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A Movie of Romance--My Blueberry Nights

6/28/2014

My Blueberry Nights directed by Wong Kar Wai and starring Jude Law as Jeremy and the singer, Norah Jones, as Elizabeth, is a story about the re-occurring cycle of human love and desire—found and lost, lost and found.

There is a yin and yang element to the "almost, but not quite there relationship" between the two main characters.

Lonely Jeremy stays in one place so that even as he feels lost, he has situated himself to be found.

Devastated Elizabeth leaves New York City and the pain of her break-up so she can find herself, grow in understanding, and heal by accepting and then letting go of her loss.

Through the interplay of the yin and yang of beingness, a greater love grows between the two main characters .

(And you don't want to miss the kiss, one of the most passionate I've seen on film!)

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David Zinn's Marvelous Street Art

6/21/2014

Street Art by David Zinn

Summer time is the usual time to enjoy street art in many cities.

Yet, David Zinn shares his sweet, funny, and uplifting creations throughout the year.
Lucky Ann Arbor, Michigan gets to see the majority of his street art as he lives there.

But his art gets around the world through photos shared, his travels, Pinterest, and now through his book, Lost & Unfounded.

Street Art by David Zinn

Bar Art by David Zinn

See more by checking out my Pinterest board of David Zinn's street art.

Support this wonderful street art artist and buy his book today!

Book by David Zinn

Good Fathers

6/14/2014

Father's Day is June 15...Here's a couple of good films to watch with or without your dad...

I don’t come across many good fathers in film, so it was
refreshing to watch both The Boys Are Back and Fat Kid Rules the World.

The Boys Are Back stars Clive Owens playing Joe Warr, a
father who deserted his first son with his second marriage and subsequent move to Australia.

Several years later, his second wife dies from cancer leaving Joe to figure out how to juggle dealing with grief, his job, and romance while raising his six-year-old son.

He decides on a revolutionary approach—a no rule, no chore household that allows chaos to reign. And then his teenage, dutiful, troubled first son arrives from England on his doorstep.

How will Joe confront the issues from his past and find a way to
bring his fragmented family together?

Fat Kid Rules the World takes place in Seattle, WA. The mother has died a few years earlier and the father (played by Billy Campbell) and his two teenage sons cope with her death in varying ways.

Troy, the older son, retreats into a world of video games and gluttony—becoming obese and increasingly withdrawn. Then charismatic drug-addicted, punk-rocker, high-school dropout, Marcus enters their lives and draws Troy into his orbit.

How does this family avoid disaster and learn to embrace life
again?

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Easy Ways to Market Your Books

6/7/2014

As authors know, to write and publish a book takes much devotion, courage, creativity, patience, and tenacity.

There are so many times when you have to dig deep into yourself to find the energy to continue because of the vulnerability inherent in writing authentically.

And then as part of this same process there is the marketing of the book—before, during, and after it’s published. Like so many authors, I want to use my precious time and energy for writing my books and stories—and yet marketing is something that must be done. It's part of the whole package of being an author in today’s world of traditional, indie, and hybrid publishing.

As I continue down the road of getting my book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, ready to go out into the wider world, I appreciate D’vorah Lansky and all the folks that joined her to help us authors be more successful in marketing our books.

D’vorah’s recent 30-Day Book Marketing Challenge & Blog Hop was a wonderful way to learn! The informative daily emails with important information broken down into small chunks that one could choose to read that day or later on was a great way to get me thinking and implementing new things without having an information overload meltdown!

Want some easy book marketing tips from the Challenge? Click here.

I recently implemented Sharon Williams' LinkedIn tip and now my soon to be published book, Rumble Tumble Joy; some of my published stories; as well as an anthology I’m included in are highlighted on Linkedin. Easy to do? YES! To see how I’ve implemented Sharon’s tip, click here. (Scroll down until you see "Kathryn White's Publications")

To find out more about my short stories for inspiration, joy, and widened perspectives, click here.

To find out about my short stories for children, click here.

To find out more about Rumble Tumble Joy, click here.

And to help an author spread the word about her writing, please "Like" my Facebook Fan page! Click here to access it.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Advance Praise for Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness

"Rumble Tumble Joy provides a window into the soul of its author, Kathryn V. White, and demonstrates how one woman's story can supply a pathway of healing for many others. Kathryn's willingness to share her process of transformation will help women everywhere to find their own voices and their own liberation from society's false expectations.

The included Reader's Discussion Guide offers thought-provoking questions to aid readers in their quest for personal awareness and growth, centered around what it means to be a woman in today's world. I highly recommend this book for individuals as well as for study groups who are dedicated to helping girls and women gain true acceptance of themselves."
—Len Leatherwood, Writer, Teacher, Texas Licensed Professional Counselor

Enjoy A Laugh Out Loud Tale Today!

6/5/2014

La Cucaracha is a short tale about Cuca, the cockroach, who lives in the 1970s in Greenwich Village--the era of bell bottoms, flower power, and free love.

Cuca is not immune to their power, nor the tasty tidbits left by his giant roommate, the chef.

How does Cuca survive in a world that wants to see him dead? How does he thrive and
ultimately share his artistry?

For a good laugh, follow Cuca on his journey today!

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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist who dreams of rousingly playing a djembe in a drum circle.

Two of my books are finalists in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards! Click on the below book covers to learn more.

Rumble Tumble Joy book reviews: San Francisco Book Review (4 star) & Story Circle Book Reviews (4 star).

2020 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum

Kathryn's collage, "Resonating Truth" has been juried into a show at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The exhibit runs from April 9 to August 20, 2020.

2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

Kathryn's papercutting plus collage "Summer Interlude" has been juried into a traveling show. The exhibit runs September 9, 2019 to December 8, 2019 at Gallery 3700 in Arlington, Virginia and from December 17, 2019 to February 18, 2020 at Westover Library in Arlington, Virginia.

2019 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center

Kathryn's large collage "When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?" has been juried into a show at the Washington State Convention Center's Phyllis Lamphere Gallery. The exhibit runs January 12, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

Poetry On Buses
Kathryn's poem, The Sound Soothes, was selected for the 2017 Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water Program and is a part of the online collection! Click here to read it!

2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

*Three of Kathryn's collages have been juried into an exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA from April 3 through June 24, 2018. "Phoenix" won the Northwest Collage Society's prestigious Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award.

2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

*20 of Kathryn's artworks were on exhibit in a solo show from October 16 through December 7, 2017 at the University Business Center's Gallery 4500 in Seattle's U-District.

2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle City Hall
Kathryn's collage, "Welcome to My Universe" was juried into the exhibit, "Hot Town: Summer in the City" at the Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle that ran from July 7 through August 30, 2017.

2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle University
Kathryn had a large collage, "Broadway at Times Square" juried into the 2017 Search for Meaning Art Exhibition (part of the Search for Meaning Book Festival) from February 16 to 25, 2017 at Seattle University's Vachon Gallery.

2017 Juried Exhibit at Cascadia Art Museum
Kathryn had a collage, "Indra's Net" juried into the exhibit, "Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 to 1950" that ran January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.

2017 Exhibit at Dreamclinic
Kathryn had 10 artworks exhibited from January through April 12, 2017 at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood.

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"You have everything when you embrace the full circle of life."— Kathryn V. White

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