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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. 8 MARCH 2017.
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Dance (II) Henri Matisse 1910
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DANCE
1. to move one’s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly:
to dance with j o y!
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HAPPY + HAPPINESS DANCE
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A
DANCE
involving only
TWO people
is an
index / indicator/ bar o meter of incandescent
JO Y
OR
NO JOY
resonating ( or N O T ) between those same two people.
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The senses are harkened when TWO people dance .
There are NO words exchanged between them.
TO TAL FULL-O N PRESENCE.
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IF the connection/relation is charged with POSITIVE electricity,
the POSITIVE electricity/ the vibration emanates
and
is discernible to o thers!
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EXCITING O CCURRENCE:
when THE connection between two peo ple
is
AU THENTI C/ REAL / YESSSSSS ,
anyone
can FEEL the PO SITIVE electricity,
a majestic /vast constellation
sparking /breaking OPEN and thro ugh the night sky ,
when they are 2 gether!
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Their vibration canno t/will no t hide/deny!
IMP O SSIBLE !
IT’S A DIVINE GIFT – NO T planned/RANDO M!!
A SACRED /BO U NTI FU L SO U LF U L YESSSSSSS DANCE!!
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The DANCE of LO VE
LOVE is NOT a possession of another person.
LOVE does NOT control another person.
LOVE does NOT humiliate/intimidate/threaten/
imprison/shame or restrict another person.
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LOVE , authentic LOVE , honors/respects and SEES the o ther as a MARVEL, an i llu minati on !
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LO VE = ENERGY!
LO VE = R/EVOLU TI ON!
LO VE = LUMI NOU S !
LO VE = DANCING with J O Y !
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REDBU RNINGINFLAMES FLAGS,
PLEASE CLICK- CPR FOR YOU R LIFE :
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LOVE NEVER FAILS + LOVE ALWAYS PREVAILS!
LOVE IS AN ENERGY + CAN’T/WON’T BE CONTAINED!
LOVE IS DYNAMIC/UNF O LDING JO Y + FREE DO M!
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Simple sublime silent
RAPTURE
is the experience
of
AU THENTI C LO VE
between TWO people
as well as their
DANCE !!
YES , absolutely!
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Even their stillness glows :
the energy / vibration/ fragrance/ balm of transcendent/boundless happiness is
visceral!!
Int ui ted.
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DANCE is A/LIVE !!
DANCE is JO Y !!
DANCE is LETTING GO !!
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DANCE
between
lovers/ best friends
is
SPRING TIME!
Their
E NE RGY
radiates
JO YOUS HAPPINESS !!
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A bea u t i f u l
DANCE
of two c o llab o rative peo ple
is
bea u t i f u l
because it is a DYNAMIC testament
of
FREE DOM + JOY!!
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YOU b e YOU.
ME b e ME.
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When two separate evolved individuals
ch oo se to DANCE 2gether,
because they MUST,
ON/ IN
an
IMPRO VISATIO NAL
(the sync/parameters has been mutually created/ established)
collabo ratio n WITH each o ther,
their DANCE is U NI QU ELY theirs
– a bea u t i f u l occurrence–
like an
un repeatable meteor!
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Their
DANCE
IS
WHEE EEEEEE
A/LI VE
SYNERGISTIC
R /EVO LU TI O N
and
is
NEW LIFE!!
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DANCE
created by two peo ple dedicated
to their
collabo ration of disc o very/ experimentati o n
IS
an unfo lding improvisational metapho r
of their shared sacred co nnectio n
of
reciprocal / sensitive loving co nsideratio n
of each o ther .
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Their
DANCE
is the DYNAMIC testimo ny of
AMAZ ING GRACE
GRACE ENERGY
FREE DO M
letting go of control / entrusting the other HO NO RING
who they EACH are
and
surrendering to
DANCE’S
incomparable / unique/ shimmering/ miraculo us
private silent language
of
flow ING / sing ING bodies in DUET
always moving forward !
THAT is the JO Y /SU RPRI SE – LIVING LIFE’s BEAU TY!!
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DANCING
is comprised of a series of movements
within
time moving forward ,
movements that are combined
and
movements often repeated
where two people mo ve in sync
with each o ther’s steps.
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DANCING
is a c oo rdinated effort
that looks easy and effortless,
but
that look is o nly po ssible
when two people are
FAMILIAR/ respectful / PRESENT
WITH each other
A DANCE is NEVER one controlling the o ther!
PERIO D!
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The
two people ,
the
DANCERS,
are in
caring agree ment/ dedicated
to be in
SYNC
with each other,
and
have practiced their
DANCE
together
to when their mo ving to gether,
slowly + suddenly ,
beco mes
second nature .
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DANCING IS A DU ET
with the same discipline/sensitivity to the other as a musician of
I MPRO VISATIO NAL MU SIC!
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BE AU TI FU L!!
LETT ING GO of CO NTRO L!!
JO Y + FREE DO M!!
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CONTROL v SURRENDER
by MADISYN TAYLOR/ DailyOM
8 March 2017
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The answer to control is practicing surrender.
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Trying to maintain control in this life is a bit like trying to maintain control on a roller coaster. The ride has its own logic and is going to go its own way, regardless of how tightly you grip the bar. There is a thrill and a power in simply surrendering to the ride and fully feeling the ups and downs of it, letting the curves take you rather than fighting them. When you fight the ride, resisting what’s happening at every turn, your whole being becomes tense and anxiety is your close companion.
When you go with the ride, accepting what you cannot control, free dom and jo y will inevitably arise.
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As with so many seemingly simple things in life, it is not always easy to let go, even of the things we know we can’t control.
Most of us feel a great discomfort with the givens of this life, one of which is the fact that much of the time we have no control over what happens. Sometimes this awareness comes only when we have a stark encounter with this fact, and all our attempts to be in control are revealed to be unnecessary burdens. We can also cultivate this awareness in ourselves gently, by simply making surrender a daily practice. At the end of our meditation, we might bow, saying, “I surrender to this life.” This simple mantra can be repeated as necessary throughout the day, when we find ourselves metaphorically gripping the safety bar.
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We can give in to our fear and anxiety , or we can surrender to this great mystery with courage .
When we see people on a roller coaster, we see that there are those with their faces tight with fear and then there are those that smile broadly, with their hands in the air, carried through the ride on a wave of free dom and jo y. This powerful image reminds us that often the only control we have is choosing how we are going to respond to the ride.
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GRACE ENERGY / FREE DO M / CO LLABO RATIVE /JO Y
=
BE A U T I F U L DU ET/DANCE !!
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TIME ALWAYS M O VES F O RWARD!
ATTEND TO YOU R DIVINE GIFTS /O FFERINGS !
RANDO M epiphanies of WO NDER !
A WAKEN /ING
A WAKE N /ING
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Listen. Listen. LISTEN TO THE BLOOM WITHIN THE SEED !*
( * A libretto I wrote which accompanied the exhibition of my visual work – exhibition’s title was the same .)
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GO LDBirdSO NGS Triptych Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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The GO LDBirdSO NGS Triptych is a visual dance score to be transposed into sonics by a composer.
That is, the improvisational drawings are a platform
for a composer to create an improvisational/score for a string instrument
– preferably cello .
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GET YO U R DANCE O U T!!
DANCE LIFE ! / LIFE DANCE!
JO Y + FREE D OM!!
YOU B E HAPPY!!
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CARLSON SUITES/ GET YOUR DANCE OUT! Catherine L. Johnson. 2015
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GET YO UR DANCE O UT!
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HAPPY + HAPPINESS DANCE
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Please note:
Creating + viewing the color YELLOW is like holding water!
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My work needs an actual encounter.
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The BREATH series are GOLD on the dawn’s yellow.
The iridescent gold vanishe s during a unique equation/matrix
of the ambient light and the position of the viewer.
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The ICANFEEL series are the same color -yellow/GOld,
and, depending on the ambient light and position of viewer,
the color shifts and the luminosity of the graphite pencil incised into the surface glistens.
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The Gold BirdSONG series are line drawings on 100% cotton rag board.
The color pencil is Canary Yellow.
I drawLISTEN- total dive off a cliff,
then cut them up the long boards
and
then honed LISTENing as I make the parts
into VISUALsonICS.
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My art is an experience of witnessing- listening with your palms open.
My art is a performance.
It is akin to the visceral/sensual experience between
looking at a photograph of your beloved
and
being in the actual presence of your beloved.
A/LIVE.
LISTENING/ RECEIVING/ OFFERING
with ALL your senses.
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BREATH Catherine L. Johnson 1997
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ICANFEEL triptych Catherine L. Johnson 2015
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Gold BirdSONG Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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Dave King + George Cartwright – Live on Radio K
Loooooove their sonics: harrowingly hair up ecstasy!
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW
#1/ #2/ #3 / #4/ #5/ #6
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Please click for
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#7/ #8/ #9 / #10/ #11/ #12/ #13
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Black is associated with power;
elegance; formality and mystery.
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Black denotes strength and authority;
it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color.
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In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief.
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Black was one of the first colors used by artists
in neolithic cave paintings.
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Yellow is a symbolic color that brings joy and delight.
The third chakra, located at the solar plexis,
is said to be yellow.
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The
“solar plexis”
is associated with the power of the sun (solar-sun ).
Yellow, then, is associated with positive thinking.
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The solar plexis is where we/I gather
y/our/ my courage
and
y/our/ my will power.
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #1 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #3 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #4 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BLACKMOVES YELLOW #6 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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CALL + RESPONSE.
BREATHING.
LISTENING.
DANCING.
LOVING.
HONING Y/ OUR/ MY SENSES.
LIVING LIFE A/LIVE.
BLESSINGS FLOW…
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The yellow color I selected for
BLACKMOVES YELLOW
series shifts suddenly, and slowly,
the color vacillates from gold to citron
depending on the source/ intensity of the ambient light
and the position of the viewer to the work.
My art needs an actual encounter.
It IS a performance that needs to be witnessed/ experienced.
I mixed several variations of yellow like a sound engineer working with a sonic.
Refining.
Refining.
Discerning.
Refining.
Discerning.
Touchstone.
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My art is silent sonics.
You listen to it with attentive, receptive open palms.
The space is the silence between the notes.
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Each painting is a composition of disparate parts:
filmic + sonic + poetic.
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The line quality resonates with Mstislav Rostropovich’s
cello’s flowing/ deepening sonic grace of his Bach Cello Suites.
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Then there is Charles Lloyd’s sonics:
a testament of the presence of the sacred .
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I listened to Charles’
WILD MAN DANCE
as I worked in the studio over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over…
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Charles’ art is always a revelation ,
a harkening of ALL that is only visible
t o the heart, by/ for the beloved
and calls out what is luminous in y/our my soul.
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His sonics are one continuous river of reverence.
Blessing the wild.
Blessings of the serene.
Blessed are the explorers who listen to the Oracle of Delphi and hold a divining rod.
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noun
1.
the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation:
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a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight ; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated:
3.
the expression or display of glad feeling ; festive gaiety.
4.
a state of happiness or felicity.
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We all know the betrayal ,
the heartbreak, the deceit of
unauthentic joy.
Contrived.
Affected.
Feigned.
It is a dead sound.
A fake smile that thrashes your soul.
A foul smell.
A numb touch.
Your body and soul shrinks, vanishes away, unseen.
JO Y
JO Y
Sunrise, with a Boat between Headlands J. M W. Turner 1840
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“When you do things
from your soul,
you feel a river
moving in you,
a JO Y.”
Jalaluddin Rumi
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“JO Y does not simply
happen to us.
We have to choose JO Y
and
keep choosing it
every day.”
Henri J. M. Nouwen
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“I didn’t expect
to recover
from my
second operation
but since I did,
I consider that I’m living
on borrowed time.
Every day that dawns
is a gift to me
and
I take it in that way.
I accept it gratefully
without
looking beyond it.
I completely forget
my physical suffering
and
all the unpleasantness
of my present condition
and
I think only of the JO Y
of seeing the sun
RISE
once more
and
of being able to work a little bit,
even under
difficult conditions.”
Henri Matisse
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“No matter
what all your teeth
and
wet fingers anticipated,
there was no accounting
for the way
that simple JO Y
could shake you.”
Toni Morrison, “BELOVED”
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JO Y!
ELLA & LOUIS
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Their simpatico/resonance,
in both their sonics and silence,
is quiet and boundless joy,
a delighted call and response,
that is lushly beautiful!
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JO Y!
CHARLES LLOYD
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JO Y!
NICHOLAS PAYTON
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JO Y!
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JO Y!
A Trumpet Summit -Marciac 1999
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JO Y!
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JO Y!
“One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen
compassionately
and
creatively
to the
hidden silences.
Often secrets are not revealed in words,
they lie concealed in the silence
between the words
or in the depth of what is unsayable
between two people.”
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“Once the soul awakens, the search begins
and you can never go back.
From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing
that will never again let you linger in the lowlands
of complacency and partial fulfillment.
The eternal makes you urgent.
You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back
from striving toward the summit of fulfillment.”
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“Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious.
Where you are understood, you are at home.
Understanding nourishes belonging.
When you really feel understood,
you feel free to release yourself into the trust
and
shelter of the other person’s soul.”
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“When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart,
it is like the dawn breaking within you.
Where before there was anonymity, now there is intimacy;
where before there was fear, now there is courage;
where before in your life there was awkwardness,
now there is a rhythm of grace and gracefulness;
where before you used to be jagged,
now you are elegant and in rhythm with your self.
When love awakens in your life,
it is like a rebirth,
a new beginning.”
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JO Y!
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Gold BirdSONG #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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JO Y!
“The soul should always stand ajar,
ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
Emily Dickinson
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FOR ME:
KAYAKING ON ANY RIVER- ESPECIALLY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER+ THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER: WOWRAPIDS
+ LISTENING/WITNESSING TO SOARING SACRED STRATOSPHERIC IMPROVISATIONAL SONICS +
CREATING ART + USING MY PLATFORM AS AN ARTIST AS AN AGENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOULFUL/ SENSUAL / TRANSCENDENT LIVE DIALOGUES
OFFERING LIGHTLOVEGRACE WITH
MULTI-SPHERIC ADVENTURES OF INSIGHT + DEEPENING INTIMACY
WHEN THE SILENCES ARE THE SONICS ARE THE SILENCE OPENING UP
UNCHARTED MAJESTIC FIELDS OF MELLIFLUOUS SENSITIVITIES/COLORS
= EXHILARATING
JO Y !
LIVE WATERS + LIVE MUSIC + LIVE DIALOGUE/VOICES/PRESENCES + LIVE LIVING LIFE
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
KAYAKING WITH JASPAR OBI! MISSISSIPPI RIVER=HARROWING + JO Y!
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JO Y
is
the FREEDOM
to communicate/
express/sit/kneel/stand UP
for the
BETTER ANGELS IN OUR NATURE
without
fear of reprisals.
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JO Y is INTEGRITY.
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I am NOT going to stand up t o show pride in a flag
for a country that oppresses black people
and people of color,”
Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game.
“To me,
this is bigger than football
and it would be selfish on my part
to look the other way.
There are bodies in the street
and people getting paid leave
and getting away with murder .”
Colin Kaepernick
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has willingly immersed himself into controversy
by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem
in protest of what are wrongdoings
against African Americans and minorities in the United States.
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A golden laurel wreath, probably originating from Cyprus , 4th—3rd century BC
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IN ROMAN TIMES,
ARTISTS + ATHLETES WERE CROWNED
WITH LAUREL LEAVES
TO RECOGNIZE/ACKNOWLEDGE
THE INTERNAL DEDICATION/DISCIPLINE
THAT MADE THEIR PUBLIC ACHIEVEMENTS
POSSIBLE.
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ARTISTS + ATHLETES ARE MADE INTO
ENTERTAINERS/ BRANDED
IN AMERICA
STIFLED/SHAPED/STYLED BY MASS MARKETS +
DOMINANT SOCIAL STRUCTURES +
PATTERNS OF CONSUMERISM.
MANACLED. SHACKLED. BOUND.
ARTISTS + ATHLETES
ARE
ORACLES/HURRICANE LAMPS
BREAKING THOUGH + BREAKING OPEN
UNCHARTED VISIONS
RELEASING
THE LIMITS/ BARRIERS/ BOUNDARIES OF
PERCEPTION;
INTELLECTUAL PARADIGMS;
CREATIVE IMAGINATION
AND
PHYSICAL BRINKS.
ARTISTS + ATHLETES NEED
TO PRACTICE THE FREEDOM
TO GO BEYOND ARBITRARY CONFINES
TO DISCOVER MAGNIFICENCE
AND
TO DEEPEN/WIDEN/ WHO/WHAT IS OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
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ARTISTS + ATHLETES ARE FREEDOM EXPLORERS*.
GENUIS IS GENIUS.
INTEGRITY.
*THIS IS OUR JOB!
*THIS IS OUR MORAL/ SOCIAL/ ETHICAL/ ACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY!
*THIS IS OUR JO Y!
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JIMI HENDRIX’S PROTEST @WOODSTOCK
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RESPONSES TO COLIN KAEPERNICK’S USE OF HIS PLATFORM AS AN ATHLETE:
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE
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The TAKE FIERCEFIRE works resonated with
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spectrograms of bird songs:
graphs that show you the frequency, or pitch,
of a sound,
its loudness, and how these change
over the course of the sound;
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electrocardiograms of the heart:
recordings of the electrical activity of the heart
over a period of time
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polygraphs of a lie detector tests:
recording the person’s breathing rate,
the person’s pulse,
the person’s blood pressure
and
the person’s perspiration.
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The TAKE FIERCEFIRE #1 – #8 series
is driven by the same energy of desire,
a blazing wildfire,
and
the accelerated breath, the pulse
of
rage’s fury and/or the arousal of sexual ecstasy.
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PLEASE CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #1 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #3 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #4 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #6 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #7 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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TAKE FIERCEFIRE #8 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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CALL + RESPONSE.
BREATHING.
LISTENING.
FIERCE.
HEART BEAT.
NATURE.
SENSORY/ SENSUOUS.
A/LIVE.
FIRE.
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LIGHT MY FIRE
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BlueS birdSONGS
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The BlueSbirdSONGS works resonated with
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spectrograms of bird songs:
graphs that show you the frequency, or pitch,
of a sound,
its loudness, and how these change
over the course of the sound;
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electrocardiograms of the heart:
recordings of the electrical activity of the heart
over a period of time
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polygraphs of a lie detector tests:
recording the person’s breathing rate,
the person’s pulse,
the person’s blood pressure
and
the person’s perspiration.
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And,
the BlueSbirdSONGS works
echoes the call and response;
the undulating cries and spaces of the Blues.
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BlueS birdSONGS #1 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #3 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #4 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #6 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #7 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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BlueS birdSONGS #8 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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CALL + RESPONSE.
BREATHING.
LISTENING.
BLUES.
HEART BEAT.
NATURE.
SENSORY/ SENSUOUS.
A/LIVE.
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