Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth [Perfect Paperback]

Marrus (Author)

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Kissena Park Press (2009)
• Language: English
• ASIN: 0976850826
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Three weeks after finishing college, I caught a one-way Greyhound bus to New York and was soon illustrating for Valiant & ElfQuest Comics, painting book and album covers, and creating interior illustrations for various magazines and entertainment companies.

After 9/11, I left NYC, and relocated to New Orleans...just in time for Hurricane Katrina. Opportunity lives where most fear to tread, so I bought a flooded house in the 9th Ward and put it back together under the direction of my amazing partner, Jay.

In 2009, I completed my illustrated autobiography, "Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth". It's a tale of making a living with wits and a paintbrush, and all the wild, weird, and wonderful things that happen as a result.

If you'd like to see more of my work, please visit http://www.MarrusArt.com. Thank you!

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt, honest, and inspiring, April 12, 2010

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D. Wallsh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth (Perfect Paperback)

How to describe this... it's like the conversations you have with friends, alternately in a bar or a coffee shop, beginning with those immortal words, "So there I was..."

It's a story about growing up without growing old, maturing without souring, changing without surrendering, sacrificing but gaining. How to follow your dreams without losing your heart; parables, one after another, writing within a theme take you on her journey; you see the author change what she wants without giving up. A goal is a dream with a deadline, and this book shows how the author moves closer to her ideal.

As books go, it has a beginning, middle, and an end, but more than that, it's a concrete example of someone wrestling with temptation, facing her demons, spitting her hair from her face, and then getting back to work.

Ultimately, the book, through examples, using heartbreak and humor, shows what it takes to decide who you are, who you want to be, and what it takes to get there. It's written in a format such that you can start or stop whenever you want, and gives a concrete example of the hard work it takes to be a success. When people talk about the hard choices we have to make, they are theoretical things, which we're sure we'll recognize, but which often sneak up on us.

I liked it, and will send it as a gift this December, both for the writing and the art. Yes, the lovely artwork inside gives examples of creative styling, ever evolving through the author's life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live your life now, December 20, 2009

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Denise L. Cicuto (Alameda, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth (Perfect Paperback)

Marrus writes positive stories that show some of the real life struggles behind them, giving the reader inspiration with a realistic swift kick in the rear. I want to share this quote from page 87:

"Happiness comes from living life now, being aware of what you have that brings you joy and peace and focusing on that. Sure sometimes this part hurts or that bill goes unpaid, sometimes we're very sick and sometimes our beloved dies, but this a beautiful, huge world, and as long as there if life, there is the potential for joy and love.

So quit your bitching. Open your eyes. Squeeze every drop out of every moment you've got."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great read, February 2, 2010

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Michelle C. Behr (New London, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth (Perfect Paperback)

Marrus's book is an entertaining read. She has definitely had an interesting life an shares it openly in a journal style book. Marrus's writing is as entertaining as her artwork. Good Job!