Episode 05: Kerry Larkin - Making space for a beautiful life

Show Notes: 

• Kerry’s quilt kickstarter (~3:00)
  
  
• Vipassanā mediation/retreats (~5:30) 
• Sitting practice meditation (~12:55) 
• We discuss morning routines and I’m a complete nerd for people’s routines - here are a few examples of morning routines from other thought-leaders (~14:40) 
• Sam Harris morning guided meditation (~17:05) 
• Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way (~22:00) 
• Sam Harris guided meditation app (~23:00) 
• Auburn University Rural Studio (~19:15) 
  • Director of Rural Studio and Kerry’s mentor: MacArthur Fellow Samuel Mockbee (~20:38) 
    • “You are the architect of your education” and other quotes
• Philadelphia Charter High School for Art and Design (~25:40) 
• Big Yellow Arrow (no link, because, believe it or not, this was before Instagram ruled everything we do! Just imagine an 80-foot yellow arrow carried around and positioned across the country...brilliant!) (~27:16) 
• Remaining permeable to new ideas - Debbie Millman and Ingrid Fetell Less discuss this on an excellent episode of Design Matters (~32:20) 
• The idea of streamlining your life to free your mind to focus on your passions (~33:30) 
• My Five-Cut Friday’s Playlists - see all of the playlists on my Spotify account (~45:50) 
  • Kerry’s Five-Cuts with the theme “Searching for Space"
  • My Five-Cut Fridays for April 12, 2019 (the date of the release of this episode) 
• A list of five books hand-picked by Kerry: 
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
  • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön 
  • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner 
  • You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachel Corbett 
  • His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman 
• Where to find Kerry online:  
  • Personal website (KerryLarkin.com) 
  • Comma Workshop (CommaWorkshop.com) 
  • Instagram (@commaworkshop)