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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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a return to quiet
a return to quiet

Summer time is quiet time.

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big plansKaren WalrondJune 13, 2021Comment
hey, friend.
hey, friend.

I’m so excited to return to my newsletter roots.

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big plansKaren WalrondJune 6, 2021Comment
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Featuring a eulogy, a Caribbean font, and funky Japanese trip-hop.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMay 21, 2021 Comments
prom!
prom!

Some joy this weekend.

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friendsKaren WalrondMay 17, 2021 Comment
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Featuring Rastafarianism, whales, and a pre-South-African-apartheid-themed music video.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMay 6, 2021 Comments
movement practice:  a philosophy
movement practice: a philosophy

What my movement practice looks like.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMay 1, 2021 Comments
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Featuring images from Marcus’ camping trip, innovative artists, and Ted Lasso’s shortbread.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondApril 23, 2021 Comments
to george
to george

Thoughts after the Chauvin verdict.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondApril 21, 2021 Comments
celebrate good times!
celebrate good times!

Here’s to pealing-bell celebrations!

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friendsKaren WalrondApril 19, 2021 Comment
livin’ my life like it’s platinum
livin’ my life like it’s platinum

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and I’m feelin’ good.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondApril 15, 2021 Comments
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Polka-dot art, growing old in Brazil, and why your future is so bright.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondApril 11, 2021Comment
the laws of the motion of life
the laws of the motion of life

I mean, it’s just physics, really.

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how to make light, random thoughtsKaren WalrondApril 6, 2021 Comments
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Featuring volcanoes, vaccines, and vivacious women.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 30, 2021Comment
checkpoint
checkpoint

Something new this way comes.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 28, 2021 Comments
meaning
meaning

Who knew that Bruce Springsteen’s words would get me?

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 25, 2021 Comments
a little list of good things
a little list of good things

Featuring friendly manatees, a lost tourist, and free trainings on how to intervene when you witness bigotry.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 21, 2021 Comments
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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…
"I loved this so much: 'stay human' feels like a more realistic, more imperative goal; more than 'stay calm,' far more than 'stay positive.” It feels like what the Artemis II astronauts were reminding us to do. And it feels … I dunn
 

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