#939 + ‘ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee’ D / E / F / G /H / I 2020 Catherine L. Johnson + Life is wildernessENERGY

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‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

D / E / F / G / H / I

 

 

Catherine L. Johnson

2020

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NOTE:

The panels are dark blue black with silver iridescence paint

and

the application of the paint are of overlapping layers

creating visual turbulence.

Each panel is marked with a hand drawn orange red pencil line. 

The panels are mounted on archival board.

The internal interstices / interplay of the panels

creates a pause, a silence, a leap, a focal of listening.

The spaces  between and the lines upon are significant.

The orange red line is in flux as the black blue roils.

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All is shifting

and,

yet,

a serene balance

is

ACTUAL

in the

whole.

 

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: D                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: E                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: F                                                              Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: G                                                              Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: H                                                             Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: I                                                            Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

equanimity

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mental or emotional stability or composure,

especially under tension or strain;

calmness;

equilibrium;

serenity;

self-possesion;

composure;

FREEDOM

 

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individuals / nations

who are

gifted with the pursuit of adventure,

willing,

motivated

to

navigate / ride

the dynamism + turbulence

of

uncertainty, tectonic plate shifts, improvisation,

democracy, intimacy, freedom

know

‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

equanimity

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Antonyms for equanimity are fear and agitation.

Fearful  /agitated individuals / nations

are

locked in / paralyzed:

driven / held captive

by their distrust

and

their need for certainty.

Change is definitely not welcomed

and

self-awareness is defiantly not invited.

 

 

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‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

A / B / C

 

Please click on the link below to view:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/935-22-july-2020-ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee-a-b-c-2020-catherine-l-johnson-crossings/

 

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My studio: 1998

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Pull UP

your story

of

R/EVOLUTION

+

radical HOPE

+

perseverance

+ 

resilience

+

CREATIVE genius!

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Vento Nature Sanctuary  6 August 2020

Life is wildernessENERGY

–  a GARDEN is a nurtured /loVINGlovED life – listening / dancing with Nature.

BLOOOMresUrgence

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/08/18/874-18-august-2019-18-august-2015-the-only-thing-that-is-constant-is-change-heraclitus-blooomresurgence/

 

Zachary William Robert James Woodridge RUNS alongside my fat tire bike!

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5 August 2020! Zach/me and____________and_________and________and________!!!!

 

What is the caption???

Imagine THREE! HA!

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#935 + 22 July 2020 + ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee A/ B/ C 2020 Catherine L. Johnson + crosSINGS

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‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

A/ B/ C

 

 

Catherine L. Johnson

2020

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Please click on the image to enlarge and for detail.

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NOTE:

The panels are dark blue black with silver iridescence paint

and

the application of the paint are of overlapping layers

creating visual turbulence.

Each panel is marked with a hand drawn orange red pencil line. 

The four panels are mounted on archival board.

The internal interstices / interplay of the four panels

create a cross, a crossing,

and

the spaces between each is significant.

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All is shifting and, yet, a serene balance is found in the whole.

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: A                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: B                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee: C                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

equanimity

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mental or emotional stability or composure,

especially under tension or strain;

calmness;

equilibrium;

serenity;

self-possesion;

composure;

FREEDOM

 

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individuals / nations

who are

gifted with the pursuit of adventure,

willing,

motivated

to

navigate / ride

the dynamism + turbulence

of

uncertainty, tectonic plate shifts, improvisation,

democracy, intimacy, freedom

know

‘ee-kwuh–nim-i-tee’

equanimity

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Antonyms for equanimity are fear and agitation.

Fearful  /agitated individuals / nations

are

locked in / paralyzed:

driven / held captive

by their distrust

and

their need for certainty.

Change is definitely not welcomed

and

self-awareness is defiantly not invited.

 

 

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Zachary William Robert James Woodridge    8 months old    22 July 2020

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A story

of

R/EVOLUTION

+

radical HOPE

+

perseverance

+ 

resilience

+

CREATIVE genius!

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A reNEWed life:

Round #1: 27 December 2019 Surgery #55

Congenitally dislocated joints.

Post-op: 9 January 2020 Dr. Chris Coetzee

February March  April May 2020

Round #2: 20 May 2020 Surgery #56

Post-op: 4 June 2020 Dr. Chris Coetzee.

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REVOLUTION!!!!!

 

19 July 2020:

NEW shiny feet!

FIRST time

barefoot on grass

as

my kite

SOARED

to

celebrate/commemorate

the civil rights revolutionary / FREEDOM fighter

Rep. John Lewis*!

 

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From: Michele J

Subject: The story and the truth-telling

Date: July 21, 2020 at 4:13:15 PM CDT

To: “CatHERine L. JOhnsOn / art/IS/t” <catherineljohnson@earthlink.net>

Your feet look beautiful! What a miracle from where you started.

And to honor the great John Lewis, standing free in the grass!

How inspirational!

I’m so moved by John Lewis’ passing.

He was a giant, fearless and brave. What an example.

Thank you for sending this.

Michele

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NEXT:

The amaZING

Lisa Richardson / PT + my collaborator

will instruct me

HOW/wow TO WALK!!!!!!

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*Tribute: Representative John Lewis

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/934-representative-john-lewis-1940-2020-good-trouble-invictus-i-am-the-master-of-my-fate-i-am-the-captain-of-my-soul/

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#929 + reFRAME A/ B/ C/ D/ E/ F/ G/ H 2020 Catherine L. Johnson + O SAY CAN YOU SEE + Steve Reich – “Come Out” 1966

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reFRAME / reFRAMING

 

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The essential idea behind reFRAMING

is that a specific crystallized demographic / person’s

point-of-view depends

on the frame it is viewed in.

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When the frame is shifted,

the meaning changes

and

thinking

and

behavior

often change along with it.

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Another way to understand

the concept of reFRAMING

is to imagine looking through

the frame of a camera lens.

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The picture seen through the lens

can be

changed and reshaped

to views / experiences

of

nascent truths 

and

expansive sensory possibilities

via

EXPLORING

 an unfixed exponential spectrum

of lenses from various

angles/distances/emotional/empirical/empathetic/spiritual

KALEIDOSCOPIC

vantage points.

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By the willingness

of even slightly changing

what is seen in the camera,

the once

‘conditioned’ / ‘clung to’ / ‘conventional’ / ‘fixed’

cognitive and LIVED picture

IS

NOW

viewed

and

experienced

differently.

aNEW.

YES!

 

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Please click on link below for the catalyst of the reFRAME paintings.

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/25/927-reframe-catherine-l-johnson-2020-false-narratives-7-terms-know-ken-burns-revision-versus-revisionist/

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reFRAME

A/ B/ C/ D/ E/ F/ G/ H

paintings

Each work is SOOT BLACK PAINT on FOUR PANELS

inscribed with METALLIC SILVER PENCIL mounted on white board

 

2020

Catherine L. Johnson

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Please click on each images for detail.

Please attend to the interstices between the 4 panels of each painting.

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interstice

[ in-tur-stis ]

noun, plural in·ter·stic·es [in-tur-stuh-seez, -stuh-siz] .

1. an intervening space.

2. a small or narrow space or interval between things or parts,

especially when one of a series of alternating uniform spaces and parts.

3. an interval of time.

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reFRAME: A                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: B                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

 

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reFRAME: C                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: D                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: E                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: F                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: G                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME: H                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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how YOU SEE / FRAME someone

is

how YOU MAKE them feel

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do YOU HEAR / LISTEN to someone

as WHO they are

or 

do YOU HEAR / LISTEN to someone

as how YOU FRAMED them

 

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Steve Reich – Come Out 1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Out_(Reich)

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Reich was asked to edit down tape footage into a form of collage for a benefit for the Harlem Six and Come Out was a byproduct of the collage’s production.^[1] The Harlem Six were six black youths arrested for a murder of Margit Sugar, a Hungarian refugee, in Harlem in the weeks following the Little Fruit Stand Riot of 1964.^[2] Only one of the six was responsible while the lead witness is generally considered the actual perpetrator. Truman Nelson, a civil rights activist and New Yorker who had asked Reich to compose a sound collage that was separate from Come Out, gave him a collection of tapes with recorded voices to use as source material. Nelson agreed to give Reich creative freedom with the tapes that he presented him for the sound collage. Come Out was a loop of four seconds of the more than 70 hours of tapes Nelson presented to Reich.^[3]

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#928 + ZACHARY WILLIAM ROBERT JAMES WOODRIDGE aka ZACH at home!!! + Zoë Keating > “Quito Song” (June 2020 version) at home!!! + RESURGENCE!!!

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28 June 2020

ZACH is a WAVEWHIRL of ENERGY – taking these 2 pictures was a WOW victory!

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ZACHARY

WILLIAM

ROBERT

JAMES

WOODRIDGE

aka

ZACH

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8 months old!

Zach was a rescue from a reservation in North Dakota!

He was invited into my home / heart on 27 March 2020!

He is a blue heeler (cattle dog) x border collie

smart/sweet/saucy K9!!!

Zach goes to Mr. Meyer’s K9 Summer School for 4 hours every weekday!

https://www.facebook.com/LoftyDogs/

My dear friend, SBF,  generously provided a scholarship

for Zachary to attend

as I recover from orthopedic reconstructive Surgery #56 (20 May)!

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Surgery #55 was 27 December 2019: long SIX months of challenging immobility!

–  OVER THE MOON GR8FUL for those who encircled me with their loving/kind presence.

I practice the discipline/choice of RADICAL HOPE.

AND, I am alive!!!

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reFRAME: A                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/06/25/927-reframe-catherine-l-johnson-2020-false-narratives-7-terms-know-ken-burns-revision-versus-revisionist/

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Version of the Quito Song, recorded at Zoë’s home on 24 June 2020

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Zoë Keating   May 2018

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CHRYSALIS

“I HEAR THE BLOOM WITHIN THE SEED”

RESURGENCE

 

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“I HEAR THE BLOOM WITHIN THE SEED” 1993

– the title of my first solo art exhibition in Minneapolis

and

the title of the accompanying libretto I wrote.

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COVID19 is NOT a conspiracy / hoax!

ASK any medical / front line provider.

Practice the GOLDEN RULE!

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There are actual humans in MY building,

who are politicizing this airbourne killer virus,

and

REFUSE to WEAR A MASK

because

COVID19 is a left wing hoax.

They are weaponizing their behavior for their partisan beliefs.

A killer virus is not political.

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#927 + reFRAME Catherine L. Johnson 2020 + FALSE narratives + 7 TERMS kNOW + Ken Burns: reVISION versus revisionist

ONE month ago,

George Floyd was brutally inhumanly murdered by asphyxiation

by MPD Officer Chauvin and systemic racism.

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Please click on reFRAME (one of eight original paintings) for detail

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reFRAME: A                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson  2020

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reFRAME / reFRAMING

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The essential idea behind reFRAMING

is that a specific crystallized demographic / person’s

point-of-view depends

on the frame it is viewed in.

X

When the frame is shifted,

the meaning changes

and

thinking

and

behavior

often change along with it.

X

Another way to understand

the concept of reFRAMING

is to imagine looking through

the frame of a camera lens.

X

The picture seen through the lens

can be

changed and reshaped

to views / experiences

of

nascent truths 

and

expansive sensory possibilities

via

EXPLORING

  an unfixed exponential spectrum

of lenses from various

angles/distance/emotional/empirical/empathetic/spiritual

KALEIDOSCOPIC

vantage points.

X

By the willingness

of even slightly changing

what is seen in the camera,

the once

‘conditioned’ / ‘clung to’ / ‘conventional’ / ‘fixed’

cognitive and LIVED picture

IS

NOW

viewed

and

experienced

differently.

aNEW.

YES!

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7 TERMS kNOW

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SEEing

and

SAY THE NAME

is the

ANVIL

for

reVITALized

optics

and

language

and

interactive social justice.

 

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Please Stop ‘Checking In to See If I’m Okay’

Whatever you think I might be feeling because of the news right now,

it’s not new for me this week.

By Priska Neely

https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/i-dont-need-your-check-in-texts.html

About a week ago, I called a friend on the East Coast,

another black woman working in public radio,

to talk about something weird that was happening.

“Hey, are you getting a bunch of texts

from random white people asking if you’re okay?” I asked.

“What? No,” she said. “You are?”

I told her that I’d heard from a handful of people,

some of whom I hadn’t communicated with for months,

saying they couldn’t imagine the pain I must be feeling.

That they were here for me if I needed them.

I thought maybe this was just a thing people were doing in hyperwoke Oakland.

But then the next day,

that friend sent me a screenshot from one of her friends with the same language,

“Can’t imagine how black people are feeling. I’m so sorry.”

Another friend got a text from someone

she hadn’t spoken to in six years that noted

that she was “important” and called her “a queen.”

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2020/06/09/davis-how-to-be-a-white-ally-and-practice-antiracism

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There are 771 Confederate statues in the US

(Figures last updated July 2019 by Southern Poverty Law Center)

The Southern states of Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Texas

are home to half of the country’s Confederate statues and monuments.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2020/06/mapping-hundreds-confederate-statues-200610103154036.html

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President Teddy Roosevelt

bookended

by generic representations of two marginalized demographics.

The visual language NAMES it.

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Ken Burns:

reVISION versus revisionist

FALSE NARRATIVES

EXCELLENT

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The African-Americans:

Many Rivers to Cross

with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

6 episodes | PBS

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

can be viewed on Amazon PRIME through 3 July 2020.

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