#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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To enlarge the images for detail, please click on the image

 

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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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#822 + “PINE TREE: AN APPEAL to HEAVEN” 1999 Catherine L. Johnson + LIVING Pine Tree – Vento Nature Sanctuary 18 August 2018

WILLOW

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/693-waterfall-willow-shelter-in-a-storm-yourmy-willow-oh-willow-when-the-sun-is-out/

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“Real poetry is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”

Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉)

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PINE TREE: AN APPEAL to HEAVEN                                             Catherine L. Johnson  1999

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LIVING Pine Tree                           Vento Nature Sanctuary                           18 August 2018

 

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Nature

welcomes,

invites

and

blesses

heal/thy

BLOOOOOOOOMS

with

light,

water

and

sky!

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This is true of authentic love, living love:

Nature’s beautiful offering and gift – not forced – an amazing grace of natural living love.

Let it BE y/our LIFE…

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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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#810 + DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER’S HERHYMN “Try a Little Tenderness” + DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER’S new ALBUM ” MEMPHIS…YES I’M READY”

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http://www.deedeebridgewater.com/

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DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER’S

“Try A Little Tenderness”

is a 

RELEVANT

SEXY SENSUAL

HERHYMN

 – a

LUSH ATTENTIVE

SALUTATION

of/ for/ to

WOMEN!

 

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“…Take my advice

it’s so nice

when you hold her,

love her,

kiss her,

squeeze her,

don’t tease her

Baby c’mon,

C’mon

Try some tenderness,

tenderness, oh yes…”

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Above: the closing verses adaption by:  Dee Dee Bridgewater

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Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try, try a little tenderness, yeah 
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You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating
For things that she’ll never, never, never, never possess, no no
But while she’s there waiting, without them
Try a little tenderness (that’s all you gotta do)
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You know it’s not just sentimental, no, no, no
She has her grief and care, 
But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah
It makes it easier, easier, easier to bear, oh
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You won’t regret it
Young girls they don’t forget it
Love is their whole happiness, yes
But it’s all so easy
All you gotta do is try a little tenderness, oh yeah
All you gotta do man oh oh is hold her where you want her
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And squeeze her, don’t tease her, never leave her
Oh just try a little tenderness, oh oh

try it, try it, try it

You got to hold her, know how to love her,

and baby take this advice..”

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Above: original opening verses and their adaption by  Dee Dee Bridgewater

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EDIT:

Each and every

 child, man and woman

deserves and needs

tenderness.

Our America needs to offer tenderness to be GR8 again. 

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From alternative facts to tender age shelters – how euphemisms become political weapons of mass distraction

http://theconversation.com/from-alternative-facts-to-tender-age-shelters-how-euphemisms-become-political-weapons-of-mass-distraction-98738

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“Try a Little Tenderness”

Songwriters: Jimmy Campbell / Reg Connelly / Harry M. Woods

Try a Little Tenderness lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Other cover versions: https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/602520/versions

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Dee Dee Bridgewater at 3 years old -when her family moved from Memphis to Flint, MI

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The story of

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER’S

MEMPHIS… YES, I’M READY:

https://www.okeh-records.com/2017/07/28/release-dee-dee-bridgewaters-album-inspired-by-her-memphis-roots

https://jazztimes.com/departments/interview/dee-dee-bridgewater-memphis-roots-showing/

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/536501794/dee-dee-bridgewater-explores-her-memphis-roots-with-hound-dog

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Dee Dee Bridgewater and I!

When/Where: 23 June @ The Twin Cities Jazz Fest 2018!

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Dee and I met at the FIRST Dakota Jazz Club in Bandana Square 20 years ago!

 I was with my beloved friend, the late yet THE FOREVER PRESENT + ETERNAL Jane Matteson.

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Me, Catherine L. Johnson, at 3 years old.

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HERHYMN: BE BRAVE                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson  2013

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For further information on

Catherine L. Johnson’s HERHYMN: BE BRAVE,  please click on links below: 

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/herhymns-be-brave-2013

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/809-the-longest-day-summer-solstice-until-the-story-of-the-hunt-is-told-by-the-lion-the-tale-of-the-hunt-will-always-glorify-the-hunter-african-proverb/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/the-writings-herhymns-be-brave-lullaby-i-thou-poem-a-lullaby-for-a-lover-catherine-l-johnson-interdisciplinary-artist-humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art/

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#790 + FOR CHARLES LLOYD / DOROTHY DARR + CHARLES’ EIGHT OH! on the IDES OF MARCH 2018 + For CL/DD “SACRED/LISTEN” 2018

SACRED/LISTEN

For Charles Lloyd + Dorothy Darr

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SACRED/LISTEN #1   ICON (9″H x 4″W)   For Charles + Dorothy   9 March 2018

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BLES/SINGS

to

THE BDaY EIGHT OH! SHAMANMAHN,

CHARLES LLOYD!

YOUR SONICS are the DIVINING ROD,

the water + the brilliance,

of  

riSING SUBLIME LOVE

an epiphanic CATHEDRAL shining,

FLOWing,

with irreplaceable

SACRED JOY + SOLEMN LIGHT!

 

with

 OCEANICLOVEAFFECTION

to

CHARLES + DOROTHY,
XX oo CATHERINE

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http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/sacredlisten-1-2-3-4

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/721-15-march-ides-of-march-charles-lloyds-sevennine-birthday/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/charles-lloyd-mpls-snow-blizzard-to-charles-divine-fire-charles-sacred-sonics-with-the-collective-genius-of-bill-frisell-reuben-rogers-eric-harland-2-february-2016-the-dakota-aka-low/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/charles-lloyd-dorothy-darr-catherine-l-johnson-30-june-2015-lowell-picketts-living-room-aka-the-dakota/X

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/charles-lloyd-charles-lloyd-new-quartet-jason-moranreuben-rogerseric-harland-village-vanguard-15-march-2015-radical-empathy-nyt-nate-chinen-charles-lloyd-nea-jazz-master-charle/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/ides-of-march-charles-lloyd-76-nephew-will-15-031514hb-15-march-2014/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/catherine-l-johnson-joy-sacred-birds-charles-lloydbilly-higgins-free-birds-free/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/charles-lloyd-75th-birthday15-march-the-ides-of-march-2013-music-is-a-healing-force-temple-of-dendur-the-met-jason-moraneric-harlandreuben-rogers-gr8-joy/

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SACRED/LISTEN #2              (19″H x 12.75″W)                               Catherine L. Johnson   2018

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SACRED/LISTEN #3                   (19″H x 12.75″W)                          Catherine L. Johnson   2018

 

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SACRED/LISTEN #4            (19″H x 12.75″W)                                    Catherine L. Johnson   2018

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9 March/GREEN Line>DAKOTA/meet Michele Jansen/FlyAnnoint in Charles’s SUBLIME sonics

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9 + 11 March 2018 @ Lowell’s “LIVING ROOM” aka DAKOTA          SACRED/LISTEN

 

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Yes, Charles, I was

THERE...

ALWAYS. ALL WAYS.

Thank you. Yes, absolutely. Forever.

Of course, Master Billy Higgins was DANCING!!!!!

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#789 + DARK sTar #1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6 2018 + CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + “She /IN the dark/ Found LIGHT…” LANGSTON HUGHES

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DARK

sTar

2018

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FORAWCUMESEELUMINOUSBEAUTIFULRADIANTLIGHTTHATISCLEARLYTANGIBLE

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TO ENLARGE + FOR DETAIL, PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE

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For further information, please click on link:

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/dark-star-1-2-3-4-5-6

 

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DARK sTar #1                                                                                               Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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DARK sTar #2                                                                                                Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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DARK sTar #3                                                                                               Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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DARK sTar #4                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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DARK sTar #5                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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DARK sTar #6                                                                                                  Catherine L. Johnson 2018

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Title: “Helen Keller”

Langston Hughes:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes

Definition of dower: a natural gift

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#785 + SEeSEaSHIP #11/ #12 2018 + CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + ANTHONY COX / BILLY HIGGINS > Samba Je Hed

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SEeSEaSHIP #11                                                                                     Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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SEeSEaSHIP #12                                                                                     Catherine L. Johnson  2018

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ANTHONY COX + BILLY HIGGINS

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RAREOFFERINGSOFTHERADIANTEXPERIENCEOFPUREBEAUTYTHESUBLIMELUMINOUSTRANSCENDENCE. THANK YOU, AWC, FOR YOUR SONIC GENIUS + THE EVENT WITH THE LATE/BELOVED MASTER BILLY HIGGINS.

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SEeSEaSHIP series

2017 – 2018

For further information, please click on images + link below:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/763-seeseaship-1-2-3-4-catherine-l-johnson-2017-wild-nights-wild-nights-269-emily-dickinson/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/766-seeseaship-5-6-2017-catherine-l-johnson-song-of-singing-corea-holland-altschul-ancient-egyptian-ships/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/767-seeseaship-7-8-9-2017-catherine-l-johnson-da-vincis-glider-song-dynasty-960-1279-dave-holland-4tetconference-of-the-birds/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/768-seeseaship-10-2017-catherine-l-johnson-e-conference-of-the-birds-or-speech-of-the-birds-persian-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b7%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%db%8c%d8%b1%e2%80%8e-dave-holland-4tet/

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/seeseaship-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12

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