i have an affinity for books, music, coffee, and anything i find aesthetically appealing.Tumblr (3.0; @saintkristina)http://kristinaheadrick.com/<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_50268343275" src="http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/50268343275/audio_player_iframe/saintkristina/tumblr_mml185OccB1rci7b1?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fsaintkristina%2F50268343275%2Ftumblr_mml185OccB1rci7b1" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://literaryjukebox.brainpickings.org/post/50085038256">literaryjukebox</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <div>I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I’ve come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty beats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them, under the wind-rent clouds, upstream and down.</div> </blockquote> <div class="info"> <p><strong>Annie Dillard</strong> in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Tinker-Harper-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061233323/?tag=ljbox-20"><em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</em></a></p> </div> <div class="info"> <p><strong>Song:</strong> “Ageless Beauty” by <a href="http://www.youarestars.com/home/">Stars</a></p> </div> <p class="buy"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-you-trust-your-friends/id595119076">iTunes</a> :: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QZQYG8/?tag=ljbox-20">Amazon</a> :: <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org">Back to <em>Brain Pickings</em></a></p> </blockquote> <p>Annie Dillard has become one of my all-time favorite authors.  </p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/50268343275http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/50268343275Sun, 12 May 2013 12:49:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcz7hn2iiO1rbgwspo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crookedxconscience.tumblr.com/post/35261067108/fractals-occur-throughout-nature-i-love-these">crookedxconscience</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fractals occur throughout nature. I love these seemlingly infinite structures.</p> </blockquote> <p>FRACTALS.</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47723683475http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47723683475Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:45:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b91385208c4506b23f04f87b85f86c3a/tumblr_mkjgyyGM3q1rz81w9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rvacoffeestain.tumblr.com/post/46778174766">rvacoffeestain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Richmond Canal Walk</p> </blockquote>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47205223523http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47205223523Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:13:38 -0400“When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I enjoy and am expert at, deliberate thought falls aside and it is all just <em>there</em>. I think of the next word no more than the composer thinks of the next note.”<br/><br/> - <em>RIP, <strong>Roger Ebert</strong> – the beloved critic <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/05/rip-roger-ebert-life-itself/">on writing and life</a>. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</em>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47205021208http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/47205021208Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:10:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e952466f2aac271ffec178987a7ad775/tumblr_mknf9lUszj1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More oysters than instagram can handle. best happy hour! #latergram #cajunashell (at Lady N’awlins Cajun Café)</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46968526285http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46968526285Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:17:45 -0400cajunashelllatergram<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3293668435635776497b31e14a58edc5/tumblr_mk10c4cE541qbg26yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thecreatorsproject.tumblr.com/post/45931789676/the-art-of-diffraction">thecreatorsproject</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The art of <a href="http://www.triangulationblog.com/2013/03/diffraction-by-mitch-payne.html"><em>Diffraction</em></a></p> </blockquote> <p>This!  diffraction, triangles, rainbows, OH MY!</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46456985655http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46456985655Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:07:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3b3a3de041a8811af6b1f790c3a643f/tumblr_mkbp99xBE91qbg26yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thecreatorsproject.tumblr.com/post/46421002517/a-walk-in-the-clouds">thecreatorsproject</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A walk in the <a href="http://www.ignant.de/2013/03/26/nuvem/">clouds</a>. </p> </blockquote>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46425095010http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/46425095010Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:43:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0705bfd41e8f7689c9ee9747f5070074/tumblr_mjgkzruPsY1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese green tea time! (Ignore the Beam). Thanks @gunnerclaire ! #azn #teatime</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/45043835290http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/45043835290Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:04:38 -0400teatimeazn<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A64zqQ6v2d3wJVVk5cfnV8z&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="500" height="580"></iframe><br/><br/><p>good morning!</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44784430722http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44784430722Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:42:23 -0500musicspotify<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef02d76a105dc86ff2fe196a495bcd64/tumblr_mj0fbriCUq1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First Fridays at studio two three! #printrva #girlpower (at Studio 23)</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44334705567http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44334705567Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:40:39 -0500girlpowerprintrva<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1ef9286a4818a4c6060bbc5405d53a2d/tumblr_mix0e9zetK1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yo this is an Instagram of an in process instagram that never made it to presses. #instagram</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44200922642http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/44200922642Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:25:21 -0500instagram<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc3b3956b5a033a936b05d7276e47bf7/tumblr_mind9kaoU01rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Given that it’s a Friday night and I just fixed my speakers…. #vinyl #funk #bootsy</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/43760703091http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/43760703091Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:27:20 -0500bootsyvinylfunk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85684ff2d2a93895d30d427c512e598e/tumblr_mhlwm2ysk61rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seussical Chihuly glass work. #vmfa (at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA))</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/42117829270http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/42117829270Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:56:26 -0500vmfa<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltrr65LGCx1qht2gzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sec-onds.tumblr.com/post/12026878035/we-honour-the-silence-between-ourselves-we-honour">sec-onds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>We Honour The Silence, Between Ourselves<br/>We Honour The Silence , Between Ourselves</span></p> </blockquote>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/41428320673http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/41428320673Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:48:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8531e25b0967319b788ea43007c537fc/tumblr_mgw2jdqqqF1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m an egghead today. Aka “Edessa” set at Hellenic Dance Festival.</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40945961845http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40945961845Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:06:49 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42dc21d36e5ea9616ba5e4ac3d86c881/tumblr_mgtp9yZ6ey1qb3s9go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nprmusic.tumblr.com/post/40845397887/thats-it-the-internet-cant-do-any-better-today">nprmusic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>That’s it. The Internet can’t do any better today. —Lars</p> </blockquote> <p>Yep, that’s it from me today.  </p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40846048814http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40846048814Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:57:48 -0500“1. Complex heroes must suffer.<br/> 2. Complex heroes are rewarded for their suffering.<br/> 3. Complex heroes fail.<br/> 4. Complex heroes have fatal flaws.<br/> 5. Complex heroes are ordinary people.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Roger Colby synthesizes <a href="http://writingishardwork.com/2012/05/14/tolkiens-5-tips-for-writing-complex-heroes/">J. R. R. Tolkien’s 5 tips for creating complex heroes</a>, based on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J/dp/0618056998/?tag=exp-lore-20">the writer’s letters</a>. </p> <p>Pair with <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/11/01/art-of-the-hobbit/">Tolkien’s little-known original drawings</a> for the first edition of <em>The Hobbit.</em></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40845076381http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40845076381Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:39:06 -0500<a href="http://www.artlog.com/2013/735-see-liberating-mona-lisa-andrea-mary-marshall?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Liberating Mona Lisa, Francis Alÿs in Afghanistan, The Horrors of High-Def&utm_campaign=20130116_m114955839_Liberating Mona Lisa, Francis Alÿs in Afghanistan, The Horrors of High-Def&utm_term=AMM-ALV-6-LR-725x1024_jpg#.UPlhnqF0hOY.tumblr">Artlog</a>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40843266288http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/40843266288Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:02:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefg5mAZwW1r3mx44o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i normally don’t reblog this type of thing but my cat does this, literally, all the time!  she usually tries to login to her facebook account but has a bit of trouble with typing accurately…</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/39877851115http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/39877851115Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:31:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97b53c8b30d471bba44c016b9ac98533/tumblr_mg7brr0M7U1rt0o61o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Since I’m playing that insomnia game, here’s a sweet throwback from the Dumbo arts festival this fall. (at Dumbo Art Festival)</p>http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/39830041841http://kristinaheadrick.com/post/39830041841Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:26:00 -0500dumboartneonoutdoor installationnycbrooklyn