Figments of Creativity | Lilian Santini | Substack

the year i stop bracing

Dec 20, 2025 • Lilian Santini

let it come through

Oct 14, 2025 • Lilian Santini

A town of 12,000 saints

Where time moved slowly, the air smelled like bread and prayer, and I first learned how to want more.

May 27, 2025 • Lilian Santini

The courage to pause

What happens when you are in-between

May 8, 2025 • Lilian Santini

If there’s a theme to this season, it’s finishing things, and beginning again.

Oct 13, 2025 • Lilian Santini

From the Beginning

The songs have found their way home

From diary pages to lyrics: the album "From the Beginning" is here

Sep 2, 2025 • Lilian Santini

What I wrote, what I know

A few lines I once scribbled in a diary, and what I see in them now.

Aug 26, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Graduation, glitter, and control

Getting myself elected to ensure quality, music, and magic—and the dress that looked like stars.

Aug 19, 2025 • Lilian Santini

The crush that lived in silence

There are people you never really have, but somehow, they shape everything that follows.

Aug 12, 2025 • Lilian Santini

The end of the ice cream shop

Mourning a job, a hangout spot, and a little corner of joy where my life unfolded.

Aug 5, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Three rooms in the same house. Enter where you need to be.

Brand strategy and creative direction

Oct 1, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Original poetry and music

May 1, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Thresholds 🕊️

Synchronicity, change, and becoming

May 1, 2025 • Lilian Santini

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Chapter 9: The new garden

What grows from here

Oct 3, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 8: The network

Finding another way

Sep 26, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 7: The crossroads

Finding each other

Sep 19, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 6: The memory caves

You're not alone

Sep 12, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 5: The floating islands

Help you can see but cannot touch

Sep 5, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 4: The poisoned spring

Selling what should be free

Aug 29, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 3: The burning library

What burns first

Aug 22, 2025 • Lilian Santini

Chapter 2: The divided village

How neighbors become strangers

Aug 15, 2025 • Lilian Santini

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