Lately

Sorry we haven't been very active on this blog. Rod has been focusing on his next project and I have been focusing on marketing our studio. I have been reading some fascinating things about the sacredness and symbolism of our bodies. I hope to speak and write on these subjects over the next year.

If you're visiting for the first time, please feel free to learn more about the project by clicking on some of our past posts (see sidebar) or viewing our website, www.justasiam.ca.

Have a great summer!

News

People are still asking if they can be part of the project. The answer is yes! We are making time available for this on Saturday, July 17th from 11:00 to 1:00 at the studio. Please go to www.justasiam.ca for more info and to sign up. Sorry for the late notice. If this time doesn't work, please contact the studio and ask to be put on "the list" (see contact page on website).

Did you notice something new on our blog? You can now buy the book online! Come to the studio or visit McNally Robinson if you live in Winnipeg though (available in Saskatoon as well).

Mirror, Mirror on the wall….

One of my favourite movies for my kids to watch while I’m working in the background or watching with them is Shrek. I think that there are many reasons that I like it so much but one of them may be that sometimes I feel as though I look like Shrek and act like Donkey, quite the combination I must admit.

In one of the scenes a magic mirror is found and brought to the king, he asks the question “Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the greatest king of all?? (Or something like that.)” The Mirror who is painfully honest and a bit of a smarty-pants tells the king that he really isn’t a king after all as he has no queen.

I think I often look into the mirror expecting it to be somewhat magical and tell me something that is not true when reality often is what I’m faced with. I spent the first twenty some years hating my body and wishing it was something else, Bigger, Stronger, better looking, more defined muscles and the list goes on; now as a much more matured person (and 50 pounds heavier) I am finally at a place where I really appreciate what I had.

I’m on a journey to better health and that includes running several times a week which ironically is morphing me back slowly to the body that I had many years ago which I am thankful for; although I still wish I could completely be satisfied with who I am and how I look. Life is a journey and I’m finding that it’s a lot more fun while I’m running.

Blessings,

Rodney