Calling creative visionaries & trailblazers...

Reclaim your gifts

Weave connections

Realize your dreams

Are you a working artist–a writer, painter, or musician designing and producing works of meaning and beauty? Or a slumbering artist longing to create? Or someone absolutely sure you have no creative talent, are NOT an artist, and will never be?

Wherever you fall on this spectrum I invite you to check out my little pocket of cyberspace and explore the magic and power of creativity. 

Discover how creative expression can be an instrument of illumination and healing, a thread for connection, and force for social change. 

Here you can 

• get a sense of my own journey to reclaim my identity as an artist and see what I've been creating...

• learn about the workshops and coaching I offer, especially to those who long for creative awakening and community and want to design and live a life filled with purpose and delight...

• start exploring the movement I'm part of, where trailblazing artists around the globe are weaving connections and working toward shared dreams of stronger communities and a better world.

Are you (once again) at turning point in your life, wondering which way to go?

Do you long to be more creative, to rediscover your unique gifts, and live a life that reflects who you truly are?

Are you ready to make changes in your own life, to feel more organized and connected, energized and at ease?

I am.

Are you alarmed by the discord you see in the news, feel called to cross divides and make connections? ...to understand and honor differences and work together toward shared goals? 

Do you feel it’s time to join with others, to heal, build community? ...to step up, speak out, and change the world—at least your little part of it?

I do.

So let's get started. Check out my offerings then contact me to talk about possibilities.

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I'm Lorilyn. I'm an artist, adventurer, and activist... a writer, teacher and coach. A mama and daughter. A recovering perfectionist. An intrepid seeker who often gets lost.

I offer inspiration, guidance and support through my own writing and painting, and through personal coaching and workshops. I'm dedicated to reawakening creativity, revealing old stories and creating new ones that heal and empower, and weaving connections with other committed, creative misfits and visionaries. 

I especially love to help women at midlife crossroads to reclaim their creative power and use it to revitalize themselves, connect with others, and make an impact in the world.

I bring wildly diverse experience to my work, in academia, government, business and non-profits, in North America, Africa and Asia. I received degrees from fancy universities, and have a pile of coaching and teaching certifications. I've built successful ventures, held admirable leadership positions and raised an incredible son. I've also had plenty of experience with floundering and failure. 

If you want to hear my whole story, be prepared for a long conversation about my rich, messy, unconventional career, how I lost and found my own creative gifts.

My current creative project? I'm writing a book. About how creative expression can transform your life and change the world. It will include my story, the stories of those I've worked and played with, and stories of artists and activists all over the world who are out practicing the art of change. Perhaps I'll include yours.

So. Let's do this. Gather the artists, save the world.

READ

musings, stories, poetry

BEHOLD

paintings

LEARN

workshops & coaching programs 

DISCOVER

Gather the Artists, the movement 

KIND WORDS...

From workshop participants:

"What a great way to spend a couple of days! I didn’t know exactly how a painting workshop would help me navigate from one stage of life to another. But after two days of reflection, journaling and painting, skillfully facilitated by Lorilyn, I had a lot more clarity about the things that are most important to me and how I might carry them forward into the next chapter, as well as the things that hold me back and how I might let them go. The workshop was both productive and inspiring.

Lorilyn is a gifted facilitator. She brings together her own thriving inner spirit, a sharp intellect, her keen intuition and formidable artistic talent to offer a very thoughtful, inspiring and fun experience. She is a perfect blend of goddess, teacher and artist."

- Kari P

"The colored strings connecting our paintings are like roads connecting one place to another, where we want to go, what we want to do. This is our road, a very difficult road." -P  "When I come to [this workshop], I feel like I am five or six years old. It makes me happy. With my sisters I feel hopeful and strong." -R          

-P & R, Cambodian women's rights activists

From readers:

• "It was a very emotional experience for me to read it. I couldn’t help but cry at some points…" 

• "I smiled nearly the whole time reading this, love the fanciful & loving names & descriptions - felt like I was reading Lord of the Rings.  Your description of the snakes has helped me overcome my innate fear of them, love the part about shedding skin for the next life chapter." 

I believe in the power of stories 

–expressed with words,

music, dance moves,

and paintbrush strokes–

to connect and transform

individuals and families,

communities and nations …and

eventually make the world a

better place for all.