I should probably confess something right up front. This book began its life under a different name. For a long time, I called it Dragon Dreams—because that’s how it came to me. Through dreams. Through visions. Through the strange cellular gnosis that seems to travel with certain bloodlines.
I’ve since come to understand that it wasn’t just dreams I was accessing. It was dragon blood. My DNA, mythic and strange, was offering me flashbacks. Not just of lives I had lived, but of stories encoded in the creatures I had once consumed. Because yes—dragons remember everything they eat.
Now the title is simpler. Bolder. More inclusive.
Bē Anml.
Because this isn’t just about dragons. It’s about all animals. And maybe you, too.
What started as metaphor has, over time, become something else. Something real. Some of these stories may feel symbolic, but for me, they are remembrances. Not fantasies. Not allegories. But cellular truths wrapped in mythic wrappers. Reptilian. Mammalian. Prophetic.
I’ve recognized the pigs in my own dreams and memories—and they feel like kin to the swine bloodlines George Orwell must have been remembering from parallel realities.
The pigs who overtook Jones’ farm were not fiction. They were foreshadowing.
I feel the same swine supremacy vibes from the wild pigs on the ranch I now help steward. They root and scheme and multiply with an eerie confidence, as if destiny itself were coded in their snouts. It’s like the myth has broken through into 3D, mud-streaked and hoofed, and very much alive.
That’s when I knew this gospel wasn’t just metaphor anymore. It was manifestation.
So yes, we laugh. We roast. We remember. We let the snake speak again. We let the elephant walk with rhythm. We welcome the dragon back into the garden.
And we recognize that the blood we carry is not a curse. It’s a key.
“This book isn’t a doctrine. It’s a scroll. Not a religion, but a rhythm. A remembering of everything we were before we were domesticated.”
If you’ve found this book, maybe it’s because the dream found you.
And maybe that dream is ancient.
And maybe it’s waking up.
With memory, humor, and feral love,
Matthew
Matthew James Lawler
Founder @ Bēhere + Anml Style. Artist. Web 3 and New Earth pioneer
Matthew James Lawler is the founder of Bēhere and ANML STYLE, where he’s designing a new way families learn, create, and coordinate. A seasoned interface designer, artist, and storyteller, Matthew builds nature-based education programs alongside a Web3 creative ecosystem on Algorand—connecting outdoor learning, original IP, music, and tokenized media.
At Bēhere, he and his team host outdoor enrichment experiences that root kids in community, craft, and the living world. Through ANML STYLE, Matthew develops a growing character universe and film-forward publishing model, using NFTs and on-chain tools to align creators and supporters. He’s also prototyping AI-assisted apps—like his “Rhythm” time-design concept—centered on natural cycles, data sovereignty, and collaborative governance.
Matthew’s north star is simple: build beautiful, practical systems that help families thrive, artists own their work, and communities coordinate without compromise.
