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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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all in good time
all in good time

Remembering not to should all over myself.

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big plansKaren WalrondApril 11, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring pencils, do-not-disturb signs, and incomprehensible modern art.

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Karen WalrondApril 6, 2018 Comments
make light, season 2, episode 13:  connection with laura mayes
make light, season 2, episode 13: connection with laura mayes

Connection, the future of social media, and Sesame Street as a standard for worldview.

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the make light showKaren WalrondApril 3, 2018Comment
todos santos
todos santos

We spent our spring break in a magical town.

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placesKaren WalrondApril 2, 2018todos santos, mexico Comments
this was a good week:  nowhere but up
this was a good week: nowhere but up

The walls came tumbling down.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondMarch 29, 2018hurricane harvey Comments
make light, season 2, episode 12:  body positivity with stacy nadeau
make light, season 2, episode 12: body positivity with stacy nadeau

Because when your friend ends up on a billboard in Times Square in her underwear, you talk about it.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMarch 27, 2018stacy nadeau, dove campaign for real beautyComment
make light, season 2, episode 11:  resilience and self-compassion with kate inglis
make light, season 2, episode 11: resilience and self-compassion with kate inglis

All about resilience after breathtaking loss.  And so. much. self-compassion.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMarch 20, 2018kate inglisComment
six months later:  hurricane harvey update, and a break
six months later: hurricane harvey update, and a break

Before we go, here's where we are.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondMarch 15, 2018hurricane harvey Comments
make light, season 2, episode 10:  physicality with christine koh
make light, season 2, episode 10: physicality with christine koh

All about movement as connection.  Also, body oil.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMarch 13, 2018christine kohComment
at the be conference
at the be conference

Wise words from a Southwest Airlines flight attendant.

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placesKaren WalrondMarch 12, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring giant picnics, giant weeds, and giants among women.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 9, 2018Comment
wholebeing
wholebeing

The five elements of thriving.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondMarch 8, 2018wholebeing, positive psychology Comment
make light, season 2, episode 9:  standing in your values with mike reynolds
make light, season 2, episode 9: standing in your values with mike reynolds

Mike Reynolds joins me to talk about feminism, masculinity and standing in your values.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMarch 6, 2018mike reynoldsComment
the importance of a creative practice
the importance of a creative practice

I remembered why I like to play in my journals.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondMarch 5, 2018art journaling, journaling Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring baby chimps, a winter wonderland, and Llama, Llama, Red Pajama.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 2, 2018 Comments
the other f word
the other f word

Sometimes failure is a good thing.

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Karen WalrondMarch 1, 2018Comment
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"Over the weekend, I spent a considerable amount of time cleaning out my bedroom closet. I’m vaguely embarrassed by this: those of you who’ve been reading my words for a while now know that we lost 99% of everything we owned in the f
I was just talking to my dad on the phone, and fretting about … well, everything.  And he said, in the way only a Trinidadian father can:

“What is to is will is, my child.”

And he’s so right.
"...rather than simply being a workshop where I have access to a wheel, the pottery has become a home-away-from-home, a “third space” — that place that’s not home and not work, but where I still connect with others in com
Hitting the road headed home after a lovely #mom2summit. But first…
 

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