Moving Across the WaterNew York City One absolutely beautiful day, “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” posted October 26, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: art, boroughs, confucius, culture, days, fall, languages, life, love, moment, movement, mta, nature, new york city, numbers, october, queens botanical garden, quotes, river, running, urban, water, weather, world, yogaWhat About the One Heart?What does community mean for us — as artists, runners, yogis, parents, friends and neighbors? posted October 15, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, bob marley, change, community, core, creativity, dialogue, environment, family, fitness, friends, life, meaning, miles, neighbors, parents, running, social responsibility, wellness, women, world, yogaOn the MoveTwo great running findings this week. Good to see resources available for everyone. On the Run, a blog about the New York City Marathon. The Marathon this year is on November 7 and will have about 43,000 runners. So looking forward to it! A Running Start, a free online coaching resource developed by New York Road Runners in response to rising obesity levels in children. Enjoy and wishing all a happy healthy weekend! | Comments (0)| Tags: a running start, active, awareness, blog, central park, change, community, core, dialogue, family, finding of the week, fitness, food, future, health, kids, life, marathon, miles, New York, new york road runners, new york times, November, nutrition, on the run, present, running, social responsibility, weather, wellness, worldBody Geometry: Sketch 1Flesh, mind, breath: 1 body, 1 color, 1 continuous line. posted October 07, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, anatomy, architecture, art, awareness, body, body geometry, breath, color, continuous, core, dialogue, drawing, flesh, health, life, lines, mind, poses, practice, sketch, studio, wellness, world, yogaBlank Page
Among the many reasons I couldn’t find time to write is that I have been having longer, deeper runs. Yes, my usual 3-mile runs have matured into 6, 7 and lately 8 miles. Longer runs make me feel great and have me inspired and playing in the studio much more. I’m still thinking about it, but I may run a half-marathon next year. As you can see in the photo, I have an incredibly active trainer who keeps me on the move in running and non-running days. As part of my job, I’ve been taking an interesting class and traveling around the city. I like that I’m spending more time meeting people, and visiting and learning about new places in the city. There are days that my commute is so long, but to see the positive side of it, at least I’m not in front of a computer all day. At the beginning of the month, we traveled to Miami for the opening of Matthew’s two-person exhibition (with David E. Peterson) at Alejandra von Hartz Gallery. It’s nice how art takes you to places. Loved her gallery space and the exhibition (on view thru Oct. 30) has great energy and dialogue. The art world needs more galleries like hers. Alejandra has such a friendly and welcoming personality. Congratulations Matthew and David! Staying in South Beach with a toddler was funny, but everyone was super friendly. Playing with sand and salty water is my kind of game so I guess we were in the right place. The beach colors and sand texture were so different to my Caribbean beaches, but absolutely beautiful as well. And let me not forget to mention the incredible Art Deco architecture. Wow! Also, worth mentioning is an outdoor mural project called the Wynwood Walls at walking distance from Alejandra von Hartz Gallery. The walls were part of the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2009, but according to the website, the project will continue and “become an international street art museum.” Just a simple brilliant idea and a good example of how art has the power to create real change. Adios good September. I welcome October and hope the good feeling continues through the entire fall season. Until soon… posted October 04, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, alejandra von Hartz gallery, art, art deco, awareness, beach, change, color, community, core, creativity, dialogue, exhibitions, fall, family, fitness, future, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miami, miles, nature, New York, october, present, running, september, weather, wellness, women, world, wynwood walls, yogaTouch Me
Magical moments happen when… After a long day Suddenly the final details for an upcoming performance/installation were very clear. And just like that the movements and colors played in my head like a beautiful movie. I love those heavenly moments! Image: posted September 15, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, bed, books, brooklyn, change, class, color, community, cooking, core, creativity, daycare, days, dialogue, dinner, environment, exhibitions, family, fitness, food, fresco, future, health, installation, kids, life, love, michelangelo, motherhood, movement, movie, nature, nutrition, performance, present, purpose, running, sistine chapel, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaHome PracticeMy kind of weekend Happy weekend everyone! posted September 04, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, brooklyn, core, environment, family, fitness, food, gratefulness, health, home, kids, life, love, nature, new york city, nurture, present, running, simple, summer, weather, weekend, wellness, yogaGreater GoodI just read this in the current issue of Yoga Magazine, and it is so simple and clear, I want to share it with you all. “Rather than entering any situation wondering how it will serve you, let your entire motivation be to serve the greater good. Ask yourself constantly, how do I serve here, rather than how does this serve me and you put yourself in the great flow, which paradoxically causes life to serve you far better.” Enjoy! posted August 18, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, change, community, core, creativity, dialogue, environment, family, finding of the week, fitness, flow, food, gratefulness, health, life, love, motivation, nature, present, purpose, service, social responsibility, summer, wellness, world, yoga, yoga magazineGreat Moments
Finding of the week: “We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time.” From New York Times, My Favorite August by Gail Collins. posted August 16, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, brooklyn, change, community, core, dialogue, family, finding of the week, fitness, food, friends, future, gail collins, health, heroic, history, life, motherhood, my favorite august, nature, New York, new york times, nutrition, present, purpose, running, social responsibility, summer, sustainable, weather, wellness, women, world, yogaWhat An Artist’s Life Is All About
If you want to get a real view of what an artist’s life is all about, check out Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life at MINUS SPACE. On view from August 7 until September 4, 2010. A must see, read, experience, feel. In 2007, I wrote the post, Your Heart Makes Me Feel, after I read a wonderful tribute to artist Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007) in The Brooklyn Rail. Since then my feelings about the connection between art & life have only deepened more… As Robert Gober wrote: “…art comes out of life, and that you had better pay attention.” Image: posted August 08, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: 2007, a must, active, art, awareness, blog, bow, brooklyn, change, community, core, creativity, dialogue, elizabeth murray, environment, experience, family, feel, friends, gratefulness, heart, julian dashper, life, love, minusspace, motherhood, nature, New York, new zealand, present, purpose, read, robert gober, running, see, summer, the brooklyn rail, tribute, weather, wellness, women, world, writing, your heart makes me feelTaste of Summer
The taste of summer is… fresh warm sweet The upcoming weeks and months look exciting and enriching as well. This fall, I’ll be taking a course on advocacy for children at Citizens Committee for Children of New York. This is such a great organization and resource in the city. More soon and I wish you all a great rest of the summer. posted August 03, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, advocacy, art, artists, awareness, ben larocco, books, brooklyn, change, children, citizens committee for children of new york, color, community, conversation, core, creativity, csa, curator, dialogue, environment, exhibitions, family, food, fresh, fruit, future, glen cunningham, health, ideas, interests, kids, laura fayer, life, lori kirkbride, love, mark dagley, melissa staiger, molly herman, motherhood, nature, new york city, nutrition, powerhouse projects, purpose, rachael wren, Resource: where abstract art is (from), simple, social responsibility, source, summer, susan ross, sustainable, the halls at bowling green, virtual panel, warm, weather, wellness, world, yogaBody Geometry: Sketch 3Flesh, mind, breath: 3 knots, 3 colors, 3 points. posted July 16, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, anatomy, architecture, art, awareness, body, body geometry, 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, yoga |
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