Where does your body end and nature begin?
Where does your breath end and air begin?
Where is the line between the water in your body and the water in the ocean, in the river?
Who drew that line?
-Swami Veda Bharati
Finding of the week:
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust
What a pleasant surprise I received yesterday when Erin Loechner from 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 [...]
The snow was beautiful last week, until I had to push a stroller with a 20-pound boy around Brooklyn. I don’t need to use the rowing machine at the gym for a while… Today there is snow falling again! I can’t wait to see those colorful flowers glowing around the tree trunks.
The last couple [...]
Finding of the week:
What IfBy Ganga White
What if religion was each other,If our practice was our life,If prayer was our words.
What if the Temple was the Earth,If forests were our church,If holy water—the rivers, lakes and oceans.
What if meditation was our relationships,If the Teacher was life,If wisdom was self-knowledge,If love was the center of our [...]
The last couple of weeks have been filled with beauty. Labor Day weekend with family in town, Komen’s New York City Race for the Cure. It was such a special day, Central Park was covered in pink!
I’m currently reading the book, Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyon, which are considered the greatest distance runners [...]
This morning was perfect for a run. I quietly changed, picked my iPod, running watch and took a last look at my sleeping boys — they both looked so beautiful and peaceful.
I was sleepy too and left my sleepiness guide me through the streets of Brooklyn. I set my iPod to shuffle songs. The [...]
Eating fresh fruit, parks, beach, running, yoga, reading, sewing, drawing…
The list of things I would like to enjoy during these warm months is way too long. Sure I can do some of these things during the cold months, but the energy that the sun brings in the summer is unique.
I don’t know how it [...]
I meant to post earlier this week, but it’s been busy with lots of changes. Change is hard, but at the same time, it feels amazing when we add an infusion of fresh flavors, colors and textures to our routines.
While browsing the Food Issue of the latest Sustenance. She is also the leader of [...]
It’s been some time since I last ran so I’m slowly adding short runs to my morning walks. It feels great to see and notice the little things while running. There is so much visual information around us that running has become part of my art practice.
To honor Earth Day (April 22), I thought of [...]
This week, I went to my yoga class for the first time after giving birth. It felt great to be back. While in triangle pose, I thought of how important is to find time to do what moves us and makes us flourish. The best is when we slowly notice that the bloom inside of [...]
First of all, thank you all for the good wishes. We are getting so close to the due date! Our home is filled with a sparkling feeling of anticipation.
We all know that during tough times there is always space for positive thinking and change. But watching or reading the news lately, makes it a challenge [...]
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It’s a beautiful day!
A day to give us the chance to create and live with a new perspective, to find fulfillment in the real and meaningful, and to always give our best…
Here are my highlights from Barack Obama’s inaugural address:
“We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to [...]
Everyday, we hear about how people are loosing their jobs and homes. And everyday, we see it on the streets of New York City.
This year, Art Movement is participating in a Virtual Food Drive for the Art Movement’s Virtual Food Drive.
THANK YOU and Happy Holidays to all!
art & life by rossana martinez
Thank you all so much for your nice emails and updates. I’m happy to learn some of you began to run (awesome!), that bambinos will fill your homes this year (double awesome!), and news about your projects and exhibitions. Congratulations! What a great way to start the new year.
One of my new year’s resolutions is [...]
The holiday season is the time when I enjoy my family and reconnect with nature at home in Puerto Rico. I can’t describe the feeling of seeing an intense blue ocean while running to the beach in the morning. Running home uphill is SERIOUSLY breathtaking!
While we were at the beach a couple of afternoons ago, [...]
The day was just awakening when I ran this morning and passed the Brooklyn Promenade. The sunlight reflected on the water, the buildings in Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty. What a beautiful day, this is such a magical place!
I recently read the Brooklyn Rail’s Tribute to Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007). It was so nice to [...]