If you cannot be a poet, be a poem.
Posted on | October 1, 2005 | 14 Comments
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Things I am currently inspired by:
The really cool people I follow on TWITTER. The Talks. Line Juhl Hansen's studio + works in progress. The potential of green drinks. Misty Mawn's Instagram photos. And YOU.
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Current crushes {an ever changing list}:
35 before 35 (A list of things I am attempting this year):
1.Walk a slack line
2. Shoot a double exposure series with my holga
3. Learn to develop film in a dark room
4. Watch: Darjeeling Limited, and The Artist
5. A successful, joyful, profitable New England book tour.
6. Teach an e-course or workshop.
7. Explore the process of screen printing.
8. Paint with encaustic.
9. Run a 5K in 25 minutes.
10. Watch the sun rise from the top of a mountain.
11. Write 5 short essays or stories.
12. Host a interview series on my blog.
13. Spark curiosity.
14. Read: Contents May Have Shifted, and A Visit from the Goon Squad, and The Lover’s Dictionary.
15. Do one tiny creative act every day + keep a record.
16. Hear Elizabeth Strout read her work.
17. Buy flowers for myself. Especially pink peonies.
18. Do another small art tag sale.
19. Launch my new website.
20. Give unexpected presents.
21. Collect pretty plates.
22. Yoga. Do more of it.
23. Leave the country.
24.Paint a corner of my house aquamarine.
25. Say no to things that don’t ignite joy, spark creative potential, or fill my well.
26. Paint the rooster series.
27. Start trends, make waves, and create opportunities.
28. Teach Clover to heel.
29. Paint the large-scale canvases I’ve had in my studio for 3 years.
30. Make time to just be quiet every day.
31. Call my sisters regularly
32. Attend TEDx.
33. Throw a set of bowls on a potters wheel.
34. Ride the State of VT
35. Rock climb again.
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I am Christina Rosalie

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I am a multimedia storyteller, digital strategist, idea starter, stalker of wonder, finder of four leaf clovers, MFA graduate student, and mama of boys. My first book,
will be published by SKIRT! Books in September, 2012.
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October 1st, 2005 @ 11:57 pm
gorgeous! I love the colors. When you’re famous, will you cut me a great deal on some of this stuff?
: )
October 2nd, 2005 @ 4:05 am
I would like to put a hammock up in the tree and swing sleepily under the stars.
October 2nd, 2005 @ 8:33 am
Beautiful.
October 2nd, 2005 @ 10:46 am
beautiful! it needs to be framed and hanging on a wall . . . maybe in a gallery.
October 2nd, 2005 @ 11:27 am
like the combination of image with paint – nice. like your ideas here – look forward to checking back. and thank you for the mention!
October 2nd, 2005 @ 2:59 pm
Sooo beautiful!! Just AMAZING! You create poems with your paint, all we need to do is listen.
You are such a talented poet, Christina!
October 2nd, 2005 @ 9:04 pm
This took my breath away when I opened your page! I felt as if I were breathing in the cold air and all the stars in the sky. I love how you mix images in a magically realistic way…after all, why couldn’t a tree grow from a building and reach the sky? I love the circular motion you created…looks like a gel that’s picking up some reflections. There are just so many cool movements and shapes here. It’s beautiful and vibrant, Christina.
October 2nd, 2005 @ 10:22 pm
this is simply amazing
October 3rd, 2005 @ 4:20 am
it’s beautiful, really, beautiful.
October 3rd, 2005 @ 1:54 pm
I love it. Love. Come live closer so I can buy your paintings, mmkay?
October 3rd, 2005 @ 10:23 pm
So lovely! You are so immensely talented. Thanks for sharing your gift with us.
October 5th, 2005 @ 2:07 pm
This is so beautiful. I really hope you’ll consider putting up an online gallery and selling some of your work. I covet it.
October 7th, 2005 @ 9:53 pm
love this… beautiful and so alive.
June 28th, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
The picture is unbelievable! It took my breath away! Especially the title – “If you cannot be a poet, be a poem”. It’s really beautiful…