Hey people! This is my new blog for all of the creative shit that I love, whether I've created it myself or I'm appreciating someone else's creations. I was originally sharing my work/progress on @leiwritess. Decided to put it into retirement and start fresh.
I’ll most likely update this intro veeery soon once I get some more direction for this.
About me
My name is lei (pronounced “lay”). I'm a 25-year-old black autistic they/them dyke from BK who lets stories and storytelling lead their life. I consider myself a cultural worker. I love to read, write, talk about music, infodump about my ocs, collage, annoy my cat, misty and more.
About my Work
I wanna be more intentional about the things that I create so I've decided to expand this into a work space rather than just a writer's corner. I enjoy writing, I want to learn to draw, I love collaging, I've always wanted to do photography and much more so this blog is going to reflect that. Nothing but love to those who join me in documenting my progress as an artist.
WIPs + Brief Descriptions
The Blues and the Blues Stage in Gayl Jones’ “Corregidora” | literary essay
This is an essay I wrote for a Black Aesthetics class, and decided to make it a personal project since I loved it so much. It's an exploration of the role of the blues as a way to document and the blues stage as a space of resistance for the black woman blues singer in Corregidora by Gayl Jones.
An Unopened Letter to the Grim Reaper | new adult fiction
Dusting off this work that I started late last year with an oc of mine and @purrfectwriting’s, I'd like to reintroduce this sapphic love story:
Trishe Horton refuses to accept her parents' decision to sell her grandmother's Baton Rouge home six years after her sudden death. Between working part-time as a cemetery administrative assistant and barely winning against senioritis, Trishe's vivid night terrors have become the least dull part of her life. It's only when she bumps into an old high school crush, Lina Khan, off the pages of their many penpal letters and face-to-face for the very first time, that she finds hope that revival is possible. What she doesn't realize is that sometimes, she just doesn't dictate what survives, and what comes to a close.
Got an amazing shout out from Grey Elysee, a phenomenal black indie comic book artist with his own very successful Kickstarter. Please go an support him as well as myself in his amazing journey. I’m ALMOST there. 5 more days.
But I have been going through it lol when aren't I though? Doing things on my own has always been a difficult thing for me. I like doing things with people! I like having my besties or someone to just do shit with even if we aren't exactly doing it together. My biggest thing for the majority of my life is now knowing who I am outside of anyone else. How do I do that when I thrive around other people? I don't know who I am when I am by myself and not sure how to figure that out without getting frustrated and overwhelmed. I know you aren't supposed to diagnose yourself but I honestly believe I have ADHD. Anyways, ya girl needs help.
My beautiful girlfriend,Niyahbinghi (nai-uh-bing-gee) is an incoming freshman at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and is having trouble coming up with the rest of the funds needed for tuition for the fall/spring semester.
Niyahbinghi is an incredibly talented mixed-media artist and plans to study illustration at AAC, with estimated graduation of 2026, that being if she manages to raise the remaining needed for her first year.
She has spent countless hours trying for every scholarship she’s eligible for and looked into student loans but continually ran into walls when not having a “credit-worthy” cosigner available.
She’s asking for $9254 for the remainder of her tuition and is supposed to start school on 8/29/22. It is short notice, but this is her last resort.
If any more than the initial $9254 is received, thank you! It’ll be used towards school supplies because the $9254 is for the only remainder of the tuition.
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hello all! sorry for the radio silence, i’ll try to give a small update on what’s happening.
art’s been on a bit of a hiatus as the last few months have been ,, rough ,, to say the least. i haven’t been getting anything done :,)
but it still makes me so happy for the support i’ve been getting even in my absence. every like/follow/rb genuinely means the world to me
so here’s what i’m planning to do for september ;
finish the rest of the love interest beta designs [ sketched, just need to color! ]
host an “ask your fave” event
make a tiktok and youtube account
redraw the love interests to fit my current art style
have my birthday, lol
all in all, i’m still here and DEO is still in production! i just had a hard time for the last few months and i’m hoping everyone will bear with me as i try to bring DEO to reality again. i hope everyone enjoys what i have to offer as much as i want to bring it into the world 🤍🕊