Archive - FRUIT OF THE OAK

reminders for those committed to building their dream lives

my most potent life lessons thus far, distilled over the past two years and documented at the start of my Saturn return

Jul 3 •

Kristen L Goldberg

June 2025

learning to play again (it’s okay to forget how)

"we [artists] are childlike, not childish." – Julia Cameron

Jun 19 •

Kristen L Goldberg

May 2025

crushes, oil painting, why trying hard is cool, and other tidbits

recognizing someone's gate for the first time, seeing shapes of color, getting crabby after not creating, and more tangents

May 9 •

Kristen L Goldberg

16:12

April 2025

March 2025

the living spirit of our home

how our interactions with objects and physical spaces fundamentally change us as humans

Mar 30 •

Kristen L Goldberg

February 2025

visual diary no.1

here's to discovering new formats for self-expression that feel good in the body

Feb 14 •

Kristen L Goldberg

the medicine of ceremony

don't think too much about it, just do it – it's in your blood

Feb 7 •

Kristen L Goldberg

January 2025

creating art during times of grief

how to tend to both rest and self-expression

Jan 31 •

Kristen L Goldberg

July 2024

the devotion of touch

a meditation on hands, human touch, and the worn ~ when we experience objects that have been loved so deeply, we are forced to ask ourselves, how could…

Jul 18, 2024 •

Kristen L Goldberg

June 2024

"happiness is enjoying the passage of time"

figuring out how to enjoy figuring it out.

Jun 28, 2024 •

Kristen L Goldberg

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