Throughout our existence, human beings have looked to the sky in search of answers. The divine and wondrous Milky Way and our great star, the sun, its gravity spinning us through the universe. Could it be that it contains all the answers?

Last year I was feeling a loss of control; so much sadness here on earth seemed to eclipse all wonder, and it seems we are at a sort of pinnacle. With our current state of affairs, the madness, and so much destruction in our wake, there is this noise in the background. I feel the moon pulling me as it did our ancestors, calling out, "Look up! Look up! It's all here!" So many of us can barely even see the stars in the night sky under the light pollution of our cities.

When we look up, we aren't reminded so easily of our astonishing existence as we were constantly thousands of years ago, when the night sky was our main tool of navigation. So many species live with an invisible yet crucial connection to the sky; they live by their inner navigation systems. Could we too be like them? So much evidence points that way. Our menstrual cycles contain nearly the exact same number of days as the lunar cycle. The terms "menstruation" and "menses" are derived from the Latin "mensis" (month), which in turn relates to the ancient Greek "mene" (moon).

We must learn to remember our invisible stars; we can feel them even when we can't see them. It is more important now than ever because there is a secret special key to happiness—a medicine scientifically proven to bring us peace. This is Awe.

In her book "The Human Cosmos," author Jo Marchant explores this concept: "It's an emotion that combines amazement with an edge of fear, in which the force we confront is so huge it dwarfs us altogether. It's the moment when we are forced to give in to mystery; when we acknowledge how much there is beyond us that we do not understand. One of the most reliable and commonly used methods to inspire awareness is to show people photos or videos of the starry sky. It turns out that even mild awe, as triggered in lab experiments, can significantly change our mood and behavior. There are also lasting effects on health and quality of life. Dr. Dacher Keltner's team at the University of California, Berkeley has found that after experiencing awe, people feel happier and less stressed, even weeks later. "Awe produces a vanishing self," Keltner told Marchant. "The voice in your head, self-interest, self-confidence, disappears." As a consequence, we feel more connected to a greater whole: society, Earth, even the universe." ABBRV. Excerpt from The Human Cosmos, by Jo Marchant.

If this is true, then we must absorb the awe of life as often as we can, and we must start now! What an opportunity this is, to live! To die! To enter this world so divinely feminine, and to know love. I hope this collection will bring you a little awe, and may it serve as a thank you to our great Earth, our perplexing place in the galaxy, and a thank you to the stars for my own sweet blip in time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​