A Painter’s Kitchen

by JHSEsq on November 27, 2007

Karina All­rich, pop­u­lar BlogHer author of the gluten-free food blog, Karina’s Kitchen, is also the very tal­ented author of A Painter’s Kitchen. A Painter’s Kitchen explores Karina’s thoughts, pho­tog­ra­phy, feel­ings, and free writ­ing. The site is pure artistry both aes­thet­i­cally and in con­cept and exe­cu­tion. Karina, mar­ried to a screenwriter/artist, lives in the remote New Mex­ico desert, which pro­vides more than ample mate­r­ial for her to cre­ate visual magic to share with her readers.
An unfor­tu­nate inci­dent occurred recently, caused in part by the dis­ease that caused her to become an expert on gluten-free cooking—she broke her hip. For an active, vibrant artist, this has caused her incred­i­ble amounts of incon­ve­nience and adjust­ments to liv­ing her cur­rent life in way to which she’s unac­cus­tomed. Even as she describes her frus­tra­tion and anger at her sit­u­a­tion, the words leap off the page, mag­i­cally elo­quent, touch­ing me so deeply, I am almost able to feel what she is feel­ing. Here is a woman who is expe­ri­enc­ing the fall­out of one event that has caused a cas­cade of emo­tion and thought-provoking self-evaluation.
That’s the beauty of Karina’s blog—she con­nects on a deep and emo­tional level with her read­ers, her bril­liant pho­tos touch the soul, and her sto­ries res­onate with bold real­ism that is rarely found all wrapped up in one place.
I can’t help but mar­vel at what a strange and dif­fi­cult year it has been, liv­ing out here in the desert, far away from my chil­dren and an east coast his­tory. It’s not at all like I imag­ined. It isn’t roman­tic. Or sexy. Or par­tic­u­larly spir­i­tual. I haven’t painted a thing. Or felt inspired to do so. I just feel– alone. And empty. Which is, per­haps, the core truth of it. And yes, I’ve learned more about myself here, liv­ing in iso­la­tion, even as I have always lived– apart. In my head. In my intro­verted near­sighted fragile-boned hes­i­ta­tion. Never the one to fit in, feel a part of, enjoy the com­fort of being seen and understood.

Today The Ris­ing Blog­ger Post of the Day is A Painter’s Kitchen’, Fallen Petal Zen.

Review writ­ten by LORI HAHN.
Foot­note from the office: Karina has become our 200th Win­ner of The Ris­ing Blogger’s Post of the Day!!! Congratulations!
Judd Corizan

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