Stephen Kastner BFA

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In China 60 is considered the Age of Wisdom...

Unifying and balancing the connections between body, mind and spirit or heart is at the core of this wisdom. Stephen Kastner, born in 1946, was just another face in the crowd, that huge wave of incarnated babys that followed immediately upon the shock waves of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The quantum changes brought about by the cracking of matter may one day be looked upon as the simultaneous dawning of the information age. 

Broadcasting media and the flow of electronic information has continued at an accelerating pace ever since. Stephen Kastner manages to keep on surfin' along, hanging ten on the leading edge of an ongoing wave of social and cultural change. His experience in art, music, photography, performing arts, improvisation, journalism, computer networking, digital design, educational theory, web design, multi-media development, marketing, public relations, social media and film making trace a path that bring him into the current era as a tech savy experienced social communicator. 

Kastner is currently a multi-media design expert working with all forms of media from the traditional brush to the digital editing deck. He is an experienced writer and publisher, having worked for several years as a photo-journalist for New York Times owned papers in Florida in the 80s evolving into Web publishing starting back in the mid 90s.

Underlying all of his diverse career experiences has been a dedication to a variety of personal lifetime sports that include cycling, running, cross-country skiing and martial arts. Beginning as a competitive cyclist in the 70s and advancing to certified ski instructors status in both Alpine and Nordic varieties, Kastner led a very successful campaign to introduce the sport of Nordic skiing to public schools and develop trail networks in state parks throughout northeastern Wisconsin.

In the mid-80s he began to study tai chi while living in Paris for two years. Blending the philosophies of East and West over the years Kastner applies the qi flow techniques to all sports in creating a personal system of kinetic meditation. In 2006-07 Stephen Kastner spent 6 months living and studying tai chi daily with a master teacher in Yunnan Province, China.

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