About Halcyon
My name is John Halcyon Styn.
I am a Lifestyle Artist.
My path is my work.
STATS:
born: 5.28.71 (3:20 pm, san diego, ca) 36 years old
fav color: pink
fav sounds: breaks
faith: self-defined. (see: Belief Buffet)
clothing: textured (and often pink)
style: flamboyant
piercings: ears and nipple (8 gauge)
body hair: rigidly groomed
greeting: hug
WEB
- Bought first URL in 1996, prehensile.com, to migrate my xeroxed “zine” to this new worldwide publishing system I heard about.
- Sued by Fruit of the Loom for a parody piece called “Meat of the Loom.”
After grassroots protests and press in Wired magazine, FotL back down in one of the first demonstrations of web as tool for collective action against evil (corporations). - Launched cockybastard.com to publicly explore inward using this new medium.
- Won the 2000 Webby for best personal website, cockybastard.com.
- Employed as Spokesperson and Community Voice for the 2 million member college Club.com web community from 1999-2001
- Shot a TV Pilot “Hot Tub TV”
- Employed Kaycee Nicole and promoted her weblog enthusiastically. (Her fake persona and death was one of TWO highly public times when I was played a fool.)
- Coined term, “digital intimacy” to explain the real connections people have over the net
- Explored webcams as a tool for connecting via the web. After developing CClive at collegeclub, created and ran CitizenX.com, experimental webcam community.
- Hosted and ran “live audience” interactive webcam events like Virtual Grace, HugNation, andthe FeelTheLove call-in show.
- Lived for 2.5 years in a 24/7 webcam house with night vision and audio.
- Subject of an MTV documentary about living publicly.
- Sam Donaldson said “Get a load of that guy! What an ego!” about me on the air at the 2001 Webby Awards.
- I MC’d The SXSW web awards (live event) from1999-2003.
- Won a second webby with my grandpa in 2007 for our video podcast, HugNation.
- Did the first ever “Hug Tour” in honor of Grandp Caleb.
- In 2002, I was named one of the 10 most hated sites on the net by Yahoo Internet Life Magazine.
- In 2007 Yahoo featured me & Grandpa as notable “People of the Web”
MISC
- Sometimes when people are explaining things to me in a warm way, I get a blissful tingling sensation. I’ve called it “the feeling” since I was a kid. Sometimes an interesting accent can trigger it. Sometimes a cold chill, or foreign accent helps maintain it.
- I cut off my long hair on a TV makeover show.
- Had my first “real” date on the Gameshow STUDS.
- Burning Man is a central part of my spiritual practice. (participant since 1998)
- Pierced my right nipple in 1991 and my left in 2001.
- I have no tattoos.
- My best friend is my brother.
- I tend to be very good at being in the moment. But much worse at remembering moments.
- I forget everyone’s names.
- I love dancing in places where you can take your clothes off if you want. At least your shirt.
- I *heart* nudity.
- My skin complexion is my weakness. I pick at my face and then get depressed when my face is a mess.
- I enjoy self grooming more than I should.
- I believe audio volume is the most under-rated element of a good sex life.
- My personal mantra is, “love more, fear less. float more, steer less.”
- I had a spiritual experience on a mountaintop in Turkey in 1991 and have been changed ever since.
- I’ve given seminars at internet conferences and the national Lifestyles Swinger convention.
- I hosted a weekly call-in radio show for almost 2 years.
- I’ve never been in a romantic relationship that lasted more than 2 years.
- I’ve had the personal licence plates: DEF MANE, C*CKY, HUGABLE, and HUG NATN
ANCIENT HISTORY
- Lost my virginity or Prom night, right before my 18th birthday. Neither one of us climaxed.
- I wore turtle necks every day for a year (10th grade) because I thought it made my ears smaller and my ‘pencil neck’ not-so-noticable.
- I wore makeup (foundation) during jr high and high school because of my complexion.
- I was heavily into underground rap in 1988-89. My rap name was “Def Mane”
- My first car was a beige Volvo Station Wagon.
- I Helped start a fraternity while in college.
About the ‘Reverend’ Thing…
- I am ordained in the Universal Life Church.
- I have performed several marriages.
- I do not consider myself a Christian, but do consider Jesus to be one of my valued teachers.
- I believe that a spiritual path is deeply personal. And whatever works for you is perfect.
- I distrust anyone who knows “the true way.”
- I tend to believe what my grandpa believed. Summed up in the title of a book given to me by him: “All Religions Are True” by Gandhi.
- I consider myself a spiritual infant.
- I believe in love.
- I love you.
Inspirations
If I ever say anything worth reading, it is because I have learned from great teachers. Here are some people/places/things that enrich my journey.
films:
Schools of Thought
- A Course In Miracles
- Pronoia (Rob Brezney)
