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I'm Lisa Hsia, an independent writer and artist. This is my personal/creative blog and hub website. To see more of my work, explore the sidebar below.
Until April 2012, I'd lived all 30 of my years in California, but my husband and I are now traveling the world.
Current location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Chickens (2011)
The Sketchbook Project (2010)
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Open Mic Friday! featuring Fredrick Cloyd
In today’s guest post, Fredrick Cloyd shares an excerpt from his memoir, Dream of the Water Children, dream of the water children. Continue reading
Posted in Friday Open Mic
Tagged biracial, black, black asian, black pacific, creative nonfiction, ethnography, fredrick cloyd, gender, hapa, japanese, memoir, mothers, postwar, race, sons, transnational, war, world war ii
4 Comments
The afternoon’s work
Today’s painting is technically my best yet. Continue reading
Living colors
A friend’s powerful blog post reminds me how important it is to spend my time wisely. Continue reading
Posted in creative philosophy
Tagged art, creation, life, mortality, the balancing act, time, time management, urgency
8 Comments
How do I move on from literal representation?
How does one express the ineffable? Continue reading
Posted in practice
Tagged drawings, expressionism, inspiration, iwl, markers, poetry, portraits, writing
9 Comments
Open Mic Friday! featuring Juanita Mantz
In today’s guest post, Juanita Mantz shares a story about a high school party that went wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Friday Open Mic
Tagged "high school", juanita mantz, keggers, open mic, parties
5 Comments
You’ve got me feeling emotions
Saturday was our third IWL (Interdisciplinary Writers Lab) meeting, and it was INTENSE. Here’s what I took away from it. Continue reading
Posted in Body and mind
Tagged anger, difficult people, emotions, erika lopez, fear, habits, interactions, iwl, patterns, pema chodron, people, relationships, safety, vulnerability
32 Comments
Open Mic Friday! featuring anna Saini
In today’s guest post, anna Saini returns to her homeland of India and shares a series of vibrant photos. Continue reading








