#904 + 14 FebrUary 2020 + 🐝 MY 💞! + CHERISH # 1 2016 + REDMOVESPINK #2 2016 + CHERISH #2 2016 + “I want to unfold…” R. M. Rilke + From Carrie’s garden – a SWEET pink CAMELLIA

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From  dearest Carrie’s garden in Atlanta – an exquisite pink whorl of Nature’s offerings

‘PINK PERFECTION’

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CHERISH #1                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson  2016

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REDMOVESPINK #2                                                                             Catherine L. Johnson  2016

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CHERISH #2                                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/676-redmovespink-1-2-3-4-5-6-2016-red-pink-catherine-l-johnson/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/681-redmovespink-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15

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“I want to

unfold.

I don’t want to be folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”

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Rainer Maria Rilke

 Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

 

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cher·ish

CHeriSH

verb

verb: cherish;

protect and care for (someone) lovingly.

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 🐝 MY 💞!

🐝 MY 💞!

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The DailyOM on Valentine’s Day 2020:

It is important to choose our partnerships consciously. Sometimes forged quickly during times of need, we may find ourselves rushing into unions with perhaps not the clearest intentions. Partnerships created from those starting point might serve our immediate needs, but the repercussions of a union so quickly fostered without much thought can be difficult to recover from. Granted, there is something to learn from every relationship, but looking to another to fix or complete us can turn a partnership into a dependent bond. If we can stay clear about what we want and what we need in a partnership, while staying grounded and remembering that we are our own source of happiness and fulfillment, we can create partnerships that support and enhance the best of who we are.

Everyone in our lives is a mirror reflecting back the parts we love and dislike about ourselves. If we have the courage to recognize our reflections in each other, we can grow through our partnerships. A partnership that offers both acceptance of who we are and an opportunity for personal transformation can be fertile ground for growing a healthy, lasting union. When we find this kind of partnership, we are more likely to want to keep it, invest in it, and nurture it.

Life is a collaborative effort. Much of what we do can be enhanced through partnership. Together we are stronger because our personal power is multiplied by two. Through partnership we experience the joys of working, living, and loving together.

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#856 + FACT: 11 APRIL 2019 LowerTOWN St. Paul MN + POSSIBLE NARRATIVE: ‘SomeONE ATTEMPTS to CREATE SPRING! + RADICAL hope ACTION! + NIPSEY HUSSLE R.I. P.

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NORTHern  WareHOUSE                                              PHOto credIT: Catherine L. Johnson aka me

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FACT:

11 APRIL 2019

LowerTOWN

St. Paul

MINNeSOta!

 

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SomeONE looks to be

creating

CROCUSshapes

in the SNOW

with their vehicle’s tires! *

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Radical HOPE!!!

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XOKAY!!!!!

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rOses #3                                                                                                     Catherine L. Johnson 2011

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For detail of the painting, please click on the image.

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For further information on the roSes 2011 series, please click on link below:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/roses-2011

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*FACT: Back of my building in LowerTOWN St. Paul!!!

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RADICALHOPEALLTHETHINGSWEAREAWCCLJ

 

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11 April 2019  Radical HOPE: Nipsey Hussle R.I. P.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/julianmitchell/2018/03/01/the-art-of-being-self-made-a-conversation-with-nipsey-hussle/#6c53604ea07f

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/02/nipsey-hussle-interview-what-comes-after-the-victory-lap/exit-strategy

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8220368/nipsey-hussle-interview-victory-lap-donald-trump-jay-z

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#847 + “She / In the dark / Found light Brighter than many ever see…” + CONNIE CATES SHELLA 5 September 1954 – 23 January 2019

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She,
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.

She,
Within herself,
Found loveliness,
Through the soul’s own mastery.

And now the world receives
From her dower:
The message of the strength
Of inner power.

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Langston Hughes

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CONNIE CATES SHELLA

5 September 1954 – 23 January 2019

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/indianapolis-in/connie-shella-8138040

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AWEwoman.

I can see her as a child,

my cousin,

with her

long platinum brown hair falling

below her shoulders,

a quiet regal presence

and

a graceful ballerina demeanor.

Astonishing, to me.

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I knew her

as a woman

who was luminous,

grace,

fierce

in her determination

to

endure,

transcend

and

prevail.

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Her opened heart was

a July ruby bloom,

a maternal warm nest,

a safe hearth.

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Connie,

my “cousin-sister”,

a Queen,

who invited,

welcomed

and

upheld truth-telling,

elegant dignity

and 

lived the deep sea courage

of

unfathomable loving,

boundless hope,

with

a heartfire

that shined kind tenderness,

remarkable resilience

and

radiant beauty.

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My cousin’s

soul

spiraled, soared tonight

escaping her knotted coiled body

and,

in her last exhale,

a bright star

was created

in the vault

of

the

night sky.

 

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

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Thank you, Connie.

You live forever in my heart beat.

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Connie WITH me. 13 July 2015.

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#800 + rosE: FIRE I – VII April 2018 + APPEAR / HIDE + GOLD/PEARLS or SNAKES/SCORPIONS

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rosE: FIRE

I /II / III / IV/ V/ VI/ VII

Catherine L. Johnson

April 2018

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rosE: FIRE I                                                                                               Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE II                                                                                               Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE III                                                                                          Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE IV                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE V                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE VI                                                                                      Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rosE: FIRE VII                                                                                     Catherine L. Johnson 2018

 

 

 

 

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rosE: FIRE

I /II / III / IV/ V/ VI/ VII

Catherine L. Johnson

April 2018

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Number 7 resonates with the vibrations and energies of the ‘Collective Consciousness’, faith and spirituality, spiritual awakening and awareness, spiritual enlightenment, spiritual development, mysticism, intuition and inner-knowing, inner wisdom, psychic abilities, the esoteric, inner-selves, deep contemplation, introspection, eccentric, religion, thoughtfulness, understanding of others, natural healer and healing, secrets, myth, ritual, peace, poise, emotions and feelings, inner-strength, endurance and perseverance, persistence of purpose, the ability to bear hardships, quick-wit, the loner, solitary, isolation, long-sighted, the non-conformist, independence and individualism, intentions, manifesting and manifestation in time and space and good fortune.

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Number 7 also relates to the attributes of mental analysis, philosophy and philosophical, technicality, scientific research, science, alchemy, genius, a keen mind, specializing and the specialist, the inventor, determination, the written word, logic, understanding, knowledge, discernment and discerning, knowledge seeking, study, education and learning, writing and the writer, evolution, stability, the ability to set limits, completion, refinement, stoicism, silence, perfection, chastity, dignity, ascetic, rigor, ahead of the times.

 

 

 

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Rumi 

Rumi’s Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit 

by Rumi (Author),‎ Maryam Mafi (Translator),‎ Azima Melita Kolin (Translator)

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“In fact,

my soul and yours

are the same,

You appear in me, I in you,

We hide in each other.”

Rumi

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YESWEKNOWWONDERAWCWEKNOWTRUTHNOW

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#795 + rosE: FIRE I 2018 + what YOU thINk / FEEL / imagINe BuddhA

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rosE: FIRE I                                                                                               Catherine L. Johnson. 2018

 

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Rumi 

Rumi’s Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit 

by Rumi (Author),‎ Maryam Mafi (Translator),‎ Azima Melita Kolin (Translator)

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AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEKNOWWONDERAWCWEKNOWTRUTHNOW

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#699 + LIFE: je ne sais quoi Catherine L. Johnson 2016 + “BEAUTY IS NOT CAUSED. IT IS.” Emily Dickinson

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LIFE: je ne sais quoi                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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WRITTEN BY: CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 1994  / QUOTE BY: ADRIENNE RICH

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#695 + CHERISH # 1 Catherine L. Johnson 2016 + CHERISH #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016 + “I want to unfold…” R. M. Rilke

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CHERISH #1                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson  2016

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CHERISH #2                                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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“I want to

unfold.

I don’t want to be folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”

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Rainer Maria Rilke

 Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

 

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 Rainer Maria Rilke

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cher·ish

ˈCHeriSH

verb

verb: cherish;

3rd person present: cherishes;

past tense: cherished;

past participle: cherished;

gerund or present participle: cherishing

1. protect and care for (someone) lovingly.

 

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#664 + rOses 2011 CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + “A BOWL OF ROSES” Rainer Maria Rilke

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rOses   #5                                                                                                       Catherine L. Johnson  2011

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rOses 2011

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/roses-series-2011

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A portfolio of over 20 works created in the Summer of 2011.

Various formats and dimensions.

 

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Shown: 40″ H x 23″ W

Private Collection

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rOses #5   (detail)                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson 2011

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“… And this above all: that through these petals light must pass.

From a thousand skies, each drop of darkness is filtered out

 and the glow at the core of each flower grows stronger

and rises into life.

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And the movement of the roses
has a vibrancy none could discern,
were it not for what it ignites in the universe entire…

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One could say they were self-contained
if self-contained meant to transform the world outside, 

patience of springtime,

guilt and restlessness,

the secrecy of fate and the darkness of Earth at evening-
on out to the streaming and fleeing of clouds and, farther yet,

the orders of the stars-take it all

and turn it into a handful of inwardness.

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See how it lies at ease in these open roses.”

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Excerpt from:

 A BOWL OF ROSES
Rainer Maria Rilke

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