GRACE LUSTRI

Hi, I'm Grace I self-published Naked Notions at 21 as a self-taught artist. After finishing high school and having no clear direction for my future, I decided to take a gap year to pause and find myself outside of the pressured confines of our busy and fast-paced society. I went travelling, discovered my Southern Italian roots and went on a sisterhood pilgrimage with my best friends. It was a truly enlightening time and it had a positive impact on my life which I will be forever grateful for.

Who knew a simple gap year could have the power to fill in the gaps of the rest of my life! During this time, not only did I re-find my identity but also my inner artist. I began writing, drawing and creating with new found freedom. My poetry and art  became a cathartic expression of myself and all I had been suppressing. In 2019 I decided that the wisdoms and ideas I had acquired shouldn't stay inside my mind but rather be shared with others who may identify with the same human experiences of coming of age, relationships, love, purpose and life. So it was that...

Naked Notions was born.