Podcast Interview with She Explores

September 12, 2018 Kristin Link

Sketching as artist in residence in the Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve

Photo by Richard Kahn

I’m excited to announce that I am on a podcast and it’s up for you to listen to. Gale Straub hosts a show called She Explores about inquisitive women in the outdoors, on the road, and besides. The podcast episode starts with Gale talking to Chevon Powell about an exciting upcoming event called the Refuge Outdoor Festival. Then we talk about my story of how I grew up spending time outdoors, how and why I moved to Alaska and got interested in science illustration. I also talk about why it’s important for me to make art in the wilderness and to participate in artist residencies on public lands.

Re-grounding Time

September 11, 2018 Kristin Link

Photoperiodism - The Journey of the Snowshoe Hare - Mixed media collage

This happens to me every summer. I don’t really want to beat myself up about it, but maybe you noticed that my last blog post was at the end of June? As hard as I try, the summer slips by, and I find myself feeling a bit like the Snowshoe Hare in the illustration above - like I can’t quite spread myself across all of that distance.

On Solitude

May 23, 2018 Kristin Link

Cow parsnip stalks growing near the beach

“Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union. Loneliness is small, solitude is large. Loneliness closes around you; solitude expands toward the infinite. Loneliness has its roots in words, in an internal conversation that nobody answers; solitude has its roots in the great silence of eternity”

-Quote by Kent Nerburn, which I found posted by @northernproject on Instagram several months ago.