Artist's Letters
Reflections from the studio of my life
Welcome to the studio of my life.
These letters are where I share what I'm discovering—the questions I'm sitting with, the experiments I'm running, the places where movement meets meaning and the body becomes a doorway.
Some letters are born from a moment that stopped me. Some come from years of circling the same mystery. All of them are written from the messy, luminous practice of remembering Wholeness—mine, and maybe yours too.
I write about dance, but not the kind that requires technique. I write about healing, but not the kind that assumes you're broken. I write about what happens when we stop performing and start listening to what the body already knows.
If you've ever felt like you're carrying more than you can name—
If joy feels far away but you remember it used to live in your bones—
If you're longing to come home to yourself—
You're welcome here.
Pour some tea. Stay a while. Let something land.
Want these letters in your inbox?
A new letter arrives every Tuesday (or so—I'm an artist, not a machine).
What to expect:
- Reflections on movement, healing, and the body's wisdom
- Invitations to experiment, not instructions to follow
- The occasional reference to research, ancestors, and things I'm still figuring out
- No spam, just real words from a real human trying to remember what matters
Letters
ARTIST LETTER 1
When Dancing Together Feels Like Coming Home
Healing isn't only about fixing what's broken. It's about remembering that we belong.
ARTIST LETTER 2
What It Means to Let Yourself Be Seen
A dance, a festival premiere, and the vulnerable truth about finally letting yourself be seen.
ARTIST LETTER 3
The Space Between Doubt and Beginning
On creative thresholds, old scripts, and what happens when you show up anyway.
ARTIST LETTER 4
Remembering Who You Were Before
On childhood essence, the noise of becoming, and letting the body lead you home.
ARTIST LETTER 5
When Art Finds You at Lunchtime
On Lunch Dances, remembering what you're here for, and answering the call.
Artist Letter 6
The Knock That Won't Go Away
On childhood knowing, what gets covered, and the invitation to listen again.
Artist Letter 7
I Shared a Dance with a Deer
On slowing down, leaning in, and remembering we all belong.
Artist Letter 8
Something Shifted This Weekend
On hiding, being seen, and what happens when the body leads.
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The Quiet Invitations
On noticing what arrives when you finally say yes.
Read letter →Artist Letter 10
Under a Blue Moon
On rare alignments, unlikely conversations, and what calls us forward
Read letter →Artist Letter 11
I Am a Clearing for Synchronicity
On noticing when life starts saying yes back
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I've Been Hiding
On emergence, and what becomes possible when we let ourselves be seen
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What if fear is not a stop sign?
On the pressure that builds right before something new.
ARTIST LETTER 14
When you realize you were never actually "behind"
On "lost time," returns, and discovering you were right on time all along.
ARTIST LETTER 15
When the Old Story Finally Lets Go
On visibility, early shame, and learning to be seen again.
ARTIST LETTER 16
The Difference Between Doing and Being
On busy-ness, presence, and what actually creates change.
ARTIST LETTER 17
When Your Body Asks You to Downshift
Why listening is wise, not lazy.
ARTIST LETTER 18
When Time Disappears
What happens when attention finds its home.
ARTIST LETTER 19
Movement as Ceremony
Coming home to yourself.
ARTIST LETTER 20
Messages from the Future
On timelines converging, and what the work keeps teaching us.
ARTIST LETTER 21
What's Actually in the Way
On becoming the person who can hold the breakthrough.
With love and rhythm,
Kristen
The Dance Alchemist