Kristin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

i think the purpose of existence is not only to be able to answer this question, but to see through the veils that have obscured our awareness in order to finally BE, free from delusion and ignorange. thus, i do not particlarly know who i am, but my life is a search for clues, for things that penetrate my existence, that move me. i seek beauty and have a strong respect for tension, as it is the foremost thing that inspires creativity in myself. i am a wanderer, a philosopher, an artist, a lover...i love, i judge, i'm not perfect but am perfectly pure. i usually find myself somewhere along the spectrum between grace and grit, working on collapsing this apparent duality every moment. i simulatneously consider these words to be expression of my truth right now, and also regard them as total intellectualized, self centered, pseudo spiritual, static bullshit and throw them out right now.

My Interests

always learning, switching things up, falling down, becoming more who i am...being out of doors is where i feel most comfortable. i love the mountains and the forest and the desert and the sea...nature is a great teacher.i'm fascinated by world religions and philosophies. i believe in the revolution.i'm always traveling, whether its to asia, south america, europe, the states, my dreams, or on my cushion.i'm always creating art, through friendship, lovemaking, or with my pen/camera/jewelry saw...

I'd like to meet:

fellow space travelers, jokers, kindred spirits

Music:

radiohead, the slip, portishead, set and setting, bjork, the books, m.ward, prefuse 73, stars, spoon, mum, sigur ros, jeff buckley, akron/family, mike doughty, joanna newsom, beck, wilco, the duo, bob and damien marley, midnight i grade, gladiators, nathan moore, leslie helpert, theivery corporation, lake trout, mercury program, tabla beat science, mos def, talib kwali, saul williams, keith jarrett, iron and wine, boards of canada, mobius band, dj shadow, chopin, beethoven, gregorian chanting, jfjo, the notwist, broken social scene, roots manuva, zap mama, the roots, good drum'n'bass, gigi, sean layton, sts9, aesop rock, fourtet, mamaday keita, modest mouse, tortoise, department of eagles, leadbelly, rjd2, lauren hill, ravi shankar, led zeppelin, beatles... to name a few.

Movies:

anything with dope martial arts, kurosawa films, after life, mirror mask, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, i heart huckabees, pi, pulp fiction, kill bill, adaptation, memento, waking life, the neverending story, royal tenenbaums, princess mononoki, hero, crouching tiger, american beauty, fight club, baraka, frida, house of flying daggers, spirited away.

Television:

mmm...television?

Books:

the dharma. always indebted to wilber, watts, suzuki, bataille, vonnegut, milan kundra, HESSE, murakami, tom robbins. also, to name a few: pan, dakini's warm breath, mulamadhyamakarika, the heart sutra, wild swans, desolation angels, the tibetan book of the dead, self liberation through seeing with naked awareness, 100 years of solitude, winter's tale, the sandokai, gwinna, the red tent, the giving tree.

Heroes:

andy goldsworthy, karma thupten, tenzin norbu, miyazake, ken wilber, saul williams, all my teachers, my parents.

My Blog

sailing around the world on a boat we built!

hello friends and family!i have gotten some requests to send updates of what i've been up to these days in thailand. i've been working hard each day, happy to be using my body for a bit more tha...
Posted by Kristin on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:24:00 PST

hatchling

"the bird fights its way out of the egg. the egg is the world. who would be born must first destroy a world. the bird flies to god..." --herman hesse, demian. we do not need t...
Posted by Kristin on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:11:00 PST

silent footsteps

dear friends and family, as can be expected, there is a tremendous power burning deep under the surface of a city such as lhasa. i write now with hands coated in aromatic yak butter,...
Posted by Kristin on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:29:00 PST

back from samye, headed to kailas

greetings from the top of the world! i cannot believe it's already been 2 weeks since i arrived in tibet, and the journey has been going surprisingly well thus far. my leader team and stu...
Posted by Kristin on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:28:00 PST

headed to tibet...

tonight, after much planning and eager anticipation, i depart for tibet with 8 students and 2 other co-instructors. this is a journey i have held close to my heart for so long, and cannot believ...
Posted by Kristin on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:41:00 PST

potholes and self-consciousness contraction

whew--i think starting this blog is slightly similar to the anxiety i get of starting a new journal...though that anxiety is heightened in the tangible journal because of all those blank pages staring...
Posted by Kristin on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:28:00 PST