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All Cats Are Black

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"My biggest regret is that I wasn't born beautiful-- there, I've said it." Jenny Jackson delivers these words with captivating candor in this poignant, short film by Green Renaissance. Lacking the experience of warmth and kindness in childhood, Jackson grew into a person she barely recognized. In her forties three words on a sandwich board brought a moment of self-reckoning that ripened over slow years. In her mid-sixties she began to deeply explore all the parts of her life that she had not truly dealt with. If you live long enough, you will experience great hurt. What you make of that is up to you. It can be beautiful or it can be ugly. "The important thing is not how one looks, but how you are able to connect to the people and the world around you." Discover the gift of Jackson's resilient spirit, her wisdom, humor and art here.

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Sofelpi

...La la la la...Life is Life ....

Audrey

what a gorgeous soul and beautiful person...truly inspiring ❤️

Kristin

Words cannot express the thankfulness to you Jenny for openly and honestly sharing. May Beauty go before you, May Beauty be behind you, May Beauty be above you, May Beauty be below you, May Beauty permeate you so that you may share Beauty with the world. This is an Indigenous Prayer that is Beautiful and as Beautiful as you Jenny and your heart. May you continue to share Beauty with the world!

Martha Jackson

What a wonderful film about a gorgeous and inspiring woman! Jenny, I love your words, your honesty, your beautiful art, your home, how you've surrounded yourself with beauty!! I'm also a Jackson and wish I could discover that we are related! I'd love to have you as a family member!

Nishi

It is so open and honest, I loved it - very powerful

Solomon

What does " I wasn't beautiful" means? What is beauty? I don't think it is look, it is more than that. You are warm, affectionate and you love nature, art. You know how to connect with nature, you live nature and you are nature. I don't know a more beautiful person than you, Jenny.

I love you, Jenny!

Donna

Touching. Sad her mother missed out. Jenny is adorable and wouldn't I love to have those paintings in my home!!

Debi

This was a wonderful film to watch to start my day.

Lynne

What exquisite beauty radiating from you, your life, your experiences. Thank you, deeply, for who you are - you have touched my heart at a time when it so needed to be touched. Thank you. You are precious beyond measure.

Mireille

Thank you for this video. Ms. Jackson you are beautiful inside and out. You create and radiate beauty. It is never too late to change. Thank you for this lesson. Much love.

Caroline

So wonderful. What came to mind for me is that when I was younger, the women in my my life valued a sort of "prettiness" or "girlishness" that I didn't possess. As I watched Jenny, I thought she lacked that pretty, but had the beauty. Once I stopped pursuing the pretty, I could settle into the beauty -- all are beautiful. Thank you for this brave story telling.

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