Question everything. Create something meaningful.
Tattooed Monkey brings together philosophy, creativity, spiritual exploration and a little monkey humor. Read the Temple Library, meet the characters, find the books, or talk with Michael about your wedding.
The Temple Library
A journal of human observation, sent as Transmissions. Reflections on symbols, stories, technology and the human animal, written to be read slowly.
Who is behind it
Michael P. Myers is an ordained minister in Orange County, California, and the person behind every monkey, monk and message here. His working motto: bring me your broken soul and toaster, we will fix them together.
Meet the characters
Four fictional, AI-created hosts sharing practical AI, everyday presence, old stories and coastal adventures.
Lily AI for Work
Practical AI prompts for ordinary workdays.
Sage Being Here
Small pauses for busy days.
Mist Monk
Old stories, retold in under a minute.
Aiko Ren
Surf, travel and everyday beach life.
Watch one
Lily is a fictional AI-created host. Scripts are original; visuals and voice are AI-generated.
From the shop
Printable workbook
The Everyday Pause: 7 Small Practices for Busy Days
Seven original reflections, small practices and writing prompts in a printable, fillable PDF, plus a plain-text edition. From Sage Being Here.
Getting married in Orange County?
Michael is an ordained minister and officiates weddings in Orange County. Tell him about your day and he will reply to talk it through.
Church of the Tattooed Monkey
Explore meaning, question the stories you carry, and make room for humor and human connection.