Awaken Kindness Marketplace _ Bill Ressl
About The Artist
Rev. Dr. William (Bill) G. Ressl, LCSW Multimedia Artist, Self-care Expert Co-founder of CenterToAwakenKindness.com Resident artist for Awaken Kindness Marketplace, Division of Penny & Bill Company Greetings! I'm Bill Ressl - self-taught artist, international author, and Co-Founder of the Center to Awaken Kindness, Division of Penny & Bill Company. My wife, Penny Taylor, and I started the Center to cultivate self-care and love. We encourage an exploration of the human Spirit toward new possibilities through mindful contemplative self-care practices and products. My original spiritual and religious artwork in the Awaken Kindness Marketplace is designed to support a sacred mindful journey of active awareness toward new realities. Each piece uniquely speaks of my lived experiences of being raised Roman Catholic and being led by the Spirit to become a Protestant Minister. Many pieces are uniquely religious, spiritual, retro, and playful - while others encourage the celebration of Christmas, eco awareness, and an entry into a Gnome fantasy world. From my earliest years I loved to doodle and draw. During high school my father, who was a printer, taught me how to run offset printing presses. Soon, I was designing and printing my own line of Bill Ressl Cachets (1970/80s - a number still available online). Many of my friends thought I would one day be an artist - but different paths emerged. First it was college and law school, then a stint in the 1990s as an American wicker weaver (I am an Illinois Artisan), later as a Pastor in a church, into the academy to teach, and today providing counseling as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois. I am returning to my roots by integrating my love of art, in particular custom labyrinth art designs, social justice, and environmental concerns with my expertise in theology, Bowen Family Systems Theory, Neo-Jungian thought, and clinical social work. Simply, we are “Doctors of the Soul†and the Co-Founders of the Center to Awaken Kindness. Yes, we are Ordained Ministers in the United Church of Christ (UCC), where we are known as the Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl, LCSW and the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor, LCSW. Online we’re also known as “da†Revs @DaRevsUSA (Yep, we're from the Chicago area USA where "da†is often substituted for “the"). Together we create podcasts (www.AwakenKindness.com), mindful videos (AwakenKindnessNetwork.com), online courses (AwakenKindnessAcademy.com), and many wonderful products with mindful art for self-care for all ages - offered through Society6. Visit us at CenterToAwakenKindness.com