keturahAriel

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Happy to be back on my bike 🌈💕💙

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I feel like not enough people know how talented this man is...Sam Dew -DJ

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I spent whole winters of my childhood outside with my brothers, it was nice to rediscover a part of that while hiking yesterday. Snow ball fights and playing in the snow is something I didn't know I needed anymore. Definitely worth it to invest in a nice warm coat because I honestly didn't feel cold at all. ❄🧊🥶💙

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Picture I took of the moon from my patio. And a pic after hanging the macrame planters I made today. This sunset lighting is really a whole vibe. 🌌💞💙

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Artist, entrepreneur, plant lady.

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One of my favorite commissioned projects I got to work on this year. HP asked me to create coloring pages that centered around diversity and inclusion. They gave me 100% creative freedom to do what I wanted and paid me well to do it. Download the free pages here.

It is so important to see color because every color has power and meaning. From a young age we assign certain behavior to particular colors without realizing that it is harmful and something we must unlearn. For this reason, I will always put black women and girls at the center of my work. I understand that dark skin is far too often devalued, misrepresented, and overlooked.

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Shout out to black women and men, Indigenous, Latinos, Lgbtq community and other minority groups who basically saved this country from itself with this election. Also, can some of you guys move here to Ohio...I promise Columbus is a decent place, we need to turn Ohio blue 💙💙💙.

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Jamila's voice is a whole vibe. Love this song.

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New design inclusive to every black life. To purchase: arielbrands.com 💙💚

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I think it's pretty dope to be able to walk around in something that a friend of mine custom made from scratch. Thanks Ibe 🥰💘!

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This is my favorite. 🚴🏾‍♀️🚴🏾‍♂️💜💙

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Grace is reading our book "I Am Enough" on this new Netflix series called Bookmarks! Awesome they featured some of my illos on the background promo as well 🤩💛💜

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I legit thought I was gonna pass out when I got to the top, loool... the hill was mad steep.

This has been a wild year so far... the dichotomy of culture changing covid and blm vs one of my books being on the nyt bestsellers list 10weeks straight and potentially getting to work with a client of my dreams... it's really hard to wrap my head around everything. It's an extremely weird feeling to be honest, but nothing makes me feel more grounded than hiking in the woods or biking in the city. Thankful for things I can rely on, thankful for simplicity.

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Never will I give up. Love this song by Son Little.

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Two years after it was released my first published book made it to number ONE on the NYT Bestsellers List! I honestly cannot believe it. I knew when Grace chose me to illustrate this book that it would have a profound affect on me and anyone who embraced its message. Never did I imagine that it would be SO many people, especially at a time when systemic change and the eradication of racism is needed...where better to start than at home. Identifying that the world is a diverse place and how important it is that the books we read reflect that. I will always feel optimistic about the future because no matter how difficult things are currently, I have hope that the future generations will be better than us.

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Umm, more people need to know about Sudan Archives! She's the truth...

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Some artists just know what to do and when to do it. I had to add this to my revolution playlist...Leon Bridges- Sweeter 🤎✊🏿