Rose broke the mould – a truly astounding feat.
Although an underachiever in academic fields, Rose is a star in self development and a high minder of her own identity. She has made outstanding progress in finding for herself a sense of quiet achievement and direction – despite constant interruptions. She is also dedicated to researching sources of content other than incoming gratification – and acknowledgement from adult figures and male dominated establishments.
Rose exhibits no desire to possess parental powers of manipulation, authority or control, or the conservatism that comes with maturity – all of which would spoil the spontaneity she is free to leap into at any unguarded moment. Rose continues valiantly reaching towards newly found desires and pickings ripe for her own taste, mostly of the underground and obscure variety – which appear to mark her path to somewhere different to where others would like her to remain. Long Live Rose.
(Wisdoms of Rose and Clunk & Jam, 2019 books. Reposted from 2013).
‘Wisdoms of Rose’ was originally a handmade book, made to give to children and young people through community groups. The handmade books were later also made available through the Fremantle Art Centre. In 2018 she was printed and published as a pocket book. In 2019 she was included in Clunk & Jam book, second edition.
(Handmade book)
Sometimes Rose couldn’t account for the hours in her day .
Although Rose meets each day with a slight brief, she often drifts off, leaving her with no recollection of time gone astray – and where she was when it went. She relishes this sweet form of freedom and the fruitful outcomes that arise from times when she does nothing of great significance at all – except maybe concentrating on her breathing. Long Live Rose.
Footnote: In a world where the rush to do, to see, to be, is so overwhelming at times, Rose’s footsteps are calm ones to follow – along with her ‘away with the birds’ philosophy that defies the more uptight others view of this being laziness.
(Wisdoms of Rose and Clunk & Jam 2019 books. Reposted from 2013).
Rose never feared a broken heart – she’d set herself up nicely in the mending business.
Rose lives a relatively trouble free life due to her ability to make sound decisions about relationships and all matters of the emotional kind. Rose appears unphased by the outcome of hurt because she is well practiced in the task of pain management. She takes firm and full responsibility for herself, leaving the actions and reactions of others where they rightly belong – along with their wrongs.
Her handiness in the mending department ensures she is always fully engrossed in lap and mind, far beyond all sense of conventional time – and the complication of others. Long Live Rose.
(Reposted from 2019. Find Rose in her own pocket book and in Clunk & Jam book 2019.)
