Manon Bismuth has been an outstanding intern at our company. She has helped us with the production of our major peace day activities found on our website at www.peacedayparty.org, in various aspects: by making multiple phone calls to get supplies we needed and inquiries, organizing conferences and concerts related to peace day, managing and analyzing the budget for our events, etc. We have been honored to have her help us. She always goes the extra mile, she is an unbelievable worker, with strong intuition of what needs to be done. We recommend her highly and expect that her career in whatever she decides to do will be splendid. Our broadcast, goodnewsplanet.com and www.peacedayparty.org, along with our multicultural organization have been in business since 1985. Any questions, please call Paul Sladkus, Founder and President www.goodnewsplanet.com www.peacedayparty.org (212)-647-1212

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Henry has been busy painting! ANTARES is one of his latest. One of his series, “My Life – An Alchemy of Images,” which he has spent the last 8 years developing, it reflects his personal and creative transformation since relocating to New York from Paris in 2010. It is centered around intertwined themes which he reinvigorates in the present. . . in this case ancient Asian artifacts, which he began studying in Paris museums at the age of 11, and Native American paint horses, which he began drawing at the age of 3.

ANTARES, (c) Henry Bismuth 2018, is oil and mixed media on canvas and measures 40 x 60 inches.

If you would like to find out more about this or other of Henry’s work, please contact me at scb@turtlesandravens.com and visit his website at www.henrybismuth.com.

Meanwhile, enjoy the beginning of the warm months! Summer is just around the corner.

Sincerely,

Susan

Susan C. Beer

scb@turtlesandravens.com

info@henrybismuth.com

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The physical representation – the glyph or pictogram – of each letter has evolved over centuries. For example, the “Aleph” was represented by the head of an ox; the “Guimel,” by a camel; and the “Noun,” by a fish, which later became a snake. The adaptation of each pictogram(s) was in successive steps according to the evolution of mankind with each change in form being a modification of the prior one. While the energy of the letter remained constant, the pictogram adjusted to what was suitable for the time. Thus, the shape of the letters we know today – and the ones I use in my painting – are only a few centuries old.

My intention in THE SEVENTH DAY was to create a painting, as I am frequently doing, using multiple imagery. Each of my three images is the chosen symbol for the Hebrew letters – “Shin,” “Beit,” and “Tav” – composing the Hebrew word, “SHaBaT.” “Shin,” represented by a tooth, is, also, the fire of the universe, the sacred fire. It is here the fire in my fireplace. “Beit” represents a house. It is the periphery of the circle in which each of us is the center. So, by extention, it is the universe itself. . . as well as the birdhouse across the street from my home. “Tav” is a cross, an X. It is the cross that delimits in a given year the four seasons. It is the four elements, the four cardinal points. It is, also, the crossbars of my stretcher.

“SHaBaT” is a specific moment. It is an opportunity that was given to man to become one with his creator. Looking at everything around us with different eyes, with a spiritual prospective, makes us, enables us to see its beauty and its connectivity. To convey this, I wanted this painting to be like a rebus. I gave to it a very personal, playful and a very human connotation without diminishing the sacred sense of what “SHaBaT” stands for.

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The passing of one’s spouse is much more than his death and your loss. It’s about you, your acceptance of what was, your adaption to what is, and your re-invention. You have no other choice.

Thus, I begin the photo exhibit with a photo of Andrew and me at a black tie event. This type of event was part of what was. . .as was the dancing that we both loved.

The next step in my journey was MOVE ON WITHOUT ME, the book I wrote upon his passing. Mad as hell at him for passing, mad at the doctor who made the error that resulted in his death – from this to realization of how blessed I had been. . . and memories, which sustain and enhance. My philosophy was get up, get dressed, get out. In other words, live your life as it is now. You can’t go back, only forward. You have only one choice. Woe is me – no – it’s a waste of time and holds you back. Recognizing what was, taking the good with you and transforming the negative to learning experiences. . . as I said in my book, “if I can do it, you can, too.” Move on. . .

Moving on for me meant starting a new business, making friends in the town where Andrew and I had just moved prior to his passing, creating a new life, and accepting that this was a new Susan…

With enhancement from the past. You see me with Monty and his girlfriend at a friend’s Adirondack camp. You, also, see me in Bill Cunningham’s photo going through the International Debutante Ball’s receiving line – I was and am the Co-Chair. Some friendships and linkages have continued. Others have not. It just is. Women fear for their husbands – thank you, no, if the man is married. I am NOT interested! – and fear widowhood, which you now personify.

Overall. . . it’s starting anew with enhancement from what was, as well as education. You learn from your mistakes. Been there and done that. . . and not again!.

My connection with the turtle continues. The turtle represents slow and steady progress, moving forward. It has accompanied me on my journey since I was 4 years old. Like me as a child, my husband had 100s of box turtles and only 1 snapping turtle. After our marriage, we started individually and together to collect decorative turtle items from around the world. I always wear a significant turtle pin. It’s my insignia.

And, now, Turtles & Ravens LLC is the name of the company I established in 2010 to market the art of my business partner, Henry Bismuth. His totem is the raven. I never would have thought even 5 years ago that this would be my next evolution. I took 1 art course in college. My forte was science and business.

You see the photo of Henry and me at Visions West Gallery in Bozeman, MT at the opening of his show there this past June. There is, also, a photo of me with the gallery owner accompanied by she and her husband’s dog. In both photos, the painting adjacent and behind is one of Henry’s.

You, also, see a photo of me on the staircase of my home in Bedford accompanied by Monty. The paintings are Henry’s. The shalwaz kameez I am wearing is a gift from my godchildren’s Mother when she was visiting this July. We still do zikars when she is here. Our friendship and “sisterhood” has never changed.

Is this the end of my story? No! I am writing another book and someday I will meet that special man that I will spend the rest of my life with.

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