Hello and welcome! My name is Morgan Harper Nichols and I am located in Georgia, USA, not too far from my hometown. I am currently pursuing an MFA in the Interdisciplinary Media Arts program at Lindenwood University. I am focused on making art and writing prose that gives people the opportunity to engage with narrative in new ways.
For me, making art and creative writing are valuable forms of communication. At age 30, I found out was was autistic, and age 31, I received a diagnosis of autism, ADHD, and SPD (sensory processing disorder). In the years leading up to her diagnosis, I lived with many autistic traits and made art, music, and poetry about these experiences, even before she had a name for them. My work features themes of creating room to breathe and embracing the narrative nature of life.
At age 27 in 2017, I started creating art and poetry in response to messages I received on social media, and since then, I have continued to grow an art practice as a way of not just making art, but exploring how art can become a space to reflect experiences, tell stories, share ideas, and create room to breathe.
I use a wide range of media to make my work, from digital art to graphic design, collage, to learning how to code and build 3D environments. I am the creator of the app “Storyteller” and also the online shop Garden24.
My art and writing practice has turned into several books, including the WSJ Bestseller "All Along You Were Blooming" and my app, Storyteller. I am also currently the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the mental health organization, TWLOHA.
My long term goal is to teach and develop resources that explore the intersection of art, storytelling, and health. I am also passionate about studying the art and science of storytelling and also, how we as humans create and interact with narratives in various aspects of our lives. - Morgan
And now onto some rabbit holes…
Here’s a little bit more about my process––where I write about how fictional worlds inform the way I write about real-life experiences. This is a very long post I shared in early 2021 shortly after I received my autism diagnosis. Here’s a poem about being autistic that took forever to write. And here’s a random podcast episode: Lessons From Pots On The Stove. And here’s one of a few digital gardens I’ve been working on. Finally, here’s a piece in Forbes that goes deeper into my very nonlinear story and all the winding paths that led me here.
