"I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, this is my name."

Every book ever printed has one thing in common: it is the product of a mind that could only fabricate such a work after having lived the author’s particular life. This is not to say that all authors write about personal experience, but suffice it to say that each book is influenced by its author, and each author, by personal experience.

An author is like a father, settling his son upon bended knee, saying, “This is the world as I know and understand it, and this is how it has made me the man I am today, this is what it has taught me. Now, allow me to share it with you.”

Essentially, a narrative is a transcendent voice. The experiences that shape any writer, although often disguised through the voices of fictitious characters, are revealed through literature, and in recording the deepest impressions of human consciousness, books become indelible photographs, capturing a moment, a person: an individualistic voice. Essentially, books are photographs that, miraculously, never fade.

Every book ever printed in the English language has one thing in common: it is comprised of infinitely differing combinations of the same 26 letters. I have found, through exploring and experimenting with those letters, that there is so much to uncover about the world, and ultimately, that no one will experience it quite like I do. No two experiences or exposures are the same, and in that I have found the imperativeness of pursuing my creative voice.

Ultimately, not only is it my passion, but also my responsibility, to say, “I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, Ellie Mitchell is my name.”

2012