Katherine’s Place

At a time when we need to reach to our depths to cope with a challenging world, the patterns of our environment must encourage us to be articulate and bold. They must bring us to life, and liberate our thinking.

For as long as I have been practicing Feng Shui, I have described it as an "art" and a "science." Two very separate words in our language, but in Chinese the single character "shin" means both heart and mind. When the Chinese ask, "What is on your mind?" they are literally saying, "What is your heart thinking?"

The filmmaker, the artist and the writer are among those who speak directly to the heart of our knowing, and we are swept away. The language of Feng Shui is also the language of the heart, spoken with the crystal clarity of a quiet mind, linked to all that has come before, and all that will come after.

There is a simple, natural, harmonious magic to it, to which we are all in tune if we can learn to listen. Just as a work of art moves us to a dimension that words cannot reach, the places that we create can move us beyond the rational, the external, and the objective, to a place of meaning and reverence. Trust what your heart is thinking.