Figments of Creativity | Lilian Santini | Substack

Just a glimpse ✨

There's a moment before any new journey, when you sense something waiting, just out of sight.

Jul 25 •

Start Here 🧡

Figments of Creativity is a space for my poetry, songs, and memoir pieces. You'll also find creative strategy resources when you need them.

May 8 •

pouring grace when the world says no.

Jul 2 •

🔥 A fire for stories

My inner child is leading now.

Jul 14 •

From the Beginning 📦

This series began with a box of old journals I brought from Brazil: pages I hadn’t read in years, now unfolding one memory at a time.

May 13 •

🦊 Lu

Just a glimpse ✨

There's a moment before any new journey, when you sense something waiting, just out of sight.

Jul 25 •

🦊 Lu is coming

A story for anyone who still believes in kindness

Jul 24 •

Lines & Lyrics

the trees shower too

and they don’t rush to dry off

Jul 24 •

if you ever want out

Jul 16 •

for the many you are.

Jul 10 •

pouring grace when the world says no.

Jul 2 •

From the Beginning 📦

The house with cake and knitting needles

My grandmother’s place, her steady presence, and what stillness gave me as everything else sped up.

Jul 29 •

I thought the world ended when Brazil lost the World Cup

Green and yellow everywhere, a sidewalk full of tears, and a girl learning just how much beauty and heartbreak the world could hold.

Jul 22 •

The lost witch and the girl who wrote her

I don’t remember exactly when she came to me, but I know what summoned her.

Jul 15 •

The girl who read the whole library

A love letter to books, libraries, Ronaldo’s back-cover method, and my literary curiosity.

Jul 8 •

Memory, control, and surviving.

Jul 1 •

2:31

Now Notes 🍃

Now Note: loops and rows

I knit to calm my nerves not to make something useful. Loop by loop, the noise in my head softens. My breath finds a rhythm that doesn’t ask for…

Jul 28 •

Now Note: walking the edge of the green

I walked the path around the golf course not to play, just to move. The grass was trimmed too neat to feel wild, but the wind didn’t care. It rustled…

Jul 21 •

Now Note: without my phone

I left my phone in the other room.

Jul 14 •

Now Note: the sky at 6:12

I stepped outside before anyone needed anything from me. The air was still deciding between night and day. Just a sliver of cool. A soft gradient where…

Jul 7 •

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The house with cake and knitting needles

Figments of Creativity

Figments of Creativity

Diary archaeology, inner child poetry, and fantasy allegories. The door is open.

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