Kristina’s Blog
Kristina’s Blog
No Yang Without Yin
Nearly half a century ago I learned this crucial design principle: All emphasis is No Emphasis. If you paint an object bright red to stand out, don't set it against a bright red wall. The same applies in our lives, for high functioning we need down time in proportion...
Richer and Deeper
September school mornings were always sunny in 1956 when I was in first grade, the sky hard and brilliant as a turquoise. I'd tie on my saddle shoes (the brown and tan kind I'd polished the night before) and try not to scuff them walking the half mile dirt road beyond...
A Message from Archangel Uriel
Our local treasure, poet Judy Montgomery, brought the book Visions of Angels to my June Qigong workshop. The book's transcendent photos reawakened my memory of the day Archangel Uriel appeared to me. I'd never heard of "him," and didn't believe in archangels. Uriel...
How to See Through the Heart’s Eye
Looking out through the heart's eye is like seeing through polarized sunglasses -- the emotional glare is cut. Vision filtered through anger or fear, envy or resentment, distorts and highlights the flaws in everyone and everything. The heart's vision does the...
Sweeter Life
You have the power to change your feelings for the better, even when circumstances remain the same. It can seem like magic, but it's not –– it's the practical use of abilities and senses you may not realize you have. You don't have to invent them or "believe" in...
Be a Poem
What makes a poet? Daring to make something named a poem. Can you be a poem? Can you be a beautiful story, or a song? How many unsung stories or untold poems whisper in your mind? What do you have to lose if you dare to give them voice? If you live ...
Hurry Patiently
I read the obituaries compulsively, who has died and how much older (please) than I were they? How fast do I have to work to complete all my projects before I die? Life's quality isn't measured in length, but in what we become in those years. I've just finished...
Non-Prescription Arts
Your body and brain make love to each other when you dare to create –– excited neurons firing like crazy passion when you dance, sing, write, act, sculpt, paint, express your own vision, however strange or transgressive it may seem. Of course you can! I heard you out...
Lucky Fool
My paternal grandmother never wore makeup, she worked hard every day indoors and out, had a wardrobe that fit easily on a four foot closet rail, gave away most gifts she received, and offered her grandchildren pure love along with big fresh bread rolls and butter she...
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Artist and Author of From Here to Argentina: A Tango Love Story, Nowever and Cold Mirage.