Be your own drum circle is a free association research project. I make things that explore my space between isolation (meditation) and togetherness (group dynamics, cults), ecstatic experiences (drugs, meditation) and mundane practice (sobriety, chores).
Check this out, René Daumal in Mount Analogue writes:
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know."
Thats the good stuff.
BYODC makes
— 35mm photography zines
— Stickers
— Shirts **
— Free radio
I’d like to make
Signature sandals (Teva / bedrock, hit me up)
Ponchos (technical, funcitonal)
Incense blends
Lightweight backpacking gear
Blotter sheets (Increase the availability and quality of acid please)
New age compilation album art
Sedona, AZ pop up location (Residents hit me up)
Yurts
Macrobiotic children's food
References
Gurdjieff movements
Rene Daumal
The Farm Book
Sunray Kelly
Robbie Basho
the rarity and specificity of Grateful Dead bootlegs
Forbidden geocities knowledge
Jodorowsky’s tarot book
Free kundalini yoga at the satanic church in south lake union
All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
Neighbors complaining about my nag champa
Friends
Werewolf Raspberry
Low Grade
** Shirts printed on USA Made 6.5.oz cotton until I find something better, by existential.press, thank you Zach!
Shippnig
I use usps.
Returns / exchanges
I don't do either, unless I mess up and send you the wrong size. I try to add size charts to items, so ask if you're unsure what size to order.