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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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the make light commencement speech:  make light season 4, episode 15
the make light commencement speech: make light season 4, episode 15

It’s the last episode of Season 4 — congratulations, you’ve graduated! Here’s your commencement speech.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMay 14, 2019Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring an ecosystem-in-a-bottle, a real black panther, and the sound of butterflies.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMay 10, 2019 Comment
the beauty of a war council:  make light season 4, episode 14
the beauty of a war council: make light season 4, episode 14

You need to get yourself a war council. Here’s how.

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the make light showKaren WalrondMay 7, 2019Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a new malaria vaccine, insects made of flowers, and NASA’s advice for your houseplants.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMay 3, 2019Comment
2 lessons i learned in the last week
2 lessons i learned in the last week

I was with some beautiful people this past week.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondMay 1, 2019 Comment
grow up, not old:  make light season 4, episode 13
grow up, not old: make light season 4, episode 13

Forget about growing old. Let’s grow up.

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the make light showKaren WalrondApril 30, 2019Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring unmasked icons, joyful summers, and a bride & groom with water guns.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondApril 26, 2019Comment
let's talk about race, baby:  make light season 4, episode 12
let's talk about race, baby: make light season 4, episode 12

My friend Mira and I talked about race. And we went in.

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the make light showKaren WalrondApril 23, 2019Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring climbing beans, ASL slam poetry, and how to stay calm.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondApril 19, 2019Comment
one from the archives:  take your time
one from the archives: take your time

Slow and steady, baby. You got this.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondApril 18, 2019Comment
the gift of photography
the gift of photography

I had the opportunity to photograph a beautiful family … and remember why I shoot in the first place.

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Karen WalrondApril 17, 2019 Comments
giving yourself permission to be happy (make light season 4, episode 11)
giving yourself permission to be happy (make light season 4, episode 11)

Why striving for happiness might just save the world.

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the make light showKaren WalrondApril 16, 2019 Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring unzipped buildings, a cool Vespa, and John Malkovich.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondApril 12, 2019 Comment
one from the archives:  evidence to suggest otherwise
one from the archives: evidence to suggest otherwise

Your life is amazing. You have the evidence to prove it.

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random thoughts, how to make lightKaren WalrondApril 11, 2019Comment
tempus fugit
tempus fugit

I’m getting keenly aware of time.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondApril 10, 2019 Comments
achieve your goals (make light season 4, episode 10)
achieve your goals (make light season 4, episode 10)

Do your goals have purpose? Are they clear? Have you ever mapped them out? Join me today to here how I do all these things — and maximize my goals’ success.

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the make light showKaren WalrondApril 9, 2019Comment
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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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