<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Water Culture Art LLC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interior Design, Art & Ocean Inspired Art Apparel]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:29:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.watercultureart.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[hear me quickly]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm not into organized religion or basically anything that has a man standing between me and God, but I'm tight with God. It took a LONG TIME. After all that Catholic School indoctrination I really couldn't even say the word without feeling grossed out. Eventually I was able to come around to my own understanding of things, something more direct, the afterlife and the universe and my place in it (a speck in the infinite and unknowable magic of things with love as my guiding principle). That...]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/post/hear-me-quickly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5aa2af830cbda37bbcdc9d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:00:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7994c5_4b4f6b00a6b64056ba7077d5a73f770d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anne Catlin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[duck the wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stayed up too late last night. We had business to attend to --- bridges to mend, apologies to make, hugs for hurt feelings. Normal stuff, I guess. It's easy to cross wires with people you love, and the closer you are, the harder it is. But yesterday was a super good day. New job prospect, nice dress, good friends, reconnection, healing, elaborate and hilarious plan making. This morning I overslept and skipped the gym to detail my car. I accidentally exploded a whole bag of oats in the front...]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/post/duck-the-wave</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a503e03cb673b1177c7645c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:44:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7994c5_7024dab48b66461b9e6d126a6d786a36~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anne Catlin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[forward out, back in]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hold my breath a lot --- under water, when I'm thinking deeply, when I'm painting and trying to hold a straight line. But when we're paddling I can't. I was already caught doing that and was corrected, and anyway on the canoe we're basically panting -- groaning and roaring and counting and shouting. I am at least. We have to breathe: forward out, back in. 3-part painting in progress — a triptych Panel 1: Skull and scrolls (the wall) Panel 2: The cats Panel 3: The wild Mexican sacred heart...]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/post/just-breathe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4d637324d6803bed6afa6a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:09:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7994c5_2d018881a5694a52986f7f90d71beca4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anne Catlin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much, Not Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you what it’s like to be too much and not enough.  1983 - Gardena, CA I was born September 9, 1981 in Santa Monica California. 9.9.81. I like to brag that I grew up in the fledgling stages of Punk Rock and Hip Hop in Los Angeles and New Mexico. Beyond that my mom had a great, adamant love of music, and my grandparents had old-timey records, and their jazz standards paved the way for my early years spent singing in an Italian restaurant and later at weddings with my bluesy dude,...]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/post/too-much-not-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4c6abcf7b480551f171bc5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:10:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7994c5_b47032ad9d1d42a496ef43c39cea3349~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anne Catlin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canoe as Classroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently paddling out of Kona Bay when I attempted to motivate my crew in a soliloquy of expletives (picked up mostly through my boat work over the years). My coach quickly corrected me, “Remember how you speak on a traditional Hawaiian outrigger. Words matter.” As someone with a background in cultural anthropology this caught my attention. Did I just commit a huge cultural faux pas? I teared up, embarrassed by my mistake, and then I did my research. In traditional Hawaiian culture,...]]></description><link>https://www.watercultureart.com/post/canoe-as-classroom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a483aeaf7b480551f0dad54</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:10:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7994c5_2130f499bb174fd08313df0b966223ca~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anne Catlin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>