Ginkgo WINGS portfolio + Ginkgo WINGS: BREATHEINHALEHOPE 2014 + GINKGO: SYMBOL OF HOPE + TENACITY + PROFOUND ENDURANCE + CHARLES LLOYD AND JASON MORAN: “HAGAR’S SON”

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GinkgoWINGS:

BREATHEINHALEHOPE

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Media on Board

16″ H x 10.5″ W

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

 

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GINKGO

SYMBOL OF HOPE + TENACITY + PROFOUND ENDURANCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GINKGO TREES WERE THE ONLY TREES THAT SURVIVED 

THE ATOM BOMB THAT DEVASTATED HIROSHIMA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FAN, WINGED SHAPE OF THE GINKGO LEAF IS EXQUISITELY DELICATE.

THE LEAF ECHOES A BILLOWING DANCE SKIRT IN A FOREVER WHIRL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES LLOYD + JASON MORAN

 

 Two selections from their astounding 2012 collaboration:

 “Hagar’s Son”.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6KoTCKzVFA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DANCE.

 

DANCE.

DANCE.

 

 

 

 

Ginkgo WINGS portfolio

 

2013-2014

 

 1.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/where-am-i-here-i-am-can-you-see-me/

 2.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/ginkgowings-portfolio-2013-ginkgowings-open-your-closed-wings-now-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-bachs-goldberg-variations/

 3.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/ginkgowings-portfolio-2013-ginkgowings-where-is-she-going-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-16-december-beethovens-birth-date-beethoven-romance-no-2-in-f-major-o/

 4.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/ginkgowings-portfolio-ginkgowings-willirise-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-nina-simone-aint-got-no-i-got-life/

 5.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/ginkgowings-portfolio-ginkgowings-willirise-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-nina-simone-aint-got-no-i-got-life/

 6.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ginkgo-wings-portfolio-2013-2014-ginkgo-wings-riseriseirisewewillriserise-2014-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-maria-callas-sempre-libera-la-traviata/