Interview with Swedish Artist Kristina Berglund
Afterthoughts: Interview with Swedish Artist Kristina Berglund
Show: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
Episode 3: Using Creativity to Heal the Self Part 2
Date aired: Wed 4 February 2009
This week on my BlogTalkRadio show Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul, I interviewed Swedish artist, coach and teacher of Vedic Art, Kristina Berglund. Kristina and I discussed how she used painting, and in particular the Vedic Art method of painting, to restore health to emotional pathways that were blocked inside her, resulting in years of difficulty with poor body image and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.
Those who listened to the show would have to agree that Kristina is a truly brave and beautiful human being. I have the great pleasure of knowing her as a dear friend, and I have also taken her excellent course on the 17 Principles of Vedic Art. On the air, Kristina kick-started the Vedic process by asking listeners to simply put their pen on a piece of paper in front of them, and let their hands go anywhere it wants to go. She warned that if your brain gets in the way and starts to compel you to create patterns, then you should toss away that paper and start again until the hand is really going on its own and there is no thought process involved. This was just a tiny hint of the first of the 17 Principles of Vedic Art-”the line”. It sounds like such a simple thing, but trust me, once you get into Kristina’s course, you realise the depth of it all, and how the Principles are all interwoven in a very deep and spiritual way.
Kristina’s art specialism is painting original mandalas using very large canvases, and highly textured images, mixing different objects directly into her paint, such as sand and gemstones. When I first saw Kristina’s paintings, all I could say is “Wow.” Fortunately for me, when Kristina read a galley print of my upcoming book The Garden of the Soul, she noticed that I described a mandala in my section “Lessons from the Lily”, and she immediately called me and offered to create an original mandala for the cover. I couldn’t have been more thrilled. I will be “unveiling” her finished work here by mid-February, so be sure you check back then.
From so many angles, Kristina is an artist-she is a painter, a teacher and a coach. She is also starting a project in Sweden aimed at helping men and woman with eating disorders to restore their mental, physical and emotional balance through the process of learning the 17 Principles of Vedic Art. Kristina’s approach to art is a true example of one woman’s use of creativity to heal the Self. But she is not merely an artist; soft and flowing deeply like a river, Kristina is herself is a work of art.
Check out Kristina’s Art and Vedic Art Courses at
http://principlesofvedicart.wordpress.com/
(and, yes, you CAN learn art over the telephone!)
You can also browse her FABULOUS mandala art gallery there!
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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn
February 24th, 2009 at 00:36
I like what you said and I felt very comfortable about the the flowers that you had mention felt at peace I love the Ed shanahan and his co host.
February 24th, 2009 at 00:44
and I want to learn how to help other people for the way you were talking as well I know every one has a style how they reflect on peace and how they can work with others on this first hand I am on blog talk radio and I am a listener but I want to learn the experience with other people like your self I had learn from my hard experience in changing who I was now I want to 4fill the happiness of going on to the worse huddles with with both of the two worlds ppl and young people
my id on blog talk is aka peace_maker I am a part time writer on x ray ur soul on wetpaint.com peace_maker is my id name. hope to I can meet you some time when u have the time I am on skype as horses9/11 so this will cost you a free call I use it to talk with other ppl.
February 24th, 2009 at 00:53
cause I feel by helping others it can make the world in trouble times by helping other people in this could create a ripple affect.
February 24th, 2009 at 02:09
Hi Peace Maker! Thanks SO much for your lovely comments.
I just want readers to know that Peace Maker is referring to an interview I did with Ed Shanahan and Annette on the show “The Unexplained World” on BlogTalkRadio on Sunday 22 Feb 2009. I spoke mostly about my book “The Garden of the Soul” and also about the Global Wellness Circle. I had a great time with Ed and Annette. They asked me ALL the right questions, even though we had never spoken before. Please check it out at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tuw