This 4-color, 8” x 5” pocket-sized book includes 240 pages filled with anecdotes and vibrant vectorized illustrations.

THE NATURE OF MY REALITY: EVERYTHING I NEED IS IN MY BODY

WRITTEN + ILLUSTRATED BY MONIKA BRAVO - CO-PRODUCED + EDITED BY MARI BUDLONG​ 

This book traces my journey from disempowerment to self-awareness through the lenses of Human Design and Evolutionary Astrology—a language of numbers, harmonics, and planetary cycles interpreted through myth.

While it is not a study of these languages, readers can certainly learn from their unique perspectives on their own individuation journey of liberation from generational and personal trauma. Within these frameworks, I also explore the historical roots of economic systems, the origins of banking, and their connections to political and ecclesiastical authority.

Written in a non-linear, deeply personal, and self-reflective style, the book invites readers to create space for their reflection. The illustrations are playful, adding a unique visual element to the text.

My philosophy integrates Eastern, ancestral, and cosmological traditions with psychological inquiry, praxeology, and Austrian economics, emphasizing liberty, value, resources, and self-worth in the pursuit of individual and societal service.

This project was partially funded by the Miami Individual Artists Program.

DOMESTIC $45 + MEDIA BOOK MAILING =$53