Figments of Creativity

Figments of Creativity

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🦊 Lu
From the Beginning 📦
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Now Note: floating
I floated in the pool today not to swim, just to stop. The water held me without asking for anything. No agenda. No urgency. Above me, palm leaves…
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Chapter 2: The divided village
How neighbors become strangers
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The crush that lived in silence
There are people you never really have, but somehow, they shape everything that follows.
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Now Note: the cry i didn’t schedule
It came out of nowhere. Or maybe not. Maybe it was right there all along, just waiting for me to stop holding it in. No music. No journal. Just the…
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Chapter 1: The last flower
A light that won't let go
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The end of the ice cream shop
Mourning a job, a hangout spot, and a little corner of joy where my life unfolded.
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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 the…
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🦊 Lu: A Story of Connection
A story for the sensitive souls.
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July 2025

The house with cake and knitting needles
My grandmother’s place, her steady presence, and what stillness gave me as everything else sped up.
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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…
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Just a glimpse ✨
There's a moment before any new journey, when you sense something waiting, just out of sight.
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What realignment really looks like
A focused 4-week creative partnership for brands ready to feel true again.
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