Candace Rose Rardon

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Journeys – through India

Introducing the Rickshaw Run, Rare Travels-style…and a call for help!

May 9, 2011Journeys - through India
Introducing the Rickshaw Run, Rare Travels-style…and a call for help!

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Contests have never been my thing. Or, perhaps I should clarify, at least winning them hasn’t been. Senior year of high school proved to be a particularly traumatizing period—whether it was the race for student body president or the chance to be crowned Homecoming Queen, my … Read More

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Today on Dandelion Seeds: a new illustrated essay Today on Dandelion Seeds: a new illustrated essay about finding blessings in unexpected places ✈️

Link is in my profile and stories ✨
Today on Dandelion Seeds: a long-awaited creative Today on Dandelion Seeds: a long-awaited creative homecoming on Lofoten 🇳🇴 

Link is in my profile and stories ✨
Lofoten, it’s good to be back 😍⛰️ Lofoten, it’s good to be back 😍⛰️
The Andes as seen from 30,000 feet 🏔️ This is The Andes as seen from 30,000 feet 🏔️ This is one of my favorite scenes from this week’s installment of “Home is a Window Seat,” a new illustrated essay on my @substackinc newsletter. I’ve shared the link in my profile, if you’d like to read!
Introducing Dandelion Seeds 🎉 A couple of month Introducing Dandelion Seeds 🎉 A couple of months ago, I launched a new creative project — and my first since Elena was born! It’s a new newsletter on Substack, where each week, I share a short illustrated essay that is hand-drawn and hand-lettered. 

Today, I shared the first installment of a new essay called “Home is a Window Seat,” and I would love to invite you to sign up, if you’d like to follow along! The link to today’s essay is in my profile, and I can’t wait to hear what you think ✍️✈️✨
My favorite podcast is back and all is right in th My favorite podcast is back and all is right in the world again 😍

I fell in love with @onbeing years ago, back when I was traveling full-time, and I can still vividly remember where I was walking in the world as I listened to particular episodes. 

These days, my journeys take place a little closer to home – often in the form of stroller walks around Montevideo, as Elena and I start exploring the world together. 

But On Being is still a constant companion. Not only does it help me live the questions – as Rilke would say – but often, it helps me understand what questions I should even be asking in life. 

Thank you, @onbeing, for always bringing wisdom and insights to my walks, and I can’t wait to begin passing them on now to my favorite little explorer 🤍

#ConversationsToLiveWith #onbeing #newmom
New creative obsession = subtle background texture New creative obsession = subtle background texture (and also, naptime painting sessions 😴🌿🖌️
Elena’s first adventures in the countryside 🐎 Elena’s first adventures in the countryside 🐎💚
Weekend inspiration in the countryside 😌🌾 Weekend inspiration in the countryside 😌🌾
Today marks six years I’ve called Uruguay home ( Today marks six years I’ve called Uruguay home (!) and I’m so grateful to @poittevinlopez for capturing our little family with our new mini Uruguaya 🇺🇾💙💫
A few of my favorite magnolia blossoms, in honor o A few of my favorite magnolia blossoms, in honor of the first day of spring in Uruguay 😍🌸
One of my latest illustration projects was one of One of my latest illustration projects was one of my favorites yet — a series of illustrated maps of Colombia for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Their new exhibition, “The Portable Universe / El Universo en tus Manos,” explores indigenous Colombian art, and to tell the story of how the exhibit came together, they also created a documentary that my maps and artwork were commissioned for. Thanks so much to @lacma and @agnes.stauber for the chance to be part of this special series! 🇨🇴✨
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