hi i’m lo(ra) i’m an adhd designer and artist from los angeles who now lives in toronto! lofi-ghosts started as a zine but is now expanding into my creative online identity.

plagued by mental health issues, many stemming from childhood trauma and unresolved conflicts, i sought solace in my creative outlets. sometimes it was just through journaling and writing out my thoughts. sometimes art. sometimes video games and youtube. but a part of me always wanted to make something that i could share with others. something tangible. something relatable. and so, in the summer of 2024, i decided to make a zine. a culmination of my hobbies: photography, design, weird stuff, sort of fueled by nostalgia of the 90s and 2000s.

something that i talk about throughout my zines is a show called ‘so weird’ which was a disney channel original show back in the late 90s/2000s that was essentially ‘x-files’ for kids. this may sound dramatic, but the show kind of defined me. it’s the inspiration behind my love for the slightly jarring, spooky-adjacent, melancholic atmospheres and liminal spaces. it has become a comfort show. something i return to over and over again. a constant.

i wanted to create a world where i felt like i could truly belong. merging my love of journaling, art, nostalgia, and coping with mental health, i wanted to make this place feel coherent in some way. being adhd, it’s hard to really pinpoint what i want my art to be. but i think it perfectly describes who i am. chronically unserious but brutally unfiltered. a little silly and a little sad. and mostly, just a a place of comfort.

i also really miss the old internet. you know, the geocities and angelfire days. so in an effort to sort of re-create that feeling, i want lofighosts to be a place where people can consistently come back to just to hang out. not just a place to buy things i make (although i am grateful if you choose to do that) but a place where you can read blogs, read my zines, and see updates on what i’m working on. i want to expand on my website more in the future so that it can truly feel like a lost place on the internet to chill at. maybe add a forum in here? the nostalgia! the throwback. i’m excited just thinking about it.

(( btw if you’re also looking for more work in progress updates, quick notes, and just general short blurbs from me, i post fairly regularly on substack. ))

i hope that the things i create can bring you joy, whimsy, or maybe even a little reprieve from whatever mentally ails you. if nothing else, i hope it can feel like a safe space, a place of comfort.

thank you for being here.

xo, Lo.

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