AuthorsDen.com   Join (free) | Login  

   Your Online Literary Community! 
 Signed Books - Tell a Friend!
 Popular! Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry
Where Authors and Readers come together!
Visited by 1,400,000+ people monthly.

Signed Bookstore | Authors | Books | Stories | Articles | Poetry | Blogs | News | Events | Reviews | Videos | Success | Gold Members | Testimonials

Featured Authors:  Alfred Garrotto, iNikhil Parekh - Love Poet, iAaron Cole, iSusan de Vegter, iMike Kearby, iShaneetha Akinlana, iA. Colin Wright, i

 
Home > Author > Marilyn Campiz
 
Marilyn Campiz

   Become a Fan
   Contact author
   Books


· 1 Titles
· Add to My Library
· Share with a friend
· Add to Favorites
·
Member Since: Jan, 2008

Bookmarks
Add this page to
your Bookmarks List
 
Marilyn Campiz, click here to update your web pages on AuthorsDen.com.





Featured Book
Poetry Pages: A Collection of Voices from Around the World,
by jeanne watson

In collaboration with 19 other poets from PoetryPages.com; A collection of works from a wide range of prolific writers who have combined under one banner, PoetryPages.com..  
Gold Member BookAds

  Marilyn Campiz

Share  Save   [ Subscribe]        

Life is too short to just go through the motions.


Background Information

Life is a wonderful event.  The alternative is to give up. 
There was a man, a homeless man I met in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris France.  His home was under the gaze of naked female form.  His blanket and a small battery operated radio was his home.  As I was photographing in the area, I felt it right to ask the man if I could photograph her.  He seemed protective of the image, as he sighed and spoke of how he adored this visage, "She is the only woman who has never betrayed me and keeps me safe at night.  Yes, you may photograph her."  He watched me as I took her image for my own. 

"Where are you from?"  He asked with hopeful eyes. 

"I am a citizen of the world." I responded automatically. 

"That's what I say all of the time!"  He answered excitedly.  I smiled and bowed to this man.  "Thank you for letting me photograph the woman you love.  She will never change and will always be beautiful.  I cannot say that much for myself." 

All people have a story.  I have found that I continue to travel and see the beauty of people.  A lot of my friends and family have worried about this woman on her quest to travel and write.  I have come to the realization that we all can contribute wonderful things to our history as a species or we can do terrible things.  We have the power to create and destroy simultaneously. 

I don't pretend to have all of the answers.  I don't offer any advice.  I don't write books that will tell you what to do.  My documentations are that of the human observer.  My propensity to create is driven from my need to write. 

Life is about living it.  It is about people.  It has never been about oneself.  You have to be a participant to fully get out of life what you really want to see...in your life.  These are words that I live by.  Yes, I have known horrible and terrible things as people have.  However, those events have not taken the joy out of living for me.

I invite you to look at my work, and enjoy it. 

There will be more as I continue my journey from Korea and then onward to Paris, Prague and then to China. 

We all have this choice.  Do what you want with your life, or die with regrets.

You only have today, you never possess tomorrow.

Birth Place
Chicago, IL 
Additional Information

Upcoming works: Quills of Fire, an anthology written with Lena Vanelslander Publication date: 2009

Favorite Links

The Loutus Sutra Chronicles
My Blog about South Korea

My Space
My Myspace Page

Face Book
My Facebook Page






Featured Book
The Kauai Connection
by A. Keith Barton

Jack Cahill uncovers a family secret after fifty years about America's entry into WW II. The CIA wants him dead to protect the President's upcoming trade agreement with J..  
Gold Member BookAds

Authors alphabetically: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Bookmark this page to your Favorites
Featured Authors
| New to AuthorsDen? | Add AuthorsDen to your Site
Share AD with your friends | Need Help? | About us


Problem with this page?   Report it to AuthorsDen
© AuthorsDen, Inc. All rights reserved.