wenders
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Location | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
| Introduction | Living in the desert on a ridge above an arroyo, I look at the sky more often than anything else. It is stunning in the subtlety of its colors, and in the range and changeability of the clouds. I live in a very small old place, which can get very hot in the summer, and very cold in the winter, but it's simple and, at the moment, it suits me. I live with my cat, the most devoted friend anyone could want. He seems to be a very accomplished being living in a kitty body. This blog was inspired by another blogger, Pierre Kuma Turlur, an independent Soto Zen monk now living and practicing in Japan. Other bloggers, Zen teachers, artists, composers (composers especially), and photographers, have been similarly inspirational; I've linked to some of the special ones below. |
| Interests | classical music, poetry, photography, Japanese calligraphy, Buddhist meditation, faith, distant healing, medical intuition, Balinese cats, thoroughbred horses |
| Favorite movies | Andrei Rublev, Stalker, The Hidden Blade, The Lives of Others |
| Favorite music | Symphonies and Requiem for Larissa by Valentin Silvestrov (Ukrainian who resides in Kiev), Orchestral music by Georges Lentz (born in Luxembourg and now living in Australia), Orchestral/ operatic/electronic music by Kaija Sarriaho (Finnish-born and trained now living in Paris), Judith Weir (Scottish-born composer now based in London), Lieder by Franz Schubert, Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler, Nuevo Tango, by Astor Piazzolla |
| Favorite books | Women of the Way: Discovering 2500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom (by Sallie Tisdale), Silk Road: Monks Warriors & Merchants on the Silk Road (by Luce Boulnois translated by Helen Loveday), The Complete I Ching (translation and commentary by Master Alfred Huang) |