how women take care of each other
Okay, lucky me.
After I made this video lots of other fun projects came my way.
One of those projects was to make a video for the Texas Conference for Women, Massachusetts Conference for Women, and Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women. They sent me their theme and asked if I’d like to try to bring it to life in a video.
I instantly knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to see if my dear friend Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks would let me use some of her hauntingly beautiful portraits of women. Karen and I have many overlapping interests, and one of them is articulating what’s beautiful about real women. Here are some stills from the video of Karen’s portraits. Many of these photos are for her book The Beauty of Different.
from the top: Maggy, Leah, Thalia, Maggie
Karen tells a great version of how we met, by the way, and how that common interest (along with many others) brought us together.
I also happen to know many other amazing photographers, and two who came to mind were Tracey Clark and Andrea Scher of Superhero Journal. (I also thought right away of Andrea Jenkins of HulaSeventy, but she had already agreed to let me use photos for this video.)
I got to work choosing photos and writing an essay around the theme.
photo by Tracey
Here’s how I wrote the essay: I pulled words out of the theme that resonated for me, and then wrote something that felt meaningful and true to me around those words.
They will be opening their conferences with the video, and I will speak about the videos at each conference in a “keynote cameo.” I spoke at the Texas Conference for Women 2 years ago, and, I swear, you have never seen so many brave and amazing women in one place.
So if you’re in TX, PA, or MA, come register! I need someone out in the audience to start the wave.
photo by Andrea
I love how hard these conferences work to make a difference in women’s lives. It’s an honor to try to articulate what makes me feel hopeful, what inspires me to rise above circumstance, and what women can do to take care of each other.
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Once again, I am inspired by your words. Paired with the photos… even more powerful. You keep showing up in the form of inspiration for me. I keep learning something new. Thank you!
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Katherine,
You steal my breath away.
You inspire me.
You.
Thank you, for you.
xoxox
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Katherine Center Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
That photo of you just kills me every time. Gorgeous!!
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You just convinced me to buy a ticket to that conference. I’ll be there for sure, and yes, I will start the wave for you
Beautifully done, and of course beautiful photos of many of my favorite beautiful women!
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Katherine Center Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Yay!! Those conferences are totally awe-inspiring! Thx for coming–and I’ll start the wave for you back!!
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Lovely, lovely, lovely. Well done Katherine!!
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Gorgeous!
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Holy cow… such beautiful images and quotable phrases throughout. SO INSPIRING and brilliantly done. Bravo.
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So, so moving and beautiful. My favorite line was “you are brave in all the ways that life compels you to be brave”. I never thought about life requiring bravery, but that’s SO true, isn’t it?
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Love it! You have a real gift.
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STUPENDA! When are you going to do a full length doc. film? Love what you do.
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Ooooh! Ninotchka! Love the idea of a Katherine Center documentary. So I second the question… WHEN!?!?!? =D
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Beautiful and inspiring as all your work is!
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I very much love it!!
Thank you.
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Wow, Katherine! So beautiful!
I went to the Women’s Conference in San Francisco this week. It was motivating, but needed some umph (like this). Thanks for sharing and for continuing to encourage and inspire.
You Rock.
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LOVE Tracey Clark. I recently finished her Picture Spring class at BPS and will be signing up for Picture Summer too. See you at the conference!
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thumbs up my friend. you are magic.
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The video id great Katherine, truly inspiring.
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What an amazing gift you have…
This is my first visit to your site (via Zen habits), thank you for a beautiful site and a beautiful message.
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I am thrilled I happened across this most amazing video. It spoke so deeply to me, with a big milestone birthday coming up. I’m pumped!
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I just came across this video and I am so struck by its message and power. I needed this right now. I am starting a new school year and feeling a need for change. Thank you for this message!
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Making that beautiful promise this new year…
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