"Consent" - An Alfred Hitchcock inspired piece created by me (Ray Ferrer) and my wife (Rhian Ferrer). The piece measures 30"w x 24"h with a 1.5 inch profile. Ready to hang. It is for sale for a very limited time and comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity by me, the artist.
This piece was listed during a NYC Top Artist Showcase in Manhattan at $1600 but for a limited time (Until May 30th) we are offering it for $700 to our fans and friends online!!
Michele Campbell, Diver into Adventures
There are some people who just know how to take a dive: Esther Williams, Greg Louganis, and Chevy Chase.
Me? I’ve always been more of an easer, with aspirations for diving. And one of the dives I’ve always wanted to take, despite being a pretty awful swimmer, is that of the ex-patriate, to be a cultural adventurer beyond just reading Henry James and Pablo Neruda and watching Planet Earth.
I’d like to ease comfortably into a job in France (like most people in France at the moment), buy vintage Chanel, marry 1966 John Lennon, and collect sea glass on the Mediterranean coast.
But Michele Campbell is a diver. She’s the Esther Williams mermaid of ex-pats. After a year of planning, Michele is now living on the other side of the world in Abu Dhabi. And diving isn’t a new thing for her. She’s a schoolteacher and an improviser – way past water wings and wading. I recently had a chance to sit down with Michele (and by that I mean email her from my sofa), to talk to her about her move, her experiences in Abu Dhabi, and how she Yes Anded herself across the world. Continue reading
I forgot part of the story. It hit me today during a chat on Twitter revolving around the missed opportunity to go FULL THUNDERDOME while on a date with Mel Gibson’s (Older, Not As Good Looking) Brother. For those of you who were not alive in the 80s, or who just don’t know what going FULL THUNDERDOME is like, it goes something like this:
After I ditched “Mel Gibson’s Older (Not As Good Looking) Brother” at the café, which felt like this:
I came home, showered off the smell of disaster, and opened my email.
Oh, no.
OH, YES.
Now, I know what you’re thinking and, no, he did not send me a picture of Little Mel.
That happened on a different night, different guy.
He wrote to talk about what a wonderful time he had…
K…
And how I was at my most beautiful when my personality was …soft.
I don’t know what he meant by that, really. My best guess is that, as a misogynist with Hitler issues, he meant those moments when I wasn’t having an opinion. Or starting a war somewhere.
And my reply went a lot like this:
Amazing post that deserves a re-post (or is that riposte?), that deserves thought (and consideration).
And most of all compassion.
And most of all love.
And most of all with a smile, with a clap of the hands, and a shout.
(You can shout hallelujah if you want.)
