August 4::Wednesday
Posted on | August 4, 2010 | 5 Comments
Humidity; swimming in the pond; watching airplanes land at the airport observation deck; cherries and chocolate; what it feels like to be surrounded by your favorite people in the whole world.
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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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will be published by SKIRT! Books in September, 2012.
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August 4th, 2010 @ 10:42 pm
Love the self portraits.
So… How was the first day???? I have been thinking of him all day!
August 5th, 2010 @ 11:23 am
Just discovered your blog via your twitter mention of -my- blog (thanks so much! Glad you liked the set) and it’s just lovely…such pretty, dreamy pictures, I think I will have fun looking through the archives.
August 5th, 2010 @ 11:24 am
P.S. Love that your Tumblr is called “Tesserae”…makes me want to re-read A Wrinkle in Time!
August 5th, 2010 @ 1:48 pm
just discovered your blog through august break and i’m gobsmacked. love it. and that last photograph — *speechless*
August 5th, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
Amanda & Maggie: isn’t the August Break pool glorious? So happy you’ve found me.. and to find you!