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The idea of a Scandinavian Vacagabond came by a few sources of inspiration:<br />
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<li>MY ANCESTORS migrated from Norway + Sweden, allowing to always feel connected to the place of Vikings, Landscape, and Nordic Mists. I did extensive resarch in the 7th grade and found that many of my relatives also feel this connection. This led me to #2</li>
<li>SCANDINAVIAN ARCHITECTURE was the name of a course in my master's program which I learned about how this place can be relative to my chosen profession. This led me to the discovery of #3</li>
<li>A TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP was offered by the University of Utah as a sketching fellowship to learn and tour an area of interest. My failure to have ONE fluent concept (oh, decisions) did not land me this opportunity, HOWEVER this leads to reason #4</li>
<li>PHILIP GEORGE, my husband, had started a fund for us to fulfill this dream of traveling to the motherland, which made this trip somewhat financially viable.</li>
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We battled everyone we encountered with their American ideals of maximum two week vacation, and raised them a third week. This, not being quite enough time to have experiential sublime at each place, would still allow us time to see four of the Nordic nations and their natural and manmade built environments. We settled on 19 July through 10 August as the trip of our lifetime. As you will see in the following posts, I'm not sure we will get another more opulent.</div>
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-8042365948436222852013-04-07T10:18:00.002-05:002013-09-15T22:18:55.437-05:00DREAMING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last night, in my dreams, I saw the planets for the first time. It is no doubt that in the last week, it seems that I have been seeing the beauty of the earth again with the added accessory of contacts. They have greatly improved my ability to, as I described my desire to the doctor to "see the finest branches at the tops of trees", but this? I was with my mom back in Illinois down by our creek star-gazing. The sky had a navy-black hue on this night, and the galaxy was moving rapidly around us. It was as if we were cycling many moons all in a few honest minutes. We watched as the planets zoomed over our heads like a ribbon of cars on the highway. For some reason, the revolving part of the sky was narrow, while the rest remained unchanged--normal stars in a normal sky. I asked my mom at this point, "Mom, have the planets always been there for us to see? Have I been missing out all these years?" "Yes honey, you can see them now that your vision has improved," as with my contact lenses. Somehow, I do not believe this is about getting contacts. Could it be that I'm just seeing more beauty without frames once again. Mind you, I only have a -1 prescription, and although I am a perfectionist and the slightest contrast and sharpness of something sets me into gaiety, I'm not sure my world has changed that much. As the planets whisped by, I knew them all by name. There were more than 7 of them--more than even 9. They were all covered with a wash of navy blue nighttime, with warm hues of light to outline their edges and features. The rings were the most brilliant to see. Around Saturn and Uranus, and a few others, the misty fog of dust and moon. I don't think I ever could have remembered in conscious life that Uranus had rings--I question my knowledge too much here--let alone that the dust and moons are what form them. They were brilliant and clear like I had formed them myself. I knew their every texture and pattern. I'm trying to close my eyes to see them again, but unfortunately, the day has already set in and decided my brain needs to start cycling. I'm so grateful for the swift moment, and the time spent next to my mother, if only in a dream.<br />
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Other situations seemed to occur before or after, or maybe even during this dream. Time may not be linear in a dream. The location may not be perceptual. Here, there were many people, nearly a camp of people much like a week long summer camp. The rein of said camp happened to be the very principals of my firm. The land ownership were the old neighbors we lovingly called the Tetricks. The firm had "designed" or designated (such similar words) there to be a pond high on the banks with inter-workings of docks and navigating infrastructure. The work all involved a level of gathering materials, mostly from the pond, which now became a massive lake. The creek was now underestimated in size and flowed around the perimeter with ends extending beyond site. Trees were cut down, the vegetation was unnaturally sanitary. I was burdened with the feeling of hard, endless, rewardless work and the location made me overwhelmed at the very arrival. At one point, I reflected on this feeling in a secretive way: This is the very place I used to come for solace during my first 18 years of life. I would come and sit on a humble bench, or climb over the water on a fallen tree and explore without shoes on, without judgement, with wonder and loneliness. With longing for a friend or someone to understand me. Often with tears and violent memories of occurrences that were imminent about me. I wandered with hope of someone finding me and of them appreciating the very things about me that I found to love about myself, even in those destructive teenage years. The earth was always moist and I carried some of it with me on my skin. The only place I felt I belonged to was now taken from me. I do not have these feelings for it anymore. They have been suppressed and I no longer have words to express the beauty and emotion behind it. It has become tedious to be fully present in, and manipulated by those who don't have the knowledge of its past potential. I dread the place that I once let defined me. If I cold shew out the spirits of those who weigh me down and return to the lightness I felt, head down on the bottom of my canoe. The simplicity of my problems at that time, I would not know now that they were complex and I probably needed help to overcome them, yet had no one. I'm inexplicably mourning, even now for this dreamworld's demise. Am I living in a "dreamworld" (Rilo Kiley lyrics rarely leaves my mind)? Sometimes I can't tell. I know that I check in and check out, and memories become unfactual references, while dreams become truths. I'm a bit worried for this, but not as much as my current robotic state, 8+ hours of each day.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-21139254886418642422012-09-28T19:05:00.001-05:002013-09-03T02:08:59.400-05:00MY CITY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has just past the 3 years since I moved west and I'm starting to
get confused as to which place I mine. There are big things happening
during these two weeks an there are so many changes I'm still facing.
When will this whirlwind stop? I'm an ever moving unit in a nonstop
city. There has been hardly space to soak it in. <br />
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to come up too often to ignore and I wonder if I come off proud being
from a place such as Illinois. Or sandwich for that matter. I just feel
like it is my place, it is a uniqueness to a very 2 sided culture. Yet
when I'm home and speak of the matter I am floored that I have been out
and feel that I can be identified with this place which many still feel
is the Wild West. I grew up thinking it was beyond reach, a day and
hours away... And to think people are actually living where dinosaur
bones have been discovered. So it leaves me in a place somewhere in
between, still trying to find an identity or a next move and with little
satisfaction of knowing that I may not be in total control. It's a
magnificent and odd feeling to move away from your land. It's displacing
in a way that only travel has made more possible in recent years. <br />
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to visit more the theoretical place that my mind sits, this blog. <br />
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-57304886224940738452012-06-21T04:24:00.002-05:002013-09-15T22:22:34.896-05:00LOREN, MATT + BABY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-25072442294494621902012-05-19T16:59:00.001-05:002013-09-02T23:51:30.274-05:00FORGIVE THYSELF<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was watching the movie Melancholia and found an interesting blog <a href="http://www.hueandhum.com/">hue&andhum</a> which allowed me to remember that I could think deeply once. I dug up a painting I started and finished it this week. I will be needing some suggestions to either know if I'm really done, and if I should continue this series, or even paint ever again. Two things I've realized while painting--I will never be a "clean" designer and I am quick to absorb energy from people around me. This was an exploration on texture, as I used different recycled pieces of upholstery samples and filtered through different emotions while placing my brush strokes over each one of them. It started out as a multicolored city-scape to an interruption of organic explosions to coating it with purity and exposing myself being flawed in decision. Phip came up with the title, and I think he was dead on. </div>
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-42017811033526522522011-08-23T22:48:00.002-05:002013-09-15T22:28:56.024-05:00FRAMED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Temple Sealing: 30 July 2011photos by: http://hickersonphotography.com/<br />
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-81801124054403978122011-05-20T23:22:00.003-05:002013-09-02T23:58:05.415-05:00WIND RUNNER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Graduation has past, and so has job searching. What is next? What haunts my mind each day at work is the small increment I will make will gradually pay off my loans, how many more hours I have to complete my license, how many appointments I can make now that I have insurance, and how many minutes I have left until I can be released so that I may trot the 5 blocks home. My obsession with these numbers keeps me from having a genuine moment without thought. I still seem to be the cheeriest person of the office, and I am surprised at how much information I've retained, yet am learning at a significant pace. However, I'm afraid that my ambition exceeds the hours in a day and I wish to accomplish the priority as well as the pleasure markings on my list. In conclusion, a 18-hour day and a 6-hour nap. <br />
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I'm starting to feel the confinement of the city. I've extended my spirit to a hike last friday evening, yet I only crept to the edge of the wilderness. I need to set my being into the wind and venture on. As the country girl I once was, it's beside my nature to be confined to a downtown mortuary with no windows. To think I owned and often visited my canoe. I miss that small adventure. The float. I am in need once again to have some lone moments and indulge in a lyrical mess.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-38539701309627508632011-01-02T14:50:00.020-06:002013-09-03T02:04:00.486-05:00DIMICK CHRISTMAS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Stay at the Montage Resort:</div>
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Philip was awarded through his job a
weekend stay at the resort he has been working on so diligently since
August. He was an independent contractor up there (Deer Valley) and
would have to drive to the mountains an hour every day. We were
thankful for the job, but it was a temporary job and as of Dec. 20th we
are looking for a new job. Hopefully a much closer one! They
had a dart wall down in their pub and we ordered chicken pot pie and
barbecue chicken pizza that was absolutely expensive and delicious.
Then for desert we had the largest root beer floats ever! They also had
a bowling alley in which we paid $55 per hour. This place is
absolutely insane. I cannot believe that people live like this. Our
dinner at the Apex restaurant was over $100 each time, and we ran up a
bill for the entire stay over $3000. We were so lucky and blessed to
have been able to stay here! It was in good timing because it was right
before my stressful finals week! Playing
in the snow. I love these photos of Philip. I think he looks like a
stud. :) That's the new jacket I bought him for Christmas and gave it
to him early so we could look fancy.</div>
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We did a 10 hour work-day each at Philip's job on Saturday before Halloween to make some extra money. Face-plates galore--these rooms are huge! We were greeted at the end of the day with a beautiful snow! </div>
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Philip's Birthday included his favorite meal and a BYU football game.</div>
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Then, we went to a Utah football game---tickets I got for being a
student! Now I'm starting to feel some loyalty. I haven't really felt
that excited about this Alma Matter's sports because I'm still attached
to U of I. There were so many great memories and I really felt a part
of the excitement there. Of course we were very lucky to be a part of
the riots of the Finals in Basketball, and were able to break into our
Football stadium and do cartwheels... :) Good memories Jessie and Phil
Street.</div>
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They won vs. BYU, and rushed the field. This
is when I could sympathize with BYU. I really think I will cheer for
them in the future. Their teammates and fans are so much more polite
and encouraging. I'll also be supporting Philip's all-time favorite
team, so I suppose that is alright.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They are a bit late, but here are our Christmas cards! Merry Christmas!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I am trying my hand in a little graphic design, so let me know if you need anything done!</span></span></div>
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with 14 architecture and city planning students. We saw the
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-22459165835205985842010-10-23T09:55:00.004-05:002013-09-03T00:42:28.060-05:00SHADOW PRAISE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">In Praise of Shadow</span> by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is a book implying the ideals of the national Japanese character. The subtle life lived in shadow by the traditional Japanese has forever changed my perspective on the decay of material and the western push for science without design. It poses this unique questions: What would it be like if the Japanese were the first to design the toilet? Would it be made of wood so that with every use the splinters and rot would make you aware of that distinct experience? Would it place your feet in grass and draw your eyes toward a beautiful landscape? Is our world being designed and built for a much younger, faster generation without consideration for the elderly? Is there as much appreciation for handmade material and imperfection, especially when observed under the brightest fluorescent light?</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-50370156066347568052010-09-27T01:47:00.004-05:002013-09-03T00:47:50.646-05:00COVERED IN MY RUIN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I left you here,<br />
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I returned once more to the place now covered in soil. A tunnel to a
new world. A different one which is now unrecognizable. How many faces
will I pass as the wind blows my hair. And remains. Unnoticed. It is
supposed to be that way because my thoughts will fade. But they have
not yet disassembled themselves into the right place. I walk through
the soil with my shadow--my feet on manicured ground and my black hole
of memories bring longing for peace. O, maybe until the next time this lesson is learned.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-58198917553838099512010-08-17T09:38:00.003-05:002013-09-03T00:47:30.288-05:00BULLETPROOF GLASS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Philip's idea yesterday to go on a jimmy johns picnic. :) We shared lots of kisses and laughs on that hillside. The summer air is cooling rapidly at night and everyday approaches the colors of fall more and more. O how I love the mountain air. My lungs can never forget how easy it is to breathe. Hoping to go on another hiking adventure this weekend before school starts!<br />
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Proverbs 1:2-7 --- Proverbs 9:9-10<br />
I personally long for understanding and ability to remember the scriptures and stories of the gospel. I want to be able to give people a thought that resonates in their mind and I want those words to come from my mouth, yet be the Father's. Those are exactly the things that I admire from Christian when I learn about His pure love, and I wish to set free those thoughts to someone else. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." To truly fear the lord - submit to his plan, be reverent and humble, study his scriptures and pray with purity of heard and exceeding faith, it must be always... and at every occasion. Only then have I noticed my wisdom and eloquence in teaching the gospel. And in those few times I have been able to be free with peace flooding my heart. <br />
I've been preparing lessons for our women's meeting on Sundays and it has truly been a blessing. I am starting to overcome my fear of public speaking---something I prayed to be stronger in, so of course, I'm thrown into the wonderful task of standing up each Sunday and trying my best to humble myself and let the Spirit take wing.<br />
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There really is a love so pure. Mimi Locher, my favorite professor here at the U called today with an offer for me to take a TA position teaching first year architecture students (Juniors). It has really boosted my excitement to start the school year now that I have paid in-state tuition! Especially after being denied residency in Utah and questioning whether or not I could make it back to school this fall! What a promise from the Lord to take care of me, His daughter!</div>
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-76624501588123020352010-02-11T22:00:00.003-06:002013-09-03T00:48:41.539-05:00CALF CANYON AND ME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Design-Build Bluff coordinator allowed me a personal day to go on a hike since I was having some drama issues pile up from the last couple of months. I started off with a scripture reading, prayer, journal entry and wound myself around the lake into the canyons. I have never been so alone in such a vast place for so long a time. I sang, screamed, cried, 3-second delay echoed, ran, moped, skipped, and laughed out loud too many times at the thought of my actions. Someday I'll get enough permission to post the photo I wanted to. This day was all about me and my lone moment with the Lord's Earth. As always, I was released to freedom in my exuberance for these sacred three hours.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-67463001656821675742010-02-11T00:06:00.002-06:002013-09-03T00:53:10.408-05:00JOURNAL ENTRY 7PM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Postal Service cruising on the Res every morning and afternoon. I'm lost somewhere between the landscape layering itself and these words every time.<br />
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Something in me changed today. I love Wednesdays here in Bluff. I love when in a classroom and talking about symbolism and mythology and history and how everything ties to this beautiful landscape. I'm in it right now and have felt inspired to appreciate my day on paper. Janet came in today where Haley and Jonathan and I spoke with her about selling her pottery and jewelry on etsy.com, a handicraft sellers website. I saw here eyes light up and her mind working behind them, in awe of how much she would be able to benefit. (Janet is the woman whose family we are building a home for here on the reservation. Her whole family is supported by her business of making pottery and lives off of only $9000 a year). My excitement matched hers. I couldn't wait to start documenting her items. :) The Merlin, her man, started showing Bob, Blake and I his and Janet's drawings for our clay wall. The symbolism in both her pottery and jewelry tells of Navajo stories and important symbols. Each is crated with these sacred meaning in mind. There is much planning and much thought. I love that she embraces her cultures so. I was illuminated by this moment.. That, and the clay that Atsushi, Hiroko, Blake and Bob hand-carried out of comb ridge was ready. My head is a spinning case of reels - my vocality in my dreams last night was a witness. This is precisely the time when I want to be artistic and create. It is the relief I seek and can feel. I wish there was time right now. soon. Wedding will be over. Decisions will be in stone. And I will be able to have my breath again.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-307770887921343112010-01-17T23:26:00.007-06:002013-09-03T00:52:38.317-05:00JOURNAL ENTRY JAN 18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday @ 5am we woke up here in Bluff to try to get rides in Hot Air Balloons at the Bluff Balloon Festival. Sarah Frass and I got to go up with Glenn and Cookie from NM in their Pink Yellow and Black Balloon. We unpacked the balloon, fired it up & chased it to monitor its position along the bluffs. It was a once in a lifetime chance and so beautiful to see the desert landscape from that perspective. We are so small in this place. </div>
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krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-9919040052904364572009-12-05T02:51:00.003-06:002013-09-03T00:55:08.423-05:00METAGROBALIZED:MYSTIFIED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To be and curious and beautiful and filled with magic, and to not understand nor feel a need to seek understanding. Just to be elated in your experience. Sound, Sight, found with chills or fire inside.<br />
I wish to be a child again, when everyday was a day I could imagine myself flying or swimming in the seas. To think I could defy anything this world has defined. But there is still glimpses of those times today. I live from each one to the next, knowing that I can bring someone else there with me. To show them what I see and feel, and oh how vast and uncontainable those sensations overwhelm me.</div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-69832502394271958202009-11-14T21:04:00.001-06:002013-09-03T00:55:32.166-05:00THIS IS HARD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am finally in my apartment. There was chaos trying to get the right money to whom, trying to get my money back, and vaVoom. I'm moved in. I am having some friends help me sort through some of my stuff to give away to a holiday gift donation. Philip and I just completed our gift registration and I am feeling ever so materialistic. I wish that we didn't have to do that---<span style="color: #ff6666;">click click</span> on what we <span style="color: #ff6666;">want want</span>. If only people didn't buy such strange things like embroidered matching T-shirts for wedding gifts, no one would have ever thought of this idea. But it is over, and I feel accomplished, and am a little nervous to have something given to me that is way too nice to put next to anything I own. I am really bad at "getting" things and would only like to receive something if I had the time and money to give something equal in sentiment back. I probably will feel indebted to people all of my life. Which gives me a good reason to keep serving them. :)
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I am preparing for the temple soon. I will be going to partake in the endowment ordinance, and will then be allowed to fully explore the temple and all its beautiful rooms. I feel so overwhelmed with excitement and privilege.
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As I was reading, I came across this perspective, which deals with more than just spiritual issues, but also makes a great cultural point. I think it's a "shout out" to those women in those shielded countries. I just want to let them know that they are empowered by their veils and scarves. And that they know that from now on every time we read about them, our hearts break for their oppression, but soar for their strength.
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I am currently doing very well in classes. I got an A in my first graduate course! Yay! And even though the professors don't outwardly give grades until the end, I have a good feeling about how my progress is going. It's like it completely doesn't matter to me anymore. I have let go of so many of my constrained old ways, and have broken free of all the regularity that my culture has structured inside of me. I am learning to be in love with the ideas inside people's heads. I want to know all of them. And even better, I want to know that they can blossom into existence. I am seeing some of that unfold, but am ever more ecstatic to see what will come in the next years. That among peers and professors and social connections are so high an intellectual level, I am surprised I'm even standing among them. What a blessing. And not only in academia can I understand this, but also right at my side.
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Philip amazes more and more, and I couldn't feel his love truer than the color blue itself. I am on fire because of him. I am so lucky, and so blessed to have a life with him. And it doesn't end there! I have such faith that our family will be wrapped in the same fiery of love.
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Like now, I always have to fight back my emotion when in this state of mind. I often get lost in a mode of appreciation (usually it's cyclical ;) and don't care to stop. Life has never felt so good. Every time I have a "high" it has been because I've recognized that my "lows" make it seem that much greater. There is opposition in all things, and once we break from that opposing force, once we come out of the darkness (it's even biological!) our eyes cannot even bear how great and beautiful the light!
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It will snow soon again in the mountains, and then make it's way here in the valley. Those who know about Utah snow often speak of it as a nuisance. I wish they had the light that I see right now. I am new to the place, and newness fades, but O how great IS the newness of anything! I can't believe the beauty that is embodied in the snow here! I want to take a piece of it and carry it back to all of you!
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I have so much love for all of you who have taken time to understand my sentence slaughtering. I wish all of you could be here so I can share the entire language of love with you. Find Peace. Talk soon.
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"<span id=":t6">Clearly, the mark of a good article is that I have carefully read it on three separate occasions and still have no recollection of the topic." -Alexis Hankett<br /><br />I couldn't agree more dear friend.<br /></span></div>
krystamaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821191437642965713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642106232228175774.post-56718967657092491022009-10-10T01:52:00.001-05:002013-09-03T01:06:27.572-05:00"THE SUN DOESN'T KNOW IT'S A STAR"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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