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About R. J. "Jim" Stracensky

Raymond James "Jim' Stracensky is a lifelong resident of Cleveland Ohio. His career as a professional photographer began over 20 years ago. Throughout his career he would periodically retreat from the business world to regain perspective. It was during these times he would find much solace in nature. Exploring natural settings around Cleveland and natural setting around the world. Always searching for the things that would recharge his spirit. In his travels he was often compelled to document what he saw. He discovered that the beautiful vistas in and around our city as well as the beauty that exists all over the world, could both inspire and heal the soul.

After many years and many retreats, he decided to share these images along with inspirational verse in his book "Healing Images Healing Words." This book contains these photographs along with uplifting, positive, healing verse.

The books unique message is simple. It encourages people to take the time to see and experience the beauty that exists all around us. That even through the darkest of times with patience and trust in a truly loving and compassionate God. We can emerge from all our struggles, renewed, refreshed and strengthened. Knowing that we are deeply loved and cared for.

His photography has been exhibited in galleries in and around the Cleveland area throughout his career. He has also appeared on WKYC TV's Studio 3 with Holly Stano, WDOK FM-102's Cleveland Connection with Jim McIntyre, WERE Radio 1300 Morning Show, Cleveland's Fox 8 TV & ABC TV's Morning Show in Columbus Ohio to talk about his book and photography..

So sit back, engage your imagination and be prepared to be inspired by the "stories on this site, so beautifully told by Jim Stracensky.

About 'Healing Images...Healing Words'

Healing Images... Healing Words is not about images, or words, it is about the desire to create a thing of beauty. To surround oneself with life, basking in the serenity that is often unnoticed, but available to us all. Healing Images...Healing Words is a wonderful book well designed, produced and filled with page after page of superlative photography.

With vivid and dramatic photographs, ardent and lyrical text, this stunning book provides an in-depth look at the beauty created by God-and man, with God's guidance. R. J. Stracensky's book is a labor of love, filled with quotes and lyrics that this appealing author has spent a considerable amount of time researching and writing.

The result is more than a decade of travel, photography, and "living life." This book is composed of 144 pages of photographs, with words of inspiration, hope and beauty. This beautiful book is a work of inspiration and beauty to be proudly displayed in your home or office.

About The Mute Swan Ministry

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The Mute Swan Ministry is dedicated to encouraging and educating individuals to see beauty in all its forms. Our narrow cultural perception and pursuit of 'beauty' as youthful, physical perfection has given risen to 'beauty pathologies' ( depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders, body dsymorphic image, materialism, etc.) in men and women, young and old. We spend billions of dollars in this country pursuing synthetic, unattainable and impossible beauty standards that promise happiness.

Our ministry explores this essential yearning for beauty that exists in each of us. We offer a quiet message, a different paradigm of beauty defined by philosophers, theologians, artists and poets throughout the ages. Our goal is to contemplate 'beauty' in a life well lived, to discover the mystery of God's beauty in kindness and truth, compassion, love and even in the midst of great suffering. We offer a silent, yet powerful message of hope and healing through the presence of God's beauty in our world.