#920 + NAVY BLUE improvisational SEAS 2020 + intelligent IMPROVISATIONAL elegance + 14 reVISIONS

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NAVY BLUE

improvisational

SEAS

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14 reVISIONS

disparate panels that ignite each other: A/LIVE

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GenesIS story:

the drawings

are created

on several large pieces of 80lb. archival paper:

white Caran d’Ache Pablo Colored Pencil on deep navy blue paper.

I cut up each of the drawings into unique panels.

I re-compose

— finding two panels which create an electric arcs —

connecting / unifying

separateness

into

one.

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BRIGHT LINES

that

JUMP LIFE OUT

re-connect re-vitalize re-new re-invent re-define re-create

of

our

pandemic

DEEP NIGHT

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NAVY BLUE: soUnd                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson   2020

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NAVY BLUE: crEst                                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: ecHo                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson   2020

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NAVY BLUE: heaRING                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: dEEp                                                                                 Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: aroUnd                                                                                 Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: rOndO                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: walKING                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: VOicing                                                                              Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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NAVY BLUE: cross-BE AT                                                                          Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: OUTside                                                                             Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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NAVY BLUE: INterval                                                                            Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: SHEdding                                                                            Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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NAVY BLUE: heAT                                                                          Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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TRUE

SPONTANEOUS

INSTINCT

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HONEST

ELECTRIC

INTIMATE

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RAW TRUTH

HEART AUDIOS

ELEGANT TOUCH

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The NAVY BLUE series is my falling / rising work

– the first explorations without my talisman, my tuning fork:

the cosmic

Jaspar Obi.

And, my first explorations with “Frankie and Stein” – learning to walk.

And ,the love I know in my blood.

Jaspar is present as the FIRST light!

NOW enters:

Zachary William Robert James Woodridge

 

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Please click on image to enlarge and for detail.

Thank you.

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Please click on link for further information:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/navy-blue-improvisational-seas

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Jaspar Obi  6 December 2015  (2007-2019)

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Zachary William Robert James Woodridge   15 May 2020

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#906 + NAVY BLUE improvisational SEAS 2020 + intelligent IMPROVISATIONAL elegance

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NAVY BLUE: soUnd                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson   2020

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NAVY BLUE: crEst                                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: ecHo                                                                                   Catherine L. Johnson   2020

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NAVY BLUE: heaRING                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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NAVY BLUE: dEEp                                                                                 Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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TRUE

SPONTANEOUS

INSTINCT

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HONEST

ELECTRIC

INTIMATE

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RAW TRUTH

HEART AUDIOS

ELEGANT TOUCH

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The NAVY BLUE series is my falling / rising work

– the first explorations without my talisman, my tuning fork:

the cosmic

Jaspar Obi.

And, my first explorations with “Frankie and Stein” – learning to walk.

And ,the love I know in my blood.

Jaspar is present as the FIRST light!

 

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Please click on image to enlarge and for detail.

Thank you.

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Please click on link for further information:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/navy-blue-improvisational-seas

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#905 + NAVY BLUE: soUnd 2020 + intelligent IMPROVISATIONAL elegance

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NAVY BLUE: soUnd                                                                        Catherine L. Johnson   2020

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TRUE

SPONTANEOUS

INSTINCT

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The NAVY BLUE series is my moving forward work

– the first explorations without my talisman, my tuning fork:

the cosmic

Jaspar Obi.

And, my first explorations with “Frankie and Stein” – learning to walk.

Jaspar is present as the FIRST light!

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Please click on image to enlarge and for detail.

Thank you.

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#881 + BELOVED JASPAR OBI + BLESSING CEREMONY FOR/FROM/WITH JASPAR OBI MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2019

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THE

VOYAGE

OF MY

BELOVED

TREASURE HEART

JASPAR OBI

 HAS

BEGUN.

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JASPAR OBI is DUNKIRK / K9 RAF / ECSTATIC JOY. 

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

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JASPAR OBI’s

presence

entered + illuminated

my heart.

I am forever blessed

with the

adventurous

GRACE LOVE

OH JOY

dance

with

my unrepeatable companion.

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Jaspar  Obi =  my Psalm 139:14 on 4legs.

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Jaspar

has defiantly defied

the bone cancer

for over a calendar year

with

his remarkable, fierce, and sweet

life force…

and, now

the divinity within him

is calling his name.

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I see.

I have been

listening, listening, listening

to

Jaspar’s

elegant, courageous, tender

body&soul.

I accept, honoring, following his soul’s lead.

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The

BLESSING CEREMONY

is dedicated to

the

pure sacred radiant

GRACE LOVE

of our

4legged

guardian angels

– our lions at our heart’s gate.

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Chartreuse

is the color of

JASPAR OBI’s

soul:

THE

BRIGHT

PREVAILING

KISS OF SPRINGTIME…

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NOTE:

A  dear friend sent the link 

(embedded below)

on the JASPER stone to me

after

my JASPAR crossed over

on

Veteran’s Day 11 November 2019.

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I chose to spell his name JASPAR.

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I was astounded that the information of the JASPER stone

mirrored my

JASPAR’s soulpresence.

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Introduction to the Meaning and Uses of the Jasper Stone

https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/jasper

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Jaspar Obi

entered the world on

30 April 2007

and

began his story of offering

indelible sweet blessings.

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JASPAR OBI 

THE VALIANT STALWART TENDER LOVING ADVENTUROUS JOYOUS

K9 RAF

30 April 2007 – Veteran’s Day 11 November 2019

Please click on the link below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/883-element-8-works-2019-catherine-l-johnson-veterans-day-11-november-2019-k9-raf-jaspar-obis-soul-rising/

 

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Thank you, Jaspar, my beautiful treasure heart.

You are forever MY TREASURE HEART.

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The

BLESSING CEREMONY

was

poignant

powerful

enchanting!

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All K9s

were given two presents:

green glow collars

– running / playing / glowing,

  and

special treats

– small milkbones with peanut butter

wrapped in aluminum foil

to look like shining silver bonestars!

ALL 2leggeds

were given two presents:

 steaming hot green tea

and

 green glow ‘tails’ to wear!

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Many many many

K9s arrived!!!

 

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Once ‘knighted’

with their 

green glow collars,

Jaspar’s amazing K9 friends

spontaneously

created

blessed energy

boundless JOY

and

a beautiful memoir

of the

precious gift

of

our

sentient / “metacognitive”

4legged

guardian angels.

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WONDER.

AWE.

SACRED.

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AN indelible CELEBRATION

of the reliable tender loving kindness of the

K9 COMMUNITY

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SEE

BE

THE

HEART OF A DOG

WOXOF

 

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#873 + ‘BLACK ICE: LILTING’ 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + BBC’ s ‘JAZZ 625’ 1965 ft. Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (Piano)/ Chuck Israels (Bass)/ Larry Bunker (Drums)

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Please click on the links below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/08/03/872-black-ice-beatify-2019-catherine-l-johnson-consecration-1980-bill-evans-trio-bill-evans-piano-marc-johnson-bass-joe-labarbera-drums/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/07/18/870-black-ice-silently-2019-catherine-l-johnson-piece-peace-1958-bill-evans-gambre-1991-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/867-black-ice-tenderly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-prana-qi-vijnana-joie-de-vivre-tenderly-bill-evans-tony-scott/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/869-black-ice-sweetly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-blinded-by-your-grace-2017-stormzy/

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‘BLACK ICE: LILTING’

Catherine L. Johnson 

2019

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lilt

rhythmic swing or cadence.

a lilting song or tune.

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whisper / whispers / whispering

listen

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NOTE:

each work of the BLACK ICE series

oscillates / dances / shifts / reveals

constantly

in relation to

 the specific light source – from ambient to direct

to the light’s positioning –  the actual angle 

and

to the movement of the viewer.

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All of my work refuses/denies the camera’s eye.

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The revelation, the experience,

occurs with an actual encounter – presence.

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The beauty of one’s beloved is

the improvisational/sacred listening

of/ for/ to/ with

the beloved.

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL

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intimate

— listening/attending with an open heart and with the open palms of one’s hands —

— listen to the light —

reverence

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IMPROVISATIONAL / FREE HAND DRAWING / NO ERASURES

SPHERES:  layers/sounds of two separate iridescent gold pencils

DRAWN ON BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT MATTE PAPER
Measurements: 10” H x 6.5” W

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On March 19, 1965,

the Bill Evans Trio stopped by the BBC studios in London

to play a pair of sets on Jazz 625,

the now-legendary program hosted by the British trumpeter

Humphrey Lyttelton.

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The combo featured:

Bill Evans on piano,

Chuck Israels on bass

and

Larry Bunker on drums.

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The trio played two 35 minute sets,

including most of the songs from their just-completed album, Trio ’65.

Set One:

“Five,” by Bill Evans

“Elsa,” by Earl Zindars

“Summertime,” by George Gershwin

“Come Rain or Come Shine,” by Harold Arlen

“My Foolish Heart,” by Victor Young

“Re: Person I Knew,” by Bill Evans

“Israel,” by Johnny Carisi

“Five,” by Bill Evans (reprise)

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Set Two:

“Five,” by Bill Evans

“How My Heart Sings,” by Earl Zindars

“Nardis,” by Miles Davis

“Who Can I Turn To?” by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

“Someday My Prince Will Come,” by Frank Churchill

“How Deep is the Ocean?” by Irving Berlin

“Five,” by Bill Evans (reprise)

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Thank you

Anthony Cox

for yet another

voyage/transport/od–uh-see

of

evanescent, scintillating and profound

sonic river waters.

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‘BLACK ICE: LILTING‘ 

In the private collection of Janet Dirks, Calgary, Canada.

Photo: courtesy of the framer.  The finished presentation on the wall of the shop!

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#872 + ‘BLACK ICE: BEATIFY’ 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘CONSECRATION’ 1980 Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (Piano)/ Marc Johnson (Bass)/ Joe LaBarbera (Drums)

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Please click on the links below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/07/18/870-black-ice-silently-2019-catherine-l-johnson-piece-peace-1958-bill-evans-gambre-1991-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/867-black-ice-tenderly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-prana-qi-vijnana-joie-de-vivre-tenderly-bill-evans-tony-scott/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/869-black-ice-sweetly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-blinded-by-your-grace-2017-stormzy/

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‘BLACK ICE: BEATIFY’

Catherine L. Johnson 

2019

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TWO SEPARATE PRISMS/EXPERIENCES OF THE SINGULAR DRAWING

whisper / whispers / whispering

listen

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NOTE:

each work of the BLACK ICE series

oscillates / dances / shifts / reveals

constantly

in relation

to the specific light source – from ambient to direct

to the light’s positioning –  the actual angle 

and

to the movement of the viewer.

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All of my work refuses/denies the camera’s eye.

The revelation, the experience,

occurs with an actual encounter – presence.

The beauty of one’s beloved is

the improvisational/sacred listening

of/ for/ to/ with

the beloved.

 

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TOP IMAGE:  ambient natural light + centered studio light
BOTTOM IMAGE: studio light is centered and positioned straight on the work

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL

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intimate

— listening/attending with an open heart and with the open palms of one’s hands —

— listen to the light —

reverence

 

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IMPROVISATIONAL / FREE HAND DRAWING / NO ERASURES

TOP SPHERE: iridescent silver Pablo pencil + HB graphite

BOTTOM SPHERE: HB graphite

 

DRAWN ON BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT MATTE PAPER
19.25” H x 13.75” W

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Bill Evans Trio:

Bill Evans (Piano), Marc Johnson (Bass), Joe LaBarbera (Drums)

 

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#870 + ‘BLACK ICE: SILENTLY’ 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘PIECE PEACE’ 1958 Bill Evans + ‘GAMBRE’ 1991 Anthony Cox / Billy Higgins

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Please click on link below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/867-black-ice-tenderly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-prana-qi-vijnana-joie-de-vivre-tenderly-bill-evans-tony-scott/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/869-black-ice-sweetly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-blinded-by-your-grace-2017-stormzy/

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‘BLACK ICE: SILENTLY’

Catherine L. Johnson 

2019

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TWO SEPARATE PRISMS/EXPERIENCES OF THE SINGULAR DRAWING

whisper / whispers / whispering

listen

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TOP IMAGE: light is centered and positioned straight on the work
BOTTOM IMAGE: light is  dimmed and centered from below the work 

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL

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intimate

— listening/attending with an open heart and with the open palms of one’s hands —

— listen to the light —

reverence

 

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IRIDESCENT SILVER PENCIL + 4B/2B GRAPHITE

ON BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT MATTE PAPER
19.25” H x 13.75” W

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PIECE PEACE  1958  Bill Evans

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GAMBRE  1991   Anthony Cox / Billy Higgins

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BEAUTYISAWCCLJTRUTHISAWCCLJLIFEIS

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#869 + ‘BLACK ICE: SWEETLY’ 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE’ 2017 Stormzy +

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Please click on link below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/867-black-ice-tenderly-2019-catherine-l-johnson-prana-qi-vijnana-joie-de-vivre-tenderly-bill-evans-tony-scott/

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‘BLACK ICE: SWEETLY’

Catherine L. Johnson 

2019

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TWO SEPARATE PRISMS/EXPERIENCES OF THE SINGULAR DRAWING

whisper / whispers / whispering

listen

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TOP IMAGE: light is centered and positioned straight on the work
BOTTOM IMAGE: light is  dimmed and centered from below the work 

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL

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intimate — listening/attending with an open heart and with the open palms of one’s hands — listen to the light — reverence

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4B and 2B GRAPHITE ON BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT MATTE PAPER
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 ‘BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE’

Stormzy

2017

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#867 + ‘BLACK ICE: TENDERLY’ 2019 Catherine L. Johnson + Prana / Qi / Vijñāna + Joie de vivre + “Tenderly” Bill Evans / Tony Scott

Please click on link below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/866-black-ice-quiet-2019-catherine-l-johnson-raf-k9-jaspar-obi-aka-dunkirk-beethovens-opus-132-quartetto-italiano-anthony-cox-billy-higgins/

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‘BLACK ICE: TENDERLY ’

Catherine L. Johnson 

2019

 

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THREE SEPARATE PRISMS/EXPERIENCES OF THE SINGULAR DRAWING

whisper / whispers / whispering

listen

 

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TOP IMAGE: light is centered and positioned straight on the work
MIDDLE IMAGE: light is centered and positioned to the right of the work
BOTTOM IMAGE: light is centered and from below the work 

 

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intimate — listening/attending with an open heart and with the open palms of one’s hands — listen to the light — reverence

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Prana, the Sanskrit word for “life force” or “vital principle”

Qi, an active principle forming part of any living thing 

Vijñāna, translated as “consciousness,” “life force”, “mind” or “discernment”

Joie de vivre, translated as the cheerful enjoyment of life; an exultation of spirit

Tenderly, your arms opened wide and closed me inside

 

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