#901 + ‘CHERISH. WHISPER. SLOWLY.’ 2009 Catherine L. Johnson

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CHERISH. WHISPER. SOFTLY.                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2009

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whisper

[ hwis-per, wis-per ]

to utter with soft, low sounds, using the breath, lips

 

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The elevator in my building,

Artspace’s The Northern Warehouse,

has been down

for

9

days. 

My recent reconstructive surgery prohibits me taking the 5 flights of steps

to

go

OUTSIDE.

Feeling

TRAPPED, HOSTAGE, IMPRISONED

with my free will denied

is

terrible, difficult, challenging.

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I  must practice MY freedom exodus flights in MY mind’s eye:

I slowly lift

open

the large window in my loft

so I can feel

the  thrill of the heaven’s wind exhaling

the soft blue of the sky.

My soul escapes:

my body, my cherished wings billow

out from the tight coil

– RELEASED

and

I fly, flying

soaring.

Calming me.

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Stages

of the

FREEDOMEXODUS

RADICAL HOPE

own compose author your life

spiral VIOLET improvisational dance:

ALL

aware practices,

heal/thy disciplines,

telling the truth,

continuous rehearsals,

and

selecting a beautiful life force honest ensemble

for the

revolutionary

GIANT STEPS

YES

DECISIONS / CHOICES

for

RISING:

🌪VICTIM 🌪 >  🌲SURVIVOR🌲  >  👑WARRIOR👑

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/pine-tree-appeal-heaven-1998-2000

 

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WONder.

AWE.

AWEmen!!! AWEwomen!!!

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SEE my WINGS?

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Serenity Prayer: I can do this.

Violet energy.

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My brother suddenly wanted to see me.

This morning, immediately.

He calls me at 7:15 am

He drove an hour from his home with all his dogs

churning black and white and brown

in the back leather seats of his car.

Catherine! Catherine!

Let down your hair!

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#858 + 21 APRIL 2019 + riSING RESURGENCE + riSING RESURGENCE + riSING RESURGENCE + riSING

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Resurrection,

resurgence,

rising,

and

renewal

 

 

are the universal and observable patterns

of

everything:

springtime,

regeneration,

healing,

forgiveness,

life cycles,

darkness

and

light!

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OPEN XIII                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2018

 

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riSING

RESURGENCE

riSING

RESURGENCE

riSING

RESURGENCE

riSING

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ELEgancE #37                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2019

 

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My work is an exploration,
a dive for pearls and sacred listening – call and response.

IMPROVISATIONAL COURAGE

TRUST

FAITH

RADICAL HOPE

STILLNESS

SACRED LISTENING

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OPEN

Being OPENED

Willing to be OPEN

Willing to be OPENED

Being BREATH

Being A/LIVE!!!

 

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL.

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For further information on the OPEN series, PLEASE click on the links below:

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/

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

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

 

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AWCCLJRADICALHOPERESURGENCEBeing BREATHBeing A/LIVE!!!

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#845 + ELEgancE #8 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + 15 JanUary 2019 + AWAKEN/WOKE/INGS + To make an end is to make a beginning – T.S Eliot.

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL

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ELEgancE #8                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2019

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Nature’s offering outside my loft. My sacred listening to Nature’s offerings. Private RHYTHM.

 

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15 January 1997.

The last evening of my Mother’s life.

Doris Eileen Cottor Johnson Omlie.

She spoke to me with a quiet and searing lullaby/hymn voice.

I listened to the sonics of her voice

its intonation, pause, lift, emphasis, rhythm

– the delivery of a score, a choreography,

her annunciation for me.

Her words were illuminations

instantly etched/embedded forever

into my heartsoul

– becoming my blueprint,

my light in darkness and my mantra. 

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The following morning 16 January at 9 am,

I found my Mother’s warm lifeless body

– her robin’s egg blue eyes open,

her head tilted toward the window,

her artist’s right arm lying

on top of her bed sheets

  and

her hand palm up, open.

Her dogs were asleep,

breathing heavily in deep dreams,

at the end of her bed.

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There was a low,

rich vibrating energy,

a golden presence

that drew me to her.

I listened to its sound.

I discovered her end.

I prayed for strength and grace

to guide me in my new beginning.

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Thank YOU Mom for y/our

EXODUS song

for me

– my gospel song to

enter the Wilderness

of uncharted territories

adapting, improvising, overcoming

with

FAITH

+

OPEN HEART

+

RADICAL HOPE

+

GRACE LOVE.

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#836 + RISING + RESURGENCE + EPIPHANY + OPEN + BREAKTHROUGH + EXODUS + SUBLIME BEAUTY DANCE of AWAKENING

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OPEN III                                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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The only people who change,

who are transformed,

are people who feel safe,

who feel their dignity,

and

who feel  loved.

 

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rHYtHM #1       FORSIXTEEE4HAPPYAWC                                            Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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rHYtHM #2    U/ME                                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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BREATHE #1                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson 2016

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For further information on the art, please click on the links below:

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

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/2018/10/24/833-24october-whenyouwereborn-youaresublime-youareasonicgenius-youaremyhero-rhythm-1-2018-catherine-l-johnson/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/692-breathe-as-you-breathe-in-cherish-yourself-as-you-breathe-out-cherish-all-beings-dalai-lama-xiv-breathe/

 

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#824 + mysecretplaces + Run your fingers through my soul + wonder + AWE + listen

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25 AUGUST 2018   Photo credit: me, Catherine L. Johnson

oneofmysecretplaces

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“Run your fingers through my soul.

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For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel,

believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive,

look,

experience,

examine,

and

for once;

just once,

understand.”

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Emily Dickinson

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“The soul should always stand ajar,

ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”

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Emily Dickinson  

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OntO #2                                                                                                      Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2018/05/04/802-onto-1-2-3-in-or-into-a-state-of-awareness-about-may-2018-catherine-l-johnson/

 

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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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#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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#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…” 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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“Thisislove:

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

#9/ #10/ #11/ #12 /#13 /#14 

This set of OPEN is dedicated to the LIGHT of my BELOVED Uncle Bob

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:

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/

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

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

 

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OPEN IX                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2018

 

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OPEN X                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XI                                                                                                         Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XII                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XIII                                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN XIV                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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OPEN #10/ #11/ #12 /#13 /#14 

 is dedicated to the

LIGHT

of my

BELOVED

Uncle Bob.

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He is looking at me, SEEING me – as he always could.

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My Uncle Bob at 74 in October 2006.

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The sound of his voice is the sound of the OPEN blue sky to me.

His gaze towards me emboldened me to take the FIRST steps.

He calls OUT my adventure by the  creative template + integrity of his life.

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Bob at 21 years old on the St.Croix River on his boat!

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Dr. Robert Cottor

https://www.taosinstitute.net/bob-cottor

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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

tomy 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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