Consciousness & Transformation

In 2011, Melissa founded Seymour Projects to help individuals disconnect from technology and reconnect with themselves.

For the past 15 years, she has led the conception, design and production of the collective’s tech-free, creatively therapeutic spaces, objects & experiences. Her largest, most renowned project to date SEYMOUR+ | A Spa For The Mind was located in Paris, France from 2014 to 2017.

A modular, next-generation version of that original space is currently being developed in collaboration with designer Corey Stevens, architect Michael Etzel and Dr. Stephen Porges, PhD. Conception is complete and production will be underway soon.

Via Seymour Projects, Melissa also edited Seymour Magazine, produced a series of talks & videos, published limited edition books, co-created ephemeral site specific installations and co-crafted variousobjects. 

Visual Art

As an Intuitive Artist, Melissa’s creative output spans a wide variety of mediums. From 2019-2022 she maintained a daily practice of making a watercolor each morning, resulting in over 1,000 works on paper, which are available to view in her archive. Recent sculpture and paintings can be seen here & here. In 2026, she began exploring textiles and established MORAH as a window for offering a curated selection of her handcrafted works.

Throughout her career, she has also participated in numerous collaborations and her visual art has been featured on a variety of goods, including the cover of the pop/rock band Nada Surf’s album Never Not Together and companion EP Cycle Through.

Written Works

As an author, Melissa has written in fictional, journalistic, interpretative and memoir form. Her essays and articles can be found in various online magazines and blogs.

Her novel GAG, an exploration of identity, perception & relationship was published by Roundfire Books in 2014. Reviews can be found here.‍

In 2021, Melissa self-published Hic et Nunc a handbook offering guidance on how to shape a daily creative practice that supports introspection, reflection and play. It’s available for purchase here.

Selections from Acoustic Set, a collection of fictional coming of age tales, were published in the literary journals Entasis and Belleville Park Pages in 2008. To access a free download of the collection, click here.

Melissa recently completed 50, waves a personal journey of reclamation told in mytho-poetic form. The book benefits from an Afterword by chaplain & feminist scholar Elizabeth Berne DeGear, PhD. This work is currently seeking a publisher.

Workshops, Advisory, Mentorship

Melissa occasionally guides private workshops (one on one) & public workshops (groups).

Throughout her career, Melissa has been called on to advise CEOs, CBOs, creatives and social entrepreneurs endeavoring to develop conscious projects, products and services that enhance public wellbeing. Melissa helps clients position empathy, dignity and emotional intelligence at the heart of their offerings.

She has also enjoyed nurturing the growth of emerging creatives & young professionals through mentorship.

Areas of Research

Melissa is a self-directed scholar of metaphysics, theology, psychology, sociocultural anthropology, therapeutic practices, visionary experience, liminality, and the dissolution of structure that occurs within individuals and cultures during threshold states. Jungian Principles and Transpersonal Psychology are core tenets of her work. Her most recent focus is on religious and vernacular architecture with particular attention to sacred space, symbolic structures, and their role in shaping collective and individual consciousness. She is also exploring the Divine Feminine and new offline models for social cohesion.

Groups & Communities

Melissa is a proponent of the Intentional Spaces Initiative and International Arts + Mind Lab Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University. A member of the Kinnernet and DLD communities and a supporter of the National Museum of Women in the Arts & New York Peace Institute.

She has enjoyed participating in Tamás Dávid Barrett’s evolutionary behavioral science discussion group Human Beast and poet Jan Noble’s existential conversation club Angeli D’Inferno.

Melissa has also led sessions and moderated talks at numerous professional gatherings over the years.

Beyond the Studio

Surf, skateboard, and punk culture have been steady influences, informing both her personal ethos and aesthetic. Most at home in the natural world, she is particularly drawn to the ocean &. landscapes that hold mystical meaning. Two of her favorite spiritual havens are Montana’s Mission Valley and the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago.