Meet Maria Rasin (née Ponomaryova) – Canvas Rebel

Newsletter Sed ut perspiciatis unde. Subscribe Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Maria Rasin (née Ponomaryova). We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below. Alright, Maria thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally. The first time I realized I wanted to pursue a creative path professionally was when I was about 14 years old. This was around 2010 — back when Tumblr was at its peak. I’m not even sure how many people still remember it now, but at the time it was a huge creative space where people shared photography, quotes, and aesthetics. I’ve always loved reading, and at that age I started collecting quotes that really resonated with me. I began posting them on Tumblr, pairing them with beautiful, inspiring images I took. It started as something very simple — just sharing things that moved me. My blog grew incredibly fast, and before long it had over 600,000 followers, which was a massive audience for that platform back then. At first, I was just excited
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