Venus

As I am working in the studio, I like to have different types of media on, today I had the movie Venus on. Peter O’Toole said something that made me stop and think; it may do the same for you. He is walking through an art gallery with a young lady and they are looking at the Venus Painting. He says “For most men a woman’s body is the most beautiful thing they will ever see.” She asks “What’s the most beautiful thing a girl sees; do you know?” “Her first child.” He responds.

Just something to think about.

Rodney

Tired and Excited

It has been a crazy couple of weeks which culminated in a couple of 15 hours days before finally getting our book off to the printers. Just As I Am should be delivered to the studio here in mid Feb with the gallery opening being on Feb 26^th. This has been a crazy month so far and it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down, we have a birthday bash for Eve Studios on Tuesday the 19^th (We are turning 2) and then there is the valentines day rush followed closely by giving a lecture at the Manitoba Camera club and our book launch open to participants and their families only tentatively scheduled for Feb 11^th.

The past few weeks have been a time of trying to put onto paper the thoughts behind Just As I Am; I’m afraid I didn’t do it justice. The themes I always end up coming back to are this, 1. We are more similar than we are different. 2. God has made us each beautiful and each very unique and there is a great deal of beauty in our diversity. 3. We are so much more than what meets the eye; and if we can learn to see each other as the people we are as well as bodies we live in we will much the richer as people for it.

I’ll talk more soon,

Blessings.

Rodney

Wha Hoooo!!

Anyone who is a serious Meg Ryan fan or just a movie fan in general has no doubt seen the movie IQ with Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins and Walter Matthau. In the movie there is a scene where Meg goes on a motorcycle ride with Tim and after going over a train track they are airborne and Tim yells Wha Hooooo. Today I feel like that, we have been waiting and working for a long time and today we got confirmation that we have been given a loan to produce a Just As I Am book.

The book should be here in mid Feb. a week before the gallery opens. I feel Very grateful and humbled today, I look forward to giving you an update when I know more.

Rodney