Michelle Kaisersatt

Artist and author Michelle Kaisersatt embraces each day at her rural Minnesota studio, writing, designing and creating handcrafted ceramic and bronze cast vessels, that speak to the soul. If she is not at her studio, she is sharing her passion for nature with enthusiastic participants within community, or she is at her favorite art stops around the area. Asked how Michelle would describe her work, she admits that’s a bit of a challenge, due to the uniqueness of her work. However, she offers “nature-driven, celebratory, organic and soulful” all, as good descriptors. She adds, “Everything I bring forth reflects a deep respect for life and of how we live and how we love.” Learn more at www.thesoulremains.com.

Articles:

Grief Leads to Self-Discovery

Life after a Death. I reflect on that sentence, searching for words to describe what I, as a widow, have felt these last five years. The word “mirror” comes up for me. My partner was my mirror, reflecting back to me who I was, as a human being. When I lost that mirror, I had to navigate that reflection on my own. My partner’s symbiotic understanding of how I felt was no longer present. In the future, would another person be in the equation, learning to know me as my beloved did? Someone who would hold up that mirror with deep […]

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The Grief Chapters of My Life

Grief Chapters My grief chapters started early. Oddly, I feel they became a major part of my life journal. Chapter 1. It started when I was four. My sister, two and a half years younger than I, drowned at the age of 18 months. My mother grieved silently. Dad immersed himself in work on the farm. Through the years, my younger siblings and I silently feared—then conquered—swimming in lakes and pools. Grief Chapter 3. When I was 12, one of my classmates died in a motorcycle/car accident. Everyone in my small farming community was wreathing in sorrow. However, because of […]

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A Life While Grieving

I see my four-year-old self, crouching beside my dad. Observing my younger sister lying on the grass. Her lips blue. Hair wet. Dad trying desperately to breathe in life. This is the beginning of my life while grieving. I hear uncontrollable sobbing from my classmates. Grieving the loss of our fellow student, killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of twelve. I feel my hands gently rubbing my father-in-laws’ feet, only hours before he passes from our presence. My Life While Grieving I observe giant generators attempting to illuminate the night of an otherwise eerily dark and silent town. […]

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Healing Grief Through Nature

The Cancer Diagnosis At thirty wonderful years of marriage, my husband and I were revisiting the honeymoon stage. Kids enjoying their own adult lives, and us looking forward to adventures on the road – riding motorcycles and camping around the country. Then “Stage 4 Colon Cancer” was spoken. I am not the first in the world to deal with the emotional rollercoaster ride one experiences when a loved one is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. We put on our “Super Warrior” shield,  celebrating the ups, and standing strong and positive in the downs, while capping our own emotions. Not long […]

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