Essay Library
“Just the act of reading Elina Haverinen’s work makes my creative synapses put on a light show. No matter what she writes about, from marketing to speech therapy, I always come away feeling wiser and freer for it.”
—Marci Cornett
Notes from a Damp Island
Selected essays
All That You Are is a collection of essays and stories on creativity, identity, and the feral art of being human. You can read it on Substack or have it delivered to your inbox.
Everything you need to stay unbothered, in six letters
Two syllables, one way to say everything, zero drama.
The Granny who mooned the horses
One unforgettable woman with her own rules.
Confessions of a spectacularly unreliable creative
A brief guide to not finishing anything—until you finally do.
The Museum of 2025 Marketing Practices
Step inside the Museum of 2025 Marketing Practices, where freedom got a branded hoodie, authenticity was a growth tactic, and gold got polished into glitter because shiny noise always wins.
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