ESTHER collage AKA TO BE THE ONE

Esther collage

King Ahasuerus held a 180-day feast in Susa (Shoushan). He ordered his queen, Vashti, to appear before him and his guests wearing no veil, which was dishonorable, to display her beauty by only wearing her crown. But when the attendants delivered the king's command to QueenVashti, she refused to come. Furious at her refusal to obey, the king asked his wise men what should be done. One of them said that all the women in the empire would hear that "The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not." Then the women of the empire would despise their husbands. And this would cause many problems in the kingdom. Therefore it would be good to depose her.

To find a new queen suitable to King Ahasuerus, it was decreed that beautiful young virgins be gathered to the palace from every province of his kingdom. Each woman underwent twelve months of beautification in his harem, after which she would go to the king. When the woman's turn came, she was given anything she wanted to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. She would then go to the king in the evening, and in the morning go to the harem where the concubines stayed. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased enough with her to summon her again by name.

For his wife and queen, King Ahasuerus chose Esther, an orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai, to replace the recalcitrant queen Vashti. Esther was originally named Hadassah, meaning myrtle, and received her name of Esther — a form of the Persian name Satarah, meaning star — when she entered the royal harem.
"Esther 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter." Esther was the daughter of a Benjamite, Abihail. When Cyrus gave permission for the exiles to return unto Jerusalem she stayed with Mordecai.

Shortly, when Mordecai was sitting at the king's gates, he overheard two of the king's officers guarding the gates plotting to assassinate the king. Mordecai let Esther know, and she warned the king about it, and Mordecai was given credit. The two officials were hanged on a gallows.

SUMMARY OF THE STORY-

Marc Gagnon did the Esther collage because of the inherent story and the truth of what life is all about. Everyone should remember the Story of Esther. Esther was the Queen of Persia. She had a secret; she was Jewish. She hid her secret from everyone, and then she discovered that the entire Jewish culture would be wiped out.  Although she had the power to prevent it, she was afraid to come forward as she may lose the throne or even worse, she may lose her life. Then someone said to her, perhaps this is what it is all for. Perhaps she was brought to the Kingdom for such a purpose as this. In essence, She Was The One. Sooner of Later, We All Become The One. We just have to say YES, WHEN THE TIME COMES.

JACQUES WEISEL - HUMAN POTENTIAL AMPLIFIED

JACQUES WEISEL - HUMAN POTENTIAL AMPLIFIED

When you look back at people’s lives, most times they reach the pinnacle in either their early to mid years. Some people in history have reached extraordinary heights in their later years. President Ronald Reagan became President of the United States later on in his life, at the age of 70.

Robert Frost, New Hampshire resident and Poet, reached the pinnacle of his life when he read a poem during President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address in 1961. Robert Frost was 87 years young.

Jacques Weisel has had an extraordinary life and has been an example to the World in how to survive in this world. He teaches others through his coaching, his speeches, by his example and most recent his novel titled 9 KNOCKDOWNS…5 MIRACLES! Jacques Weisel is 79 years young. On the cover of the book is a painting by Jacques former wife Carol Morris. Her piece is titled REMEMBER US. The book is dedicated to his cousin Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Laureate. On the back cover of the book is my collage Jacques Weisel collage AKA Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor. It was my pleasure to do this art piece. The graphics of the book was done by Sabrina Fajardo, graphic artist of TLZ Graphics.

The book is for sale on

Xlibris Publishing site to purchase the book

Jacques Weisel Television Interview

Jacques Weisel website created by Michael Resnik, Agent
Xlibris Publishing site. Mr. Weisel was recently interviewed on a Florida Television station which the interview can be seen on the You Tube site as indicated below.

Florida Models and Florida Photographers VS the Outside of Florida

Florida Models and Florida Photographers VS the Outside of Florida
Originally, I was raised and brought up in the State of New Hampshire. I moved to Florida some 14 years ago. I have been fortunate to expand my photography into an art through my lifelong friends from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I have also received some help from new friends out of Florida which some of which have moved to Charleston, SC, Nevada, Chicago, Atlanta, and California.
Florida though has another side of it. I have had considerable difficulty in finding models to work with and photographers to affiliate myself with. Florida is known as the scam capital of America and the educational system is quite inferior as compared to where I am come from. Currently, I work with four models out of Florida. One of which is Amy Vitale, another is Elina Sol and two others Alejandra Garrido (daughter of a friend of mine who is an artist) and Rosemarie Kimmelman. All of these people are exceptional to work with. Alejandra, who is only 15 years old has more on the ball than hundreds of models I have met with. Obviously, I give a lot of credit to Sabrina Fajardo, her mother, who is an exceptional artist herself. I have never seen the degree of unprofessionalism, crudeness, laziness and stupidity. Amy Vitale has heard the same from photographers outside the State of Florida, and I have heard this through photographer friends of mine out of NYC, New England, Chicago and Los Angeles. I was warned by Jean Renard, a former photographer out of Boston, incidentally the one who discovered Nikki Taylor, wishing me the best of luck before I moved here. Isobella Jade wrote about her Florida experiences in Almost 5’4”, which I recommend it. Some of the behaviors I encounter are the following:* Meeting is planned for the interview and the model does not show up.
* They are unable to determine the established background of my work.
They actually never “Google” me on the internet or actually verify that
I am a registered “Corporation” through the State of Florida.
* Models disappear after I shoot with them to never hear from them again
even when I have agreed to pay them $1,000 for the shoot.
* Typically, a model will give some lame excuse as to the reason that they
could not make it or was not able to furnish a mailing address so that I
could send them a media kit to review my work and background.
Most of the models I meet in Florida do not amount to much. They are unfamiliar with the real industry; are unfamiliar with the resource directories on the industry and are repeatedly scammed. A couple of years ago, a model friend by the name of Camie met with a photographer out of Tampa which I cautioned her to check out his background. It turns out he was a registered sex offender. I should have known before I moved here what it was like. There was a famous story of a photographer by the name of Christopher Wilder, who was a serial killer of young models. He was attempting the escape the country to Canada and unfortunately he met up with his death from my home State of New Hampshire, where heroic State Troopers gunned him down. Wilder was from South Florida.
Florida is a unique place. South Florida, according to the Palm Beach Post is ranked 2 for mortgage fraud in the country. According to 60 Minutes, Miami is ranked 1 for Medicare Fraud. Until recently, people were coming to Florida to stock up on pain killers from clinics to supply drug trafficking. Florida was the home for Deborah Lafave, Casey Anthony, Bernie Madof, the Terrorists of 9/11, Allen Stanford, Scott Rothstein, the killers of Adam Walsh and Jessica Lunsford, and where COPS looks like a National TV Show. Most of the Child Predator shows are filmed here.
I hear quite a few stories of photographers that have acted as unprofessional as the models I have met. There is so many of them, that I believe this is why the models act so skeptical and unprofessional. Luckily, I have the support services where I can fly models into the State from other places. I have heard that many photographers make crude sexual advancements to their models, and many of them have been arrested for sexual crimes. Obviously, a model should look for the following to determine whether they should work with a photographer:
* Is the photographer a member of National Professional Photographer
Organizations such as PPA (Professional Photographers of America)
* Is a member of community based organization such as Chambers of
Commerce or other Civic Groups.
* Has been published or featured in the news because of his/her great
photographic works. A photographer should have been at least published
in newspapers, magazines, and brochures for local businesses.
* This is a pretty basic one; the photographer should have a corporation
which is registered through the State of Florida and can be verified on

Why is it like this in Florida?
1. It is a transient community.
2. There is an influx of many cultures in Florida.
3. Florida does not have a strong community base and people believe they can hide in the shadows.
4. Florida is fairly new in comparison with the rest of the country and it has grown exceptionally fast.
Florida does have some exceptional people though. It is not ALL bad. I have a couple of business mentors which have developed my banking career. In the modeling world though, Florida is not high on the list for professionalism, quality, and ethics. I seek for models generally outside of Florida. The people that furnish my model’s costuming (Costume World) are out Deerfield Beach and they are second to none. Marvin Tresky has handled the majority of my printing and developing here. I have found the quality of vendors here. You may want to check out my Florida Field of Schemes collage. It is quite enlightening on what occurs here.  

Marc Gagnon website pertaining to media and letters of reference
www.sunbiz.org.

Jennifer Ford – Nursing Student to graduate from St Petersburg College

Jennifer Ford – Nursing Student to graduate from St Petersburg College

Jennifer Ford, a Florida resident, has found herself in the news recently as she was interviewed because of her experience as a Juror for the Casey Anthony trial. There is much emotion that was definitely created by the press. Fox News, and in particular Geraldo Rivera, who you may remember committed the largest scam news in the history of the industry when you supposedly uncovered the Al Capone vault, stated that they would never have never have gone for the death penalty if Casey Anthony was black and that the case was merely political. Unfortunately, the truth is reversed.  Although the facts seem to point to Casey Anthony, there is no video tape or pictures of her killing her daughter.

What troubles me the most, is that Casey Anthony was never convicted of at least child abuse and child neglect. Remember, Casey Anthony never reported the disappearance of her child. It was her parents that reported it to police. In other words, if they said nothing, there never would have been even a trial. It is like the child never existed.

One of the Jurors was Jennifer Ford, a Nursing Student, who also went with the other Jurors and found Casey Anthony not guilty of Child Abuse and Child Neglect. The Jury deliberated extremely fast; as if they just wanted to get it over with and go home. Jennifer Ford is planning on going into Nursing; the helping profession. Nurses, as well as Teachers are expected and required to report suspected victims of child abuse and child neglect. Casey Anthony probably would not have served much time for abuse and neglect. It is more of the principal though. What type of Society have we become? People are asking me from other parts in the country, who are these people down here.

I would caution any medical practice, hospital, or any type of care giving facility when considering in hiring Jennifer Ford. She turned her head away this time. Would she do it again? A patient who sees this blog and another event should happen; would as a result be exposing the hospital, nursing home, or medical office to a lawsuit. The juror probably will not be a nurse and probably will figure out that she may have the opportunity in a book deal. She did not look distraught from the article. As a resident of Florida, I have become very tired of the recurrent stories in the past 10 years. From the 9/11 high-jackers that lived here and everyone turned their heads; the Adam Walsh and Jessica Lunsford murders; Deborah Lafave; Scott Rothstein; Bernie Madof; Terry Jones the Ocala priest; Allen Stanford; COPS is like a local show; Child Predator shows are done here; the Hanging Chads; corruption by Florida politicians; Mortgage Fraud; Medicare Fraud; the Priests that were sentenced for stealing funds from Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer; Christopher Wilder the serial killer who was eventually killed by the brave New Hampshire State Police;  and the list goes on.

I feel that children’s rights have been strongly impeded and the work that great people like John Walsh, Marc Klaas, and the Lunsford has also taken a couple of steps back. With such a profile case, what are the people of other countries thinking about us?

http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/casey-anthony-juror-no-3-speaks-out-07-07-2011

Elissa Montanti – A Glimmer of Light Showing in this Era of Darkness

Elissa Montanti – A Glimmer of Light Showing in this Era of Darkness

We are in special times of American History. The Space Program is being dismantled; substance abuse is on the rise; crimes against children is on the rise; programming on television is more in making television characters who are criminals as heroes (i.e. COPS, Prison programs, etc.); America is in a series of wars that have no real purpose; local government are falling apart financially; and countless of other occurrences. 

Today, Judge Belvin Perry was part of a trial that found Casey Anthony not guilty for child abuse and child neglect. This ruling will become a Precedent that a parent is no longer responsible for reporting a child for 30 days. Child Rights have gone back to the pre Civil War period. In essence, Children are no more than property. 

In all of this darkness, there is a woman who is living in New York by the name of Elissa Montanti. Elissa Montanti who is a friend of my Facebook page has created an organization Global Medical Response Fund (GMRF) which its main purpose is to aid young children who have become victims of war. Her website is http://www.gmrfchildren.org.  Children who are injured by land mines, gunfire, or other events of the casualty of war are helped by her organization. She and her organization have been featured twice on 60 Minutes. Elissa has enlisted a number of surgeons to help the children, many of them from Iraq and Afghanistan. There is an extraordinary group of people that are supporting her.  They are Our Troops. They identify the children that need the help and they send them to her for medical treatment. As all of you may know, I have showed my support for our troops in the support of Fisher House which houses families of our troops while their family member is receiving treatment in a VA Hospital (see http://www.forourtroopscollage.com/). I created a collage titled For Our Troops collage to show them the support. There are some people who shown their displeasure in Elissa’s organization saying that GMRF is aiding the enemy. Anyone who does not show support for GMRF is not Patriotic. Obviously, the help from our brave troops identify the children for Elissa’s organization to help. This story shows how ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.  I personally would like to meet Ms. Montanti and plan a future event for your organization. Perhaps the event should encompass both Fisher House and GMRF as it seems to be poetic. In a World that has so much darkness, there are glimmers of light that appear. In this case it is blinding light. Thank you to Elissa for your contribution to humankind.

For Our Troops website to Support Our Troops

Global Medical Response Fund

CASEY ANTHONY CASE – AN EXAMPLE OF THE PLIGHT OF AMERICA’S CHILDERN

CASEY ANTHONY CASE – AN EXAMPLE OF THE PLIGHT OF AMERICA’S CHILDERN

The Casey Anthony legal case is the most recent example of The Plight of America’s Children. Children are the most abused minority in this country. Our political leaders do not care because children are not able to vote. In most recent years, I created a piece entitled WHAT OF JUSTICE? collage which focused on three families who lost their children in the most brutal of acts. The three families were the Walsh’s from Hollywood, Florida, the Lunsford family also in Florida and the Klaas family out of Petaluma, California. I submitted the piece to all three families to show my support for them. The purpose of the piece was to remind each and every one of each citizen that we cannot forget. Also, we should tighten and enforce our laws on people who inflict pain as well as kill our children. The piece was submitted to the United States Senate and of course it was denied. Not much as really changed in our laws as well as how we punish those who hurt the children of America’s families.

All we need to do is again is blink, and here we are all over again. An innocent girl in the Orlando area by the name of Caylee Anthony has been murdered.  The question is, is Casey Anthony going to be found of MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND SENTENCED TO DEATH. Child abuse is in on the rise as well as the ultimate abuse, DEATH.

Homeless Children is on the rise by some 20%.  It is reported recently on 60 Minutes in my own backyard of Seminole County, but yet our politicians keep on saying it is getting better. What is America going to do about this? The children of our country represent our future. If we do not protect them, our future looks bleak and America is finished as a country which has always be said to be blessed.

NBC News Interview