<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">There was an Iron Man statue in the courtyard of the Kamweleni Training Center — smaller than the original but much larger than the one given to the Religious Houses. I cant find a picture just now<div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 24, 2025, at 8:09 AM, David Marshall via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Yes, much appreciation 🙏, Karen for sharing that lovely Iron Man original story from Jean Loomis. I didn’t realize the intricacies of the design harked back to the X in the RS-1 Christ lecture and the wedge blade from the Church lecture. For those of you who don’t click on the Archives link to 4-page PDF description from Jean, at least read this screenshot paragraph: Deconstructing the work. <div><br></div><div>My dad often said he thought he was Jean Loomis’s model for the Iron Man, since he was long and lanky like the Iron Man. I got a kick out of that. To Jean’s urban myth comment at the end her piece, I wonder how many people in Fifth City and beyond fancied themselves the model or fabricated the creator of this iconic statue. It’s all Good. 😃</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><div><image0.jpeg></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sent from my iPad</div><div>David Marshall</div><div>www.marshallbooks.net</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 24, 2025, at 7:15 AM, Ken Fisher via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">How beautiful!<div><br></div><div>Thank-you, Karen.</div><div><br></div><div>I still have the Ottawa House Iron Man.</div><div><br></div><div>I also recall Jean’s giant frames for the gym, including a Black Augustine.</div><div>The others were ….. Teresa of Avila and ….?????</div><div><br></div><div>Ken<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 24, 2025, at 9:52 AM, Karen Snyder Troxel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">Here is Jean Loomis telling her story about creating the Iron Man statue: </span><a href="https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/21019.pdf" style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/21019.pdf</a><span style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">. It is found in the ICA Global Archives Community Development Collection on the 5th City Pilot: </span><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/human-development/human-development-projects/project-illustrations/fifth-city/" style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/human-development/human-development-projects/project-illustrations/fifth-city/</a><span style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">.</span><div style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: MicrosoftSansSerif;">Peace and love, Karen</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 24, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Marilyn Oyler via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Jean was from New Zealand but I think Terry was from MN</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM Ken Fisher via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Yes. Jean & Terry were from NZ.<br id="m_1452226545495879677m_-8014127076572590835lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 23, 2025, at 11:50 PM, James Wiegel via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Was Jean from New Zealand?</span><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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