OllmannCreative contributed professional photo editing to the FAWCO-sponsored book, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Portraits of Human Trafficking Survivors and Change-Makers”. The title comes from an Emily Dickinson poem: “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all.” The book illuminates the reality of woman and men who work everyday fighting horrific crimes against humanity. With words and images, photographer My-Linh Kunst, author Robon Meloy Goldsby, and project director Mary Adams join forces to shed light on the everyday heroes, change-makers, and survivors facing extraordinary challenges, and the tiny triumphs that give them hope.  Support this important effort by ordering your copy at fundraising@fawcofoundation.org. FAWCO is  a UN-accredited NGO with ECOSOC consultative status.

I love my work! With talented clients doing so many great things, I not only find myself giddy with excitement when coming up with creative solutions to their marketing challenges, but am always deeply rewarded by what I learn from them in the process. Today, for example, thanks to Elizabeth Kang of www.kang-art.com, I learned about everything from Lorenzetti’s use of color, to the experiential aspects of Cezanne’s Le Lac d’Annecy, to Jean-Michel Basquiat’s edgy vision, to Arman’s repeated forms, to color field painting, to the formulaic approach to pricing art in Germany, to the art scene in Berlin, to Liz’s own expression of the color experience of Renaissance master works.Wow! #neuronsfiring #gratitude