Introduction p.1
by Valerie Sutton

Sutton Movement Writing is based on three simple concepts:

1. Stick figures are easy to read...

2. Stick figures are commonly used...

3. Stick figures can be animated...

Stanley The Stick Figure
Age 39, October 2005

The photo to the right is a young picture of my dancing days.

Now, much older and wiser, I dance through stick figures!

Notice I used a black pen to write a stick figure on top of the photo, to show how our writing system began...

In 1966, I needed a way to write movement, and I wanted something simple.

The basic stick figure was my starting point, as it has been since the beginning of time...
...to be continued...



Above: Valerie Sutton at age 20, dances with Stanley the Stick Figure, pictured in the box, bottom right ;-)



 

 

Questions? Write to:
Valerie Sutton
Sutton@SignWriting.org