Thin Places LOVE is the compassion and justice arm of Thin Places Productions that seeks to create a "thin place" through the act & art of LOVE. The mission is simple: LOVE ORPHANS + HATE TRAFFIC.
For Thin Places Christmas - the compassion focus is to LOVE ORPHANS and for Thin Places Easter - the justice focus is to HATE TRAFFIC and bring awareness to
the fight against child-sex trafficking that is a massive issue both in
the United Sates and across the globe.
Thin Places LOVE supports non-profit organizations through raising funds at Thin Places Christmas and Thin Places Easter shows via Thin Places LOVE t-shirt sales, as well as LIVE PAINTING + prints for sale, as well as other merch. sales. Proceeds are channeled to the non-profit organization.
In 2010 and 2011, the live paintings were auctioned. In 2010, $2,127 was given to Drawn From Water (Bring Love In) an Ethiopian Orphanage. In 2011, $500 was given to Agape International Missions, which fights child-sex trafficking in Cambodia.
Shatter {the Dreams of Darkness} (An Original Advent Song written by Garrett Viggers and Seth Carlson)
In 2010, Shane Grammer traveled with a team to Svay Pak, Cambodia with Agape International Missions. The mission was to bring hope and joy through the arts to girls who were rescued from the child-sex trafficking industry. Upon returning from Cambodia, Shane was deeply moved by the experience. The faces he saw began the journey of the Cambodian Flower Series. The Cambodian Flower series visually
represents the emotional journey child victims of the Cambodian sex
trafficking trade go through in their life. The chaos of dark colors
surrounding these girls portrays the deep feelings of rejection and
abandonment as girls are sold by their own family members including
brothers, cousins, and even mothers to pedophiles from all over the
world. Shane used pink to represent purity and
innocence in the first painting of the series, but when he learned
that one of the most famous brothels had a pink room dedicated
specifically for virgin girls, the color took on another meaning. The
pink not only stands for innocence, it also represents the exploitation
of that innocence. The flowers surrounding each girl is a symbol of that
girl’s purity, that no matter how abused and exploited, she is still a
beautiful Cambodian flower. The bright yellows, oranges and whites are
used to capture the hope each girl has of restoration. Even though the
Cambodian Flower girl feels ruined and beyond redemption, the truth is
they are still pure like the Cambodian Flowers that surround them, and
that their purity will be transformed in a way that allows them to rise
above the horror they have experienced.