i am part of an aRt car show again! ART CARnival SATURDAY, JULY 17

 

i am part of an aRt car show again! ART CARnival  SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 AT 11 AM–5 PM. Free Event · 640 Auto Blvd, Burlington, WA 98233-3700, United States.  come see my "opal moonstone"  aRt car and all the other cool cars that will be there on display!  take photos etc

see more of my aRt car here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonkringen/albums

solitude!

 

solitude appreciated

Wondering if I’m just one of those people that needs a lot of solitude and just prefer Solitude or can I learn how to be with other people and feel more spacious with that other person like the boundaries are strong and I’m intact within myself because what I tend to feel like is a chameleon that is supposed to adapt to whoever the person I’m with is and I find this draining and I don’t know if that’s the other person’s that I hang out with that want me to do that or am I just choosing to be this way because I think I have to?  Like I want to take responsibility for myself care and have healthy boundaries with my friends but I know that it’s not always just me sometimes at the other person has boundary issues so it can’t always just be me so I want to figure out what’s healthy and then do more of that

create freely with an open mind if you want.

 create freely with an open mind if you want.

Someone else's post triggered me into saying this.. it seems like there's all kinds of weird automated things happening now and we're all being treated like children that need to be told and what opinions to have and  what to do and believe .... it's just creepy!   even when you're trying to leave somebody a comment and websites suggest comments that you can click on and it automatically types them for you... sort of discouraging people from using their own creativity and choosing their own words.   it's getting kind of weird..... Free speech,  creativity and imagination are not being encouraged.  Apparently  we're all supposed to act like robots and do as we are told!   to the point where I feel like going around saying to people " I am a robot I do as I am told I am a robot I do as I am told!!!!".  Sending good wishes to you and anyone reading this....


Making chili in my crock pot with 3 kinds of organic beans, onion,  garlic,  roasted and tomato paste, red peppers and grass-fed and finished ground beef....amazing how easy it is to make

some of my links- artist and art model shannon kringen.  
free range human being:
http://www.shannonkringen.com/
https://www.instagram.com/goddesskring/
https://www.patreon.com/goddesskring
https://www.youtube.com/user/shannonkringen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonkringen/
https://www.mixcloud.com/goddesskring/
https://goddesskring.bandcamp.com/

self portrait art photos of shannon kringen available to work from

 self portrait art photos of shannon kringen available to paint and draw from.  

Very grateful and happy to share that a serious painter I've modeled for paid me for use of this image for a portrait class she is teaching.  What a validating compliment she found this image powerful.  I posted on mother's Day with a short essay on Instagram ....she found it there .... on my grief on this day.  It did not occur to me that this image would be useful for a portrait class!  I'm so pleasantly surprised.  Reminds me to keep expressing and valuing my contribution....

the little essay i wrote with this photo on mothers day that a painter appreciated and wanted to buy rights to use for a portrait class.   this is SO VALIDATING!  thank you to everyone who appreciates my expression- this encourages me to keep healing and helps me feel "connected"  and part of community.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms. I almost became a mom but changed my mind in my twenties and now I'm 52 and I wonder what if but I'll never know so I have to just accept the choices I made that brought me to where I am now. And I've always mostly preferred Solitude anyway so now I guess I get my wish. I'm an only child of divorced parents and I never had kids. But I guess I'm a mom to my cat and my house plants and I'm trying to be a mom to myself. And I always tried to be a mom to my mom because she really didn't have much of a mom.

my self portraits available to draw and paint from, just donate  to me.  message me to arrange. thanks.

many more to choose from here:
"strong selfies"
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYR56Qj
and here "exploring narcissism"
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjqrUFnU

to arrange a donation to me for use of my images in your art:
http://www.shannonkringen.com/contact.htm