Prior to Soapmaking, writing has always been my passion. It captures the essence of the moment, the people and places and turns that which is commonplace into that which is divine. I have always thought that writing makes me more alike than unlike everyone else; it allows me to feel what Paule Marshall, in Brown Girl Brownstone describes as the visceral yearning that the novel’s protagonist Selena, a young Barbadian girl on the cusp of womanhood, desires - “...to be part of the pause and beat of life.” Whether or not we recognize it, it is this intrinsic desire to be part of that beat that propels the creative voice that ultimately shapes our world. That voice can be manifested in writing, in creating works of art, in creating the mundane and functional and even, in creating beautiful packaging and laboring over a steamy batch of soap- thus bringing to life something from naught. It is recognition of this level of beauty, why I feel consummately fulfilled writing for Bellaonline and sharing my experiences and knowledge with countless people whom I may never meet.
Though I am enamored of so many different genres of writing; writing about soap making gives me the opportunity to write with accuracy, with diplomacy and restraint for the purpose of clarity.
Some of my favorite books are:
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Joanne Greenberg
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
Brown Girl Brownstone, Paule Marshall
From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest, T.Z. Lavine
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Through the years I have amassed a body of knowledge about Soapmaking and the cosmetic/body care market which I freely share with my readers. Some of the things that I can be of help with to my readers are:
• Packaging and label design - see my girly graphics resource Perfumekits.com
• Marketing and PR
• Formulating
• Pointing users to resources that they may not have known existed.
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