Cynthia Eshue (pronounced ee-shoo-weh) is a writer and visual storyteller drawn to the climates of memory, longing, freedom and hope.

Through poetry, prose and visual media, she bears witness to the many ways delight and sorrow coexist within the weather of everyday life.

Cynthia lives with her family and an abundance of fast-growing plant children.

Stay connected to her creative work via Instagram and YouTube:

@bycynthiaeshue.

“I have always paid attention to the sweet and bitter mingling of life — noticing and contemplating how living can hurt and matter at the same time.

Like a vibrant sunset fading to a navy blue evening.

The procession of grief rearranging a body.

Laughter so full it stretches into nostalgia.

Reasons to live.

To tell the truth.

To survive.

From this attentiveness arose a devotion to capturing and alchemising the atmospheres of what I experience, the feelings I carry and how I wade through being alive.

Whenever I create, whether with words or visuals, I do so with the intention that every creation acts as a door, opening to reveal not just the cracks in my darkest places, but the deep well of persistent light waiting to shine into them.

….and perhaps, if you will allow it, this door opens for you too.”