#977 + BRIGHT BRILLIANT SHINING FRESH NEW YEAR! + BE RADICAL 2021!!!!! + FLY FORWARD! + RESILIENCE

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WE,

the people,

prevailed

like the

PINE TREE

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

 

+

 

BE KIND

will be the

2021

trajectory FLY mantra!

 

 

Lots of 🌟brilliant🌟 love,

👸🏻

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🌟

 

Each 

created ornament

was/is

a labor intensive

intention!

🌟

Each

was

handmade,

created as a meditation,

prayers:

akin to the

resounding prayer wheels

of Tibetan Buddhism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel

– the

daily practice

of

moving/spinning

a

prayer wheel

as a vehicle to

release

one’s

 

internal compassion

 

INTO

the

world!

 

🌟
⭐️
⭐️
🌟
⭐️

 

RADICAL HOPE

RADICAL EMPATHY

RADICAL RESILIENCE

 

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IMPROVISE

LIVE FORWARD

 

 

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RESILIENCE

Resilience is a skill that allows you to cope

with challenges with greater clarity and inner strength.

Resilient people not only survive after a setback,

they come back stronger and wiser.

We now know that resilience can be developed.

Think of resilience as an emotional muscle

that can be strengthened at any time.

There are specific action steps you can take

to speed up your emotional recovery

in times of stress.

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And, GR8 GRRRRRRRATITUDE to my/your/our K9s!

The Dogs of 2020 pic.twitter.com/xVQdlkgW1T

— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 30, 2020

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#976 + 29 December 21st Century + PLANET: Earth + WHEEEEE! ‘A GRRRRRRRRRRRRRL!!!!!’

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Birthday x-skiing with Zachary William Robert James Woodridge at Vento Nature Sanctuary!

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MOGA!

Making

Orange

GR8

Again!!!

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My sister, Anne, and her family gave me the birthday card – above.

Anne, Thomas, Olivia and their Springer Spaniel Chelsea

drove from Chanhassen to see me!

DELIGHT!

We went to Battle Creek Dog Park!

Of course,  my K9 Zachary accompanied!

Two hours 2gether

after such immeasurable absence

was beyond beautiful for me.

As I opened the card, Anne said: “This card is you!”

“YES!: my niece and nephew agreed!

I cannot express the poignant joy

I experienced upon looking at the illustration

entwined with my sister’s perception

of

me.

My heart bloomed:

to be seen as such!

I decided to show what was given to me

as an equivalence testament

was gold to me.

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#975 + blesSINGS HOPE + PREVAILING RESILIENCE + PREVAILING KINDNESS + blesSINGS EMPATHY + Offerings…

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blesSINGS

HOPE

  PREVAILING

RESILIENCE

  PREVAILING

KINDNESS

blesSINGS

EMPATHY

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In this uncertain,

roiling time

of the

COVID-19 pandemic,

* THE BLACK DOG CAFE,

https://www.blackdogstpaul.com/

https://www.blackdogstpaul.com/story

Princess Cutie,

and

U-571

collaborated in offerings

for/to

the

 community

who

‘sheltered in place’

and 

supported

*an acclaimed Lowertown restaurant

– a welcoming warm harbor for over twenty years –

by ordering their

‘BE A HOLIDAY‘

takeout dinner.

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Please click on link to view:

‘BE A HOLIDAY’ BLACK DOG CAFE Princess Cutie U-571

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U-571’s

curated

sonic selections/offerings:

 

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Princess Cutie

and

U-571

keep/uphold their anonymity

 and

they offer beauty

to

you.

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Please note:

Another collaboration

of

WE, the people; FOR the people :

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2020/12/22/974-radical-empathy-be-a-holiday-blessings-community-communication/

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#974 + RADICAL empathy + ‘BE A HOLIDAY’ + blesSINGS of COMMUNITY/commUnIcation + ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

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RADICAL

empathy

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RADICAL

[ rad-i-kuhl ]

adjective

of or going to the root or origin;

fundamental

empathy

[ em-puh-thee ]

noun

the identification with the feelings,

thoughts, or attitudes of another

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BE A HOLIDAY HALLIE Q BROWN 11 x 17

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HALLIE Q. BROWN

http://www.hallieqbrown.org/site/

The Mission of Hallie Q. Brown

is to improve the quality of life in our community

by providing access to critical human services,

fostering and promoting personal growth,

and

developing community leadership.

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PROGRAM: Basic Needs

http://www.hallieqbrown.org/site/index.php/programs/basic-needs/

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ENTRANCE outside DOOR: BLACK DOG CAFE  308 Prince St.

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BLACK DOG CAFE’s vestibule: DROP OFF for DONATIONS

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‘BE A HOLIDAY‘

Please donate to your local food shelf.

Your community’s ‘food insecurity’ is real.

A community’s blesSINGS of kindness to others.

 

RADICAL

empathy

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Dawn Selle,

HALLIE Q. BROWN

Director of External Affairs & Development

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YES

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Beautiful offerings from

and

generous participation by:

My O-sister, SBF

U-571

Princess Cutie

Black Dog Cafe, The Remke Family

Noel Nix, Mayor Melvin Carter 3’s Community Liaison

Cardozo Fine Art, Peter

Anchor Paper, Edna

The SAINTS, Eddie

J. H.

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blesSINGS

GRATITUDE

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WATCH/EXPERIENCE:

The film adaption of

August Wilson’s

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Thank you, Chadwick Boseman.

 

 

Chadwick Boseman,

BLACK PANTHER / King T’Challa,

and

Viola Davis

embodies / testifies

August Wilson’s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

BLM.

 

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#973 + ‘SMALL AXE’ a collection of 5 films by STEVE McQUEEN + FIVE masterpieces + “I’ve been watching you”

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https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/small_axe

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“If you are the big tree,

we are the small axe,

ready to cut you down.”

Bob Marley

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Steve McQueen, Director

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)

‘Small Axe’:

Steve McQueen Talks 5-Part Anthology

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/05/943533982/-small-axe-steve-mcqueen-talks-5-part-anthology

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Small Axe

Is

a

Revelation

https://www.vulture.com/article/small-axe-movie-review-lovers-rock-is-one-of-2020s-best.html

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The

Sensuality and Brutality

of

Steve McQueen’s

“Small Axe”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/the-sensuality-and-brutality-of-steve-mcqueens-small-axe

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Poignant.

Powerful.

Heartbreaking.

Visceral.

Shatteringly beautiful.

Stunning.

Raw.

Now.

The blood of truth-telling.

The elixir of love’s awakening, disclosure, transcendence, desire.

The kiss, the embrace, the courage, the fire of community when standing UP.

Love IS telling the coeurtruth of what is silence and silenced.

Love IS CALLING OUT.

CLJ

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Thank YOU, Steve McQueen,

for

your pure genius spectrum:

humanity’s wavelength brilliance

and

your cinematic sonic telling.

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#972 + 26 November + ‘GIVING THANKS’ 2020 + GRATITUDE + ‘SIMPLE GIFTS’ + WINGS of RADICAL HOPE

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To enlarge images and for detail,

please click on each one!

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Artist: Sofia Age: 8 Home: Minnesota GRANDdaughter of: dear friend GM

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GIVING

THANKS

2020
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Artist: Priscilla Age: 8 in 1950 Home: New York treasured memento kept by her Mother

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Artist: ‘Princess Cutie’ Age: Forever Young Home: Earth For: Black Dog Cafe

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BLACK DOG CAFE

GIVING THANKS

TAKE-OUT DINNER

❤️🇺🇸😷🇺🇸❤️

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Black Dog Cafe’s Andy Remke (co-owner with his sister, Sara Remke)!

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2020 ‘GIVING THANKS’ Beauty IS

Please click on the link above for

beautiful selected SONIC offerings

by U-571!!!

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WINGS of RADICAL HOPE

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🌈❣🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏻❣🌈

2020

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STAY well!!!

LOVE lots!!!!!

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#781 + aNEWyeaR2018 + RADICAL HOPE + riSING soaRING SONGS + SOARING through darkness to LIGHT + HALLELUJAH!!!!!

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OwN2018

COMPLACENCY is EXTINGUISHED.

COMPLICITY is DOUSED.

CUBES are IDENTIFIED.

LIGHT Y/OUR FIRE.

BE Y/OUR FIRE.

riSING Y/OUR soaRING SONGS!

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700,000 Female Farmworkers Say They Stand With

Hollywood Actors Against Sexual Assault

http://time.com/5018813/farmworkers-solidarity-hollywood-sexual-assault/

Powerful Hollywood Women Unveil Anti-Harassment Action Plan

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/movies/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html

 The clock has RUN OUT on

sexual assault, harassment and inequality

in the workplace.

It’s time to do something about it.

Click on link, please:

https://www.timesupnow.com/

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OUR MINNESOTA hurricane lamp “SPRING”!!!!!
OUR MAYOR MELVIN CARTER!!!!!

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/762-radical-hope-action-definition-of-a-luminous-grace-fire-in-a-hurricane-lamp-melvin-carter-wins-st-pauls-our-mayor-tony-soprano/

https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/office-mayor-elect/inauguration-events

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YES!

YES!

YES!

NEW YEAR!

Call OUT

RADICAL HOPE

 riSING soaRING SONGS!

YES!

YES!

YES!

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SEE

ships

on

dark

seas

that

become

on

the

wing

birds

SOARING

through

darkness

to

LIGHT

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SEeSEaSHIP #10                                                                                     Catherine L. Johnson  2017

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For further information on the

SEeSEaSHIP series,

 please click on images + link below:

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/

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/

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

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Life is LIVING LIFE.

 
LIVING LIFE is LIVING LIFE not “WHAT IF”!

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Call OUT

YOUR

RADICAL HOPE

 riSING 

soaRING

SONGS!

YES!

YES!

YES!

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LIGHTCOMFORTJOYLOVEHOPE is PEACE

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AWCLIGHTYOUMYRADICALHOPELIFEYESDOIWILLTOOFORYOU

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#672 + 13th Amendment to the Constitution: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude/ except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted / shall exist within the United States.” + Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed documentary “13th” is an incendiary/brilliant analysis- U MUST KNOW THIS CONTENT!!!!”

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The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary

refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution,

which reads:

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,

 

except as a punishment for crime whereof the party

shall have been duly convicted,

 

shall exist within the United States.”

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The progression from that second qualifying clause

to the horrors of mass criminalization

and the sprawling American prison industry

is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity.

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With a potent mixture of archival footage

and testimony from a dazzling array of activists,

politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men,

DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis.

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Rating: NR

Genre: Documentary

Directed by: Ava DuVernay, Director of  ‘SELMA’

Opened the 2016 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

Netflix: Oct 7, 2016

Limited On DVD:  7 Oct 2016

Runtime: 100 minutes

Studio: Netflix

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13TH is a MUST bear WITNESS:

TRUMP campaign + TRUMP supporters

ECHOES/ parallels/ the terrifying, blood curdling, HATE

of

HUMANS’ INHUMANITY TO HUMANS.

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Please WATCH on Netflix

before ELECTION DAY- Tuesday/8 Nov!

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THE HALL OF LAMENT: STAND YOUR GROUND FOR TRAYVON MARTIN

+ CALL OUT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE /MORAL COURAGE/TRUTH

+ 2012 ST. PAUL SPRING ART CRAWL

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/hall-of-lament-stand-your-ground-for-trayvon-martin-call-out-for-social-justice-moral-couragetruth-2012-st-paul-spring-art-crawl/

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PLEASE READ WITNESS’ COMMENT:  https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/the-hall-of-lament-no-words-necessary-call-and-response-the-reponse-was-visceral-powerful-and-crying/

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ISAIAH

and FIRST LIGHT@ NIGHT

+ MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION

+ CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + DAN CHOMA

+ SPRING 2013 ST. PAUL ART CRAWL

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/isaiah-and-first-light-night-multimedia-installation-catherine-l-johnson-dan-choma-spring-2013-st-paul-art-crawl/

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4 March 2013

+ What COLOR? What difference does it make 911!

HUMAN!

+ I do NOT understand why people insist

on creating boxes / genres / boundaries!

+ Soul is NOT bound!

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/4-march-2013-what-color-what-difference-does-it-make-911-human-i-do-not-understand-why-people-insist-on-creating-boxes-genres-boundaries-soul-is-not-bound/

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PLEASE LISTEN:

http://firstlightatnight.bandcamp.com/track/isaiah

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LOUISIANA’S LEGAL GUMBO

+ THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

+ PENAL SERVITUDE=SLAVERY

+ PRISONER CHATTEL=PROFIT

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/louisianas-legal-gumbo-thirteenth-amendment-penal-servitudeslavery-prisoner-chattelprofit/

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FIFTEEN PAINTINGS – 28 AUGUST 2013

+ THE HUMANITY PORTFOLIO

+ 28 AUGUST 2013 – THE 50th ANNIVERSARY

OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

FOR FREEDOM + JOBS

+ REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S  

“I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/fifteen-paintings-28-august-2013-the-humanity-portfolio-28-august-2013-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington-for-freedom-jobs-rev-dr-martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-s/

 

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IWISHIKNEW 2011 CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

+ “Mindless Menace of Violence” ROBERT F. KENNEDY / 5 APRIL 1968

+ HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/12/11/iwishiknew-2011-catherine-l-johnson-mindless-menace-of-violence-robert-f-kennedy-5-april-1968-humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition/

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ICANFEEL + MAS/SACRED LIVES

+ SUMMER 2015 + CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/icanfeel-summer-2015-catherine-l-johnson/

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MINNESOTA: LAND of 10K LAKES

+ How St. Anthony Police killed Philando Castile

+ LOUISIANA/ Baton Rouge

+ “CD MAN” of Baton Rouge aka Alton Sterling

killed with MULTIPLE SHOTS

+ MARVIN GAYE: “WHAT’S GOING ON”

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/minnesota-land-of-10-000-lakes-how-st-paul-police-killed-philando-castile-louisiana-baton-rouge-cd-man-of-baton-rouge-aka-alton-sterling-killed-with-multiple-shots-marvin-gaye/

 

 

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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN                                       Catherine L. Johnson 2013

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PLEASE CLICK TWICE ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN

will be exhibited

@ AZ GALLERY’s ANNUAL LOWERTOWN ART SHOW

 20 October 20 – 20 November 2016

http://www.theazgallery.org/events/

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PLEASE NOTE: 

REVIEW / “HUMANLY POSSIBLE:

THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION”

@ INSTINCT ART GALLERY

– “The path to empathy”

by MPLS STAR TRIBUNE

art critic Mary Abbe

+ PUBLISHED NEW YEAR’ S DAY 2016

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/review-humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art-gallery-the-path-to-empathy-by-mpls-star-tribune-art-critic-mary-abbe-published-new-year-s-day-2016/

 

 

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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN 2013:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/depraved-heart-murder-marilyn-mosby-attorney-general-of-maryland-homicide-of-freddie-gray-freshdriedblood-humanity-portfolio-2013-catherine-l-johnson-artist/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/freshdriedbloodiamhuman-ferguson-usa-prevailing-narratives-moral-courage-creative-courage-why/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/no-woman-no-cry-no-shrieks-no-woman-no-cry-no-shrieks-i-cannot-bear-to-hear-people-crying-in-pain-if-you-know-and-were-told-you-are-complicit-to-the-psychic-damages-injuries-of-others/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art-gallery-21-november-2015-16-january-2016-freshdriedbloodiamhuman-2013-catherine-l-johnson-the-humanity-port/

 

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PINE TREE: HOPE 2005 CATHERINE L. JOHNSON + SERENITY/COURAGE TO CHANGE/PRAYER + XENOPHOBIA + America was/is an innovation-an ongoing experiment/improvisation of freedom. + HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION @ INSTINCT ART GALLERY

 Pine Tree: HOPE                                                                    Catherine L. Johnson  2005 

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PLEASE CLICK TWICE ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

PINE TREE: HOPE 2005 

is dynamic, changing/alternating in color/saturation

depending on the ambient/source of the light

and

the position of viewer in relation to the work.

Intimate. Revelatory. Evanescent. Epiphanic.

 

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O God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed,

The courage to change what can be changed,

And the wisdom to know the one from the other

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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971)

American theologian, ethicist, public intellectual,

commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor.

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SERENITY/ COURAGE TO CHANGE / PRAYER

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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

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xen·o·pho·bi·a

ˌzenəˈfōbēə,ˌzēnəˈfōbēə/

noun:

xenophobia

1.) intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

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Americans have the moral courage to challenge xenophobia.

Americans have the wisdom to change the practice of xenophobia.

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We are Americans.

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Our fundamental values does not uphold/tolerate hate or fear.

America does not teach hate or fear.

Or, do we?

Americans protects the value of human dignity and equal rights for all.

Americans cherishes our legacy as a country that was created

by refugees and immigrants.

Or, do we?

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America was/is an innovation

-an ongoing experiment/improvisation of freedom.

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Americans was/is a testament of hope as a concept and hope as an action,

a truth and an offering of light over darkness.

Remember, Americans, about what defines America?

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America is HOPE,

a harbor of HOPE and is the light of HOPE.

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 Pine Tree: HOPE 2005 

http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/pine-tree-hope-2005

will be shown in HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION.

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INSTINCT ART GALLERY

HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION

OPENS 21 NOVEMBER 2015 –  CLOSES 16 JANUARY 2016

http://www.instinctmpls.com/upcoming/

https://www.facebook.com/instinctartmpls/

940 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS

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Music/art are universal balms/emollients, a solace for wounded souls

– and unifies one with all.

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I offer you the halcyon of John Coltrane’s PEACE ON EARTH:

John Coltrane – soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion
Alice Coltrane – piano
Pharaoh Sanders – alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Rashied Ali – drums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyznfmsPukX

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/peace-on-earth-john-coltrane-live-in-japan-1966-2508-japan-meditatations-catherine-l-johnson-2011/

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE I-X PORTFOLIO + SUMMER 2014 + CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE I-X

PORTFOLIO

 

 

SUMMER 2014

 

 

CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

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CLICK TWICE ON EACH IMAGE TO ENLARGE

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE  #1                                                                              CATHERINE L. JOHNSON   2014    

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #2                                                              CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #3                                                             CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #4                                                                CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #5                                                                    CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #6                                                                     CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE                                                                CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #8                                                                CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #9                                                           CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #10                                                              CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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CLICK TWICE ON EACH IMAGE TO ENLARGE

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PLEASE NOTE:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/all-the-things-you-are-jerome-kern-oscar-hammerstein-ii-4-may-2014-allthethingsyouarethepromisedkissofspringtime-catherine-l-johnson/

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+

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/all-the-things-you-are-jerome-kern-oscar-hammerstein-ii-4-may-2014-allthethingsyouarethepromisedkissofspringtime-catherine-l-johnson/

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ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

JEROME KERN + OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

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http://youtu.be/_Rh3xsKjQZM

All the Things You C#: Charles Mingus! Thank YOU, Peter!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPapxr8GvGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvOsegThJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqJChqiixp8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTORd2Y_X6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zhZ3lxJYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKbALH8UNI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6UM1-atfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgTcfxl1m9E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-IBKEkXGZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2HpO-a0Q8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apkgYw7QMhU

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All The Things You Are

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Time and again I’ve longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did I long for? I never really knew.
Finding your love I’ve found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
All that I want in all of this world is you.

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(chorus)

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You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,
And some day I’ll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!

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The

ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE I-X

PORTFOLIO

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is comprised of 10 collages.

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Each collage

is an improvisation, a visual riff,

samplings from this beautiful love song

created in 1939.

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It is my favorite love song.

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The song describes a romantic love

 that is a natural,

an ever-changing sacred energy,

not a tether, nor a possession,

but,

an exploration of a majestic,

expansive,

improvisational open field

full of wonder and humility,

an ever evolving

 breath

of  

the very life  of  life

itself.

 

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Love is the promised kiss of springtime.

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I started the portfolio

in the beginning of springtime

and

completed the portfolio  towards the end of  summer

–  still beholding + enveloping the vestiges of spring’s chartreuse.

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Photo credit: Matt N. Kane, Cinematographer

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