cannonball arts figure modeling by shannon kringen

 

seattle friends=today Saturday, December 27th 2025.. you can draw me at cannonball arts! 12-4pm cannonball arts 1930 3rd Ave Seattle, WA 98107. https://cannonballarts.com

 

Nancy Guppy and Goddess KRING

 Ran into the wonderful Nancy Guppy, who is very inspiring to me and has been for many years at Cannonball Arts where I just art modeled! she's very artistically encouraging! (Goddess KRING and Nancy Guppy) ...and the painting behind us is by Ilana Zweschi who i art model for at Cornish in Seattle

 

green free range human being

 green free range human day after 4 cats https://youtu.be/bgT6cG-y0Ik?si=DHo5p4epQniM1mCb

creative freedom cat sitting holiday times

detailed video of my art car Opal Moonstone by Goddess KRING

therapeutic monologue

podcast on recording original music

shannon kringen acting in a movie crystal ball!

 

Crystal Ball the movie! we filmed a scene yesterday! i am an ACTRESS (in the role of FRANCES HOWARD) in this movie now shooting! excited to see the movie form with a huge cast that i am happy to be part of! the acting and filming process i find fascinating and enjoyable! doing multiple takes, saying lines different ways over and over and "hitting the mark" in the scene- lighting and camera angles/lenses- all interesting to witness and be part of= movies are an incredible art form. hearing "action and cut" makes me happy! listening to direction and fleshing out the scene. i love the process. feels natural. movies are so amazing containing visual/audio/performance/emotions etc. every kind of art is mixed into movies. all encompassing eNeRgY. magical. my favorite class in high school was "film as art" long story but i have always loved movies and music and visual and performing arts...to be acting in a full length movie is a thrill for me! and i'd like to be in more projects on stage and screen....along with writing more poetry, turning them into songs, recording and sharing them online and live on stage. here is more about the movie i am part of with such a variety in the cast! check out the interesting head shots and bios of the cast and crew! Dr Clean Productions: CRYSTAL BALL MOVIE: https://www.drcleanproductions.com/about-the-team-cb

Another thing about the acting process is that I had three lines that I said today into the camera and I'm really excited that I need to go back and dub in my lines later. I just love nerdy technical things like that....it thrills me. I've always wanted to do something like dub my own lines into a film. Like how cool is that like I find that thrilling and exciting

Filming the scene for the movie today was so fun for me. We did several takes and it's just a thrill to hear action and then cut and then to say my lines over and over and over and they had me say the line like I imitated what the other person said in terms of how to say the line and they said I took direction really well and I like the repetitiveness and the focus of acting in front of a camera and having lighting and having the camera angle and the lighting and somebody directing me and somebody filming me just the whole process and I have a tremendous amount of patience for it. Like I could stay there all day and work on a scene if they wanted me to. Like every time I've acted like that. I've only done a little bit of film acting but I really love it. I like stage acting as well. It's very different on stage versus on screen. Mostly I film myself solo but working with other people and cameras and microphones. I love it in a script. I absolutely love it. So maybe I should head more in this direction of putting a reel together and auditioning see if I can get some parts in films or some more theatre...

 

ideas from shannon kringen

 

My goal now is to share my authentic ideas and not need external validation from other people but not hide my ideas because they're weird or because I'm afraid other people are going to tell me I'm wrong. I need to just be strong and share my ideas, get them out into the world, and not worry if other people think I'm wrong or right or whatever. We're all like unique individuals whether we think we are or not. We literally are whether we conform and copy other people or we maintain our individuality. We are still individuals choosing to copy and conform versus individuals choosing to explore their unique -ness Some of my spiritual ideas - I believe in the creative consciousness that we're all creating this together and that's to me what God is. God is nature and nature is God and I like the idea of God believing in you right along with you. Believing in it cuz I don't think it's a male or a female. I think it's just energy. Creative energy that's probably male and female. Like a seahorse that can mate with itself hahaha. . I think it's a circular flow and there's synchronicity and we're all connected and reality changes based on our attitude and what we choose to focus on and believe the quantum physicists talk about this about how the expectations that humans have affect the result of the experiments with molecules, etc. It's kind of fascinating. And I think that technology can be positive or negative. But I think that when we do Frankenstein experiments with nature and we genetically modify everything thinking we're smarter than nature. I think that's not a good idea... And to worship chemicals and technology is not a good idea and it's not really a wise form of evolution. But I guess humans love to experiment. So personally, I want to stay as close to nature as possible. So when I say I'm a free-range human being, that's partly what I mean... And to me, that's my spirituality because I'm not a religious person. I don't believe in any religious dogma but I also don't believe in any scientific dogma that's based on corporations that make money off of ideas and chemicals and experiments and products and call that truth when really. It's just marketing products and experimenting with chemicals to see what happens and it's not an exact science so I don't worship that. If I worship anything, it's the freedom and the biodiversity in nature and how humans are part of nature and we are not superior to nature. We are part of nature, but I respect that other people see this in a different way, but I maintain my individuality on this and I resonate with people who have a similar wavelength to me. But then again, the world needs all kinds of different ideas. That's the way the ecosystem works total variety. I love all the little microorganisms and fermented foods and thinking about the random chaos in nature and yet there's order and chaos both in nature and it sort of balances in some kind of yin and yang kind of way. It's kind of fascinating and there's the microcosm and the macrocosm and the mirror neurons and all of these cool ideas that fascinate me. And when I stare off into space and look at plants and animals and trees in nature, I think of all these different thoughts and then words pop into my head that I write down when I write my poetry etc. Metaphors and double entendres etc. That's the Kring flow. I would say catch the wind song spiral drive crack, the code left and right node. Those are the kind of thoughts I think. I think I'm going to say something like this the next time. I do a 5-minute open mic, poetry reading at The poetry bridge coming up on a Wednesday night. I think it's this coming up Wednesday. When I'm going to read my 5 minutes of poetry that I wrote, I might just do improv philosophy...

shannon nicole kringen goddess kring in seattle

 

Convos with Kendra Podcast with Dave Flowers and Shannon Kringen

 Goddess KRING and Supaflower interviewed about recording their own original music in Seattle by Kendra Holloway from Georgia: "Convos with Kendra" podcast http://kendraholloway.com/portfolio/college_proj/int_podcast/118_konvos_ep04_flowers_kringen.mp3

 

goddess kring music only youtube channel!

 shannon kringen fans? please subscribe to my music only goddess kring youtube! thanks! https://youtube.com/channel/UCP6tbE-ElHbPAPUY6-2SNuA?si=GV5kGQft-dlZsJgg

 

make pearls and lemonade from wounds!

 

You know how pearls are made? sand gets into the shell and irritates the shell and it's reaction is to make a pearl so it's kind of like a scar so when I think about all of the things in the world that are obstacles or irritations you can actually take that and make it into a pearl or lemonade from lemons etc so I wrote songs about that- my poem monkey wrench is about that and my poem swirly girl is also about that... Swirly girl give it a whirl/ find The pearl/ checkerboard childhood in the wild Lively wood understood/ the grapes are peeled secrets revealed curly cued up lips un sealed... So if you want to hear look up my song monkey wrench and swirly girl

swirly girl song by goddess kring: https://youtu.be/4RqeYfiRIkw?si=G5bhayO-CQM4dT_g

monkey wrench song by goddess kring: https://youtu.be/bskAaojwFPQ?si=5FWHnhsnIn_QrwjI

SHANNON KRINGEN IN A SEATTLE PLAY

 Seattle play i am in tonight: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. And Sunday at 2:00 p.m. . Just letting everybody know Seattle friends who want to come to our play. IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME! TICKETS HERE: https://m.bpt.me/event/6733077

 

Gary Faigin and the Power of Community

 

Gary Faigin and the power of Community random thoughts by Shannon Kringen Goddess Kring in Seattle

Been listening to that famous audio book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie...and it's clear that that's what I do wrong is I don't do the advice in that book. People are turned off when you're focused on yourself and yet people like Gary Faigin, who I knew and worked with as a figure model for 30 years off and on at the gage academy of fine Art in Seattle. the guy who passed away that I went to the memorial last night. He somehow did both. He was somehow extremely successful with his own self-focused painting and art, but then he shared it with a community and he enriched other people so he did both. That's heroic I want to tap into that for myself. How do I turn what I'm good at and what I love into something that the whole community benefits from? That's the smartest way to be to be useful to others and to do what you love and successful with yourself, but also useful to the community. I suppose I've done that with my art modelling, but I haven't figured out how to do it with my actual art projects= poetry, music, performance, photography, hanging my paintings in gallery etc. Was absolutely blown Away by The amazing memorial for Gary Faigin. What an amazing 74 years he had on this planet. He touched so many people and he had such an ability to communicate and connect people and build community with other people and he was both a very successful artist and painter within his own work. But he also encouraged many, many other people and taught them about art and helped them build their own skills and encouraged them. And he was such a good communicator... a clear communicator... what was on the inside of him was coming out and being understood. He was understanding others and being understood. These are things that I can learn from. I relate to his strong work ethic. I scatter my energy all over the place and it would be nice if I knew what I wanted so I could fully go for it more clearly. But I see Gary's focus and drive and ability to know what he wanted and he went for it and he did amazing things for 74 years on this planet. I had tears streaming down my face during much of the 2-hour memorial service at town Hall in Seattle where many people shared on the stage their connection to Gary and how He affected them and enriched their lives and how amazing to witness the ripple effect that one person created for so many other people in the community, his friends, his family, his colleagues. I only knew him from an art model perspective, but I was also touched by him in a positive way.

 

Goddess KRING live on stage this weekend nov. 2025 21,22,23

 

i am trying to help get more humans to the theatre this weekend for the play i am in:  (i can also get friends in free if they meet me at box office before of just say you and shannon kringens guest)  if you know anyone who wants to come spread the word thanks!

Goddess KRING live on stage doing two ORIGINAL of her poetry turned to musical songs and telling a story along with several short skits done by local writers and actors:  this weekend friday saturday and sunday we do our play again in seattle:  November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:  THE PLAY IS CALLED IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!  

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 TICKETS: https://m.bpt.me/event/6733077

 

Art Car Magic after I modelled naked

seattle play this weekend shannon kringen goddess kring

 

THIS WEEKEND FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Seattle friends at the Seattle center main building with food court on the ground floor- we're doing it's about damn time! our play ! I will present two of my original songs November 21, 22, 23 at 730pm Friday and Saturday and 2pm on Sunday. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- ASK ME WHERE THE FREE PARKING IS! go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location or ask me how to get there IT'S COMPLICATED:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 TICKETS: https://m.bpt.me/event/6733077

 

inner child work, stop abandoning yourself!

inner child work, stop abandoning yourself! https://youtu.be/5UssAugINys?si=rjIJG2fvza5wgN-V

it's about damn time! live theatre

 

Seattle friends at the Seattle Centre armoury building 4th floor theatre number 4 we're doing it's about damn time! our play ! 2:00 p.m. We do the play again today and I will present two of my original songs again and I think I am coming up with a third costume for today. We also do the show next weekend if you want to come Friday, Saturday and Sunday next weekend also and today Sunday! ....two weekends in a row coming up Friday Saturday Sunday November 14,15,16 and November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 TICKETS: https://m.bpt.me/event/6733077

 

Goddess KRING will perform two of her original songs during these 6 performances of short plays

 

Goddess KRING will perform two of her original songs during these 6 performances of short plays....two weekends in a row coming up Friday Saturday Sunday November 14,15,16 and November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6733077

 

Miranda July Seattle happy by feeling sad I get it

recent shannon kringen ideas dreams and more tori amos etc.

recent shannon kringen ideas dreams and more tori amos etc.

 

 Interesting. I just watched a 2-hour interview with literally people that used to work for the CIA and do top secret things and they wrote a book about it and what's interesting is that....And yes, they had to have a lawyer and fight for the right to write such a book and they were only allowed to disclose certain information and then they kept other information secret . Nothing They said surprised me at all in terms of the things that they were allowed to disclose about how secret operations work and how people sneak around and spy to investigate what's really going on and fool each other and the harsh rules about what governments legally can do... Now average people are not aware of this and average people are very naive about it. So why is it that I'm not naive and that a lot of my intuitive ideas and the patterns I see are correct. It's almost like I think like a spy who has secrets... interesting... In some ways I'm oblivious to what's really going on, but in some ways I think like a person who is tuned into the underworld or whatever you want to call it. I seem to think like a private investigator actually trying to figure out what's really going on underneath all of them manipulations and psychological blocks, and I'm willing to see past romantic idea of what is true and what is false to the nitty-gritty of human behaviour and how people have agendas and goals and they'll do whatever it takes to achieve those goals. Whether it's ethical or not ethical and this kind of stuff happens in many ways, not just with people that work for the CIA and do secret operations, but just basic human survival in the average lives of regular ordinary people.

What's funny about me is that in my personal life I have a hard time listening to other people and you know how when people talk to each other and they interrupt each other like in normal life. When you have conversations, people don't necessarily listen to each other in both directions, but when there's a stage involved, there's something magical about the stage when somebody's up there, speaking or singing or dancing or acting or performing in some way. There's something magical about it and it makes me listen carefully when somebody's on stage with a microphone and I like being on stage with a microphone or videotaping myself or being on camera. There's something magical about theater and performance and communication through a stage scenario. Setting whatever you want to call it. There's something sacred about it and I really like both being in the audience and listening as well as being on stage and sharing communication

What I notice when I speak my poetry in front of people. I'm always amazed that they're actually listening to me. It feels like a luxury to actually be listened to and I also like to listen to other people when they read what they wrote, whether it's music or poetry or a story

Read my new poem "57 painted in the corner" in front of PoetryBridge community. And I'll be in the video that they're going to upload to their YouTube channel. This will be the third video that I've been in with all the other interesting writers. It is very cool to listen to every single person who writes and reads. we all have a different style. I will link their YouTube channel in comments if you want to check it out and listen to The poets read including me and all the other people. I am part of the September and October 2025 video that they have on their YouTube channel.   

Just woke up from a Tori Amos dream. Her husband was there and a few other women that were lovers of her music along with me and we were in a kitchen in her house and there was a small theater on the other side of her house where the audience was waiting but there was about five of us women that were allowed to be in the personal kitchen area with her and her husband and there was a few kittens wandering around and she asked if I wanted to go for a walk with her in the rain and one of the kittens and I remember I had my opalescent umbrella with me and I remember seeing the real Tori versus the stage personat... With no makeup and no wig and her guard down and dressed very casually similar to me in like comfortable sandals and there was a really thick gate that we had to unlock and you can hear and smell the rain and now I remember there was a guy there that was acting inappropriately and people were shaming him but they were doing it in a humiliating way and I brought up the fact that when people say they're feminist but then the humiliate men that's not real feminism and that I brought up the fact that I liked it Tori has spoken about how sometimes women betray each other and women are cruel to each other and I said maybe that's the same thing as being cruel to men even though you say you're feminist which means equality for men and women there's some hypocrisy going on there and some people in the room gave me dirty looks when I said that and then Tori nodded her head but it wasn't sure if she was going to acknowledge my point or not and then when she said let's walk in the rain together with her and the kitten I was happy and then I realized there was like a few other people that were going to come with us and I wasn't going to get a walk alone with Tori in the rain and I was sad and then she saw a sign that said bring Prince back and then she said we should bring Prince back it was amazing and he had precious gems to share and there was this weird red sparkly sign and Tori said whenever I look at the back of my knees I think of the bottom of prince's feet and then I realize that I can connect the dots and then the dream faded out... I also remember in the kitchen there was lots of copper like shiny copper objects everywhere with a pattern in them almost like unusual sculptures but they had something to do with doing things in the kitchen

each family is different. i respect that. The only connection I have specifically in my family to veterans Day is that I know my grandfather on one side of my family was in world war II and he had post-traumatic stress disorder from that. (and my dad lucked out and did not get called into the Vietnam war- he was going to flee to Canada or find a way out if his name was called so he lucked out and was not drafted in the 1960's- my dad would never even hold a weapon- he's a very sensitive person who would not be a good "soldier" my dad is not macho. he is strong in a different kind of masculine way with fitness- he's an athlete and into diplomacy and not "war") So I will say may all the veterans get whatever support and help they need in dealing with whatever they went through while serving in the military. And I know that our military is the largest in the world in the USA and yet our veterans don't necessarily get what they need and they generally don't... And so that's really upsetting to me. So may the veterans get all the support that they need that makes it fair for them even though we honestly know that they don't. But I'm glad there's people out there trying to help make it better for veterans. And I'm not a fan of war and I'm not a fan of romanticizing and glorifying war and the reality of war and I could never join the military. if I had to join the military and they forced me to= I would volunteer to be a nurse or a cook. I would never be a soldier, I just could not do it... conscientious objector, etc. #VeteransDay2025 

random ideas from me for november 2025

SHANNON KRINGEN IN PLAY THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT

 

This DAMN time you'll be transported to a lab inhabited by surreal characters, witness a murder and an unusual interview. You'll travel back in time to a turn of the Century Tea Party followed by a thought provoking fire in a home full of senior citizens. You can find out what's behind the door of "Do Not Enterprises". But beware. It's not for the squeamish. Goddess KRING will perform two of her original songs during these 6 performances of short plays....two weekends in a row coming up Friday Saturday Sunday November 14,15,16 and November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 https://everout.com/seattle/events/its-about-damn-time/e220931/

poetry and music events with shannon kringen poetry bridge and d.a.m.n. theatre group

 

what is artist shannon kringen doing in seattle soon? 2 projects coming up for november 2025:

music as part of a theatre/play performance:

Goddess KRING will perform two of her original songs during these 6 performances of short plays....two weekends in a row coming up Friday Saturday Sunday November 14,15,16 and November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109

spoken word poetry as part of poetry bridge west seattle:

CALLING ALL SEATTLE POETS AND WRITERS: this wednesday i will be one of the poets reading during open mic (in march 2026 i was invited to be one of the featured readers) the readers this time are: Susan Lane, Sarah Bitter and Bonnie Wolkenstein. The reading is at C&P Coffee in West Seattle 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136 , Wednesday November 12th from 6-8 PM (PST). After the featured readers, Community Mic will start around 7 PM. Sign up sheets will be available at 5:45 PM. Please note that there is a limit of ten readers for Community Mic. It helps if you are there at 5:45 to sign-up.

 

poetry bridge c and p coffee nov. 12, 2025

 CALLING ALL SEATTLE POETS AND WRITERS: this wednesday i will be one of the poets reading during open mic (in march 2026 i was invited to be one of the featured readers) the readers this time are: Susan Lane, Sarah Bitter and Bonnie Wolkenstein. The reading is at C&P Coffee in West Seattle 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136 , Wednesday November 12th from 6-8 PM (PST). After the featured readers, Community Mic will start around 7 PM. Sign up sheets will be available at 5:45 PM. Please note that there is a limit of ten readers for Community Mic. It helps if you are there at 5:45 to sign-up.

 

black and white images

 black and white images https://flic.kr/s/aHsj9udz8b

freaaking out missing san diego

 

freaking out missing san diego

shannon kringen ramble:

I will say that every year in Seattle I dread the cold weather and I just wait like I put on my rain gear. I put on my warm clothes and my wool socks blah blah blah. But really I just feel like I'm waiting for it to be summer again. And if I lived in San Diego I wouldn't have to wait for the weather to get better. It would just be good all the time. Not that I'm a primadonna or whatever they call it. That needs perfect weather all the time. But there is something so comforting about the weather being consistently comfortable and warm so that you can walk around in shorts and t-shirt and not be freezing your butt off and have to force yourself to go outside because it's so uncomfortable being outside because I'm a nature person. I love being outside rain or shine but I can't say that I enjoy cold, wet freezing weather just so I can stay close to nature. But that's basically what I do. Every year is just tough out the cold and the older I get. The more painful cold weather feels to me and I'm really sensitive to smell. So when I go to San Diego and I smell the eucalyptus trees and I feel that warm air and the Ocean Air I really makes me happy actually

The trauma of leaving San Diego when I was 9 years old is really affecting me ever since I got back from San Diego. It's been over a month. I have been like on edge ever since like intensely on edge and thankfully I managed to maintain my composure when I'm working but then I seem to fall apart once I'm done working. So I need to get myself back into some kind of psychotherapy relationship with some professional that will help me figure this out because I think about San Diego everyday and I think a lot of it is just a childhood wound. Although I really do love it down there, but I really don't hardly know anybody down there and there's no more family down there at all

I wonder if a good professional psychotherapist could help me figure out is my desire to go back to San Diego truly because the climate there would make me happier and more mentally stable or is it mostly just the grief about my childhood and me wanting to get something to happen? Like get my childhood back by going back to San Diego because I have a hunch that it's mostly about me wanting my childhood back or me wanting my family to heal more than it's that I have to live in a 70° weather everyday kind of place. Although I love San Diego eucalyptus trees. I love the smell of it there and I love the energy that I feel in San Diego. But maybe that's probably because I was born there and spent the first 9 years of my life there and not because I'm supposed to be there. I don't know

Sorry I keep venting. I'm just really everyday. I've been feeling like I need emotional support in a way that I don't know how to give myself. So I'm going to take all my long-winded posts again and put these all in my blogs and try not to share them here on Facebook. Good luck everyone. I know we live in challenging times and different people have different issues. I'm busier than ever like my workaholism is keeping me busy, busy busy people keep booking me. Booking me booking me booking me and I'm extremely grateful. I just want to make sure that I eat and sleep and exercise and take good care of myself and I can balance it out with how much I work all the time. Pretty much work 7 days a week

I want to reach out for more support in my personal life. I know that I shouldn't be saying this here on Facebook. I mean one of my problems obviously is inappropriate boundaries. So I think in my personal life I need to find way way way more support. Probably a lot of that needs to involve professionals. That will help help me deal with my emotional challenges and help me tap into my potential as an artist and a woman. One thing I'm sick of being is feeling ashamed of needing things emotionally from other people. I've never felt like it was okay to have any emotional needs and I feel like that's the wound of being emotionally neglected as a child is that I carry around this shame like I'm not supposed to have emotional needs and I don't even know what healthy emotional needs are and I don't know if I'm ever going to learn this. The main thing I know how to do is do my art and earn a living

I am going to write a new poem called Shan Diego. Partly about how much my early childhood memories had an effect on me and how much I love San Diego and how emotionally wounded I am and how I'm heartbroken and not really sure if I'm ever going to heal. It's going to be kind of a sad song, but I'm going to have some uplifting inspirational messages in it as well and make up cool rhymes about San Diego. I'm really still trying to heal from that and trying to figure out if my desire to go back to San Diego. Is that just me trying to get my childhood back that I lost and mourning the death of my childhood or the death of my family? Or is my desire to go back to San Diego? A healthy urge to want to live in a climate that I actually like year-round and that I would be happier in a climate that agrees with me. I mean my dad moved up here a few years after my mom and I came up here because he missed me so much, but my dad absolutely can't stand the gloomy weather and he was raised in Southern California, not San Diego but San Jose, California and Burbank California and Huntington Beach, California. And now he lives in Florida because it's a lot less expensive in Florida than California. He actually wanted to retire in California, but it's just so expensive there that he decided he could buy himself a much nicer house in Florida. Plus he has friends in Florida that he wanted to be close to. So my dad and I both seem to be a lot happier when we're in a sunnier climate

The importance of art and music and how it can comfort and soothe us and inspire us in times of emotional need . Plus it's just natural for humans to express themselves in all kinds of different ways. And I come from a family that is oriented towards art and music and creative expression . And it's true the reason why I love Tom Petty and Tori Amos so much is because the wounded child in me that didn't get enough of pinch attention from her parents or whatever it was that I needed nurturing and love and a sense of family. I use musicians. I guess that I love the work of as a way to help me cope with things in life like music therapy and my dad does the same thing. My dad has a thing about James Dean, the wounded emotional woundedness of James. Dean resonates with my dad and his love for Gordon Lightfoot music and Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary and Simon and Garfunkel and all of the folk music that my dad loves as well as Bob, Dylan and people like Eva Cassidy. Also, my dad loves the music of music is very very important to my dad and i's mental health because we're both very wounded because as children we were neglected and both of us don't seem to be fully healed from that. Although I can't speak from my dad, I can only speak for myself, but I feel a strong kinship with my dad on this level and then my mom reaches out and listens to non-duality Eastern philosophy and quantum physicists and that helps her feel more connected to something larger than herself and a sense of family and community

An essay that I wrote to Pete Droge because I love his music so much and he shared this clip of the '90s when his neck tie second record came out . I hope it's not a weird thing to say, but you know how much I love the music of Tom Petty and I discovered you Pete droge because you opened for Tom Petty and now I kind of see you as an extension of Tom Petty and that you're sort of carrying the musical torch. I mean something about the fact that you're close to my age and you're still here and you're hopefully going to live a really long time. I just find that very comforting and I'm glad you're here sharing music with us. It really really is heart melting. And I totally admire you and Elaine for having such an amazing long-term relationship that is working very inspirational. I mean you have your own style. That's not Tom Petty style, but it just is like a cousin of the Tom Petty style and I appreciate your own unique ability. But I like to feel a sense of family when I hear your music and Tom Petty music and the byrds and the Beatles and things like that. I think of you in that similar genre. The folk rock genre or something, although every musician is completely unique... And I forgot to say something about you reminds me of James Taylor. I think it's because you're so relaxed and you seem so natural when you're singing and playing guitar. It has a very comforting feeling like listening to James Taylor. Even though you sound different than James Taylor, there's something similar in terms of your naturalness

The way my job's overlap makes my commutes extremely complicated . Well today's an opportunity to make lemonade out of the lemons because I made some choices that is changing my plan and I'm just going to Make the best out of the opportunity to show off my art car Opal Moonstone because I had planned to get up extra extra early and ride my bicycle to my model gig today to get on the ferry and now I have to spend more money and drive my car on the ferry. But the positive of that is that I can show off my art car and entertain people with it and maybe I can even go hiking in the forest instead of coming straight home from Bainbridge Island. I can walk in the forest and go somewhere that I've never been before I head back to the city.

life of me for now stormy rainy seattle

Goddess KRING live on stage seattle 2025

 

Goddess KRING will perform two of her original songs during these 6 performances of short plays....two weekends in a row coming up Friday Saturday Sunday November 14,15,16 and November 21, 22, 23 730pm Friday and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. this is the Seattle Center Armory Building 4th floor in THEATRE OF PUGET SOUND SPACE #4 on the 4th floor. The Armory Building- go inside find 4th floor and follow signs to the play location:

305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109

 

Goddess KRING music

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6tbE-ElHbPAPUY6-2SNuA

 

the power of music

 The lyrics of the four songs that are so powerful to me are below in comments . You know what? I'm dyslexic/autism/ADHD/left handed only child never married/ no kids etc and I don't read well and music has always really really been my thing like my way of feeling connected on an emotional and spiritual heart and soul level to that, which is beyond myself and larger than my individual self and tapping into the collective unconscious or whatever you want to call it. and four songs that mean a lot to me are wandering Spirit by Mick Jagger and me by the Sea by Edie Brickell and refugee by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and silent all these years by Tori Amos. Those are four songs that tremendously help me on some psychological, deep psyche, kind of level of music therapy and I know the lyrics to dozens and dozens and dozens of songs. I can't say that I know very many books and have read very many books. But I have listened to music for hours and hours and hours and I memorize song lyrics and it really really helps me. I feel like songs that I love are like my friends like they help me validate myself and regulate myself for sure . And of course I write my own poetry and I've turned several of them into songs with the wonderful Dave flowers that I work with and I'm really grateful for that. But music is really important to me and writing my own poetry as well as listening to other people who write is extremely important to me and I want to start respecting myself on this instead of thinking that I should be like some other kind of person that I'm not. I think it was the musician bjork who said sometimes a song can be a friend to you in a way that another person cannot and since she's a musician I think she understands the importance of songs and art and music and movies stories actors humans expressing etc. Sharing connecting ....

gallery seattle sitting

 Skipping the gallery opening tonight. Hope it's fun for whoever goes to look at the art and I'm glad that my art is hanging there. Tomorrow I'll be sitting at the gallery all day from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. if anybody wants to say hello to me and see my art and all the other artwork. . It's called art not terminal and it's in the Seattle center next to the Seattle center. Fountain.

 

Only Child Music VIDEO Shan Diego MIX

Art Model Shannon Nicole Kringen Seattle and San diego

 

Professional Art Model Shannon Nicole Kringen in Seattle Since 1992.  
http://www.shannonkringen.com/figuremodel.htm
Modeling Experience:
DigiPen
Seattle Artists League
Daniel Smith Open Session Redmond and Seattle
Artists and Craftsman Open Session
University of Washington School of Art
Gage Academy of Fine Art
The Art Institute of Seattle
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Cornish College of the Arts
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Umbrella Arts in Bothell
Highline College, Shoreline College, North Seattle, Seattle Central
Bellevue College
Northwest Art Center (in Duvall)
EAC Studio
Tacoma Academy of Fine Art
Feast Art Center in Tacoma
UW Tacoma Branch
PLU in Tacoma
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
The Conservatory
Studio Paradiso
Schack  Art Center
Private Art Studios
Hip Bone Studio in Portland Oregon
San Diego Museum of Man Balboa Park
Have modeled for many artists over the years including:
Ann Gale
Anthony Tony Ryder
Gary Faigin
Katy Stone
Tip Toland
Robert Liberace
Kathy Laio
Fong Baatz
Emiliya A Lane

Seattle and San Diego Art Model Shannon Kringen

 

Seattle and San Diego maybe? Art Model Shannon Kringen http://www.shannonkringen.com/figuremodel.htm

 

Art Show Seattle Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING

Opening Reception Art Not Terminal Gallery in Seattle Center near the Fountain

Saturday, 11/1, 5-8pm 305 Harrison St.

Seattle, WA 98109 SHAN DIEGO by Shannon Nicole Kringen goddess kring from San Diego California. I am showing my piece. It's a 24-in by 24-in canvas photo collage. I call Shan Diego... My love of San Diego where I was born and grew up till age 9. showing in seattle. https://www.antgallery.org/

 

random ideas from shannon kringen artist and art model and actor

 

i love being interviewed. if anyone reading this has a podcast or website where you interview people ask me and i will say yes! thanks. email me! kringgoddess at yahoo dot com. thanks,

Today with nursing students I played the role of a mother who leaves her healthy twin baby in the room with them when they are caring for the other twin who is ill. I Have played this scene several times....I get nervous and shaky every time like it's real! They have fake hospital room, fake rubber babies with sound effects of a crying baby and vital signs and the whole deal. Have also played the role of being a daughter in the room with a family member passing away...that makes me cry every time. My imagination is strong. I am a paid actor basically. Educational setting. Helping train students. I give feedback at the end also.

After the hunt movie- Stay free as human beings and question everything is my take from this movie. Things are complex. Grey zone nuances. Self deception along with others manipulating each other for power and ego desires and human flaws and fragile traits.

Leave yourself the comments you wish others would. ha ha that's my new strategy. Support yourself. Stop needing others to approve of you.

A career that allows you to use your entire body, mind, heart and soul - acting If I could have any career I wanted, it would definitely be full-time professional actor. I think that that's one of the most fascinating things to do because you really explore what it is to be a human and you shapeshift and you're a chameleon and you try on all different kinds of ways of being as a human. It seems like the most spiritual career you could have and the most emotionally challenging, powerful way of exploring the plasticity and flexibility of who we are as humans and trying to not get stuck in a rut also just seems really creatively fun . I've only dabbled in acting but I wish I had done more. I auditioned and got it to Cornish college of the arts acting conservatory in the early '90s. But then I got scared and dropped out after only 2 weeks . When I auditioned I had to do part of a Sam Shepard play and parts of Shakespeare and then I sang a Tom Petty song acapella and they told me it was really interesting and I had a spark but I held back and I needed to really push myself if I wanted to really be an actor and then they accepted me into the program . I want to see that new movie Bugonia and I think I found another theater who has a discount on Tuesdays $6. I might try that. I can afford to buy myself a real price movie ticket, but why pay more if I don't have to? That's how I see it. Even if I was a millionaire, I would be one of those annoying millionaires that still wanted a good deal!

Insight of the day- my defense mechanisms help me survive as an indie 57 year old woman who is strong and fully supports herself but the same self defense mechanisms help me miss out in other ways with my personal life (not letting my guard time much at all- hardly ever relaxing or enjoying myself for the fun of being alive and less energy and time to make my art) spreading myself thin. My priority is basic survival. I could if I had the guts take more risks in life. I tend to play it safe. Not sure I come across this way to others but I know my weakness and can feel my potential is much greater than my current life reflects. Expressing myself from within trying to let go of needing external validation and just speak my truth and cultivate more inner strength and play with what I can manifest externally. Good luck to anyone reading this. I'm working a lot so keeping very busy 7 days a week. Very aware of how I abandon myself on some levels and yet I take care of myself well on other levels.

new art for goddess kring song dumpster diving boots

 new art by michaelblueartwork for our original song "dumpster diving boots" listen to our song here: https://goddesskring.bandcamp.com/track/dumpster-divin-boots-2 those boot designs are my patterns that i painted that michael added to his illustration. so this is a collaboration, YOU CAN SHARE MY MUSIC GODDESS KRING on your social media posts i AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SHARING MY ART AND MUSIC WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT LIKE IT. THANKS. Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING my art is my main purpose on this planet. thanks.

Scorpio My Birthday Moody Monologue 10/25

SHAN DIEGO by Shannon Kringen From San Diego

 SHAN DIEGO by Shannon Nicole Kringen goddess kring from San Diego California. I am showing my piece. It's a 24-in by 24-in canvas photo collage. I call Shan Diego... My love of San Diego where I was born and grew up till age 9. showing in seattle : Opening Reception Art Not Terminal Gallery in Seattle Center near the Fountain
Saturday, 11/1, 5-8pm 305 Harrison St.
Seattle, WA 98109

 

Andrew and Shannon acting doing and playing their parts

happy tom petty who WIDENS my jetty day!

Tom Petty WIDENS my jetty. Meaning something about his energy on a spiritual level reinforces and amplifies and reminds me to trust myself and my intuition seriously. Also he's a super handsome guy so obviously I mean that in an erotic way partly but it's also a spiritual thing . Soul retrieval? Still on my week long taking a break from posting much on social media but got a say this- Happy Tom Petty day today. 10/20/25 would have been his 75th birthday. Tom Petty is a symbol to me of unconditional love (you could say that Tom Petty is sort of my own personal Jesus, a symbol of unconditional love and staying true to your heart soul wise mind) following your heart and soul being authentic, manifesting your dreams staying true to that childlike sense of wonder and falling in love with whatever you're in love with as a child and you continue on and you manifest your dreams as an adult. That's how important Tom Petty's music and energy is to me on this special day. That would have been his birthday October 20th and my birthday is October 25th. I will be turning 57 so this is a special time of year for me. I first heard refugee on a jukebox when I was about 11 or 12 years old and I ran over to the jukebox and had to know who that band was and I've been listening to that band ever since and I love every record they ever made. It became a way of surviving all the challenges of my childhood being ripped apart from San Diego California and still dealing with the grief to this day. But the music still helps me and I create my own music and poetry as well

cleanse.

cleanse.
 

 

Shannon Nicole Kringen is part of this show:

BIG Show of small Works

Side Rail Collective: 5511 ½ Airport Way S

Artist Receptions

Oct 11, 4-8PM

Nov 8, 4-8PM

Side Rail Gallery presents the Big Show of small Works, an arts and craft show featuring works under 8”, making them the perfect size and price for gifting and filling those little blank spaces in your home. This show features a variety of small 2D and 3D works from over 30 artists!

For inquiries:

Gallery Manager: Essa Baird essabaird@gmail.com

www.siderailcollective.com

@siderailcollective // @essa_baird

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