Sketch 3Flesh, mind, breath: 3 knots, 3 colors, 3 points. posted July 16, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, anatomy, architecture, art, awareness, body, breath, color, core, creativity, dialogue, drawing, flesh, geometry, health, life, miles, mind, music, nature, poses, practice, present, purpose, running, sketch, studio, triangle, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaWrap Yourself Around Me…
posted July 14, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, air, art, awareness, barefoot running, beach, breathing, change, clouds, color, community, core, creativity, dialogue, elements, environment, family, fitness, food, friends, future, inspiration, kids, motherhood, palm trees, present, Puerto Rico, purpose, running, social responsibility, summer, sun, trees, tropical fruits, water, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaWide Wide Ocean
Hope you’re all having a great summer. Here are some of my summer thoughts after having a wonderful time with family and at my favorite place: the beach. It pleases me immensely to see how my boy loves the ocean. He was born in NYC, but his blood is Caribbean…and I truly love that! Fruit and vegetable stands, surf shops and Rex Cream’s Ice Cream are my kind of places. <3 running barefoot on the beach. I know I’ll be fine in a couple of days, but it was hard to run this morning and wear running shoes. A bikini never goes out of fashion. My nieces and nephews are awesome! When I grow up, I want to be just like them. Photo: posted July 13, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, barefoot running, beach, brooklyn, caribbean, change, color, core, creativity, dialogue, environment, family, fashion, fish, fitness, food, friends, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miles, mizuno, morning, motherhood, music, nature, New York, present, Puerto Rico, purpose, running, running shoes, surf shop, tropical fruits, tropical vegetables, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaWhere is Your Mind?On the second day of summer, where is my mind? Swimming in the Caribbean. Surrounded by family and nature. I’m counting the days… Where is yours? Where is My Mind Oh Where is my mind Way out in the water I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean Where is my mind Way out in the water With your feet in the air and your head on the ground Where is my mind Oh posted June 22, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, beach, caribbean, change, color, core, creativity, days, dialogue, environment, family, fitness, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miles, motherhood, music, nature, present, purpose, running, social responsibility, summer, sustainable, the pixies, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaActionsFindings of the week: “The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.” -Oscar Wilde “Yoga is about the union and integration of breath, movement and body, both on and off the mat. Our practice on the mat should hopefully guide us towards actions in the outside world: if we observe our actions on the mat, perhaps we can all try to apply them to the outside world, and together, in a united way, we can make a difference.” Green Goa: Green Yoga, Karma Yoga and the Art of Transforming Practice to Life by Inna Costantini. UK Yoga Magazine, July 2010. Happy summer! posted June 21, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: actions, active, art, awareness, beach, body, books, breath, change, community, core, creativity, daily practice, dialogue, difference, education, environment, family, fitness, food, friends, future, goa, gratefulness, health, inna costantini, kids, life, love, movement, nature, oscar wilde, present, purpose, quotes, social responsibility, sustainable, uk yoga magazine, weather, wellness, women, world, yoga, yoga matSea of Change
Here I am, thinking of tomorrow’s NYRR New York Mini 10K. My first “big” race after baby. Feeling excited. I ran this race in 2008 and the experience was awesome. This is a women only race and it is truly amazing to see a sea of women running in Central Park. My main goal tomorrow is to apply what I’ve learned from my active 15-month old boy and that we as adults forget to do often — run, run, run and just have fun! A friend sent me this quote a couple of weeks ago — and it is so true: “You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.” -Dogen Zenji (1200 – 1253) posted June 11, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, central park, change, children, community, core, creativity, dialogue, dogen zenji, environment, experiences, family, fitness, friends, fun, goal, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miles, motherhood, nature, New York, nyrr, nyrr new york mini 10k, present, purpose, quote, race, running, women, world, yogaUno, Dos y Tres
My first experiment with triangle pose was a couple of years ago. I created an installation with colored rubber bands entitled, Space Between. I didn’t set many rules while installing, I just knew I wanted to create a connection between triangles and colors. I began the installation — on what first felt as a huge wall space — slowly and carefully making triangles. But as I continued making triangles, the installation felt as a yoga practice — it began to flow naturally. These days I continue to explore triangle pose — both — on my mat and in my home/studio. I’ll be posting images of this new set of triangles soon. I’m excited. Oh, and how much I love google… While researching triangle pose, I found these great articles: Angle of Repose by Julie Gudmestad and Triangle Pose by Teri Leigh. Enjoy! Image: posted June 04, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, alignment, anatomy, angle, architecture, arms, art, awareness, body, change, color, community, connection, core, creativity, daily practice, dialogue, exhibitions, experiment, explore, feet, fitness, flow, geometry, google, head, health, home, installation, julie gudmestad, knees, legs, life, love, magic, muscles, music, nature, neck, power, present, purpose, pythagorean theorem, research, shoulders, space between, spine, stability, strength, studio, teri leigh, triangle pose, trikonasana, wellness, women, world, yoga, yoga journal, yoga matLet’s Do It Again…
I’m happy to write that the site-specific installation, Crash into Me will be on view this summer at el Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC), Puerto Rico. There is lots to see in Caguas. The city is called the heart of Puerto Rico. The community is so friendly — including my amazing sisters who live there. It’s truly an honor. I thank artist and curator Elsa Melendez for inviting me to participate in the exhibition. And as always, it’s a pleasure to be in the company of great artists. Gracias Elsa! Image: Part of group exhibition, No fue un mal entendido, on view at MUAC from June 4-September 30, 2010. Artists: Claudio Chea, Ricardo Hernández, Rossana Martínez, Néstor Millán, Omar Obdulio Peña, Brian Rivera, Miguel Angel Torres, Cristina Tufiño, Rafael Vargas Bernard y el grupo de teatro, Papel Machete. posted May 28, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, architecture, art, awareness, brian rivera, caguas, claudio chea, color, community, core, crash into me, creativity, cristina tufiño, dialogue, elsa melendez, exhibitions, family, friends, heart of puerto rico, home, hot pink, installation, life, love, materials, miguel angel torres, museo de arte de caguas, néstor millán, omar obdulio peña, orange, papel machete, present, Puerto Rico, purpose, rafael vargas bernard, ribbon, ricardo hernández, simple, sisters, site-specific, summer, women, worldTwo Lights, Flash
Photo: Shulman’s photograph is so amazingly simple and beautiful. The film Visual Acoustics looks like a must see for those that love everything Modern. I do! About the film: Still curious? Interesting post, What Are Architectural Landscape Photos? by Gina Cortez. Enjoy! posted May 25, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: 1960, active, architecture, art, books, california, case study house #22, community, creativity, dialogue, environment, eric bricker, film, julius shulman, life, los angeles, love, modern architecture, pierre koenig, purpose, visual acoustics, worldLove Birds
Photo contest submission by Jennifer Day
Dorothea Tanning On view Dorothea Tanning: Early Designs for the Stage at the Drawing Center, April 23 – July 23, 2010. posted May 10, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, ballet, birds, color, cornell lab of ornithology, creativity, dance, design, dorothea tanning, drawing center, environment, exhibitions, gouache, graphite, life, love, movement, music, natural resources defense council, nature, New York, paper, social responsibility, spring, stage, we love birds, weather, wellness, women, worldMiles are……to dedicate to wonderful people. I dedicate my miles to the memory of a wonderful person — a great friend, brother, father, husband, son, and so much more. My dear brother-in-law, Victor González Nieves (1963-2010). We miss you so much!! posted May 06, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: art, awareness, change, core, dedication, family, friends, life, love, memory, miles, miles are, peace, present, running, world, yogaMundo
Finding of the week: “A arte é a minha forma de conhecimento do mundo” “Art is my way of understanding the world” Image: Lygia Pape posted April 27, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, brazil, change, circle, city, community, core, creativity, dialogue, environment, finding of the week, fitness, future, gratefulness, health, life, lygia pape, motherhood, nature, people, present, purpose, quotes, space, sustainable, wellness, women, world, yogaFrom the Moment I Wake, to the Moment I Sleep
I’m glad to be back after a couple of weeks of too much happening at the same time. Here are some new discoveries that kept me balanced during busy days. To begin a yoga practice at home, I got the podcast Yoga For Morning, Noon & Night with Jason Crandell. Each practice is twenty minutes and Crandell is such an excellent teacher. The noon practice is perfect during lunch break at work. The night practice feels great after a busy day. I often find myself waiting for the bus to travel from the East side to the West side and viceversa. While I commute, I’m either reading or writing. But lately I’ve been looking and learning about NYC’s trees with the application for iPhone, Trees Near You. Watching how trees change in the spring is one of my favorite things and with this new application it feels magical. With magic in mind, Nueva Luz, the photographic journal published by En Foco has always wonderful artists to discover. The current issue has a fantastic series by Pato Hebert entitled Trying to Catch Your Breath. Hebert describes breathing as a “manifestation of existence”. Wow! and to think that most of the time we take breathing for granted. Pato Hebert writes about the series: “The images record my breath made visible when exhaled into the cold night air. This very simple but beautiful manifestation of existence moves me. Like my breath, which floats off into the chilly darkness, these images float between figuration and abstraction. They continue my explorations into the evocative and the ephemeral as it relates to our well-being. The title, Trying to Catch Your Breath, refers to the literal process of making the images, my effort to try to record my breath in photographic form. The title also alludes to the spiritual process of trying to catch my breath, to slow down and nourish a healthier, calmer mental state. The hectic pace and imbalance in my daily living can lead to insecurities, anxieties and fear. Breathing is more of a process than a ‘thing.’ But in cold air, the breath is made visible. In this way the breath materializes and becomes a kind of thing, ephemeral yet palpable, unstable yet compelling. This chilly, condensed form of my breath is fascinating and magical to me, and I wanted to see how it would appear in photographically. These photographs reference the Buddhist meditation practice of focusing on one’s breathing as a technique for being more present and aware. By learning to listen to my own breathing and by remembering to breathe calmly and deeply instead of rushing or holding my breath, I am able to think and act more clearly. I have found this technique to be tremendously helpful in my efforts to improve my own awareness.” Enjoy and Happy Earth Day! posted April 20, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, breath, buddhism, central park, change, color, core, creativity, dialogue, discover, earth day, east, en foco, environment, family, fitness, iphone, ipod, jason crandell, kids, life, love, magic, music, nature, New York, nueva luz, pato hebert, photographs, podcast, running, sequence, spring, travel, trees, weather, wellness, west, world, yoga, yoga journalSpring Glow
We’ve been having glorious days filled with beautiful colors and sun. The weather always inspires me to choose what to experiment with in the kitchen. I have two new favorites: quinoa and kale. Cooking them is simple, their benefits are plenty and they taste great. I was about to write about the benefits of kale when I found all I wanted to say (and more) in the great Brooklyn blog — Butter Beans Kitchen. This is a must read blog if you love real food. I agree with what they write about their blog: “…If we want quality lives full of goodness, we have got to learn to make good choices about the food we plant and the food we eat. We have got to spend some more time in the kitchen and appreciating the food we have. We have to teach our children, in a way that makes them want to celebrate. What could be more magical than the colors and tastes and sights that the Earth produces with sunshine, rain and a few pairs of dedicated hands…” And here is the information about kale: Kale — in April’s glow by Butter Beans Kitchen. They will add kale recipes this month. Enjoy! posted April 06, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, april, art, awareness, benefits, brooklyn, butter beans kitchen blog, change, color, community, cooking, core, creativity, dialogue, earth, eating, environment, experiment, family, farms, fitness, flow, food, fresh, future, glow, gratefulness, hands, health, inspiration, kale, kids, kitchen, life, magic, motherhood, nature, New York, purpose, rain, recipes, running, simplicity, smile, social responsibility, spring, sun, sustainable, taste, vegetables, vitamins, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaSpring Flow
Finding of the week: The 5 Warrior Warm-Up by Margaret Burns Vap posted April 05, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, balance, body, core, creativity, downward dog, family, finding of the week, fitness, health, inspiration, life, lines, love, margaret burns vap, movement, nature, peaceful warrior, poses, present, purpose, running, sequence, spring, strength, warrior I, warrior II, warrior III, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaLinesWhere does your body end and nature begin? -Swami Veda Bharati posted March 30, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, air, art, awareness, beach, body, breath, color, core, creativity, dialogue, drawing, earth, environment, gratefulness, health, life, lines, movement, nature, ocean, purpose, river, spirit, surroundings, sustainable, swami veda bharati, water, weather, wellness, world, yoga, yoga journalDesiderataDesiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. *************** For Barbara Rose, who loved this beautiful poem. Thanks Janet for sharing it with me! posted March 24, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, aspirations, books, change, creativity, desiderata, desire, dialogue, dreams, enjoy, environment, family, finding of the week, friends, future, grass, gratefulness, happiness, health, ideas, kids, kindness, life, love, Max Ehrmann, motherhood, nature, peace, poetry, purpose, silence, simplicity, soul, stars, trees, truth, universe, wellness, women, world, yearsBrand NewEverything feels so new in the spring. My curious boy has been showing me the world from a new perspective. This weekend, we spent long hours with friends, playing in the park, and looking at fresh bits of color — trees, magnolias, daffodils. Very refreshing! The beautiful sun has inspired me to introduce him to the magic of running. So I’m looking for a running stroller and would love to hear about your experiences. Here are some of the qualities I’m looking for: *lightweight (mama is petite and our charming neighborhood is old — streets have different levels) I really appreciate any suggestions and/or recommendations. Thanks and happy spring to all! posted March 22, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, brooklyn, change, color, community, core, creativity, curiosity, dialogue, experiences, family, fitness, flowers, fresh, friends, gratefulness, green, health, inspiration, Jay Z, kids, life, love, magic, miles, music, nature, New York, parks, perspective, running, spring, strollers, sun, time, trees, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaDaily PracticeFinding of the week: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” posted March 13, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, books, brooklyn, change, core, creativity, daily practice, dialogue, family, finding of the week, fitness, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miles are, motherhood, nature, New York, running, spring, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaDesign for…a pleasant surprise!
What a pleasant surprise I received yesterday when Erin Loechner from Design for Mankind wrote about my new performance drawings. I feel honored to be part of this great community. As many of you know and for those who don’t, Design for Mankind is an award-winning blog dedicated to showcasing the talents of the emerging art and design community. They receive over 11,000 visits per day (wow!) which makes them great hosts. I encourage all to take some time to look, read, subscribe and certainly to enjoy this awesome resource for art and design. Muchas gracias Erin and everyone at Design for Mankind! posted March 02, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, color, community, core, creativity, design, design for mankind, dialogue, drawing, environment, Erin Loechner, gratefulness, health, life, march, movement, nature, New York, performance, present, press, resource, reviews, running, spring, weather, wellness, women, world, yoga |
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