The Last Myth

What does it mean to be human, right now?
To live with all the noise, the beauty, the change, and the weight of this moment in history?

I built The Last Myth Deck because I wanted something to help us hold that.

Not to solve it. Not to make it disappear.
But to give us something simple — a card, a story, a reflection — that helps us breathe, notice, and feel part of something larger.

This project is twenty-four cards, each one its own doorway.
Some are about beginnings, some about endings, some about the threads that hold us together.
Each card carries different voices:

  • Ted, a centuries-old bear who keeps memory and quiet wisdom in his pockets.

  • Esby, curious and delightful, who shows us how wonder can live in the smallest, oddest places.

  • The Unspoken Pattern, a clear mirror that reflects the raw shapes of being human.

  • The Culture Lens, widening our view so we can see ourselves as part of a greater whole.

Together, these voices don’t hand you answers.
They offer invitations: questions to sit with, small practices to try, perspectives to notice.

For this test, you’ll get three of the cards. Enough to feel how the system works, to sense the depth and care that went into it.

My hope is that these cards help you feel seen. That they remind you that you matter, that your life is precious, and that none of us are alone in what we’re carrying.

So — take a card. Sit with it. See what it stirs.
The meaning isn’t in the card itself. It’s in what it opens in you.

A Bit About Me

I’m Val, a longtime systems-questioner and creative guide who’s spent decades exploring how we create, connect, and stay true to ourselves in a world that often pulls us off course.

I’ve run small, purpose-driven businesses. I’ve worked inside big, complex ones. I’ve studied how people make meaning and why so many of us end up disconnected from it.

One of my earliest businesses grew from a simple question: Why are the systems meant to help often the ones that harm? That question still drives me.

I’m here to help people like you, curious, thoughtful, a little defiant, create work that fits, not by squeezing yourself into someone else’s model, but by returning to what matters and building from there.