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Lorin Drexler (aka Loryn) is an American poet, musician, songwriter, performer, music producer, teaching/coaching artist, and novelist. Rooted in the windy city of Chicago and currently residing in Mesa, Arizona, he has worked and lived in various US cities coast to coast. Experimental in nature, provocative in metaphor, and mellifluous in sound, art truly is the ritual of his practices.

Writing free verse poetry at 15 began the footwork of his projections and aspirations to create sound. Having an interest in lyrical poetry, his desire progressed to songwriting and learning guitar. At 18, Lorin formed his transitory first band, The Screaming Poets. Shortly after, he organized another project called Satori while attending Columbia College Chicago for creative writing. This group featured an accouterment of musicians and styles throughout its existence. From indie-folk to punkish hard rock to downtempo electronica, it was its own versatile caravan.

Post-Satori and a plethora of songs later, his interest in engineering and electronic music production began while working with a friend producer/DJ. He became acquainted with various elements of music software and hardware and started building his production suite. The electronica artist Loryn (www.loryn.net) was born within this process. Over the years, this method of designing music developed into a unique cohesion of computer production with organic guitar songwriting.

Furthering his advancement in the technological arts, Lorin attended SAE Institute in New York City and graduated at the top of his class. After completing the program, he continued on his path as a music artist, writing, performing, and publishing four original studio albums and one single.

Under Loryn, in 2011, he began releasing monthly newsletters to his fans and subscribers. In addition to artist updates, his passion for writing became part of the newsletters. In 2015, he compiled the newsletters into a novel anthology of poetry, prose, and flash fiction called Re-edit (available now on Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/lorindrexler). Shortly after, he began receiving publication for his work and was inducted into Poets & Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers: www.pw.org/content/lorin_drexler.

Continuing his creative journey while freelancing as a music teacher and music producer on the Big Island of Hawaii in 2017, Lorin began developing a blog website (thanks to a few conversations with a friend/drummer/business coach in a band he was producing). He decided to name his blog Gen Society (https://gensociety.com/) based on a series of synchronous experiences affiliated with a novel he has in the works called Genesis. After many trials trying to figure out what to do with Gen Society, resorting to his first love, Lorin finally settled on it being an art space blog for visual art & poetry collaborations.

Most recently, after moving in 2018 to the Mesa Artspace Lofts in Mesa, Arizona, Lorin has been offering teachings of his creative skillsets independently through his business and a series of classes and workshops at various institutions in Arizona. To name a few, he has been working with the Mesa Arts Center, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU, Edna Vihel Arts Center, North Valley Regional Library, Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Program, Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation, and Music & Arts.

As a performer, Loryn has played alongside artists such as Local H and Rusted Root frontman Michael Glabicki. He has played multiple music festivals and parades, venues like the extravagant Art Institute of Chicago and the Double Door, and worked with avant-garde theatre giants, Collaboraction, as outsourced musical talent. As a music producer, Loryn has released four studio albums and one single, all currently distributed worldwide. In addition to his repertoire as a music artist, Lorin has produced other artists such as Chase Makai from Nahko and Medicine for the People, Ammon & Lia out of Utah, and the Beach Road Band in Hawaii. As a poet & fiction writer, Lorin’s work has appeared in tNY Press, LitroNY, Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Apocrypha and Abstractions, Maudlin House, and others. Lorin was also an awarded recipient in the 2019 Tempe Writing Contest.

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Poetry: @lorindrexler Art: @robynchanceart Music: Poetry: @lorindrexler
Art: @robynchanceart
Music: Gymnopédie No. 2

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Thank you, my friend @pamslim, for meeting with me Thank you, my friend @pamslim, for meeting with me at your beautiful community space @kecommunitylab and sharing your insights into the publishing world. Your wisdom and generosity are endless.

PS Your son’s artwork is absolutely stunning as well.

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The Saddening Wind She never shows her dark side. The Saddening Wind

She never shows her dark side. That spring wedding in ash, marching through holocaust braids. Though I know it there—

I’ve seen marbles crack in boots made of snake tears; skin like rubber clowns weeping in parades that celebrate only the beautiful people of the world.

Children playing by the highway hoping for the kite to break free. They’re in for a surprise. Though I suppose everything is a surprise at some point.

I’ve seen what happens to the fluorescent in the eye that unpetals the only standing damask rose; strong enough to survive an arctic summer, though too weak to survive itself.

It never goes beyond the horizon or shares its abreaction or runs the last horse in fear what the crowd might think or do. It sits and gets fat and builds dams and gets fatter and then wonders, “Whatever is there left to discuss?”

Most people think they are hidden by the things they do not say… most people don’t know how brilliantly close they are to edifying egged-wheels. How far they’ve taken themselves—how little they’ve heard about the wind. Beside the cloak the blade is full… or dull. I never could remember which.

Her anger is a shadowed beak made purely from the void; frozen in blocks of ice that thicken over time. And they, those miserable little things that didn’t end up “okay in the end” as promised, shall return to the void and devour once again.

How blatantly farcical to believe we could undo the universe. To think there is an end in sight. Folding in and folding over; trying hard. Just trying in general—

Take down your thirteenth ghost and allow those that haven’t spoken to be said; for beauty is not always held in what is beautiful, but what has been made in shame.

by LORIN DREXLER

My first blog post collab on @gen_society with the incredible @archannair: https://gensociety.com/2017/02/03/welcome-to-gen-society/

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This photo I took on the Galápagos Islands in Ecu This photo I took on the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador in 2015 began a strange and wonderful path. Aside from the name of my novel appearing unknowingly in the background, it initiated a series of synchronous experiences that have been guiding me to this day.

If you’re interested in the full story, add this link to your browser: https://gensociety.com/2017/02/03/welcome-to-gen-society/

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February-April, 2023: The first run of my eight-pa February-April, 2023: The first run of my eight-part workshop series, Sound & Vision, exploring multidisciplinary facets of creativity and inspiration for writing.

Thank you, Joy Young, Sigourney Schaffer, @pipercenter, and @mirabellaatasu for the collaboration.

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Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023 Part 3 of 3 #sedon Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023

Part 3 of 3

#sedona #Arizona #sedonaaz #sedonaarizona #soldierpasscave #longcanyontrail #littlehorsetrail #chapeltrail #twinsisters #brokenarrowtrail #bearmountain #yavapaivistapoint #sugarloaf #doemountain #hike #hiking #hikingtrails #hikingadventures
Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023 Part 2 of 3 #sedon Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023

Part 2 of 3

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Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023 Part 1 of 3 #sedon Sedona, Arizona — 2021-2023

Part 1 of 3

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@wynwoodwallsofficial — Miami // 2021 #graffiti @wynwoodwallsofficial — Miami // 2021

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Art in Barcelona #europe #barcelona #spain #trave Art in Barcelona

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Churches in Barcelona #europe #barcelona #spain # Churches in Barcelona

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Barcelona, Spain — 2/5/23-2/10/23 Last stop, ho Barcelona, Spain — 2/5/23-2/10/23

Last stop, home...

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Louvre — 2/1/23 #louvre #thelouvre #louvremuseu Louvre — 2/1/23

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Paris, France — 1/31/23-2/5/23 Next stop, Barce Paris, France — 1/31/23-2/5/23

Next stop, Barcelona...

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Brussels, Belgium — 1/26/23-1/31/23 Next stop, Brussels, Belgium — 1/26/23-1/31/23

Next stop, Paris...

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Berlin, Germany — 1/19/23-1/26/23 Next stop, Br Berlin, Germany — 1/19/23-1/26/23

Next stop, Brussels

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Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1/12-1/19 Next stop, B Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1/12-1/19

Next stop, Berlin…

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Hi Friends and Writers: I'll be hosting an Ekphra Hi Friends and Writers:

I'll be hosting an Ekphrastic Poetry workshop next Friday at @jarrodscoffeeteaandgallery with @bookmansmesa. All ages and skill levels are welcome, and it's free and open to the community.

Hope to see you there!

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Hi Friends and Writers: I'll be hosting a virtual Hi Friends and Writers:

I'll be hosting a virtual NaNoWriMo workshop this Tuesday with @bookmansmesa @bookmansaz. All ages and skill levels are welcome and it's free and open to the community... email mesaevents@bookmans.com to RSVP.

Hope to see you there!

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Come join us tomorrow at the @asumixcenter Housewa Come join us tomorrow at the @asumixcenter Housewarming Party. It'll be an interactive day with tons of activities, including music... I go on with @tinavale1 at 1:30pm.

Hope to see yas there!

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