#1052 + 15 MARCH 2023 + CHARLES LLOYD’S eighty-fifth BIRTHDAY! + WEE GEE’S twenty-fourth BIRTHDAY!

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/1039-magnetic-midnight-one-2023-catherine-l-johnson-aurora-borealis-awe/

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magnetic: MIDNIGHT one    Catherine L. Johnson  2023

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15 March 2023

CHARLES LLOYD’S eighty-fifth BIRTHDAY

happy luminous blessings, dear graceman!

xoxo to DD + you! C

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CELEBRATION

LOBERO THEATER

Lloyd, blowing notes through the tenor saxophone and flute,

took the stage on Friday 10 March

— leading a fabulous quartet

including

pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Brian Blade.

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“America wants polar opposites — this against that — but his music offers, at every turn, solo to solo, a way to be in-between. It’s an undulating landscape. As a rhythm section, we undulate the ground and give [Charles] sand, ocean, iceberg, dunes, tundra … give him different places to walk in, set his soul on top of,” says Jason Moran.

He continues waxing rhapsodically about Lloyd. “He hears music everywhere. It doesn’t have to be a saxophone. He puts the saxophone down, picks up maracas, bells…. He’s been thinking about these years of his life for a while, where does it go…. All artists are required to be sensitive to [the] environment, from harsh to glorious. Sometimes tenderness has to be displayed.”

https://www.independent.com/2023/03/08/charles-lloyd-a-living-legend-live-at-the-lobero/

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WEE GEE* is TWENTY-FOUR 2day!

My beloved NEPHEW, *WILL!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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#1046 + EMPATHY + ‘I CAN FEEL YOUR…’ + IN UNION PARTICIPATION + ‘LOOK TO THIS DAY…’

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The word

EMPATHY

comes from the Greek,

Em (in) and Pathos (feeling).

 To feel in union with someone.

 It is not an acknowledgement,

it is participation. 

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HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION

2015

ICANFEEL + MAS/SACRED LIVES + SUMMER 2015  Catherine L. Johnson

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 HERHYMNS: BE BRAVE                   Catherine L. Johnson   2013

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Please click on the links below to read/experience the LULLABY:

BE BRAVE_LULLABY_ CATHERINELJOHNSON_2015

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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN                     Catherine L. Johnson 2013

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To read the FULL article, please click on the link below:

We are suffering from an empathy gap but we can fix it _ Jennifer Rubin

‘…If only to ourselves, many of us ask: What is wrong with people? One can certainly identify specific collective failures (e.g., the gun lobby has outsize influence, social media companies need to be regulated). But taking a broader view, it’s fair to conclude we have a serious empathy deficit — a collective inability (or refusal) to see the world from others’ perspectives, to understand people’s fears and hopes and our shared humanity…’

Jennifer Rubin

Washington Post

15 February 2023

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When I was a child,

my beloved, the late

Dr. Mark B. Coventry,

innovative creative genius pioneer in orthopedics Mayo Clinic

and

a  remarkable poem, a kind loving man,

taught me the below salutation.

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#1037 + ‘FALLING: snowSNOWfall’ 2023 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘Here I’m here – snow falling’ Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶 15 June 1763 – 5 January 1828)

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FALLING: snowSNOWfall     Catherine L. Johnson  2023

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visual score

FALLING:snowSNOWfall  

Nature’s beautiful offering and gift – not forced – an amazing grace of natural living love.

Let it BE y/our LIFE…

Catherine L. Johnson

2023

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Derwent  drawing pencil: ‘Chinese White’ on archival heavyweight board

original drawing measures:

17″H x 22″W

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“Here
I’m here-
the snow falling.”

Kobayashi Issa

小林 一茶

June 15, 1763 – January 5, 1828

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#1035 + YESSSSSNOW! + TWELVE INCHES in St. Paul + GLORIOUS + Vento Nature Sanctuary + ‘Pine Tree: naked GRACE I and II’ 2022 Catherine L. Johnson

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3 January 2023

12:48 pm

Vento Nature Sanctuary

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3 January 2023

1:20 pm

Vento Nature Sanctuary

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Pine Tree: naked GRACE I

Pine Tree: naked GRACE II

Catherine L. Johnson 

2022

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TWO SEPARATE EXPERIENCES OF TWO SINGULAR PAINTINGS

complex / universality / pure

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naked

having no covering; bare; exposed: a naked flame

with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain

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GRACE

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AWE

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TOP IMAGES: complete work
BOTTOM IMAGES: cropped detail

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Cold Grey VI on 100% cotton Rives BFK cream heavyweight paper

20.25” H x 11.25” W

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Pine Tree: naked GRACE I    Catherine L. Johnson  2022

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Pine Tree: naked GRACE I (detail)   Catherine L. Johnson  2022

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Pine Tree: naked GRACE II    Catherine L. Johnson  2022

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Pine Tree: naked GRACE II (detail)   Catherine L. Johnson  2022

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#1103 + ‘WHITETULIP: pureRESPECT/ purePURE / pureATONE / pureINNOCENCE’ 2022 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘REDEMPTION SONG’ 1979 Bob Marley + our HUMANITY

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original drawings:

‘WHITETULIP: pureRESPECT’

 

‘WHITETULIP: purePURE‘

 

‘WHITETULIP: pureATONE‘

 

‘WHITETULIP: pureINNOCENCE‘

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Catherine L. Johnson

2022

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The white tulip is a symbol for purity, innocence, forgiveness and respect.

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white paint and graphite pencil on heavyweight cream BFK RIVES

original drawing measures:

20.5″H x 16″W

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‘WHITETULIP: pureRESPECT        Catherine L. Johnson 2022

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‘WHITETULIP: purePURE        Catherine L. Johnson 2022

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‘WHITETULIP: pureATONE       Catherine L. Johnson 2022

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‘WHITETULIP: pureINNOCENCE  Catherine L. Johnson 2022

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“Redemption Song”

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly

Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fulfill the book

Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

[Guitar break]

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fulfill the book

Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom

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circa 1979

Bob Marley – writer, vocals, acoustic guitar and production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_Song

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When

integrity is a respected value

and

when practiced as

the Golden Rule,

America can be a democracy

and

our relationships’ pure humanity

can be

our HOPE

and

our REDEMPTION.

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original drawings:

‘WHITE TULIP TRIPTYCH’

2022

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/1094-white-tulips-2022-catherine-l-johnson-replacement-breakout-leaving-cloistered-life-2day/

 

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#1097 + HERO HER/O + MEMORIAL DAY 2022 + ‘in the service of another’

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VETERANS DAY

 HONORING OUR HEROES

HONORING OUR HER/OES

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There are TWO key factors

underlying the grand acts of heroism

that involve a risk of personal harm:

risk-taking behavior

and

generosity.

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People who risk their lives

in the service of another

are naturally more likely

to take greater risks

and

they also possess a great deal of

compassion,

kindness,

empathy,

and

altruism.

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1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

Uncle Bill

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Letter to my Daddy, Richard Harold Johnson, sent by his cousin Harold Kulp.

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/863-memorial-day-2019-bebraveiwillsingtoyou-respect-honor/

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Uncle Bill’s B17 – shown above

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Please click to read the PDF:

13 APRIL 2019 Johnson’s Corner Uncle Bill 1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

 

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SEeSEaSHIP #12                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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#1052 + WONDER + Pine TREE LiGHTiNG + after 21 years: I SEE my ‘Pine Tree: An Appeal to Heaven’ 2000

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4 December 2021

Union Depot: Pine TREE LIGHTING!!!

My 7 y/o best buddy, Leo, eyes ‘spotted’ with purple (his favorite color) to protect his privacy.

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Pine Tree: An Appeal to Heaven

23″H x 15″W

2000 

Catherine L. Johnson

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Private collection.

  I had not seen, experienced, this work for 21 years!

The collector sent me the above photograph 2 days ago.

I gasped –  my breath taken away!!!

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The Pine Tree: An Appeal to Heaven series

was created from 1998 -2000.

 

They were prayers,

invocations to God,

to rise,

to breathe,

to hope,

after the sudden death of my Mother.

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I had lost the use of my hands from packing,

packing, lifting, lifting

packing,

lifting, lifting, packing,

lifting, lifting, lifting

packing,

packing, lifting, lifting, lifting,

packing

my Mom’s home

while I was

shot with grief and shock.

My hands

and

congenitally dislocated / incomplete hip joint

crumbled and broke.

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I had no home

– living illegally in my studio where the heat was off on the weekends.

I took showers at the YMCA.

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I could only hold a wallpaper brush

as my hands were kept still in braces.

I wrapped my braced hands with plastic.

I had to create.

I painted on back of older work

– creating a white tabula rasa ground.

I drew a line down the center with a 2B pencil.

The brush strokes were rhythmic

– back and forth,

inhale and exhale,

a lullaby.

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Creating this series kept me alive

– the sacred spark of divinity was buried within me.

I could hear its longing whisper to be found,

its quiet continuous wail:

“Can you hear me?

Please respond.

Come to me.”

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Note:

works from the series

Pine Tree: An Appeal to Heaven

are now in

corporate and private art collections

worldwide.

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#1051 + CHARLES LLOYD BILLY HIGGINS UNRELEASED DUET JULY 1993 NYC + MASTER and MASTER + ‘YOU DO’ 2016 Catherine L. Johnson

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MASTER and MASTER

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YOU DO #3                                              Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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In the private collection of Dorothy Darr + Charles Lloyd

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For more information on the 2016 YOU DO series, please click on links below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/you-do-1-you-do-2-you-do-3-you-do-4-2016-catherine-l-johnson-interdisciplinary-artist/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/01/31/you-do-5-you-do-6-you-do-7-you-do-8-you-do-9-2016-catherine-l-johnson-interdisciplinary-artist/

 

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#1050 + GIVING THANKS / THANKS GIVING 2021

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GIVING THANKS

THANKS GIVING

GIVING THANKS

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studio – creating table mats: cutouts on cardboard!

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simple gifts: sharing gratitude GIVING THANKS with my dear friends, Bob and Steph

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GIVING THANKS

THANKS GIVING

GIVING THANKS

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2021

GR8FUL

VACCINATION

GOT YOUR BACK

LOVING KINDNESS ALLIANCES

GET YOUR DANCE OUT

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/yaay-get-your-dance-out-the-carlsons-suites-matisses-late-work-scandinavian-international-design-marimekko-improvisational-music/

JUSTICE

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/1049-ahmaud-arbery-verdict-guilty-guilty-guilty-justice-staple-singers-freedom-hghway-giving-thanks-%f0%9f%99%8c%f0%9f%8f%bd-%f0%9f%99%8c%f0%9f%8f%bb%f0%9f%99%8c%f0%9f%8f%bf/

GOLDEN RULE

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SHELTER IN PLACE

GIVING THANKS

2020

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/26-november-giving-thanks-2020-gratitude-simple-gifts-wings-of-radical-hope/

 

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#1049 + AHMAUD ARBERY VERDICT: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! + JUSTICE!!! + Staple Singers ‘FREEDOM HGHWAY’ + GIVING THANKS 🙌🏽 🙌🏻🙌🏿!

GIVING THANKS

🙌🏽 🙌🏻🙌🏿!

JUSTICE

just treatment of ALL members of society

🙌🏿🙌🏽 🙌🏻!

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GIVING THANKS 🙌🏽 🙌🏻🙌🏿!

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GIVING THANKS 🙌🏽 🙌🏻🙌🏿!
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WHEN

will the

TRUTH-TELLING

of a

marginalized individual’s

TESTAMENT

be

DEFENDED?

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WHITE words ‘trumps’ BROWN/BLACK words.

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The NAKED eye testament

of the

camera

annihilates/slays

lies,

prisms of privilege,

and

arbitrary ‘truth’ of a dominant culture.

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Read JOHN RAWLS:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/747-veil-john-rawls-theory-of-justice-the-veil-of-ignorance-the-little-prince-documentary-whose-streets/

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JOHN RAWLS’

THEORY OF JUSTICE

“VEIL OF IGNORANCE”

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/c/chalmersk/econ184sp09/johnrawls.pdf

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Symbolic depiction of Rawls’

VEIL OF IGNORANCE.

The citizens making the choices

about their society make them from an “original position”

of equality and ignorance (left),

without knowing what

gender, race, abilities, tastes, wealth,

or

position in society they will have (right).

Rawls claims this ensures they will choose a just society.

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PINK: VARUS III                                          Catherine L. Johnson  2012

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WE ARE ALL THE COLOR PINK INSIDE.

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PINK: VARUS SET I-IX 2012

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/pink-varus-set-i-ix-2012-13h-x-12-5w-catherine-l-johnson/

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TRAYVON MARTIN

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/hall-of-lament-stand-your-ground-for-trayvon-martin-call-out-for-social-justice-moral-couragetruth-2012-st-paul-spring-art-crawl/

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ISAIAH installation

ISAIAH ( 6 panels)                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2013

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ISAIAH

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/isaiah-and-first-light-night-multimedia-installation-catherine-l-johnson-dan-choma-spring-2013-st-paul-art-crawl/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/4-march-2013-what-color-what-difference-does-it-make-911-human-i-do-not-understand-why-people-insist-on-creating-boxes-genres-boundaries-soul-is-not-bound/

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GEORGE FLOYD

CREST: GEORGE FLOYD                   Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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O say can you SEE,

by the dawn’s early LIGHT?!

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Please click on the links below for naming:

 

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/hall-of-lament-stand-your-ground-for-trayvon-martin-call-out-for-social-justice-moral-couragetruth-2012-st-paul-spring-art-crawl/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/isaiah-and-first-light-night-multimedia-installation-catherine-l-johnson-dan-choma-spring-2013-st-paul-art-crawl/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/923-crest-george-floyd-catherine-l-johnson-2020-o-say-can-you-see-846/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art-gallery-21-november-2015-16-january-2016-press-release/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/689-truth-rising-rising-truth-couragecouer-of-tellingliving-the-truth-no-whitewashing/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/921-emmett-till-george-floyd-the-tectonic-plates-shifted-and-the-400-old-cracked-down-volcano-erupted-be-a-soldier-of-social-justice/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/922-james-baldwn-1965-pin-drop-speech-st-paul-mayor-melvin-carter-iii-we-literally-all-are-george-st-paul-mayor-reflects-on-generations-of-pain-among-african-americans-nj-senator/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/924-the-crest-works-2020-catherine-l-johnson-sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-___________________/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/996-till-hebrew-verb-%d7%a2%d7%91%d7%93-avad-turnthesoil-2021-catherine-l-johnson/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/999-closing-arguments-chauvin-trial-till-the-soul-crosshairjustice-a-white-male-badge-mono-optic-defense-till-the-soil-soul/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/1000-guilty-guilty-guilty-stayawake-stayawake-stayawake-till-the-soul-2021-catherine-l-johnson/

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