About Us

Is This For Me?

Card Game

About Us

Is This For Me?

Card Game

About Us

Is This For Me?

Card Game

Monsters
of The Mind

A slightly surreal, oddly helpful guide to the voices that hijack your flow, reimagined as Japanese Yokai by artist Miki Kawaguchi.

Inside, you’ll meet your inner crew:

Inside, you’ll meet your
inner crew:

The Bully Critic

The Perfectionist

The Fear of Vulnerability

But instead of fighting them, you’ll learn to:

But instead of fighting them, you’ll learn to:

But instead of fighting them, you’ll learn to:

Befriend them

Ignore them

or recast them into something a little more helpful

  • • DIGITAL ZINES • WORKSHOPS • RITUAL SNACKS • STICKER THERAPY • GUIDED VISUALIZATION • IDENTITY PORTALS • AND MUCH MORE

  • • LIVE ZINES • WORKSHOPS • RITUAL SNACKS • STICKER THERAPY • MONSTERS OF MIND • IDENTITY PORTALS • AND MUCH MORE

  • • DIGITAL ZINES • WORKSHOPS • RITUAL SNACKS • STICKER THERAPY • GUIDED VISUALIZATION • IDENTITY PORTALS • AND MUCH MORE

  • • LIVE ZINES • WORKSHOPS • RITUAL SNACKS • STICKER THERAPY • MONSTERS OF MIND • IDENTITY PORTALS • AND MUCH MORE

Creation as medicine.

Weirdness as wisdom

Creation as medicine.
Weirdness as wisdom

*

Think of this as your first ritual; on paper.

*No spam. Just one beautifully strange zine, and future invitations for your soft, weird self.

*No spam. Just one beautifully strange zine, and future invitations for your soft, weird self.

Each card hides a monster. Flip one. Call it out. Maybe even laugh with it.

Each card hides a monster.
Flip one. Call it out. Maybe even laugh with it.

Each card hides a monster. Flip one.
Call it out. Maybe even laugh with it.

Who Are We? 

ToolboxPoetic is part art collective, part emotional lab, part creative sanctuary.

We made Monsters of the Mind for the ones who:

feel too much and write too little

start things and ghost them

hoard notebooks and second-guess every page

crave softness, strangeness, and small rituals

Why We Made This

Why We

Made This?

ToolboxPoetic is part art collective, part emotional lab, part creative sanctuary.

We made Monsters of the Mind for the ones who:

feel too much and write too little

start things and ghost them

hoard notebooks and second-guess every page

crave softness, strangeness, and small rituals

Your monsters arrive in your inbox the moment you hit send. After that? Just the occasional soft rebellion — nothing noisy.

Still here?

Take your monsters home.

Still here? Take your monsters home.

© 2025 Poetic Toolbox. All rights reserved.

© 2025 Poetic Toolbox. All rights reserved.