You've Only Just Begun: Inspiration for the Graduate

by Gillian Torckler, Darryl Torckler

This book of inspiration and encouragement for graduates blends beautiful, contemporary color photos with thoughtful yet lighthearted words of wisdom. It makes that perfect extra gift for young men and women as they leave school to face challenging and exciting futures. Typical of the book's contents is a dramatic photo of a tropical coastline with windblown trees and heavy skies. Its caption describes a wise man as "One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear." An image of tire tracks extending across open beach is accompanied by Ralph Waldo Emerson's advice: "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Additional quotations on two-page spreads include inspiring thoughts from Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anatole France, and others. Each stimulating reflection is complemented with a brilliant color photo that will evoke a pensive mood. Here is a small but thoughtful gift that will be appreciated and re-read many times by the high school and college graduates who receive it. Full-color photos on every two-page spread.

Genres: Photography, Young Adult

72 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Gillian has been diving and exploring the world’s oceans for twenty-five years. She has always been an avid reader and had a hankering to write for some time before she time, met her husband, photographer Darryl Torckler, through their mutual scuba diving club. Soon after they met, they began writing travel articles together, and this was followed up with their first coffee table book (Underwater Wonders of New Zealand) and has led to 18 combined publications.
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Gillian enjoys writing a number of different styles, including children's books, natural history, gift books, medical science, technical, travel guides, fiction and non fiction books.
Gillian has also completed a PhD in medicine and is an established expert in cardiovascular ultrasound and health research. She is currently a professor Otago Medical School in Dunedin, NZ.
Personal - Gillian was born in England, but her parents soon moved to Toronto (Canada) where she grew up. She completed her high school and university education in Auckland, New Zealand, where she currently lives. She is married to award-winning photographer Darryl Torckler and they have two sons.