Curiosity is the driving force behind humanity. It’s the thing that got us from treetops to teraflops, the thing that drove you here to read about us, and the thing that gave birth to R3M from years of our gallivanting in search of the truth. As much as we are fascinated and in awe of the natural world in all of its wonder and beauty, that’s only half of the story (and for the non-dualists out there: yes yes, we know, but try to write anything about anything without differentiation, we dare you, we dual dare you).
What we do here is an exploration into the subjective experience of what it is to be human, in this two-person interdisciplinary project wherein we aim to transmute written and illustrated works into a deeper understanding of being, cool content, and beautiful products to adorn your life with. We have a particular interest in alchemy and hermeticism, but we also mix in occultism, esoteric symbolism, psychology, spirituality, and philosophy in general — anything we perceive to have value in discovering patterns from what is observable by everyone, but always through our singular experience.
We are not here to preach, as we do not claim to have answers, we are not here to follow, as we recognize that neither does anyone else. We’re here to speak and to listen, to have a conversation, and bit by bit, bring light there what has eluded us for so long, together.
Emilia takes deep dives into symbolism and hand-draws all our designs. Her main goal is to plunge through the miasma of alchemical symbolism, but often finds herself among mythologies and esoteric traditions of unexpected origin in this process of discovery.
Antti is the wordsmith behind our small brand. He writes short stories, hammers out content, likes potatoes and the occult. He also spells out the voids so that the incantation and illustration make magic together.