From The Paper Seahorse to Hippocampus Studios

For over ten years, The Paper Seahorse has been a place for slowing down, making things by hand, and remembering what it feels like to be human.

We started with paper, pens, and the magic of analog tools—but what we were really offering was something deeper: presence, mindfulness, creativity, and connection.

Now, that idea has grown. It needed more space, more voice, and more possibility.

Hippocampus Studios is our next chapter. Still grounded in the analog. Still devoted to your well-being. But now we’re exploring new ways to support human potential—from gentle workshops to playful experiments in time, creativity, and attention.

You don’t need to change who you are. You’re already part of it.

“What began as a love for paper, presence, and analog tools has grown into something bigger—a creative studio for human potential.”

At Hippocampus Studios our workshops and experiences are about becoming more comfortable with slowing down. They create space to unplug from the constant stream, engage in analog practices, and rediscover what it means to be present with yourself and others. These in-between spaces aren't wasted time. They're where healing happens, where insight is born, and where your innate human intelligence is free to blossom and grow. All the datasets we have—on burnout, attention spans, rising anxiety, workplace dissatisfaction, childhood mental health, the collapse of sleep hygiene, even biome shifts from chronic stress—they all point to the same thing:

We have systematized disconnection.

We’ve built a culture that rewards hyper-productivity while starving the human systems that make innovation, connection, and joy possible. Even high-performing professionals—maybe especially them—are operating in a constant state of low-level sympathetic overdrive.

And here’s the crazy part:

We know this.

We have the data. We see the rising diagnoses. The quiet quitting. The need for deeper meaning. And yet, we keep “optimizing” ourselves harder. The contradiction is no longer subtle—it’s surreal. Which is why what we offer through Hippocampus Studios is not fringe. It's not soft. It's not “optional.”

It's correction. It’s restoration. It’s a deeply intelligent course adjustment at exactly the time it's needed.

Technology does bring great gifts. We’re not pushing against the future—we’re helping people remember how to carry humanity into it.

Whether you’re exploring your own inner rhythm, building a stronger team, or leading cultural change inside a complex organization—there’s a place for you here.

The Paper Seahorse continues to have events, classes, and retail. Hippocampus Studios is a bigger picture, a studio where we can have even broader reach and do more good in the world. Won't you join us?