Story from Our Community:
I wonder what we will be like after this pandemic?
I really don’t want to get “back to normal.”
I hope that in facing
our collective fear and anger
and
learning the new rules of social behaviors,
there will arise within us all
a more willing spirit to
adapt/improvise/embrace
“us” rather than “me.”
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Henri Matisse. Two Dancers. 1937
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ANNOUNCING
the
FIRST + EVERY
SUNDAY
DIY
WORLDWIDE
COVID19
KITE FLYING*
EVENT
*NOTE ADAPTIONS:
RAISE YOUR ARMS UP!
SING SONGS OF HALLELUJAH!
BLOW BUBBLES!
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EACH + EVERY
SUNDAY
#1 event: Sunday 3 MAY 2020
WORLDWIDE
SUNRISE to SUNSET
*SALUTE!
*COMMEMORATE!
*AFFIRM LIFE!
Please
MOVE FORWARD
this
ANNOUNCEMENT
on your
social media:
this ‘essential’ special/ongoing
EVENT
on
SUNDAYS!
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD the ANNOUNCEMENT
– the PDF below,
PRINT, and POST!
ABSOLUTELY, YES!!!
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Flying a kite
is a
joyous meditation
of being present
in the moment,
an improvisational dance
with the wind – Nature’s breath,
and
faith songs of life:
HALLELUJAH
gospel
songs!
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DIY!
ORGANIZE YOUR KITE FLYING EVENT
OBSERVE the GOLDEN RULES to FLATTEN THE CURVE!
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1.) CHOOSE YOUR KITE!
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2.) SELECT A LOCATION
where ALL invited
can EACH practice the
SERIOUS SIX FOOT PHYSICAL DISTANCE!
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3.) SET THE TIME FRAME
between
SUNRISE to SUNSET!
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4.) INVITE a FEW FRIENDS
respecting the number
of
individuals in one area
EACH + ALL
WEAR CLOTH MASKS!!!
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The
SUNRISE to SUNSET
time frame
was chosen
so
anyone
WORLDWIDE
could
FLY A KITE
and
WE ALL RISE as ONE!!!
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What / how
WE / YOU / ME
ATTEND / RESPOND
in this dark time
of
incoherence, turbulence, and uncertainty
will be
Y/OUR story,
and
Y/OUR legacy.
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Recall
the story
of the
LITTLE PRINCE?
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There
is a
spectrum
of
conscious choices
that will
fuel or deplete
y/our overall welfare,
y/our immune system,
and
y/our ability to navigate/manage/cope.
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‘As above, so below’
examining the interplay
between
emotion and the immune system
NIH:
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CHOICE:
choosing an open heart / practicing positivity
elevates one’s immune system
and
lifts vitality:
welcoming
resilience and hope.
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CHOICE:
choosing a closed heart / practicing negativity
depresses one’s immune system
and
sinks vitality:
welcoming
helplessness and despair.
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My story:
FLY a KITE
to
SALUTE
the
BRAVE DEDICATED
FRONTLINE
WORKERS.
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FLY a KITE
to
COMMEMORATE
THOSE WE’VE LOST
to
COVID19.
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FLY a KITE
to
AFFIRM LIFE:
DANCEDANCEDANCE
2gether
in the
VAST OPEN
WONDROUS
SKY
ABOVE!!!
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For now we see through a glass, darkly;
but then face to face:
now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now stays faith, hope, charity,
these three;
but the greatest of these
is
charity.
(1 Corinthians 13: 12-13)
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BlesSINGS to/for you!!!!
Catherine
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Saturday / 10 December 2016
My brother Bill called me last night while I was at a hockey game
and
left a voice mail:
” I am COMING with ALL my dogs after I finish my rounds at the hospital.
I will be at your loft at 8:30 am!”
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I have created a new series of paintings
in the last couple days:
PALESTARS: RI/SING, a suite of 4 works.
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My visual art is a conduit/solace and a vehicle
of my internal/constantly evolving/sensuous constellation.
My visual art accesses the truth-telling oracle
in my hidden chambers, out of sight to the external world,
where I fly when I need a safe haven to breathe and listen.
The haven is where coal turns to diamonds, where lead transmutes to gold.
I must dive deep and with complete surrender.
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For the last several nights,
while in bed and under my sheets,
I watch 2 episodes of
LUKE CAGE
on Netflix
– my man crush!
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I set the alarm for 7:45 am
– giving me 5 hours to dream about Luke
– and, I am his Claire,
of course!
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7: 45 am- zen bell alarm!
I leap out of bed and Jaspar, my dog, leaps from the bed at the same time!
I make fresh coffee for my brother and I.
I photograph the new work with the soft ambient light offered by morning.
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I listen to my collection of Charles Lloyd’s sonics.
8:30 am passes.
9:30 am passes.
Bill is a surgeon and emergency cases come up.
I know NOT to call him.
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Finally, at 10:00 am,
Bill calls and informs me he is now 5 minutes away from my loft!
He tells me:
“Meet me outside in the front of your building!
Do NOT bring Jaspar with you!
I have something I must bring into your loft!”
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My imagination is
VIVID,
in technicolor; with subtitles; a spectrum of camera angles
and
is spontaneously
capable of creating
87490345 narrative possibilities
from the
OMGdevastatingIcan’tbreatheNO!!!
to
lalalalalalLOLLOLLOLbreathtakingYES!!!
Streams to torrents to tsunami velocity and rhythm.
Only a few people on Planet Earth “get” my humor.
I am imagining WHAT is he bringing with those conditions?
Holiday: a partridge in a pear tree?
Animal: a GIANT cat which would terrify Jaspar
– and, me, because I prefer canines.
A person?
Hope it is
LUKE CAGE
– yet, I know he is
a MARVEL SUPER HERO COMIC MAN
and, to me, he is
MARVELOUS.
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Bill arrives.
He says:
“DON’T MOVE!!!!!!!!
CLOSE YOUR EYES!!!!“
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( I am really hoping with unrealistic expectations:
LUKE CAGE
or
a
FAT TIRE BIKE
because I ride my bike ALL the time
– no matter the temperature–
and
my tires have lost their tread
from my flying fast and faster
on the gravel trails of Vento Nature Sanctuary
with my Jaspar running FREE
and
making the same hairpin turns I make.)
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Bill comes from stage right with a holler:
SURPRISE!!!!!
A FAT TIRE BIKE!!!!!
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My response:
SWEET CHRISTMAS!
(LUKE CAGE)
HOLY BUCKETS!
HOLY BUCKETS!
HOLYBUCKETS!
HO LY BU CK ET S!
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I am
OVER THE TOP
EXCITEDEXCITED!
We bring the MARVEL SUPER HEROINE VEHICLE into my loft!
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We then drive to Vento Nature Sanctuary
with 5 canines in the back!
We arrive within 3 minutes,
and ALL of his 4 dogs and my Jaspar
( all are English Springer Spaniels)
are set FREE:
go racing; bounding;
“springing” – a beautiful sight;
flying on the trail
– making the same hairpin turns at the same time!
A visual rush of seeing black+white zooming in a singular motion!
Int0 the fields, up the hills and down back on the trail.
They look like lean/mean Holstein
government funded
laboratory cows
who were injected with a secret serum
for the 4-legged Olympics
– flashing Black and White MARVEL COMIC CANINES
– FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT!
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Harper sees geese on the half frozen pond.
Off she runs, slides, slips onto the ice and then falls into the open water!
OMG!
Bill and I go into rescue mode.
Harper is called to the closest shoreline.
They all start up again with more fervor:
tumbling and runing together
as Harper’s fur changes into icicles!
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Bill departs to go back to his home
– far far far away deep into the Western suburbs of Minneapolis-
with a bounty of:
Thank YOU!
YOU are AMAZING!
TOTALLY SURPRISED!!!!
And, several excited grateful
WOW! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
and the preciousacred:
stunned sister kissing/hugging her reserved brother scenes
=
BEAUTIFUL is “I CAN SEE YOU!”
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Bill says with a HUGE smile:
“MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Get out there before it snows 8 inches!”
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I take it out on its maiden voyage.
SHE IS MADE OF STEEL.
WOW!
A workout unlike what I can achieve on my mountain bike!
This is a HEAVY DUTY muscle strengthening and cardio workout.
The physics of the FAT TIRES plough through snow: yes, absolutely!
The same physics applies to the force/POWER needed
to make the bike move with MAJOR wide tires!
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I loooooooove it!
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After 2 hours,
I arrive back to my loft.
Jaspar is listening
to Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins
“Which Way is East”.
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Under my down jacket, I am soaked with perspiration.
I take a long HOTHOTHOT shower.
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I look into the bathroom mirror
and
what is reflected back is WHAT?! astounding:
I am vintage;
black and white;
my hair has grown down to my shoulders and is in curls;
I am on an ocean beach;
I am in a 1960’s pointy bra bikini
lifting a 100 lb. barbell
over my head
with ONLY my right arm!
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My response:
SWEET CHRISTMAS!
(LUKE CAGE)
HOLY BUCKETS!
HOLY BUCKETS!
HOLYBUCKETS!
HO LY BU CK ET S!
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IMAGINE
what I will look like in FIVE days
biking my
NEW FAT TIRE BIKE?
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WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Now to a DANCE PARTY @ Peter’s celebrating Deandra’s 30th bday!
WHEEEEEE: lasers, black lights, walls of lights, spinning LPs +a DJ!
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I FLY KITES!
All the time now!
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Cannot bike
– due to impending right KNEE reconstruction.
Cannot kayak
– due to bilateral tendonitis of my hands.
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I FLY KITES!
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This
AFTERNOON,
23 JUNE 2012,
I flew my
RAINBOW KITE
for over
3 hours
at the
new
High Bridge Dog Park!!!
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Jaspar Obi,
my loyal
English Springer Spaniel
and
MY always FUNmate,
made 653 new K9 friends
– not Facebook friends!
Real woofers!
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I FLY KITES!
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I love flying my
KITE:
a GR8 meditation
for
love and creating:
letting go,
dancing with the wind,
total focus,
RELEASES / TRANSFORMS
the pain + frustration
into
YES
and
the
WIND,
breath of God + Nature
IS
present!
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JOY!!!!!!
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CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 