This week we are interviewing Rodney Robert Brown. He is a writer and fine artist of traditional realism, having exhibited paintings in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto. For nearly two decades, he has worked as an actor, teacher and coach, mostly in New York, and belongs to the Screen Actors Guild and other performer unions in the United States and Canada. Although he has written various works, including essays, poetry and a screenplay, his novel, Powerless to be Born, is his first published book. It is a work of literary fiction and is in the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress. Rodney believes that all of the arts are connected, and he utilizes his knowledge and experience in each to enhance his work in the others. His reading and study interests are art, history, literature, and philosophy.