Hello there!
I’m Lindsay Crandall. I’m a writer at heart, scribbling my thoughts into journals and turning them into essays. I believe in wholehearted living—in slowing down, paying attention attention to our own lives, and sharing from a deeper place in our souls. Here, you’ll find me sharing the ins and outs of my creative life.
This is not just a writing practice, but also a living practice. We have to listen—to others, to ourselves—and we need space in order to contemplate and create. The world is so noisy and distracted, but we don’t have to be.
We can choose slowness, contemplation. We can choose to rally against a culture that demands more and more—more numbers, more readers, more output. We can choose to be faithful to our calling, to write and think and explore ideas on the page. To hold up what we create to the light and check for holes. What is true here?
The world can be so fast, demanding so much, but there is time to slow down, time to taste and chew and digest. There’s no rush.
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I have been working as a writer and editor for more than 10 years, from newspapers to magazines to blogs. My writing has been featured at The Curator, Art House America, Gulf Coast Bride, Bella Grace, Year of Creative Habits, Sense Magazine, and Viewfinders. Read more here.
I studied and wrote poems for two years, culminating in a master’s degree in creative writing and a thesis of re-imagined poems about women of the bible. I have since found a passion for creative nonfiction and personal essays, but poetry will always have my heart.
I am, also, a self-taught photographer, currently working as a contributor to Stocksy United. You can view my portfolio here. My photography has been featured in Real Life Family Photography, I’d Rather Be Reading, Viewfinders, Manfrotto Imagine More, and Skillshare where I teach the class, Creative Self Portrait Photography: Going Beyond the Selfie.
I live in Upstate New York with my husband, two kids, and a reluctant cat. More often than not, you’ll find me with a book or pen in hand (sometimes a glass of red wine).