Gina Rae Duran 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💚
@ginaraeduran.bsky.social
Wherever the wind takes me…Storyteller
Guess what came in time for yesterday’s reading!!
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Guess what came in time for yesterday’s reading!!
Today, 9/14/25 3-4 pm PST, on kqbhla.com, we are Coming Full Circle Through the Art of Play. We chat about dreams, the importance of playing with friends as children and adults, techniques to exercise our creative muscles, and more with singer songwriter, musician, artist, teacher,—Tara Tavi.
September 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, 9/14/25 3-4 pm PST, on kqbhla.com, we are Coming Full Circle Through the Art of Play. We chat about dreams, the importance of playing with friends as children and adults, techniques to exercise our creative muscles, and more with singer songwriter, musician, artist, teacher,—Tara Tavi.
Now on Substack!
I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview artist Stan Hunter, as we discuss the importance of exploration and perspective in play.
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview artist Stan Hunter, as we discuss the importance of exploration and perspective in play.
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Now on Substack!
I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview artist Stan Hunter, as we discuss the importance of exploration and perspective in play.
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview artist Stan Hunter, as we discuss the importance of exploration and perspective in play.
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
Today on kqbhla.com, from 3-4pm PAT!
For our first episode of season 5: professor, ceramic artist, and author Stanton Hunter chats on The Collective about exploration and perspective in play, and how it connects to art and life. Airing this Sunday, 8/31/25, 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com
For our first episode of season 5: professor, ceramic artist, and author Stanton Hunter chats on The Collective about exploration and perspective in play, and how it connects to art and life. Airing this Sunday, 8/31/25, 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today on kqbhla.com, from 3-4pm PAT!
For our first episode of season 5: professor, ceramic artist, and author Stanton Hunter chats on The Collective about exploration and perspective in play, and how it connects to art and life. Airing this Sunday, 8/31/25, 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com
For our first episode of season 5: professor, ceramic artist, and author Stanton Hunter chats on The Collective about exploration and perspective in play, and how it connects to art and life. Airing this Sunday, 8/31/25, 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com
Coming Soon! The Collective: Season 5, Collective Play. #TheCollective on 101.5 fm and kqbhla.com.
Do you know the quickest way to learn, & when the highest levels of conscious learning and connections are? Tune into The Collective for our series on #CollectivePlay, Season 5!
Do you know the quickest way to learn, & when the highest levels of conscious learning and connections are? Tune into The Collective for our series on #CollectivePlay, Season 5!
August 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Coming Soon! The Collective: Season 5, Collective Play. #TheCollective on 101.5 fm and kqbhla.com.
Do you know the quickest way to learn, & when the highest levels of conscious learning and connections are? Tune into The Collective for our series on #CollectivePlay, Season 5!
Do you know the quickest way to learn, & when the highest levels of conscious learning and connections are? Tune into The Collective for our series on #CollectivePlay, Season 5!
Flower bag explosion! Guess who was right under me—as usual. At least he was entertained. But that’s what makes him Dandy Dandelion:
There’s no deny’n
He’s Dandy
The Dandelion
Trust that he has a song and that’s only a verse. They all have songs.
There’s no deny’n
He’s Dandy
The Dandelion
Trust that he has a song and that’s only a verse. They all have songs.
August 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Flower bag explosion! Guess who was right under me—as usual. At least he was entertained. But that’s what makes him Dandy Dandelion:
There’s no deny’n
He’s Dandy
The Dandelion
Trust that he has a song and that’s only a verse. They all have songs.
There’s no deny’n
He’s Dandy
The Dandelion
Trust that he has a song and that’s only a verse. They all have songs.
An invitation to embrace childlike wonder and create through the artistic practice of play, @inlandia_institute.
Play as Practice: Or How to Celebrate the Mess with Gina Rae Duran
(For all adults of all abilities, ages, and writing levels. All genres.)
On ZOOM. Info at InlandiaInstitute.org.
Play as Practice: Or How to Celebrate the Mess with Gina Rae Duran
(For all adults of all abilities, ages, and writing levels. All genres.)
On ZOOM. Info at InlandiaInstitute.org.
August 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
An invitation to embrace childlike wonder and create through the artistic practice of play, @inlandia_institute.
Play as Practice: Or How to Celebrate the Mess with Gina Rae Duran
(For all adults of all abilities, ages, and writing levels. All genres.)
On ZOOM. Info at InlandiaInstitute.org.
Play as Practice: Or How to Celebrate the Mess with Gina Rae Duran
(For all adults of all abilities, ages, and writing levels. All genres.)
On ZOOM. Info at InlandiaInstitute.org.
Dandelion helping with my mandated reporter training, learning how to catch a frisbee (he caught it twice), and sitting patiently while I got ready to take him for a walk.
July 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dandelion helping with my mandated reporter training, learning how to catch a frisbee (he caught it twice), and sitting patiently while I got ready to take him for a walk.
The recording of my reading from my not yet published poetry book "Ballad of My Body," at the Poetry Performance Workshop.
YouTube link (also in my bio):
youtu.be/ofYfGTh735s?...
YouTube link (also in my bio):
youtu.be/ofYfGTh735s?...
July 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The recording of my reading from my not yet published poetry book "Ballad of My Body," at the Poetry Performance Workshop.
YouTube link (also in my bio):
youtu.be/ofYfGTh735s?...
YouTube link (also in my bio):
youtu.be/ofYfGTh735s?...
Juanita and I will be doing a reading at Ugly Mug for the forthcoming anthology The White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness on September 24th at 8pm. Mark your calendars! 💗
Preorder your copy now.
Preorder your copy now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Juanita and I will be doing a reading at Ugly Mug for the forthcoming anthology The White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness on September 24th at 8pm. Mark your calendars! 💗
Preorder your copy now.
Preorder your copy now.
lease tune in for this super powerful collaborative episode of hope, truth, courage, light, and love between four Super Mujeres Bridging the Gap, on The Collective and CMTY Linve and Bridge the Gap.
3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm
Kqbhla.com
3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm
Kqbhla.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
lease tune in for this super powerful collaborative episode of hope, truth, courage, light, and love between four Super Mujeres Bridging the Gap, on The Collective and CMTY Linve and Bridge the Gap.
3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm
Kqbhla.com
3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm
Kqbhla.com
Today, 3-4 pm PST on kqbhla.com, with psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott. Tune into The Collective to learn about Scott’s newest book Nightbird : A Memoir, and more.
May 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today, 3-4 pm PST on kqbhla.com, with psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott. Tune into The Collective to learn about Scott’s newest book Nightbird : A Memoir, and more.
Welcome professor and award winning author, Desiree Zamorano.
We chat about the Chavez Ravine, Sylvia Mendez’ fight against segregation, mass illegal deportations of Mexican Americans during the 1920-1930’s, and the hidden histories of segregation.
substack.com/@ginaraedura...
We chat about the Chavez Ravine, Sylvia Mendez’ fight against segregation, mass illegal deportations of Mexican Americans during the 1920-1930’s, and the hidden histories of segregation.
substack.com/@ginaraedura...
May 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Welcome professor and award winning author, Desiree Zamorano.
We chat about the Chavez Ravine, Sylvia Mendez’ fight against segregation, mass illegal deportations of Mexican Americans during the 1920-1930’s, and the hidden histories of segregation.
substack.com/@ginaraedura...
We chat about the Chavez Ravine, Sylvia Mendez’ fight against segregation, mass illegal deportations of Mexican Americans during the 1920-1930’s, and the hidden histories of segregation.
substack.com/@ginaraedura...
"After realizing that I could never be a hero and let go of my savior complex in order to save myself and my children."(…)"I realized that my guilt was the process of my grief and I am ever so grateful for it, because it has made me who I am today."
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
May 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"After realizing that I could never be a hero and let go of my savior complex in order to save myself and my children."(…)"I realized that my guilt was the process of my grief and I am ever so grateful for it, because it has made me who I am today."
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
I created my last shedding 6 years ago, only to realize that it’s not a shedding but an accepting.
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I created my last shedding 6 years ago, only to realize that it’s not a shedding but an accepting.
Welcome professor and author, Désirée Zamorano, from 3-4pm PST. Set your dials or go to www.kqbhla.com.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on kqbhla.com, or nationwide on the LPFM La app.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on kqbhla.com, or nationwide on the LPFM La app.
April 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Welcome professor and author, Désirée Zamorano, from 3-4pm PST. Set your dials or go to www.kqbhla.com.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on kqbhla.com, or nationwide on the LPFM La app.
Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on kqbhla.com, or nationwide on the LPFM La app.
I will be selling and signing copies of my book at the LA Times Festival of Books, with Antioch!
This Saturday from 4-5pm.
This Saturday from 4-5pm.
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I will be selling and signing copies of my book at the LA Times Festival of Books, with Antioch!
This Saturday from 4-5pm.
This Saturday from 4-5pm.
“May a little joy flutter into you Life.”
Love,
Gina Rae Duran
2/14/15
I originally made the stamp in 2014, for a friend whose brother passed away. Hummingbirds are symbols of love, joy, family, and stoppers of time. And they brought me joy just a few months before, when my Nina left this earth.
Love,
Gina Rae Duran
2/14/15
I originally made the stamp in 2014, for a friend whose brother passed away. Hummingbirds are symbols of love, joy, family, and stoppers of time. And they brought me joy just a few months before, when my Nina left this earth.
April 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“May a little joy flutter into you Life.”
Love,
Gina Rae Duran
2/14/15
I originally made the stamp in 2014, for a friend whose brother passed away. Hummingbirds are symbols of love, joy, family, and stoppers of time. And they brought me joy just a few months before, when my Nina left this earth.
Love,
Gina Rae Duran
2/14/15
I originally made the stamp in 2014, for a friend whose brother passed away. Hummingbirds are symbols of love, joy, family, and stoppers of time. And they brought me joy just a few months before, when my Nina left this earth.
Collected some really beautiful contributions for the Unity Quilt. It was a time for great conversation, music, workshops, and community at the Storyteller’s Festival on Saturday, at Pitzer College.
Thank you to Jack Contreras for including the Unity Quilt.
Thank you to Jack Contreras for including the Unity Quilt.
April 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Collected some really beautiful contributions for the Unity Quilt. It was a time for great conversation, music, workshops, and community at the Storyteller’s Festival on Saturday, at Pitzer College.
Thank you to Jack Contreras for including the Unity Quilt.
Thank you to Jack Contreras for including the Unity Quilt.
The Collective invites @meghasworld16 onto the show, today 03/30/25, 3-4pm PDT and 6-7pm EDT, live on kqbhla.com.
We chat about Sood’s new book of poetry "The Language of the Wound is Love" forthcoming @flowersongpress.
We chat about Sood’s new book of poetry "The Language of the Wound is Love" forthcoming @flowersongpress.
March 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Collective invites @meghasworld16 onto the show, today 03/30/25, 3-4pm PDT and 6-7pm EDT, live on kqbhla.com.
We chat about Sood’s new book of poetry "The Language of the Wound is Love" forthcoming @flowersongpress.
We chat about Sood’s new book of poetry "The Language of the Wound is Love" forthcoming @flowersongpress.
Restoration project: "Inside Out," mural, Pitzer College, 2025. First photo is the restoration. Second photo is the before, from 2015.
Thomas, Wendy, Naomi, Wendy’s dad, and I all worked on restoring this piece. I had a fun time and met a really cool musical family of artists.
Thomas, Wendy, Naomi, Wendy’s dad, and I all worked on restoring this piece. I had a fun time and met a really cool musical family of artists.
March 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Restoration project: "Inside Out," mural, Pitzer College, 2025. First photo is the restoration. Second photo is the before, from 2015.
Thomas, Wendy, Naomi, Wendy’s dad, and I all worked on restoring this piece. I had a fun time and met a really cool musical family of artists.
Thomas, Wendy, Naomi, Wendy’s dad, and I all worked on restoring this piece. I had a fun time and met a really cool musical family of artists.
he White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness, anthology, forthcoming @flowersongpress, May 20, 2025.
Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com
A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory.
Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.
Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com
A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory.
Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.
March 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
he White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness, anthology, forthcoming @flowersongpress, May 20, 2025.
Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com
A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory.
Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.
Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com
A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory.
Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.