🔥 A fire for stories

My inner child is leading now.

When I first started my Substack, I had a different vision for this space. I imagined brand strategy posts, professional insights, content that came from my logical side, not from my heart.

But my inner child had other plans. She's been asking for space in my life, and I've finally decided to listen.

I'm opening the gates for her to run wild here. It's funny how this feels like coming full circle: I have a BA in languages and literature back in Brazil, and I haven't been really tapping into it for years. Going forward, the focus of Figments of Creativity will be solely on the creative work that's been growing in this space.

This is what happens when you let your heart lead instead of your head.

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What's Happening Here

From the Beginning 📦 drops every Tuesday. I'm currently deep in my diary from 1998: the year I turned 18. If you want to read about what was happening in my hometown and in my head around that time, join me as I trace the girl I used to be through fragments of old diaries, notes, and pages I barely remembered writing.

Some memories come with their own songs that were sparked somewhere in the process of writing the story. All of them come with original digital illustrations.

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Daily, I share Lines & Lyrics: poetry and songs sparked from ordinary moments, pieces about monsters that want my confidence for breakfast, songs about heartaches and small wonders. Words that rise from simply living, breathing, feeling our way through the world.

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Come August 1st, my first fiction arrives. 🦊 Lu is a fantasy allegory about a gentle creature searching for her family in a world that has forgotten how to be kind. When the Harsh Winds turn communities against each other, Lu must choose between hardening herself to survive or staying true to her gentle nature.

This is a story about finding strength in softness, about the forces that profit from keeping us divided, and the brave act of building connections when the world tells us to build walls. I'm telling this story across nine chapters, each with its own song and original illustrations I'm creating along the way.

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Substack is becoming my fire: a place where I gather with others to tell stories. I'm excited to be sharing, and just as excited to hear from you.

This is what happens when you stop trying to be who you think you should be and start being who you actually are. Come sit by the fire.

I can't wait to share more with you.

Lilian