Ask the Author: Ariel O'Suilleabhain
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Ariel O'Suilleabhain
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Ariel O'Suilleabhain
"Life itself inspires me. The small things of this life mean so much to me. Flowers that grow free and are ready to gather, bundle and store in a drenched Perrier bottle for tabletop or windowsill. A ladybug on a countertop during the preparation of a summer lunch. The beauty of the sound of nature only. Birds that sing songs of peace and healing. The rain forests of earth. All creatures small and large. Fresh air, the strong breath of a fresh ocean. Joy. Strong, solid trees whose wisdom and knowledge speaks of the prophetic joy of all of the best God has for me today and always. Sunlight. The laughter and the play of children." April.
Ariel O'Suilleabhain
Interesting question. I am glad that you ask what I am working on which is at present a cookbook, and at least three more picture books. This time the pictures are a beautiful delight of both color splash and hardcover collectables - books I plan to publish soon. In addition, I actually have two full length young adult (y.a.) books ready to go. One is 150 pages and another is about 200 pages and may either remain at that amount of pages or grow larger. And another book for women and about women is also underway. As I believe in growing everything more from kindness to manners to love and even respect it is just a matter of publication timing right now. That being said I would love to say that since every moment matters I want my readers to know how very much I appreciate you on a daily basis. Enjoy buying or design and make your own kite as I did each year of my childhood growing up in Japan. The oriental carp (large goldfish) is my personal favorite. But most definitely, find out what it is you like the most and paint, sew or design a kite to fly from your favorite bird to a fish who flies through clouds and enjoy each moment of the refreshing and renewing March wind outside. And remember I look forward to hearing from each you on a regular basis. (March).
Ariel O'Suilleabhain
"Friday and she wearing make-up and he a suit to honor the holy time and leave all work behind soon morphed as Saturday and fried and cooked more fish as people of another world. Our deep imagination knew no bounds. Filled up to bursting and to overflowing the energy of the forever remained that way. Apt as for the eternal experience of life higher cliffs only worked to make a way for contentment and constant satiation faded away to normal life which seemed the most exciting one moment to moment way to flight." (Excerpt from the book 'A Mother Society' ). The best thing about being a writer is always being close to God and nature. While people of course are a large part of the divine creation of the universe, the creator gave us so much more to enjoy. In a way, being a writer helps me to use the gift of formulated and patterned and sometimes even 'flowered' words to describe the beauty of the good things here on earth I was brought here to describe to others. (February.)
Ariel O'Suilleabhain
'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy piques my ultimate time travel fantasy - logically enough although one would not actually stay there indefinitely. Once time warp vacay becomes an Elon Musk established reality, this would be a perfect occasional weekend mini-stay. Imagine the ability to return to your own home afterwards refreshed. And the adventures you enjoyed that really did become a positive good memory forever combined a great unending pleasure each time to come home to a 'safe surround picket fence home' for which life a lot more easy and joyful enough to rend the much desired gratitude eternal. (January).
Ariel O'Suilleabhain
In answer to one of my fan questions for this week, "Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?" The thoroughly inspirational idea for 'A Mother Society: Ginsberg Style' came about because of my passion for scholarly poetry studies through time - I wanted to translate a 'Ginsberg' (poem style) novella to others to help them understand that being a housewife does not mean you lack intelligence. In many cases much the opposite stands as factual. After all, we are more than often the ones who gave you an abundance of if not all of our ideas. How do we do it ? Come along and read the book and find out why being a common housewife is precious and not so ordinary as you may think. The ability to make the simple things of daily life a complete fantasy takes a lot of thought. For example, the real winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is the woman whose dinner for a family of twelve inspired her beloved to silence themselves and bless the food together during a meal so delicious that no one wanted to waste one good bite. During this time, peace pacts are made eternal by simple eye contact and promises made to share sweaters, notebook paper and kindness. And all they did was eat the wordless joy. That would have been my Grandmother Sarah. But are we really that much different as women today? Timeless, many of us are still that beloved housewife. 'A Mother Society' embraces the thought that comes from the eternal and at once ever refreshing mystery of how and why we women are able to soar above it all, a flight of pure intrigue that proves that our brain capacity and especially more for a housewife a valuable and universal gift from a good and brilliant God. (December).
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