Comments for Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com Exploring with Images Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Lori - What Remains Now http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5014 Lori - What Remains Now Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:43 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5014 What a lovely post and splendid work. I love what you're doing. Thank you for visiting my blog. I've enjoyed visiting new blogs and seeing the wonderful work being done. What a lovely post and splendid work. I love what you’re doing. Thank you for visiting my blog. I’ve enjoyed visiting new blogs and seeing the wonderful work being done.

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Ginny http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5013 Ginny Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:12:43 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5013 This is such a beautiful post filled with so many messages for me that I had to read it over and over. What wonderful work you are doing. This is such a beautiful post filled with so many messages for me that I had to read it over and over. What wonderful work you are doing.

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Diana Evans http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5011 Diana Evans Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5011 oh bless your heart.....this post made my day.....you are so giving .....I love it when artists help change the world.....and that is what you are doing...... oh bless your heart…..this post made my day…..you are so giving …..I love it when artists help change the world…..and that is what you are doing……

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 Christine Martell Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:45:55 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5008 Thanks Tammy, it's very satisfying to put my art to work in this way. Thanks Tammy, it’s very satisfying to put my art to work in this way.

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5007 Christine Martell Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:45:15 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5007 I couldn't have done it without your deep intercultural knowledge and clear articulation of what was important to surface. It's an honor to support the important work you are doing! I couldn’t have done it without your deep intercultural knowledge and clear articulation of what was important to surface. It’s an honor to support the important work you are doing!

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by tammy vitale http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 tammy vitale Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:37:36 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5006 Beautiful work! As a community-based organizer turned artist, I appreciate your need to cross pollinate the two. I've never seen them as incompatible....both take the abstract and make it concrete. Love this story! Beautiful work! As a community-based organizer turned artist, I appreciate your need to cross pollinate the two. I’ve never seen them as incompatible….both take the abstract and make it concrete. Love this story!

]]> Comment on Making a Difference with Art Every Day by Mari Alexander http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/making-a-difference-with-art-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 Mari Alexander Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:09:19 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4140#comment-5005 Your generous support warms my heart Christine. I will always remember the delight in the women's faces when I displayed your beautiful images in front of them. They were like bees to honey when I asked them to choose a few cards that "spoke" their story. Story is how they tell their truths - no one is hurt or blamed, made to feel small or tall that way. It is a story. Asking them to look into their future I was sure would be difficult for them but with your help they were able to describe what was in their hearts in describing what they saw in the images. Lastly, I remember the night before we left when we asked our extended host family how they would like to see themselves in a years time...they were quiet...until I brought another stack of images out and laid them on the big table we all sat around. They joyfully found pictures that described what they hadn't been able to say in words and shared them with us. Even the young girls, age 7 and 11 had images they eagerlygave meaning to with us. So awesome! Mari Your generous support warms my heart Christine. I will always remember the delight in the women’s faces when I displayed your beautiful images in front of them. They were like bees to honey when I asked them to choose a few cards that “spoke” their story. Story is how they tell their truths – no one is hurt or blamed, made to feel small or tall that way. It is a story. Asking them to look into their future I was sure would be difficult for them but with your help they were able to describe what was in their hearts in describing what they saw in the images.

Lastly, I remember the night before we left when we asked our extended host family how they would like to see themselves in a years time…they were quiet…until I brought another stack of images out and laid them on the big table we all sat around. They joyfully found pictures that described what they hadn’t been able to say in words and shared them with us. Even the young girls, age 7 and 11 had images they eagerlygave meaning to with us.

So awesome!

Mari

]]> Comment on Safe Passage to Motherhood by Making a Difference with Art Every Day | Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/safepassagetomotherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-5002 Making a Difference with Art Every Day | Christine Martell Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:44:46 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/#comment-5002 [...] written about Mari and Safe Passage to Motherhood before. I’ve been working with her for several years. She uses our products in most of her various [...] [...] written about Mari and Safe Passage to Motherhood before. I’ve been working with her for several years. She uses our products in most of her various [...]

]]> Comment on Exploring vision for AEDM 2011 by Kara aka Mother Henna http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/11/exploring-vision-for-aedm-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-4991 Kara aka Mother Henna Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:36:36 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4122#comment-4991 Christine, I love it when we have those a-ha moments of being able to use our own tools!! :) I had a moment the other day, after a friend sort of coached me through something -- and I went, oh, Kara, duuuuuuh!!!! Since we moved at the beginning of the year, I've not been working with a coach for my own coaching. I'm coaching lots of other people, sharing tools with them for their journey...but I'd not yet gotten around to support my own darn self with some support from those same tools!! :) So glad to see you at AEDM and looking forward to all that unfolds for you!! Miracles!! k- Christine, I love it when we have those a-ha moments of being able to use our own tools!! :) I had a moment the other day, after a friend sort of coached me through something — and I went, oh, Kara, duuuuuuh!!!! Since we moved at the beginning of the year, I’ve not been working with a coach for my own coaching. I’m coaching lots of other people, sharing tools with them for their journey…but I’d not yet gotten around to support my own darn self with some support from those same tools!! :) So glad to see you at AEDM and looking forward to all that unfolds for you!!
Miracles!!
k-

]]> Comment on Getting ready for Art Every Day Month by Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2011/10/getting-ready-for-art-every-day-month/comment-page-1/#comment-4987 Christine Martell Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:08:51 +0000 http://www.christinemartell.com/?p=4108#comment-4987 In my fabric and yarn days I did that too! Now I have a cat who is obsessed with eating thread (and has had 2 surgeries because of it,) so I'm sticking to paint and digital. I miss the tactile qualities of the textiles though. In my fabric and yarn days I did that too! Now I have a cat who is obsessed with eating thread (and has had 2 surgeries because of it,) so I’m sticking to paint and digital. I miss the tactile qualities of the textiles though.

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