LOS: Tell us a little about yourself.
Susana: I am a journalist and my goal, as of 10 years ago, was to be an independent filmmaker. But my hands were always telling me to embroider, to draw, to make softies, so I steered away from making movies and focused more on crafts. Making plushies for children in orphanages was my main inspiration to keep on crafting.

LOS: What was the best moment of your day today? 
Susana: When my partner called me early in the morning from work. It is a ritual we have and always gives me the boost of energy I need to keep on going through the rest of the day, and it is a million times healthier and sweeter than coffee!

LOS: How do you express your creativity?
Susana: I believe in expressing my creativity from my outfits and my general sense of styling to endlessly being involved in needlecraft. I am quite multi-disciplinary when it comes to expressing myself: photography, film, softies, embroidery, drawings and illustrations, and lately, fanzines and mini-books. If it is a visual outlet for self-expression, more than likely, I will try it out.

LOS: What makes you happy?
Susana: The possibility of living in a better world in which we can all be creative, self-sustainable, gentler to the planet and to ourselves and the fact that I believe that each day more and more are joining in, that makes me very, very happy.

LOS: Who or what inspires you? Why?
Susana: Everything inspires me! Because I try to keep my senses open at all times, and finding inspiration in the least likely places is always such a delight. I enjoy approaching the world from every perspective possible and embrace the differences and the uniqueness of everyone and everything around us, broadening my horizons, perspective-wise, also broadens my inspiration sources to infinity: every single day I am in total awe.

Thanks Susana!

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