Welcome to Creative Living Diaries

We tell stories.

Creative expression is how we stay alive.

That’s why I write here—to be alive with you.

This isn’t a place where I’ll pitch to your pain points or give you a slick elevator speech (because I don’t have one.) Instead, I’ll tell you who I am, what lights me up, and trust that if something here sparks in you too, you’ll want to stay.

I’m a writer and a visual artist. I make things.

I write journal-style essays about creativity, culture, spirituality, nostalgia, and the unseen threads that shape us. Sometimes I dive into cult documentaries or retro TV. Sometimes I document travel, or thrift store treasure hunts. What ties it all together is my urge to live authentically, to notice, and to connect.

I don’t have a niche.

The truth is, despite appearances, my inner compass is a sixteen-year-old in black nail polish and uneven eyeliner, wearing a leopard-print babydoll dress and Doc Martens, fake-smoking clove cigarettes under a streetlight in an empty parking lot with some guy she likes just because of the way his hair falls across his face, listening to Bowie, a tattered copy of Anaïs Nin in her massive bag. She’s the one who whispers, Write what you want. So that’s what I do.

Inside Creative Living Diaries, you’ll find:

✨ Essays on creativity, spirituality, culture, and whatever else insists on being written

✨ The Monthly Love List—a roundup of what’s lighting me up lately: books, art, films, ideas, moments

✨ Behind-the-scenes glimpses into my studio, garden (plant native!), divination practice, vintage closet, and travels

✨ Cosmic Heart – my book-in-progress blending memoir, spirituality, and cultural critique.

Paid subscribers get:

✨Monthly behind-the-scenes extras like videos, journal pages, and live chats

The illustrations in my posts are my digital drawings. I dream of making the Love List fully illustrated—part art journal, part graphic novel—but for now, I’m sketching as I go.

Meet Lori-Lyn

If we were meeting in person, I’d introduce you to my pug and tell you I live in a slightly haunted house with my partner.

I’m GenX. Aquarius sun and moon, Capricorn rising.

I’m an aunt and an amateur philosopher.

I’m currently writing a YA novel.

I still think about the clothes in Pretty in Pink and Desperately Seeking Susan more often than is reasonable.

I love:

🌙 Sitting under the moon and stars

🌿 Gardening for pollinators

☕ Morning coffee rituals

🔮 Oracles and intuitive chats

🛍️ Vintage + thrift store finds

✨ Quiet, unscheduled creative days

🌲 Slow, easy hikes

🌈 Social justice, freedom, and joy for all

So please, come in, take off your shoes, here’s a cup of coffee. The incense is already lit.

If this feels like your kind of party (the kind where we curl up on a mossy blanket and leaf through 1970s hippie cookbooks), please hit subscribe and stay awhile.

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