Archive - bottom of my bag

why making collage is good for you

an archive of the soul

Jul 27 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

I only seem to function in overload

After two years at my current job, I have come to quite an abrupt realisation.

Jul 20 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

The Longing and sitting with your thoughts

Jul 13 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

going to the cinema is a ritual

I love going to the cinema.

Jul 6 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

June 2026

love letter to an old woman on the tube

That day was blessed.

Jun 29 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel, the female friendship pioneers

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Film Review

Jun 22 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

Soy Frankelda, the masterpiece I didn't know I needed

I saw myself, and you probably will too

Jun 15 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

What does Briar Rose teach us?

Book review of the Grimm version

Jun 8 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

The 12 dancing princesses is NOT a "Happy Ending" fairytale

Book review of the Grimm version (everyone is awful)

Jun 1 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

May 2026

girls are hairy, deal with it

mix of a rant and essay on how something normal became shameful

May 25 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

how Dracula inspired my original vampire character

From reading Dracula to creating Carnita

May 22 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

AI might be the best thing that could have happened to art

I have a point, I promise.

May 16 • Lisa Candel | Indie Author

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