Frida had easy access to Chinatown, which she could enter either by walking up Jackson Street or taking Columbus to the Grant Street entrance. Crossing over into this district, Cantonese filled the airwaves while stores crammed with items packaged in cool turquoise, bright yellow, deep red, and emerald green encroached upon Frida’s field of vision. Strolling down Grant Street was electrifying with its gold dragon-entwined lampposts, red, gold, yellow, and green studded Chinese style architecture, its multitude of fragrant restaurants, markets with fruit and vegetable stands lining the sidewalk, and herb stores filled with large glass jars emitting that distinctive earthy smell. What Frida admired most, however, were the "beautiful" children.
© Celia S. Stahr 2014
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ks for sharing the article, and more importantly, your personal experie ncec mindfully using our emotions as data about our inner state and knowing when it’s better to de-escalate by taking a time out are great tools. Appreciate you reading and sharing your story since I can certainly relate and I think others can to
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Celia Stahr teaches art history at the University of San Francisco. She’s interested in women artists and artists who cross cultural boundaries. She fell in love with the power of Frida Kahlo's art in the 1980s, a feeling that has intensified over the years. Frida in America took 10 years to research and write, but Stahr never lost interest in this fascinating woman and artist.
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