I was collecting Barbies. I know... embarrassing. I sold them all on eBay, and traded them for vintage dishes. So I've collected two things. Kristin Bauer van Straten More Quotes by Kristin Bauer van Straten More Quotes From Kristin Bauer van Straten One lesson I got from Gandhi, 'Be the change you want to see,' haunts me. I just feel like I can't keep stomping around pointing the finger at BP when I am supporting the oil industry with my very own dollars and actions by buying their products, helping to pay their mortgage - plastic is from oil... polyester, shower curtains. Kristin Bauer van Straten dollars oil lessons To hear that you're doing something that other people are enjoying, it's a fun game. It's like hitting a tennis ball over the net, and somebody hits it back. That's what it feels like with the fans. It feels like someone else is participating in my creation, and it's quite incredible. Kristin Bauer van Straten games fun people I am no longer able to be anonymous. Kristin Bauer van Straten able I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth, sewn by slave labor, shipped all the way from China on boats that use lots of oil and can kill whales with ship strikes and sold by (some) companies that could treat their Kristin Bauer van Straten gmos oil two People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy. Kristin Bauer van Straten kind wise people My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup. Kristin Bauer van Straten makeup tennis shoes My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites. Kristin Bauer van Straten opposites teacher people I have more things going on right now than I can actually do without the invention of a cloning device. It is great! But it does give me many opportunities to practice trying to learn the lesson of being more Zen. I tend to worry about each "emergency" or unforeseen complication on all my projects. But there are so many! All of life is unforeseen! So I am learning that is the cycle of life - everything is cyclical and temporary and to get ok with that someday could be my greatest achievement. Kristin Bauer van Straten worry opportunity giving One of my main techniques for acting is I try to know almost nothing beyond the words that I have to say, because that's my zone of control. Kristin Bauer van Straten technique acting trying I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out. Kristin Bauer van Straten dog want watches I am either blessed or cursed with having little barrier between feeling emotions and displaying them for all to see. My heart is on my sleeve. It's not comfortable but...I am an artist so it's useful and my friends are used to me getting teary at any moment. So, it just runs through me and I know it will continue to, but my best source of grounding are animals and nature. Animals live more in the moment and don't worry so much! And nature is proof of a greater power than myself. Both put things in perspective, or at least gently move us forward. Kristin Bauer van Straten blessed running moving I can tell you what I am working on, which is being more cognizant of my actions and how they affect others, most I will never meet. I've begun with my purchases. I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth. It's caring a little more beyond myself. And I think it may be our only hope - and it feels much better to my soul, which in the end may be all we have. Kristin Bauer van Straten caring soul thinking Art and the triumph of the human spirit - the two combined thrill me. It's the "Braveheart" moment, the stuff Joseph Campbell talks about, "the heroes journey," a beautiful documentary on a poignant topic, the fireman saving a kitten from a burning building. It's the combo of heroism and kindness against the odds or even good reason. It implies immortality because it is the domain of the soul. That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning. Kristin Bauer van Straten morning beautiful art Loss makes me feel vulnerable. I've had my share, less than so many though, but enough to feel empathy. It's tough and I see it so much on Earth, too much suffering. The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights. Kristin Bauer van Straten empathy suffering loss As an actor, I look at first what I can borrow from what I really feel. Kristin Bauer van Straten actors looks firsts Art and the triumph of the human spirit - the two combined thrill me. Kristin Bauer van Straten triumph two art The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights. Kristin Bauer van Straten free-will rights loss I was a maid, so cleaning toilets wasn't my favorite thing, but honestly, standing outside all day in the cold was worse. Kristin Bauer van Straten maids toilets favorites-things I'm getting the jobs that are a gift, and also the jobs that I do because I just love them. That's ideal, for anybody. I get to enjoy the day that I go to work. I actually enjoy every minute of the day. Kristin Bauer van Straten enjoy minutes jobs I've been married for four years, and I'm still finding out things about my husband. Kristin Bauer van Straten four husband years
