets of the Universe.
Yes indeed. After years of deep meditation, fasting, prayer, a couple of colonics, and a few bottles of Merlot, as the self-realized Great Cosmic Happy-Ass I now know that Chocolate holds the promise of peace and eternal life. So go for it! And send a couple of your friends some funny cards while you're at it, OK??
Love,
The Coz