One Artist's Path

SERVING ..... the Muse

2012-01-27T13:27:00.000-08:00

TAPPING it out ~!~

Calling the MUSE ....

2012-01-20T12:46:00.001-08:00

When SOUL starts searching ....
Music works really well
.~!~. .~!~. .~!~. .~!~. .~!~.

Carrots, Eggs or Coffee Beans Movie

2011-07-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

Carrots, Eggs or Coffee Beans Movie: "All of us at one time or another have experienced a difficult situation, had setbacks, or dealt with our share of disappointment. Most things that happen to us on a daily basis we can’t control and I can honestly say (with conviction) that it is not what happens to us that matters but rather, how we choose to respond."

One Artist's Path: MEDITATION ... an attentive Art

2011-07-06T07:42:00.000-07:00

One Artist's Path: MEDITATION ... an attentive Art

One Artist's Path: BEing Born again ....

2011-07-06T06:12:00.000-07:00

One Artist's Path: BEing Born again ....

One Artist's Path: WHEN to fly .....

2011-07-06T05:00:00.000-07:00

One Artist's Path: WHEN to fly .....

One Artist's Path: BECOMING ......

2011-07-06T03:57:00.000-07:00

One Artist's Path: BECOMING ......

GENESIS ... no matter what

2011-07-06T01:22:00.000-07:00

artwork: "GENESIS" by kristi

music: boyzone
written by: andrew lloyd weber

Someday ......

2011-04-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

my hurt WAS the definition of my life

2011-03-12T13:58:00.000-08:00

The Dance ..... for Spencer

2010-09-21T19:52:00.001-07:00

< ~.~ >

Looking back on the memory of

The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

Music - Lyrics: GARTH BROOKS
Photos: Kristi

AAhhhhh .... Divine Repose

2010-09-06T20:30:00.000-07:00

Listening to my Soul

Resting into my Soul

Being held by my Soul with Love

Energy Healing Wolf (revised)

2010-08-16T17:12:00.000-07:00

I am healed
as
I allow this
vision
to enter me

Thank you
to all the animal kingdom
and bravery& trust of "Apricot"

A Day with the Canvas of Life

2010-01-28T02:47:00.000-08:00

O' to the Thrill of using a camera ...

Viewing Life thru another lens ....

The fun of seeing with New Eyes .....

YES !!!!!

Photos by : KRISTI
(Photo Shoot in Vintage Car Museum with 4 models)

Enter the Beauty ...

2010-01-28T01:55:00.000-08:00

Let the Beauty we love

BE what we do ....

~ RUMI ~

Art by : Kristi

<~ ~>

BEing Born again ....

2009-09-24T03:14:00.000-07:00

Letting

the

stream

carry

me

~.~

Photo & Prose by: Kristi

WHEN to fly .....

2009-05-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

How do they know...

What separates
one moment
to the next
of knowing
HOW ...
WHEN ...
WHERE ...
to leap
and fly ....

I noticed the
cheering from
three ~ four
encouragements
on the
sidelines ...
it got louder
& louder ...
the nest stirred
more & more ...
each one popped up
taking the first flutter
of feathers ...
moving to the song
of the chorus outside
the nest ..... wake up,

it's time ...

come ... come

come with us !

JOY .... !!
the tribe
really matters
in times of
remembering for us
when we need to
spread
our wings
to fly ....

I am

now

forever

changed ...

I became

the witness

to a precious cycle ...

The miracle

of life ....

Photo & Prose by Kristi

Music : "The Prayer" by Rhema Marvanne (7 yrs.old)

I AM what I AM ....

2009-05-16T22:17:00.000-07:00

The Warrior’s Prayer

I am what I am.

In having faith in the beauty within me,

I develop trust.

In softness I have strength.

In silence I walk with the gods.

In peace I understand myself and the world.

In conflict I walk away.

In detachment I am free.

In respecting all living things ,

I repeat myself.

In dedication I honor the courage

within me.

In eternity I have compassion

for the nature of all things.

In love I unconditionally accept

the evolution of others.

In freedom I have power.

In my individuality I express the God
within me.

In service I give of what I have become.

I am what I am,
Eternal, immortal, universal, and infinite.

Artwork : "Portal of the Exalted Wings" by Mykal Aubry

Prose: by Unknown Author

Feel the Artistry . . observe the wonders

2009-02-11T18:26:00.000-08:00

Observe the wonders,

as they occur around you.

Don't claim them.

Feel the artistry moving through.

And be silent.

~ Rumi ~

photos by kristi

(photographed at the EsalenResort, Big Sur, California)

BLOOM . . . where you are seeded

2009-02-05T00:36:00.000-08:00

I believe that God is in me

as the sun

is in the color and fragrance

of a flower ~

the Light

in my darkness,

the Voice

in my silence

~ helen keller ~

photo by kristi

Adversity CREATES a better World . . .

2009-01-22T16:17:00.000-08:00

Adversity

is a strand
that mother nature

weaves
into
our lives

along with other strands
of various aspects
to create a
spectacular tapestry ...

reds for excitement and joy,
green for new growth and hope,
blue for calmness and meditation,
purples for higher spiritual self,
yellows for happiness and comfort
blacks for grief, sadness and trials.

But without the blacks and darker shades

there can be no depth and dimension in the pattern.

Being a Christian nun originally from India, I believe in the hand of God leading and guiding us all to our destiny. But we are all pilgrims and we cannot do it alone. We need one another especially in times of adversity.

It is at that time that God shows Himself/Herself to us in the form of friends, relatives, neighbours and people of good will, irrespective of Creed, Caste, Colour or beliefs. We need one another and we need to empower one another especially women where cultures and countries have shackled them.

Together we can make this a better world for all.

~ Sister Evelyn Cardoz -FSMA ~

http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/despite-adversity-indian-women-find-identity-in-art/

Art: Moonflower & Moth ~ Anita Munman ~

Photo: Pacific Sunset ~ Kristi ~

Photo: from Ashes & Snow ~ Gregory Colbert ~

MEDITATION ... an attentive Art

2008-12-27T05:17:00.000-08:00

How can you even hope

to approach the Truth through words . . .

You approach the Truth

through the gateway

of the

stillness beyond All activity.

~ Chan Master Huang-po (died 850) ~
photo by ~ Kristi ~

Holiday Magic....

2008-12-26T05:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas...
joins
elder
to
youth

ignorance
to
innocence

head
to
heart

~ photo and prose by: Kristi ~

EXACTLY what I need.....

2008-12-23T05:26:00.000-08:00

i
just
had a
glimpse
of a
seed
thought ...

i
will always
have

everthing
i need
when
i have
need
of
it

Pencil Draft & Prose by ~ Kristi ~

FIRE in Creating....

2008-12-11T11:20:00.000-08:00

Whatever comes
to you
can come
thru you
added with the fire
of creation...

borrowed or born
within

you

Art, Photo & Prose by ~ Kristi ~

IT IS ...WHAT IT IS...............

2008-11-18T03:05:00.000-08:00

I am the mirror of my true self ....
that which I am
faces me
every day
when I look
at you

I see me

looking back

acting back

feeding back

to me

who

I have become,

who

I am

now

and sometimes

the tears will flow

from

the frustration

of seeing myself

in this

moment,

if what

I believe myself

does not match

what

I am
seeing or feeling

by how

you

look & act

toward

in this

moment

now
~

now

aware

of knowing

it is

what it is

i have created my now

TO BE

WHAT

it is

hmph

( even Dr.Zuess knew about this one )

Photo & Prose by ~Kristi ~

BECOMING ......

2008-11-14T02:02:00.000-08:00

....... The Prospect of experiencing

a Brand New Life

It is never too late

to become

what you

might have

been

prose: kristi

music: katy perry

POETS, SEERS and SAINTS....

2008-11-10T15:00:00.000-08:00

The Souls of people, on their way to Earth-life,

pass through a room full of Lights;

Each takes a Taper

(often only a spark)

to guide it in the dim country of this world.

But some souls are rare fortune

they are detained longer and have time

to grab a handful of Tapers which they weave into a Torch.

These are the Torch-Bearers of humanity...

its Poets, Seers, and Saints,

who lead and lift the race out of darkness

towards the Light.

They are the lawgivers and the Saviors,

the Light-Bring..ers,

Way- Show..ers and

Truth-Tell..ers

and without them,

Humanity

would Loose its way in the Dark ....

Prose by “PLATO "

Artwork by ~ Scott Grimando ~

THAT MOMENT....

2008-11-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

~
the moment

you love

you are

unlimited

( so sayeth my tea bag tag on a string )

photos by : gregory colbert

LOOK DEEP ENOUGH.......

2008-11-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

Let us live

for the grace beneath all we want,

let us see it in everything and everyone

till we admit to the mystery

that when I look deep enough into you

I find

and when you dare to hear my fear

in the recess of your heart

you recognize it as

your

secret

which you thought

no one else knew...

Poetry by ~ MARK NEPO ~ Photo by ~ GREGORY COLBERT ~

SAY WHAT YOU FEEL.....

2008-11-05T17:09:00.000-08:00

Be who you are
and say
what you feel
because those
who mind don't matter
and those
who matter don't mind.

~ Dr. Seuss ~

Photo by ~ GREGORY COLBERT ~

NOTHING further to Seek....

2008-11-05T16:24:00.000-08:00

Nothing is more precious

than to be (someone)

who has nothing further to seek

~ Lin Chi ~

Photo by:

~ Bob O'Hearn ~

http://www.pbase.com/1heart

ENTER into the Divine......

2008-11-02T19:08:00.005-08:00

God enters by a private door

into every individual
~ ralph waldo emerson ~

Photo from
~Gregory Colbert ~
Creator of "Ashes and Snow"

THE DOOR ... into the realm of Spirit

2008-10-19T00:00:00.000-07:00

...the excitement
we feel
when we hear
the drumbeat -
tells us
this is the
skeleton key
that opens
the door into
the realm
of spirit

quote: Mickey Hart
photo by: Kristi

RISK....to BLOSSOM

2008-10-16T23:33:00.000-07:00

"...then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom..."

~ Anais Nin ~
Photo by: ~Kristi ~

CALM ... of Heart

2008-10-14T03:53:00.000-07:00

peace.

it does not mean

to be
in a place
where there is

no noise,
trouble or
hard work.

it means to be
in the midst
of those things

and still be calm in your heart. ~ unknown ~

Photo by ~Kristi ~

THE QUICKENING

2008-10-10T01:52:00.000-07:00

There has never been a time on Earth like we see today.

What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness ...

It is a

precursor to deep love.

So in this quickening light, with the dawn of each new day, let us look for love.

Let us no longer struggle.

Let us ever become

who we most want to be.

As we begin to be

who we truly are,

the world will be a better place.

~ John Denver ~
Photo by ~Kristi ~

BELIEVE ... in Angels

2008-10-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

There are only two ways to live your life......

One is as though nothing is a miracle.....

The other is as if everything is a miracle......

~ Albert Einstein ~

What ONE can be...ONE MUST BE

2008-10-08T02:59:00.000-07:00

Whatever

is
bringing you

down,

get rid of it.

you'll find

that when

you are free,

your true creativity,

your true self...

comes out

~Tina Turner~

TRUTH....

2008-10-01T12:52:00.001-07:00

If you want the Truth,
I'll tell you the Truth,
Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

~ KABIR ~

Recognize that you are the Truth....

(so says my morning tea bag tag on the string)

somewhere it was also said...

....and the TRUTH shall set you FREE...

I am

the Truth

therefore

I am

already

Free

(Winnie the Poo couldn't have said it better)

Photo & Prose by ~Kristi ~

TODAY...is enough

2008-09-30T13:19:00.000-07:00

I don't know
how
tomorrow's going
to work....
I have enough
now
to be with today

just breathing

into
the
unknown........

Have you
EVER

tried to
HOLD
a sunset ....

it lives
IN you

after the sun sets.....

Photos & Prose by: ~Kristi ~

LOVE

2008-08-06T19:53:00.000-07:00

......where there is love......there is no question

~Marianne Williamson~..just one sincere surrendered moment when love matters more than anything and we know that nothing else really matters at all.
We are so
lightly here
It is in love
that we are made
In love we disappear
~Leonard Cohen~

"To know love of another....
you must find it
within yourself.
You manifest only that
which reflects
from your heart"
~ RUMI ~

In order to create...
there must be

a dynamic force....

and what force

is more potent

than love?
~ Igor Stravinsky~

Photos by: ~Kristi ~

THE HEAD BOWS to the HEART

2008-07-31T07:15:00.000-07:00

......the head bows to the heart
(my morning tea bag tag on the string says)

..great reminder to stay in the present moment
.....go to center

thus begins
my day

never too late to be happy
here & now
and any moment fear,
stress, worry, or doubt enter my head
.....go to center

so....my head bows to my heart

Prose by: ~Kristi ~

SITTING ON THE EDGE

2008-07-30T19:21:00.000-07:00

this morning's tea bag tag says....
wisdom
character and
consciousness
conquer all
~(unknown)~

Only Awareness Remains........
Life moves, undulates, breathes in and out,
contracting and expanding.
This is its nature, the nature of what is.
Whatever is, is on the move.
Nothing remains the same for very long.
~Adyashanti~

Live everyday
wide open
inspired
(Adyashanti)

the universe loves ...
gratitude under
ALL
circumstances
no matter what is
happening around you.

30 days of saturating
yourself with gratitude
WILL
change your life
beyond recognition

what you
radiate & live
the universe will
DELIVER
matching the intensity
of your gratitude

bring it on....
thank you !
thank you !
thank you !

~ Kristi ~

All Photos by ~ Kristi ~

FLOW ~ 2

2008-07-24T08:37:00.000-07:00

today's epiphany..................

i'm repeating my un-happinesses based on
someone elses idea of being happy.

...REACTING to how they think i should be

...BELIEVING them when they tell me who i am.

now i feel
the reflection is me

this is the day to change the dream..........
~ Kristi ~

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~Eleanor Roosevelt ~

A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life.
~ Abraham ~

Look deep,

deep into nature,

and then you will

understand

everything better

~albert einstein~

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

All Photos

by ~Kristi ~

BELIEVE....we contain the potential for everything within us........................

2008-07-22T23:05:00.000-07:00

CREATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS "Creative visualization is not just a technique; ultimately it is a state of conscious-ness. It is a consciousness in which we deeply realize that we are the continuous creators of our universe and we take responsibility for that in every moment.

There is no seperation from us and God;
we are divine expressions of the creative principle on this level of existence.
There can be no lack or scarcity; there is nothing we have to try to achieve or attract; we contain the potential for everything within us.
Manifestation through creative visualization is the process of realizing and making visible on the physical plane of our divine potential."

Quote by ~Shakti Gawain ~
Photos by ~ Kristi ~

CLINGERS & WEAVERS

2008-07-17T06:41:00.000-07:00

today the voice of spirit spoke to me ........
it spoke thru natures art

walking in the trees on my morning meditation
holding my focus on these playful wonderments

stunning marvels
i witness
as i am
breathing in the creations of the clingers & weavers
(clingers ~ the vine tenacles .......weavers ~ spider webs)

am i

am i a clinger or weaver...
am i recognizing it if i am.....
can i really know that i am...
am i in balance if i am......

aha....i am

i am

...
the observer

...
the observed

...

the question

...
the answer

...........the voice within recants

Photos & Prose by: ~Kristi ~

PASSION

2008-07-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

Passion is energy.
Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
~Oprah Winfrey~

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
~ Albert Einstein ~

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
~Oprah Winfrey~

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life,
you have to begin with the spirit.
~ Oprah Winfrey ~

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Art & Photo by: ~Kristi ~

Look within !!... The secret is inside you.

2008-07-13T23:02:00.000-07:00

~ Louise Nevelson ~
Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.

Seeing within changes one's outer vision.
~Joseph Chilton Pearce ~

~ Creole proverb
Tell me who you love, and I'll tell you who you are.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
~ Henry David Thoreau~

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
~ James McNeill Whistler ~

PURE ARTISTS

2008-07-13T01:45:00.000-07:00

All children are artists.

The problem is how to remain an artist once (s)he grows up.

~Pablo Picasso~

Everything you can imagine is real.
~ Pablo Picasso ~

~ Albert Einstein ~
Imagination is more important than knowledge...

Photos by:
~Kristi ~

IMAGINE

2008-07-12T23:48:00.000-07:00

Photos by:
~Kristi ~

“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together..
there is something you must always remember.

You are braver than you believe,

stronger than you seem,

and smarter than you think.

But the most important thing is,

even if we're apart...

I'll always be with you.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

~ Kahlil Gibran ~
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

Union of Fire & Light

2008-07-12T01:15:00.000-07:00

This is the Beginning

of a New Story . . .
celebrating the union

of 2 hearts
to live as lovers, friends,
companions & soulmates . . .

. . . where magic & mystery come together
to create their journey together . . .

Photo & Prose by:
~Kristi ~

The Color of TRUST

2008-07-11T18:48:00.000-07:00

My heart is filled with awe & wonder when I witness what a brush filled with paint will do.

The Mandala continues to mystify me as I journey into the creation of these wonderful geometric patterns. The mystery continues to unfold in front of my eyes of how color moves the Spirit within to listen to my Soul's Inner voice that beckens me to TRUST the process
....surrender to this medium
....surrender to Life
....surrender to "Being Here Now"

Art,Photo & Prose by: ~Kristi ~

Coming into my Artist

2008-07-11T02:52:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning....

I am committing to live my fullest creative life and surrender to the creations coming thru me
~~ becoming the witness to my true purpose....

Art,Photo & Prose by: ~Kristi ~