… You will die over and over again to dispel your ignorance, lighting candles in the dark, refusing to live in a demon-haunted world, bowing to no god, but alive to mystery and willing to sacrifice your most sacred truths even if it leaves you temporarily hollow of meaning and identity. You aspire to ontological humility. You want to become something better, for yourself and for everyone else, even if the product of that process is unrecognizable from what you are now. On a good day you are not an …

… The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... - Kerouac

… Please fill out your introduction, add a pic or two (Please do NOT add any .com or links on your introduction)   Groups that have been merged into A PLAYFUL Chicagoland: Perfume, Soap, & Candle Making covering the additional topics of: perfumery, essential oils, aroma therapy, mood management...               Chicago Social Misfits                 Chicagoland Brunch Club               Chcago BYOB Restaurant Meetup Group                       Playful in the Kitchen (Chicagoland Cooks)       …