Monday, June 4, 2012

Introducing Ramblin Susan

I ran the name for this blog by my mother. She thought it was appropriate. I'm not sure I want to delve into why she smiled as she said that. And so, we begin…

We all have perceptions about ourselves and our world and those perceptions are unique to each one of us. I perceive myself as a student of life, a creative individual—mom, artist, writer, photographer, etc.—who loves the joy of discovery and constantly growing into a more well-rounded person. I've been learning about blogging so this is my 'doing' part.

Combining words with graphics is my favorite thing to do. My current project involving those two things is my very own illustrated book of quotes coffee table book. The picture at right is the cover

I love quotes and have been collecting for quite some time now so it was past time to do something with them. There is also a perpetual calendar of quotes project in the works as well, but it's still more in the planning stage.

It's always interesting to see how others perceive us and I'm looking forward to getting some feedback while hopefully getting a myriad of opportunities to meet new people.

One last thought (excerpt from a poem by Marilyn Maciel, called “clothesline”)

i
you
us
them
those people
wouldn’t it be lovely
if one could
live
in a constant state
of we?
some of the most
commonplace
words
can be some of the biggest
dividers
they
what if there was
no they?
what if there
was only
us?

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