contributors

MaryJo Fitzgerald

MaryJo Fitzgerald is a writer based in Brooklyn.

Her poem “Forest floor” is inspired by the beautiful forests in Mendocino and her experience in 2020. “All hail” bends reality and offers a bit of hope.

Instagram: @mjfitzgerald

Elaine Genest

Elaine Genest is an artist based in Seattle. Her current bodies of work are evidence of a personal era of curiosity, exploration and discovery as she reconnects with her creative identity.

Her artwork, “What Happens If I Do This?” and “Inspiration Overload” were created using Procreate.

Find her online at elainegenestart.com.

Lotta Leppälä

Lotta Leppälä is a freelance writer and publishing editor from Jyväskylä, Finland. She enjoys slow-paced craft projects, big cups of tea, and walks in the woods to balance days spent immersed in texts - her own or those of other writers.

Her essay, Magic in Miniature, is illustrated with her photography.

Find her online at niinlotantapaista.fi

Instagram: @niinlotantapaista

Laura Lowery

Laura Lowery is the founder and editor of Lucia and host of The Lucia Collective. As head of creative at a strategic communications firm, her secret mission is to bring more of the heart’s voice into the world.

Her voice note, The Raven, is illustrated with cinematography captured using her iPhone.

Find her online at lauralowery.com

Instagram: @lauralowery.light

Henrie Richer

Henrie Richer is an English/French artist, photographer and writer, living in the countryside near Paris, France.

She decided this year to paint full time, after raising two daughters and working in English language training, journalism and photography.

Her artwork, Toucan in the Jungle, was created in 2021 as one of the preparative exercises for her ongoing series of larger paintings of female nudes in jungle scenes.

The paintings feature jungle animals, birds and felines, alongside the main female figure. In folklore Toucans are a reminder that you need to speak up and that your contributions have value. 

Find her online at: www.henriericher.com

Instagram: @henri_richer