#886 + d e a R d e e r d e a R + knoWING + h e a r t

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d e a R d e e r d e a R

knoWING

h e a r t

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PLEASE CLICK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/deerdear-1-23-4-5-6-7-8-9

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The DEER/DEAR series

#1/ #2/#3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9

Mixed Media on Board

Each painting measures approximately 18″H x 12″W

2016 – 2017

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ALL of my work is an encounter.

Visceral.

Intimate dialogues.

Calling out the  viewer’s capacity to listen/attend to nuance.

To experience the work one must have a real encounter with the offering.

My work is how a photograph of a beloved cannot compare

to the actual presence of a beloved.

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My work denies the camera’s eye.

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A viewer’s actual encounter with my work

is the dynamic LIVE performance.

 

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I listen to my listening.

Listen. Listen. Listen wide open. 

Sacred listening.

Sacred/Sublime offerings.

 

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For details of each painting, please click on the image

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DEER / DEAR #1                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #2                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #3                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #4                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #5                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #6                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #7                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #8                                                                         Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #9                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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For further information/revelations

on the

DEER/DEAR

series,

please click on the links below

(#1 provides multi-cultural significance/meanings of DEER):

1.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/700-luminous-deer-where-i-create-there-i-am-true-r-m-rilke-pine-tree-an-appeal-to-heaven-1998-catherine-l-johnson/

2.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/701-deer-male-deer-female-2016-palestarsrising-2016-catherine-l-johnson-december-2016/

3.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/703-29-december-2016-catherine-l-johnson-on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven-deer/

4.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/706-grace-energy-dear-cherished-deer-deer-honorrespect-wounded-deer-dear/

 

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#737 + GRACE #1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8 2017 Catherine L. Johnson + Pablo Neruda “Of everything I have seen…What am I to do, love, loved one?”

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GRACE

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8

Because of, WITH and for AWC

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2017

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Catherine L. Johnson

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Please click on link for further information on the GRACE 2017 series:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/744-grace-8-you-are-my-grace-i-am-your-grace-40-h-x-26-w-catherine-l-johnson-anthony-coxs-dark-metals-charles-lloyds-modern-quartet/

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TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL, PLEASE CLICK TWICE ON THE IMAGE

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The color is blush pink and an orchid pink (the hum of lavender).

The color shifts depending on the ambient light and the position of the viewer.

An intimate and dynamic conversation.

A/live dance.

The color shifts to blush pink, to an orchid pink to a pale warm white.

A simpatico DANCE between the art and the attending viewer

– an encounter and an improvisational performance.

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GRACE #1                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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GRACE #2                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

 

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GRACE #3                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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GRACE #4                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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GRACE #5                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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GRACE #6                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

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GRACE #7                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

 

 

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GRACE #8                                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson  2017

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“Loving isn’t merging, surrendering, uniting with the other.

Rather, it’s a kind of solitude; of profound aloneness.

It induces you to mature and become whole

for the sake of your beloved

… to truly love another,

you must first wholly love yourself.

Love therefore exacts the most demanding claim of all;

it both chooses you and pursues you,

and reaches out,

as if over vast distances,

to call and draw you into your now

and

future self.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

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#736 + MY BLOOOM LIVES 2017 CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + PABLO NERUDA “…Keep for me your sweetness…”

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MY BLOOOM LIVES

40″ x 26″

 

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2017

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Catherine L. Johnson

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TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL, PLEASE CLICK TWICE ON THE IMAGE

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PLEASE VIEW

BLOOOM SERIES,

CLICK ON LINK BELOW:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/05/27/735-blooom-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-89-2017-catherine-l-johnson-pablo-neruda-i-will-only-let-you-touch-me-if-your-hands-are-so-full-of/

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 MY BLOOOM LIVES                      For AWC                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2017

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DETAIL

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MY BLOOOM LIVES

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#728 + SWEET CHRISTMAS! + LOOK OUT WORLD! + CHOICES / LIVING YOUR INTEGRITY / RISK + BE ALL U!!!!!

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SWEET CHRISTMAS!

LOOK OUT WORLD!

YES, ABSOLUTELY

MOVING FORWARD!!!!!

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LUKE CAGE

and

how to survive while helping others survive

https://www.popmythology.com/luke-cage-how-to-survive-helping-others-to-survive/

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#723 + PINKPAINTERSBLUES H / I / J Catherine L. Johnson 2017 + ” And what musician holds us…Oh sweetest song.” R. M. Rilke

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PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE AND FOR DETAILS

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK ON LINK:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/pinkpaintersblues-h-i-j

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PINKPAINTERSBLUES H                                                            Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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PINKPAINTERSBLUES I                                                            Catherine L. Johnson 2017

 

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PINKPAINTERSBLUES J                                                          Catherine L. Johnson 2017

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#720 + “COME DANCE DANCE DANCEDANCE WITH ME!!” + SURRENDER TO JOY/FREEDOM

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY.  8 MARCH 2017.

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Dance (II)                                                                                                                    Henri Matisse 1910

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DANCE

verb (used without object), danced, dancing.

1. to move one’s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.

2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly:

to dance with joy!

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HAPPY + HAPPINESS DANCE

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DANCE

involving only

TWO people

is an

index/ indicator/ barometer of incandescent

JOY

 OR  

NO JOY

resonating ( or NOT) between those same two people.

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The senses are harkened when TWO people dance.

There are NO words  exchanged between them.

TOTAL  FULL-ON PRESENCE.

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IF the connection/relation is charged with POSITIVE electricity,

the POSITIVE electricity/ the vibration emanates

and 

is discernible to others!

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EXCITING OCCURRENCE:

when THE connection between two people

is  

AUTHENTIC/ REAL/ YESSSSSS,

anyone

can FEEL the POSITIVE  electricity,

a majestic/vast constellation

sparking/breaking OPEN and through the night sky, 

when they are 2gether!

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Their vibration cannot/will not hide/deny!

IMPOSSIBLE!

IT’S A DIVINE GIFT – NOT planned/RANDOM!!

A  SACRED/BOUNTIFUL SOULFUL YESSSSSSS DANCE!!

 

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The DANCE of LOVE

LOVE is NOT a possession of another person.

LOVE does NOT control another person.

LOVE does NOT humiliate/intimidate/threaten/

imprison/shame or restrict another person.

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LOVE, authentic LOVE, honors/respects and SEES the other as a MARVEL, an illumination!

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LOVE = ENERGY!  

LOVE = R/EVOLUTION!

LOVE = LUMINOUS!

LOVE = DANCING with JOY!

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REDBURNINGINFLAMES FLAGS,

PLEASE CLICK- CPR FOR YOUR LIFE:

https://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/5-signs-youre-being-played-by-a-victim-fiff/

http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-abuse/emotional-abuse-of-men-men-victims-of-emotional-abuse-too/

http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-abuse/effects-of-emotional-abuse-on-adults/

 

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LOVE NEVER FAILS + LOVE ALWAYS PREVAILS!

LOVE IS AN ENERGY + CAN’T/WON’T BE CONTAINED!

LOVE IS DYNAMIC/UNFOLDING JOY + FREEDOM!

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Simple sublime silent

RAPTURE

is the experience

of

AUTHENTIC LOVE

between TWO people

as well as  their

DANCE!!

YES, absolutely!

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Even their stillness glows:

the energy/ vibration/ fragrance/ balm of  transcendent/boundless happiness is  

visceral!!

Intuited.

 

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DANCE is A/LIVE!! 

DANCE is JOY!!

DANCE is LETTING GO!!

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A

DANCE  

between

lovers/ best friends

is

SPRINGTIME!

Their

ENERGY

radiates

JOYOUSHAPPINESS!!

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A beautiful

DANCE

of two collaborative people

is

beautiful

 because it is a DYNAMIC testament

of

FREEDOM + JOY!!

 

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YOU be YOU.

ME be ME.

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When two separate evolved individuals

choose to DANCE 2gether,

 because they MUST,

ON/ IN

an

IMPROVISATIONAL

(the sync/parameters has been mutually created/ established)

collaboration WITH each other,

their DANCE is UNIQUELY theirs

–  a beautiful occurrence–

like an

 unrepeatable meteor!

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Their

DANCE

IS

WHEEEEEEEE

A/LIVE

SYNERGISTIC

R/EVOLUTION

and

is

NEW LIFE!!

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A

DANCE 

created by two people dedicated

to their

collaboration of discovery/ experimentation

IS

an unfolding improvisational metaphor

of their shared sacred connection

of

reciprocal / sensitive loving consideration

of each other.

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Their

DANCE

is the DYNAMIC testimony of

AMAZING GRACE

GRACE ENERGY

FREEDOM

 letting go of control/ entrusting the other HONORING

 who they EACH are

and

surrendering to

DANCE’S  

incomparable/ unique/ shimmering/ miraculous

private silent language

of

flowING/ singING bodies in DUET

always moving forward!

THAT is the JOY/SURPRISE – LIVING LIFE’s BEAUTY!!

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DANCING

is comprised of a series of movements

within

time moving forward,

movements that are combined

and

movements often repeated

where two people move in sync

with each other’s steps.

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DANCING

is a coordinated effort

that looks easy and effortless,

but

that look is only possible

when  two people are

FAMILIAR/ respectful / PRESENT

WITH each other

A DANCE is NEVER one controlling the other!

PERIOD!

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The

two people,

the

DANCERS,

are in

caring agreement/ dedicated

to be in

SYNC

with each other,

and

have practiced their

DANCE

 together 

to when their moving together,

slowly + suddenly,

becomes

second nature.

 

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DANCING IS A DUET

with the same discipline/sensitivity to the other as a musician of

IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC!

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BEAUTIFUL!!

LETTING GO of CONTROL!!

JOY + FREEDOM!!

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CONTROL v SURRENDER

by  MADISYN TAYLOR/ DailyOM

8 March 2017

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The answer to control is practicing surrender.

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Trying to maintain control in this life is a bit like trying to maintain control on a roller coaster. The ride has its own logic and is going to go its own way, regardless of how tightly you grip the bar. There is a thrill and a power in simply surrendering to the ride and fully feeling the ups and downs of it, letting the curves take you rather than fighting them. When you fight the ride, resisting what’s happening at every turn, your whole being becomes tense and anxiety is your close companion.

When you go with the ride, accepting what you cannot control, freedom and joy will inevitably arise.

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As with so many seemingly simple things in life, it is not always easy to let go, even of the things we know we can’t control.

Most of us feel a great discomfort with the givens of this life, one of which is the fact that much of the time we have no control over what happens. Sometimes this awareness comes only when we have a stark encounter with this fact, and all our attempts to be in control are revealed to be unnecessary burdens. We can also cultivate this awareness in ourselves gently, by simply making surrender a daily practice. At the end of our meditation, we might bow, saying, “I surrender to this life.” This simple mantra can be repeated as necessary throughout the day, when we find ourselves metaphorically gripping the safety bar.

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We can give in to our fear and anxiety, or we can surrender to this great mystery with courage.

When we see people on a roller coaster, we see that there are those with their faces tight with fear and then there are those that smile broadly, with their hands in the air, carried through the ride on a wave of freedom and joy. This powerful image reminds us that often the only control we have is choosing how we are going to respond to the ride.

 

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GRACE ENERGY/ FREEDOM / COLLABORATIVE /JOY

=

BEAUTIFUL DUET/DANCE!!

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TIME ALWAYS MOVES FORWARD!

ATTEND TO YOUR DIVINE GIFTS/OFFERINGS!

RANDOM epiphanies of WONDER!

AWAKEN/ING

AWAKEN/ING

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Listen. Listen. LISTEN TO THE BLOOM WITHIN THE SEED!*

( *A libretto I wrote which accompanied the exhibition of my visual work – exhibition’s title was the same.)

 

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GOLDBirdSONGS  Triptych                                         Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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The GOLDBirdSONGS Triptych is a visual dance score to be transposed into sonics by a composer.

That is, the improvisational drawings are a platform

for a composer to create an improvisational/score for a string instrument 

– preferably cello.

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GET YOUR DANCE OUT!!

DANCE LIFE !/ LIFE DANCE!

JOY + FREEDOM!!  

YOU BE HAPPY!!

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CARLSON SUITES/ GET YOUR DANCE OUT!                   Catherine L. Johnson. 2015

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GET YOUR DANCE OUT!

PLEASE CLICK ON LINK BELOW:

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

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HAPPY + HAPPINESS DANCE

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#718 + DEER/DEAR #1/ #2/#3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9 2016 – 2017 Catherine L. Johnson + GRACE ENERGY

For URADIANTHOPEAWCGRACEENERGYU

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The DEER/DEAR series

#1/ #2/#3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9

Mixed Media on Board

Each painting measures approximately 18″H x 12″W

2016 – 2017

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ALL of my work is an encounter.

Visceral.

Intimate dialogues.

Calling out the  viewer’s capacity to listen/attend to nuance.

To experience the work one must have a real encounter with the offering.

My work is how a photograph of a beloved cannot compare

to the actual presence of a beloved.

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My work denies the camera’s eye.

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A viewer’s actual encounter with  my work is the dynamic LIVE performance.

 

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I listen to my listening. Listen. Listen. Listen wide open.  

Sacred/Sublime offerings.

 

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DEER / DEAR #1                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #2                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #3                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #4                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #5                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #6                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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DEER / DEAR #7                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #8                                                                         Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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DEER / DEAR #9                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson 2016

 

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For further information/revelations

on the DEER/DEAR series,

please click on the links below

(#1 provides multi-cultural significance/meanings of DEER):

1.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/700-luminous-deer-where-i-create-there-i-am-true-r-m-rilke-pine-tree-an-appeal-to-heaven-1998-catherine-l-johnson/

2.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/701-deer-male-deer-female-2016-palestarsrising-2016-catherine-l-johnson-december-2016/

3.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/703-29-december-2016-catherine-l-johnson-on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven-deer/

4.) https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/706-grace-energy-dear-cherished-deer-deer-honorrespect-wounded-deer-dear/

 

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#706 + GRACE ENERGY + DEAR / CHERISHED DEER / DEER + HONOR/RESPECT + WOUNDED DEER / DEAR

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There

is a

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about an ELDER who says:

 “I feel as if I have

two wolves

fighting

in my heart.

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One wolf is the

vengeful, angry one.

The other wolf is the

loving, compassionate one.”

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 When asked which wolf

will win the fight in his heart,

the ELDER replies: 

“The one I feed.”

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My INTRINSIC values, my ART of LIVING:

GRACE 

ENERGY

GRACE

CHERISH

GRACE

CARESS

GRACE

VULNERABILITY

GRACE

HOPE

GRACE

WHISPER

GRACE

COURAGE

GRACE

COMPASSION

GRACE

TRANSCENDENCE

GRACE

NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

GRACE

HUMILITY

GRACE

RESPECT

GRACE

INTEGRITY

GRACE

GOD’S WILL

GRACE

HONOR

GRACE

TRUTH-TELLING

GRACE

DIVINE

GRACE

REVELATIONS

GRACE

DEVOTION

GRACE

COLLABORATION

GRACE

CALL + RESPONSE

GRACE

MOVING FORWARD

GRACE

VIBRATION

GRACE

HAPPINESS

GRACE

LIGHT

GRACE

KISS

GRACE

SUBLIME

GRACE

TENDERNESS

GRACE

RESOLVE

GRACE

TRANSFORM

GRACE

HARBINGER

GRACE

SACRED

GRACE

BEGINNINGS

GRACE

CLOSURES

GRACE

FORGIVE

GRACE

DEDICATION

GRACE

KINDNESS

GRACE

STILLNESS

GRACE

INTIMACY

GRACE

TRUTH

GRACE

SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS

GRACE

EMPATHY

GRACE

CHARACTER

GRACE

STRENGTH

GRACE

DIGNITY

GRACE

REFUGE

GRACE

TOUCH

GRACE

AMENDS

GRACE

IMAGINATION

GRACE

TRUST

GRACE

SHELTER

GRACE

DEVOTION

GRACE

CONDUIT

GRACE

EPIPHANIES

GRACE  

BALM

GRACE

FAITH

GRACE

INSPIRATION

GRACE

HONESTY

GRACE

MAVERICK

GRACE

PERSEVERANCE

GRACE

VISION

GRACE

AUTHENTIC

GRACE

IMPROVISATION

GRACE

SWEET

GRACE

LOVE

GRACE

BLOOMS

GRACE

LULLABY

GRACE

ELEGANCE

GRACE

BREATH

GRACE

RHYTHM

GRACE

SENSUAL

GRACE

SINCERITY 

GRACE

JOY

GRACE

BEAUTY

GRACE

SYNERGY

GRACE

LIVING A/LIVE

GRACE

ENERGY

GRACE

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La Venadita (Little Deer)                                                    Frida Kahlo                 1946

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DEER / DEAR #2                                                                           Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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Life energy FLOWS through us like a swift stream

when there is nothing to obstruct it.

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Though the channels

THROUGH which this energy FLOWS

are OPEN systems

and

influenced by factors

OUTSIDE

of our control,

one ultimately

chooses what impact

these  factors

will have in one’s lives.

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It is up to one to identify

and

CLEAR blockages in the energy field

to ensure that FLOW is maintained.

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Life energy FLOWS through each of  us

like a swift stream

when there is nothing to obstruct it.

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Yet,

various forces such as

trauma;

the spiraling downbeat vibrations of others;

deceit and betrayal

and

unresolved grief of

past heart-breaks, irreversible losses and terrible disappointments

can and/or will

act like pebbles to stones to boulders

to mountains to earthquakes

that

impede/ BLOCK

the flow+ current.

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If one allows/chooses

obstructions

to accumulate

without conscious clearing,

one’s life energy is thrown off its course

or

cataclysmically blocked entirely,

causing illness;

emotional/spiritual/psychological duress + distress

restlessness,

and

will,

ultimately,

STEAL

the vitality

of one’s

sacred/LUMINOUS life FORCE.

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If one values the

sacred unrepeatable jewel

of one’s life,

  one will take the time to clear

these forces away

and

seize their power to impact

one’s lives.

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When I practice:

RADICAL HOPE;

living my intrinsic values,

my ART of LIVING,

with honor and respect

for myself and others;

breath meditations – tending to my mind and body;

MOVING FORWARD

with FAITH + fearless improvisational creation/creativity;

RUN/PLAY with my selected + cherished DEARS /DEERS

and

fiercely shield myself

from negativity/bitterness/dishonesty/toxic energy,

I preserve my  

WILDERNESS/INTEGRITY/AUTHENTICITY

and

the JOYOUS flowing OCEANIC FIELD

of 

GRACE ENERGY’S

 LOVE/sacred LIGHT/BEAUTY

within

me.

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WELCOME

call and response

relationships

that

HONOR + RESPECT

who I am

and

they have the capacity to state: 

“I SEE YOU!”

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 Those same cherished beloveds

KNOW

that my response is:

“I SEE YOU!”

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GRACE ENERGY

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PORTRAIT OF ME

SEEN/EXPERIENCED

 THROUGH the eyes/ life/ real experience of my then 7 year old friend CHAD

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TRUTHWOWTRUTH!!!!!

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CHOICES – ENERGY LIFE MAPS /

one’s CHOICE of  internal VIBRATIONS

– like attracts like:

LOVING COMPASSION

VENGEFUL ANGER

JOYOUS HAPPINESS

SEETHING BITTERNESS

MOVING FAITH/HOPE FORWARD

FROZEN FEAR / NO MOVEMENT

CREATIVE IMPROVISATION

PRESCRIBED SOCIAL SCRIPTS

FREEDOM / HONORING THE DIVINITY WITHIN

HOSTAGE / ALLOWING FEAR TO SEIZE / STEAL

OXYGEN BREATH- INHALE/EXHALE

NO OXYGEN- I CAN’T BREATHE

COURAGE LIGHT

COWARD DARKNESS

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 EVERY DAY WE CREATE THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES.

THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES BECOME OUR LIVES.

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LIFE IS AN IMPROVISATION

OF

DIFFICULT + BEAUTIFUL.

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Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm.

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COURAGE IS LOVE / LOVE IS COURAGE

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CREATING HAPPINESS IS HOPE

 HOPE IS LIVING HAPPINESS

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CREATING/CREATE/CHOOSE

A

SACRED JOYOUS LUMINOUS SOUND

FOR Y/OUR WORLD.

YES.

DO.

PLEASE.

YES.

DO.

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There

is a

Native American parable

about an ELDER who says:

“I feel as if I have

two wolves

fighting

in my heart.

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One wolf is the

vengeful, angry one.

The other wolf is the

loving, compassionate one.”

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When asked which wolf

will win the fight in his heart,

the ELDER replies:

“The one I feed!”

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#705 + CANINEFATTIREBIKINGSILENCERESEARCHWOODLANDDEARDEERSSOLITUDE RETREAT + 10 DAYS + 5 HOURS OF HUMAN CONTACT + I NOW SPEAK/BARK CANINE FLUENTLY

DEEPHAVEN, MINNESOTA

 TENDING BROTHER BLAKE’S CANINES + HOME WHILE HE WAS IN LONDON

BEAUTIFUL + ESSENTIAL SOLITUDE. 

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#704 + FRESHBRIGHTRADIANT NEW YEAR: 2017! + Fuel UP with OCEANSSKIESFIELDS of COMPASSION JOY BRILLIANT LOVING GRACE VITALITY KINDNESS RADICAL HOPE for 2017! + YES! absolUtely!

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See the LIGHTNING ROD impaled into my head?

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Fueling

UP

with

OCEANSSKIESFIELDS

of

COMPASSION

JOY BRILLIANT

LOVING GRACE

VITALITY

KINDNESS

RADICAL HOPE

for

2O17!

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GoldBirdSONGS #5                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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ICANFEEL triptych                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2015

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YELLOW: NIGHTRISE   #8                                                       Catherine L. Johnson  2012

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NEST: FORYOUMYGIFTISNOTHIDINGFORME               Catherine L. Johnson 2010

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BREATH                                                                                       Catherine L. Johnson 1997

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“…Let us step outside for a moment.
It is all there
Only we have been slow to arrive
At a way of seeing it.
Unless the gentle inherit the earth
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“New Year Poem” by May Sarton from Collected Poems. © Norton, 1993.

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TURNING

LEAD INTO GOLD

PRACTICING

RADICAL HOPE

ENVISIONING

HYMNSLULLABIESSONGS

CALLING OUT

THE BETTER ANGELS

OF

OUR NATURE

 

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For UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU + U: THE SOUND OF PUREGOLDJOY!

ANTHONY COX + BILLY HIGGINS = SUBLIME!!!

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YES, absolutely!!!

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NEW YEAR’S DAY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER ON A SILVER/ICE PATH

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Left EYE/I to U + Right EYE/I towards fUtUre!

I did NOT know EYE/I could do BOTH: SEE NOW + EN/VISION!

And, MY shadow is DANCING!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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