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Constantly bombarded with messages on how to think, how to feel, how to look, it can be very easy to fall into the mindset that we somehow fail as individuals, that we are not enough. But the truth is, those aspects of ourselves that make us individuals are actually the source of our own beauty, our super power. The Beauty of Different explores beauty in nine fresh ways and challenges the reader to revel in her own uniqueness. Combining beautiful imagery, portraiture, insightful commentary, essays, and interviews, this multisensory exploration of what is really beautiful provokes deeper self-discovery. Designed to connect and inspire, The Beauty of Different encourages the reader to reframe her differences, not as shortcomings, but as characteristics of distinction—maybe even superpowers.
About the Author
Nationally renowned for her ability to see the beauty in the world around us, Karen Walrond is the author of the photoblog Chookooloonks (www.chookooloonks.com/blog), which pairs striking imagery and inspiring words. Published online since February 2004, Chookooloonks was named one of the Best Adoption Blogs on the web by Adoptive Families magazine. She is a seasoned public speaker and has appeared on both local and national television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her art pieces and projects have been included in exhibits around the country. She contributes to the collaborative Web site Shutter Sisters, a photoblog aimed at inspiring and creating community among avid women photographers. She is author of Through the Gadling Lens, a weekly column on the travel site Gadling.com, with tips and other information on travel photography.
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Beautiful, Nov 9 2010
By Rachel Matthews - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beauty of Different (Hardcover)
The Beauty of Different is one of those books that you want to sit and read all at once, and I did. But, it's also a book that deserves your time, it's a book that you'll go back to again and again -- to absorb, to reflect, to be inspired.I found myself touching each picture, running my fingertips over them as if I could feel their depth and textures with them.
I sat reading it, nodding, sighing and feeling.
Karen has a unique way of looking at the world and a gift for story telling and sharing. Through her words, her pictures and her subject's stories -- I found myself wanting to change the way that I view myself and the world. I want to look for the beautiful, take the time to find it and relish it.
I want to tell everyone about this book because everyone should see these words and images and most especially, the message.
I will be buying this book for friends and family.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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beautifully different, Nov 2 2010
By megg - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beauty of Different (Hardcover)
The Beauty of Different is just that - different! I buy a lot of books, and often find myself reading just the first few pages or the first half, getting distracted or not being inspired and leaving them, often not coming back. This book was different. From the first pages I was hooked and read the whole thing within 12 hours of owning it. More than a few of Karen's interviews and stories had me in tears, and although it is about the differences and uniqueness of every individual, what the book also did was reveal the real universality of being human. I found myself wanting to be interviewed by the author so that I could see myself and my story through her lens.Intimate and delightful, this is a book that you will dip into again and again!
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Buy this book and give it to your daughter, Nov 5 2010
By James Lawson "& Jenny, bloggess" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Beauty of Different (Hardcover)
I read this whole book in a single sitting and found myself nodding and learning and thinking and wanting to wake up my daughter to read it to her so that she'll know all of these important lessons now, rather than as I'm learning them in my 30's. Karen's work is moving and her photography is amazing. A perfect gift for others and one I plan on giving out to my family.
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