About

Hello, my name is Lisa Marie. I’m a writer and collage artist with big feelings and an unfortunate habit of overthinking ordinary experiences. I currently live just outside Denver, Colorado with my wife, our dog Lola, and two snakes, Delilah and Ava.

This is my corner of the internet—a space to experiment, to explore, and to express myself.

Here you’ll find personal essays, prose poetry, observations, reviews, collections of notes, and seeds of ideas I hope to spread. I write about politics, philosophy, psychology, relationships, culture, and anything that hurts, heals, or reveals something about human nature. I like contradictions, unfinished thoughts, and uncomfortable questions.

I write from my own life. Most essays begin with something I’m attempting to process then widen into questions about the way we live, who we are, how we relate to one another, and make meaning in this world.

I’m rarely offering advice or looking for anyone to agree. My only hope is that the personal is much more universal than it feels and that the world feels a little less lonely, for a moment, because we are both here.

Outside of writing, I enjoy creating analog collage art and blackout poems. I’m a voracious reader—particularly of classics, essay collections, and “weird girl literature.” I like to travel and I like food and I combine the two as often as I can. I love the outdoors and spend my summers camping and hiking through the most scenic trails my state has to offer.

If something here stays with you, I’d love to know. Feel free to leave a comment or reach out. You can also follow along here or find me on Twitter and check out what inspires me on Are.na.

And if you’d like to support the work, a coffee is always welcome.