#814 + OPEN # 15/ #16/ #17 /#18 /#19 2018 CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + DEDICATED TO JASPAR OBI / AWC + VIOLET LIGHT SUBMARINES + “THIS IS LOVE: TO FLY TO A SECRET SKY…” RUMI + THAT & THIS ANTHONY COX

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I was a submarine.

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/806-i-breathe-submarine-internal-violet-that-this/

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“This is love:

to fly toward a secret sky,

to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment.

First to let go of life.

Finally,

to take a step without feet.”

– Rumi

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IMPROVISATIONS

OPEN

#15/ #16/ #17 /#18 /#19

This set of OPEN is dedicated to the HEART of my BELOVED Jaspar Obi.

2018

CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/open-1-19

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/812-open-9-10-11-12-13-14-dedicated-to-my-beloved-uncle-bob-dr-robert-cottor-2018-catherine-l-johnson-violet-light-submarines-this-is-love-to-fly-to-a-secret-sky/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2018/06/14/808-open-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-2018-catherine-l-johnson-violet-light-submarines-this-is-love-to-fly-to-a-secret-sky-rumi-that-this-anthony-cox/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/sonic-artists-create-music-not-music-boxes/

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OPEN XV                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XVI                                                                                                 Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XVII                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XVIII                                                                                              Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XIX                                                                                             Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN #15/ #16/ #17 /#18 /#19 

 is dedicated to the

KIND + STRONG + MIGHTY + RESILIENT + A/LIVE

HEART

of my

BELOVED

Jaspar Obi.

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Above: Jaspar Obi celebrating his 10th birthday on 30 April 2017.

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More than thank you

to

DVM Karly + DVM Pat,

Marshall Animal Hospital,

who saved my little man

from the  almost always deadly BLOAT

last Tuesday 10 July.

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JASPAR – THE DAY AFTER HIS EMERGENCY SURGERY BECAUSE OF THE ALMOST ALWAYS FATAL BLOAT.

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For CANINE PARENTS: INFORMATION about BLOAT

https://www.petcoach.co/article/bloat-gastric-dilatation-and-volvulus-in-dogs/

https://www.collared-scholar.com/gdv-strikes-again-my-experience-with-bloat-in-dogs/

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WOXOF LOVE

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My work is an exploration,

a dive for pearls and sacred listening – call and response.

IMPROVISATIONAL COURAGE

My internal constellation is a luminous vast sky and sea that sings, whispers and dances.

I follow, discover and explore its sonicenergy with my divining rod.

I am a faithful  and clear vehicle of listening – a sensitive + keen stringed instrument.

Sacred listening.

TRUST  

FAITH  

RADICAL HOPE

The OPEN compositions are

dialectical revelations of  

the capacity to RISE,

sustain radical HOPE,

be STILL in ambiguity,

and

BELIEVE in what your blood and bone already KNOW to be true

– like a farmer, a detectivepriest, and an improvisational musician.

STILLNESS.

SACRED LISTENING.

OPEN.

Being OPENED.

Willing to be OPEN.

Willing to be OPENED.

Being BREATH.

Being A/LIVE.

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The sonicPEARLS

to my OPEN series

was/is the

sonicDARKsTarGENIUS of the profound + VALIANT improviser

Anthony Cox + his THAT & THIS.

Yes, absolutely.

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A MASTERWORK. A MASTER’S WERK.  A MASTERPIECE.

Please click on link below to listen, listen, listen to samplings of

Anthony Cox’s original compositions:

https://ateliersawano.com/products/ske333029

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