Friday, August 01, 2025

Interactive Jack Records Seattle

 

Summer 2025 - After numerous delays, the much anticipated sophomore release from Goddess Kring is finally here! Featuring a large variety of genres in the pop music realm, Amplified Chameleon continues the style and charm of her highly celebrated interactive jack debut. Her knack for poetry and interesting vocal delivery shine in her second full length album. Supaflower explains a little about their process: "I built each track around a specific poem that she would show me. She would bring them into the studio and I'd listen and find inspiration in her words. While I was tracking the backing instrumentation, she would often sit and edit her poems or create additional lines. That would be the first couple of hours. Then we'd switch gears and record her vocals, adding harmonies or backing vocal parts all in one session. We would be so into our work that we'd often continue into the early morning hours. In most cases, these songs were finished in one or two recording sessions." The first single, Kaleidoscope Unicorn, was produced earlier this year and was leaked online by Goddess herself. "It's the perfect summer theme for a melancholic season." Originally based around an acoustic guitar chord pattern, the song eventually evolved into a full scale pop production and has since become a fan favorite! Also featured are a pair of upbeat songs recorded in collaboration with another interactive jack artist: Synthetic Summer. The track "Distracted by Reality V" is a strange and funky sequel to a series of conceptual Synthetic Summer tracks released on their own albums. The album is produced by the beloved studio wizard Supaflower, and you'll find something new with every listen. His fingerprints are all over this release and his attention to detail make it an adventure to listen to. Between his pop sensibility and Goddess KRING's clever and nuanced lyrics, this is a worthy listen.

https://www.interactivejack.com/releasedetail.php?pageid=25&mode=disco&album=222

Goddess Kring - Topic

 Goddess Kring - Topic https://youtube.com/channel/UCP6tbE-ElHbPAPUY6-2SNuA?feature=shared

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Butter The Wing Offical Goddess KRING MUSIC VIDEO

new song of goddess kring with vintage 1998 public access tv footage Butter the Wing (spread the kring)

Sophmore Release from Goddess KRING music

 our new music! Amplified Chameleon
Goddess Kring
Her much anticipated sophomore effort in collaboration with producer Supaflower, Amplified Chameleon shows another side of Seattle icon: Goddess Kring. From the 80's inspired title track (Amplified Chameleon) to an experimental electronic dance cuts (Bun Dance) to a beautiful pop masterpiece (Kaleidoscope Unicorn) to her trademark spoken word poem (Naked In The Forest), this album continues with the variety show that made her interactive jack debut so fun to listen to. Featuring several tracks in collaboration with another interactive jack records artist: Synthetic Summer. Also featuring a guest appearance from Nibby Nebula on guitar, Tommy Tickles Cook on drums, and Tiger Flowers on trombone. https://www.interactivejack.com/releasedetail.php?pageid=25&mode=disco&album=222




 

Friday, July 25, 2025

Shannon Kringen photos have been curated into this show at Bumbershoot

 Shannon Kringen photos have been curated into this show at Bumbershoot

 

3 of my photos have been curated into this show at Bumbershoot https://bumbershoot.com/artists/vanishing-seattle/

Vanishing Seattle
The show will be held during Bumbershoot at the A/NT Gallery in Seattle Center. It will run Saturday & Sunday August 30 & 31, 2025 from noon-11pm

Vanishing Seattle joins the festival this year at the Art Not Terminal Gallery with a group exhibition that captures the stories and urban landscapes of a city in dramatic transformation. Curated by Cynthia Brothers.

"My City's Filthy" is a group exhibit and activation featuring works by local visual artists in tribute to Seattle’s cultural landmarks, iconic storefronts, and street scenes - both vanished and still here. 


 

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

1997 Seattle Public Access TV Goddess KRING i bid ye farewell

Margarita Slushies with the Nextdoor Neighbors (pop you list pivot) Song

music we made: Margarita Slushies with the Nextdoor Neighbors (pop you list pivot) Song. from Amplified Chameleon, released June 30, 2025 Interactive Jack Records Seattle.
Shannon Kringen lyrics and vocals
Dave Flowers music, arrangement, mix
Drums Tommy Cook
Tiger Finn Flowers on Trombone

Monday, July 14, 2025

Dumpster Diving Boots Official VIdeo Goddess KRING

dumpster divin' boots from KringFLOWERS Music by Goddess KRING and Supaflower true story about hand painted boots i threw away- i painted shoes for tori amos and a top hat for tom petty. long story! lyrics by Shannon Nicole Kringen Goddess Kring Video filming and editing by Rob Jennings from https://www.instagram.com/rjmediaseattle/

had a ball making this video for my song dumpster diving boots!

vocals and lyric by me shannon kringen goddess kring music and mixing and engineering/production by Dave Flowers from interactive jack records seattle!

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Shannon Kringen Art Events

 Multi media Art by Shannon Nicole Kringen "Goddess KRING" the next art car events i am in : SeaScare and Porch Light Parade - City of Brier Wednesday, August 13 7pm, Swingin’ Summer Eve in Shoreline Wednesday, July 16, from 5:30–8:30pm at Cromwell Park (18030 Meridian Ave N) ! LAKE CITY SUMMER PARADE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 at 7pm. i have visual art donated to the Art Not Terminal (ant gallery dot org for more info) fundraiser going on now and i have 3 photos showing in the Vanishing Seattle (vanishing seattle dot org for more info) show happening at Bumbershoot art exhibit curated. they chose 3 photos i took of seattle. yeah! see more of my art here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonkringen/albums


 


Friday, July 11, 2025

2010 Self Healing

2010 Self Healing video clip i made with my family/childhood photos and some of my photography art with poetic narration over the top. i screened this in public at 911 media arts center seattle in 2010 as part of my Goddess KRING video expression was an extension of my long running seattle public access tv show that aired every week from 1996 - 2011. now working on compiling clips for a full length documentary on my creative life to inspires others by sharing my own story.  

Thursday, July 10, 2025

1996 Goddess KRING intro clip

1996 Goddess KRING intro clip. analysis paralysis decided not to explain myself. i am now going through my 15 years worth of public access tv shows and finding short clips i can assemble in order to string a story together for the doc film we are making about "the goddess kring" from public access tv seattle and my whole life as "shannon nicole kringen" improvisational left handed only child with synesthesia from san diego

Goddess KRING at the ​Wedgwood Art Festival July 12, 2025

 

Goddess KRING at the ​Wedgwood Art Festival July 12, 2025
come see me and my art car Opal Moonstone this saturday 10-6 Event location: 3544 NE 89th St ​Seattle, WA 98115 The 20th and FINAL ​Wedgwood Art Festival July 12 - 13, 2025
Saturday, 10am - 6pm & Sunday, 10am - 5pm
http://www.wedgwoodfestival.com/art-cars.html

 

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

2003 Goddess KRING clip seattle public access tv

looking at old clips of my self produced at home solo VHS video tape public access tv show "goddess kring"....this is from 2003! at the end i say later in life i want to get more info music! yeah i am doing that 22 years later!

Classic Goddess KRING clip from 2010 spoken word poetry i wrote

Sunday, July 06, 2025

have you heard the new Goddess KRING music?

 

i love our new album Amplified Chameleon by Goddess Kring! have you heard it? indie music from seattle by me shannon kringen and dave flowers from interactive jack records 

https://goddesskring.bandcamp.com/album/amplified-chameleon


 

Encourage Bravery, Inspire Others

 

Encourage Bravery, Inspire Others

In the premiere episode of the Earth Monster podcast, we dive deep into the story of Shannon Kringen, an artist and storyteller who discovers the impact that one song had on shaping her identity and helping her to heal after her parent's divorce. As a child caught between two worlds, Shannon found solace and identity in Tom Petty’s “Refugee,” a track that became her anthem of survival and self-discovery. Through candid conversation, Shannon reveals how music helped her navigate the emotional turbulence of family separation, code-switching between parents, and the ongoing journey to find her authentic self. Listen along and find a piece of yourself in her story as we celebrate vulnerability, explore the messy truths that shape us, and discover how the right song at the right moment can transform a life. If you’ve ever felt lost, divided, or searching for your voice, this episode is for you. #divorce #ChildOfDivorce #musicheals #EarthMonsterPodcast #podcast #shannonkringen #goddesskring

short clip:  https://youtube.com/shorts/6GRSX4AWtyI?feature=shared

full episode:  https://youtu.be/wBy70ix_M6g?feature=shared


 

Saturday, July 05, 2025

4th of July Fireworks 2025 Seattle with Shannon Kringen Music

"4th of July Fireworks 2025 Seattle with Shannon Kringen Music

" Here's my new YouTube video I filmed of the entire 4th of July fireworks show last night in Seattle and I put my original Shannon kringen Dave Flowers music as the soundtrack.

Friday, July 04, 2025

Art Car Opal Moonstone and Goddess KRING the the 4th of July Parade Bothell 2025

 


Opal Moonstone
by Goddess KRING

Opal Moonstone is an improvisational design with rhinestones on a 2010 Honda Fit. I am delighted to add colors and shapes when I get the urge. I am known in Seattle for painting onto shoes and hats, and giving my hand painted "KringWEAR" shoes to musician Tori Amos, I am known as "Goddess KRING" from public access TV in Seattle and this art car is my current big project. I am an experimental multi media artist. Some of my favorite artists that inspire me are: Antoni Gaudí, Yayoi Kusama, Gustav Klimt, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

I use clear Silicone Sealant Glue on my art car. It has taken two years so far and I am still adding to it.

Ask me any questions about doing your own art car!

Thursday, July 03, 2025

art car. who made it? me! solo art by me

 i still get asked "who did the work on your art car. ME! i did this solo. http://shannonkringen.com/art_car.html Opal Moonstone
by Goddess KRING

Opal Moonstone is an improvisational design with rhinestones on a 2010 Honda Fit. I am delighted to add colors and shapes when I get the urge. I am known in Seattle for painting onto shoes and hats, and giving my hand painted "KringWEAR" shoes to musician Tori Amos, I am known as "Goddess KRING" from public access TV in Seattle and this art car is my current big project. I am an experimental multi media artist. Some of my favorite artists that inspire me are: Antoni Gaudí, Yayoi Kusama, Gustav Klimt, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

I use clear Silicone Sealant Glue on my art car. It has taken 3 years so far and I am still adding to it.

Ask me any questions about doing your own art car!


 

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

amplified chameleon whole album

11 songs by Dave and me! the full length album Amplified Chameleon
released June 30, 2025
Shannon Kringen lyrics and vocals
Dave Flowers music, arrangement, mix
Interactive Jack Records Seattle

naked in the forest spoken word

new video! https://youtu.be/v6ORtkEbmbU?feature=shared
spoken word by Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING
track #11 from the full length album Amplified Chameleon lyrics Naked in the Forest by Shannon Kringen Blowing the lid off grid sealing the deal spinning the wheel revealing/burrowing with the earth worms pacify the masses classify the drastic being elastic vibrational frequencies healing cells energy electro magnetic biofield healing reveals healing reveals spirit you hear it spirit you hear it spirit you hear it spirit you hear it hijack biology nature dolphins communicate high pitch low pitch are you kidding me with the no liability the soul of the soil the soul of the soil free speech individuality diplomacy freedom of thought freedom of action see through cells vibrational frequencies see through transparent nuturing nature naked in the forest in bed with devilish barefoot delicate curious tingling toes don’t monkey frankenstein with nature blow that whistle blaze that trail micro organisms fading credits from Amplified Chameleon, released June 30, 2025 Shannon Kringen lyrics and vocals Dave Flowers music, arrangement, mix Interactive Jack Records Seattle

Monday, June 30, 2025

kring with no clothes song about art modeling

  it's free to listen on bandcamp under my music site called Goddess KRING
https://goddesskring.bandcamp.com/track/kring-with-no-clothes
poem i wrote about being a figure model since 1992
lyrics
Kring With No Clothes (song I wrote about figure modeling) lyrics by Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING” , music and mixing and producing by Dave Flowers “Supaflower” Interactive Jack Records Seattle)

here I am again (thumbnail sketches)
naked on the stand (value studies)
never shaved my bush (composition)
you can draw my tush (forshortening, conte crayon, pastel charcoal)
I get paid to daydream
funny as it may seem
stacks and stacks of drawings
blessings in disguise
making me immortalized
many kinds of paintings, posing for the artists
feels like I just started
33 years and counting

here I am again (glazing layers)
naked on the stand ( painting/drawing/sculpture)
never shaved my bush (proportion)
you can draw my tush (core shadow)

chiaroscuro , busty beauty
lusty lady, contrapasta
naked bike body painting
public access tv
gesture portrait figure
gesture portrait costume
another day at the office with my clothes off
staring off into space
paid to express grace
used to draw the model
now I am the model

here I am again (warm and cool)
naked on the stand (color notes color notes)
never shaved my bush (shading dark and light)
you can draw my tush (mixing colors palette knife/palette knife)

scandanavian skin stones
soothing sound of charcoal
standing in the round
surrounded charcoal sound

here I am again (gesso the canvas)
naked on the stand (rough in sketch in)
never shaved my bush (30 second gesture)
you can draw my tush (hips and shoulders

here I am again (latissimus dorsi)
naked on the stand (human anatomy)
never shaved my bush (or my armpits)
you can draw my tush (natural free range human)

staring off into space
paid to express grace

Sunday, June 08, 2025

Shannon Kringen Artist at Fremont Fair Seattle

 To my Seattle friends. I will have art on display and for sale at the Fremont Summer Solstice Art Fair Parade. June 21, 22nd 2025. I will be performing in the parade dancing in the Street in costume as Goddess Kring and my art car Opal Moonstone will be on display for the public all day Saturday and all day Sunday and I will have a table with my poetry book, my original poetry I write with my voice singing turned into music CDs, greeting cards of my original photography and my original non-representational abstract inspired by patterns in nature artwork... and framed prints that you can purchase for a sliding fee scale etc reasonable prices! You can also scan the QR code of the original music that I created with Dave Flowers also happy to answer any questions about my art or my public access TV show if you remember me from those days? always open to meeting new people who appreciate my work and talking with you about art Freedom creativity following your heart and soul... manifesting your dreams etc. that's what makes me tick to connect and communicate and share with the community and the audience that appreciates the creative work that I do... also love to inspire other people to pursue their dreams and do what they love. Art Cars parked: SACBO (Seattle Art Car Blow Out) 3427 Evanston Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-8618 Saturday June 21, 10am-8pm, Sunday June 22nd 11am-6pm. see you there! Shannon Nicole Kringen Goddess KRING.


Saturday, June 07, 2025

Shannon Kringen Art opening tonight Antgallery Seattle Center

 

tonight:
Art Show Saturday June 7th 5-8pm, 2 pieces of my art on display (black and white photo of me modeling by Greg Karl and an abstract print by me called Mapping Internal Lands) A/NT Gallery 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109 https://antgallery.org

 

Friday, June 06, 2025

Freehold Theatre Gala Cake Donation

 

i baked this cake and am donating it to this event tonight. i love taking acting classes here: Freehold Theatre's Annual Gala : A Seat at the Table Join us on June 6th at Washington Hall for Freehold's 2025 Gala: A Seat at the Table.
Celebrate with us and support Freehold Theatre in this elegant historic setting. Event includes food, drinks, auction, games and more! Where: Washington Hall is located at 153 14th Ave When: Doors for the Gala open at 5:30pm. Dinner service begins at 6:15pm, and programming at 7pm. The event will run until about 9:15pm Seattle Friends you can register/buy tickets for this event here- they are auctioning off prizes also to those who attend and donate: 

 

Kent Nerd Party Goddess KRING Art Car

 My aRt car Opal Moonstone will be at the Kent Nerd Party tomorrow Saturday June 7th
Art Cars
On 2nd Ave S between Gowe and Meeker from 2PM to 7PM
The Nerd Party is a street-wide event with a cosplay contest, miniature painting contest, Lego museum, LARP games, outdoor vendors, and more.
All nerds are welcome—whether you love science fiction, fantasy, horror, anime, gaming, or one of the other innumerable geeky pursuits!
Art Cars
On 2nd Ave S between Gowe and Meeker from 2PM to 7PM https://www.downtownkentwa.com/event/knp25/


 

Monday, June 02, 2025

Shannon Kringen Art Events June 7th 2025

 

2 art events on the same day Shannon Nicole Kringen is involved in! Saturday June 7th the Kent Nerd Party 2-7pm and a/nt gallery opening 5-8pm.
details: my art Car Opal Moonstone on display with me there in my Goddess KRING costume! Kent Nerd Party 2-7pm
215 1st Ave S. Kent, WA 98032 United States https://www.downtownkentwa.com/event/knp25/
2 pieces of my art on display (black and white photo of me modeling by Greg Karl and an abstract print by me called Mapping Internal Lands) at art not terminal gallery in the seattle center next to the fountain 5-8pm opening night, then on display for one month. A/NT Gallery 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109 https://www.antgallery.org/

 

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Shannon kringen poetry and music Seattle

 Tonight after the play that I act in is over I will have my CD of original music and my poetry book of my original poems that I published and created myself available and for sale or you can just say hello to me after the show for anybody who's at the play tonight in Seattle....Goddess Kring music and poetry. tonight 730pm. Sunday tomorrow 230pm. Location
Seattle Center Armory, TPS Theater 4
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
United States 2025 Survival Guide: PANTS ON FIRE! my poetry book link: Kringonian Pizzazz https://www.amazon.com/Kringonian-Pizzazz-KringSPEAK-Poetry-Goddess/dp/B0CSB2TQP9 my music streaming link: Goddess KRING KringFLOWER music Interactive Jack Records Seattle https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/goddesskring/kringflower-produced-by-supaflower


 

Seattle Art Car Events Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING

 

Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING Art Car Events:
June 7th 2025 Kent Nerd Party https://www.downtownkentwa.com/event/knp25/
June 21, 22 2025 (Goddess KRING dancing in the Summer Solstice Parade and part of Seattle Art Car Blow Out SACBO) https://fremontfair.com/
July 12, 13 2025 Wedgwood Art Festival http://www.wedgwoodfestival.com/
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 SeaScare and Porch Light Parade - City of Brier https://seascare.com/
Bothell 4th of July Parade 2025 (maybe) Fourth of July Parade
http://shannonkringen.com/art_car.html

 

Goddess KRING acting in a play Seattle

 Seattle Friends come see me act Tonight: Saturday May 31 7:30 p.m. and Sunday June 1st at 2:30 p.m. matinee Seattle Center theater of Puget sound on the 4th floor of the Seattle armory building. The show is called pants on fire survival guide 2025 tickets here online or $20 at the door.
Location
Seattle Center Armory, TPS Theater 4
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
United States 2025 Survival Guide: PANTS ON FIRE!
If you can survive a DAMN show, you just might be able to survive 2025. Written and performed by local artists, our Survival Guide takes you to a televised autopsy, a difficult breakup, a one-woman show and the beauty pageant you never expected. A gravely ill man seeks an unorthodox cure and youre going to meet a vampire with a fascinating trick up his sleeve. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6641361

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Comedy Kring rough draft improv goofy

Comedy Kring rough draft improv goofy

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Goddess KRING showing artwork at Folklife Seattle

 Just found out from the curator of the Folklife Art Show that my piece of artwork is on the third floor armory gallery. As part of the Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center https://nwfolklife.org/ \


 

Goddess KRING music

 


Music, Audio, and Spoken word
by Goddess KRING

Stream Goddess KRING music and music videos on many platforms.

on bandcamp
https://goddesskring.bandcamp.com/

on Interactive Jack Records
https://www.interactivejack.com/discography.php?pageid=25

on distrokid
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/goddesskring/kringflower-produced-by-supaflower

Goddess Kring is releasing music projects on interactive jack records in collaboration with producer and musician, Supaflower. They cover a lot of territory including pop, rock, experimental, acapella poems, heavy rock, new wave, and even jazz. The poems are otherworldly with interesting editing and studio effects. The pop tracks are instantly accessible yet have unique timing, melodies and forms of rhythmic displacement that is unlike other pop music. The rock tracks border on new wave and her speaking voice has both drama and coolness, the perfect combo.

Monday, May 19, 2025

Shannon Kringen Acting in a play

 

You can buy tickets to the play I'm in! Many actors part of this. I'm in the play by Oneda Harris. Involving a vampire! I play a crisis counselor....2025 Survival Guide: PANTS ON FIRE!
If you can survive a DAMN show, you just might be able to survive 2025. Written and performed by local artists, our Survival Guide takes you to a televised autopsy, a difficult breakup, a one-woman show and the beauty pageant you never expected. A gravely ill man seeks an unorthodox cure and youre going to meet a vampire with a fascinating trick up his sleeve.
Showtimes: Friday and Saturday May 30, 31 at 730pm
Sunday June 1st at 230pm
Location
Seattle Center Armory, TPS Theater 4
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
United States

 

Goddess KRING t shirt and Collage will be at Folklife Festival Seattle 2025

 

Here's my new Goddess Kring t-shirt and the collage I made printed onto canvas that got into the folklife festival in seattle may 23-26th 2025. I was also with my art car for a paid party event but I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement so I can't really share photos. I'm waiting to hear if I can share photos later on in the future. it was a private party for a company and they booked me and another Art Car person for a special event... it was really quite interesting and very beautifully done. Will share about it when I find out what's possible in sharing... I'm just grateful to be involved in so many creative projects with my artwork! my acting, my comedy, my music, my art car, my visual art, mu poetry, all the different things that I do working with caring for animals, working with medical students and working with artists who draw the model. I am very very blessed and very very grateful for all the creative opportunities that I'm involved with as I continue to navigate how I heal and grow and learn -find more inner strength and individuate, drop the past be in the present etc. i also met with a doc film maker about my movie ideas. not sure where thats going but good to be open and talk movies with people in the industry. might do my own doc film about "Goddess KRING" or might find others who want to do this with me? or might never do the movie at all? who knows. i do want to write a book/memoir poetic book about my life "checkerboard childhood" part of my working title. amplified chameleon getting her dreams on etc. i keep writing comedy ideas down for my stand up comedy class! fun fun.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Shannon Kringen Artist and Seattle icon

 

http://shannonkringen.com/art_car.html

Shannon Kringen creates non representational designs inspired by her inner world and by the repeating shapes she sees in nature. she is neurodivergent and on the autism spectrum and has synesthesia (mixing of the senses- seeing shapes in her mind when she hears music) her photography and poetry also comes from this perspective. She also created an art car named "Opal Moonstone".
Shannon Kringen dot com


 

SACBO 2025

Seattle Art Car Blowout at the Fremont Fair Seattle 2025. June 21st and 22nd. 50-70 wacky decorated vehicles on display for 2 days at the famous Fremont Fair in Seattle. Some of the cartists will be exhibiting their crafts next to their sculpted & painted art cars.
FREE !! Upper Burke Parking Lot at the Fremont Fair (N. 35th, cross st. is Evanston) https://fremontfair.com/art-cars/

 


 

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Shannon Kringen Art at Folklife Seattle 2025

 this collage of Self Portrait photos and abstract paintings by me Shannon Nicole Kringen i call Windsong Spiral Drive will be hanging in seattle at the 54th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival 2025 May 23 through May 26th. it's a 16x16 canvas print. https://nwfolklife.org/


 

Monday, May 12, 2025

goddess kring music videos!

making a music video of The Story of Goddess KRING song! monday may 26th! me in my art car in costume lip synching to my song! a dream come true!~!!!!!!!!! yeah https://youtu.be/PhWvz-6oWNM?feature=shared 



freedom of thougt and expression by shannon kringen

 


clever guerilla art on the freeway disguised to look like a real freeway sign. Pretty interesting. Thankfully I was stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway so was able to take this. FREE TO PUBLISH my photos on your blog under creative commons Attribution-ShareAlike ! just give me credit Shannon Nicole Kringen Creative Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonkringen/

Thursday, May 08, 2025

beyond duality

beyond duality
Part of why I want to do comedy is because that's a way of expressing myself in a therapeutic way and breaking rules and being rebellious without getting myself in trouble... because I'm actually quite angry and disturbed by what I think is a multi-level manipulation campaign... ironically people argue about what's true and false and I think some of the people that argue the hardest about what is true and what is false are the most manipulated and fooled and buy into the shadows on the wall instead of the real thing ...but I think that is by design... so comedy comedy comedy bring it On let's be funny! let's build bridges and not walls against each other etc find a way to connect with community without getting myself ostracized and humor might be one way to do that if that's not too honest for me to say this I know that comedy and tragedy is the flip side of one coin

I try to outsmart the gas lighters like that song that I wrote It's called outsmart the gaslighters and I wrote another song called polarized landscape about current times and I wrote another song that is called cancel culture vulture virtue signal soldiers and I think a lot of people are may or may not even be listening to what I'm saying in those lyrics but if they do they may or may not understand the point that I'm trying to make and let's face it nobody wants to be ostracized including me... being ostracized does not feel good... and it's part of our survival mechanism to not want to be completely demonized and ostracized from the human group that were in... I try to figure out how to build bridges with people and get away from the walls that people are putting up around each other. I know that I don't want to segregate myself from other kinds of people that think differently than me... so I'm trying to keep my mind open and not stereotype other people and when other people are stereotyping me I'm trying to just ignore it and move on and forgive them for being so narrow-minded or whatever... caught up in fear to the point where they feel like they have to stereotype other people. I very much relate to this video although I'm frustrated that I don't actually know how to speak my truth and stand up for myself and when people criticize me and tell me I'm wrong I feel like I'm on trial and I am not necessarily good at defending my right to have a different opinion than the cliche sound bites that people regurgitate and labeling who are the good people and who are the bad people... I see it in a totally different way... I see all the nuances and all the layers and how fake people are with each other actually and that they just want to feel safe... they don't really want to know the full on truth and yet that's what people mostly argue about these days is what is true and what is false and I think that we're having psychological warfare inflicted upon us.
Why Society Rejects the Truly Intelligent | Schopenhauer
I think that certain things have been hijacked and people are being manipulated and really more complicated ways than they even realize that a lot of really well-meaning people are saying and doing certain things but I don't think they're seeing that the manipulation is more clever than that. I just want to acknowledge the creepy feeling I have... like I know that these social media sites are mostly used to share superficial information- but I suppose we are allowed to be political activists on these sites if we have the correct cliche opinion and we demonize anybody who disagrees with us... it's like a form of psychological warfare that people are putting each other through and policing each other's thoughts. these days it is very creepy to live in a culture where I truly feel like I'm not safe in saying what my real opinions are... because when you say something that's not the cliche and pick side a or pick side b people jump on you and criticize you and I just want to point out I don't feel comfortable saying what my real opinions are here but I do feel comfortable expressing the frustration and the psychological disorienting what is it called cognitive dissonance of realizing that humans are being trained to only think they can pick box a or box b and not actually question the indoctrination of thinking that we're a good person if we think one thing and we're a bad person if we think something else and it makes me think of the stories of the Brave New World and 1984 and Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory.



Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Seattle Rep Pop Up Art Show Shannon Kringen

 my next art event: https://www.seattlerep.org/events/special-events/community-pop-ups-laughs Community Pop-Up Date:
May 11th 2025, 1 p.m. to 2pm
Located in Seattle Rep's Lobby
Tickets to the May 11 at 2 p.m. Laughs in Spanish performance required for entry.


 

Sunday, May 04, 2025

Saturday, May 03, 2025

shannon nicole kringen publishing her own books

 

me- Shannon Nicole Kringen the writer. working on my 3rd book. have 145 pages to edit. it will be poetry/song lyrics/dreams i have had while sleeping and some essays i wrote about my life and philosophy i have about my path on earth. my first book is called aRt, identity and the sacred- it's a visual art book with some words on my ideas on my artwork being my spiritual practice- connecting me to that which is beyond myself in community- the human ecosystem etc, my 2nd book is Kringonian Pizzazz KringSPEAK poetry book and my 3rd will maybe be called KringFlower song lyrics and dreams. (my 4th book might be a memoir of my life thus far- Amplified Chameleon/Gettin her dreams on: Checkerboard Childhood in wild liveliewood)

Monday, April 28, 2025

Shannon Kringen Community Pop-Ups: Laughs in Spanish for Mothers Day Seattle Rep Theatre

 

i have been invited to be part of this show! Community Pop-Ups: Laughs in Spanish for Mothers Day https://www.seattlerep.org/.../community-pop-ups-laughs Sunday, May 11, 2025 1-2 pm
Seattle Rep 155 Mercer Street, Seattle

 
Shannon Kringen creates non representational designs inspired by her inner world and by the repeating shapes she sees in nature. she is neurodivergent and on the autism spectrum and has synesthesia (mixing of the senses- seeing shapes in her mind when she hears music) her photography and poetry also comes from this perspective. She also created an art car named "Opal Moonstone".
Shannon Kringen dot com
http://shannonkringen.com/

Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING just interviewed on the earth monster podcast!

 Shannon Kringen Goddess KRING just interviewed on the earth monster podcast! 


 

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Shannon Kringen in a play 2025 Survival Guide: PANTS ON FIRE!

 

You can buy tickets to the play I'm in! Many actors part of this. I'm in the play by Oneda Harris. Involving a vampire! I play a crisis counselor....2025 Survival Guide: PANTS ON FIRE!
If you can survive a DAMN show, you just might be able to survive 2025. Written and performed by local artists, our Survival Guide takes you to a televised autopsy, a difficult breakup, a one-woman show and the beauty pageant you never expected. A gravely ill man seeks an unorthodox cure and youre going to meet a vampire with a fascinating trick up his sleeve.
Showtimes: Friday and Saturday May 30, 31 at 730pm
Sunday June 1st at 230pm
Location
Seattle Center Armory, TPS Theater 4
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
United States
 

 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Opal Moonstone aRt car! available for events! http://shannonkringen.com/art_car.html

 


Opal Moonstone aRt car! available for events! http://shannonkringen.com/art_car.html

Sunday, April 20, 2025

relax, forgive, let go, be here now

collages by shannon kringen

 two new collages i made. portrait model me and animal photographer me. artist and model me: http://shannonkringen.com/


 

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multi media aRtist and fine art model.