JOY
Synonyms:
WONDER, BLISS, ECSTASY, RAPTURE, TRANSPORT
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noun
1.
the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation:
2.
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.
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JOY
JOY
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 JOY.”
Jalaluddin Rumi
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“JOY does not simply
happen to us.
We have to choose JOY
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 JOY
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 JOY
could shake you.”
Toni Morrison, “BELOVED”
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JOY!
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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JOY!
CHARLES LLOYD
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JOY!
NICHOLAS PAYTON
JOY!
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JOY!
A Trumpet Summit -Marciac 1999
JOY!
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“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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John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
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JOY!
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GoldBirdSONG #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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Please click on image to enlarge
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Please click on link below:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/goldbirdsong-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-spectrogram-electrocardiogram-polygraph-visual-graphs-confluencecollaboration-of-visualsonics-practicing-democracy-to-risebreakthrough/
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“The soul should always stand ajar,
ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
Emily Dickinson
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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/kayak-kinnickinnic-river-thrilling-x-sublime-x-bliss-20-august-2015-kinnickinnic-river-rapids-hair-reverb/
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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
JOY!
LIVE WATERS + LIVE MUSIC + LIVE DIALOGUE/VOICES/PRESENCES + LIVE LIVING LIFE
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
KAYAKING WITH JASPAR OBI! MISSISSIPPI RIVER=HARROWING + JOY!
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JOY
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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PLEASE CLICK LINKS:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/nate-chinen-nyt-8816-a-cri-de-coeur-from-jazz-musicians-in-a-black-lives-matter-age-blanchards-breathless-hall-of-lament-2012-isaiah-2013-the-humanity-portfolio-freshdri/
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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/disability-disrespect-can-you-play-the-violin-equally-to-itzhak-perlman-no-does-that-mean-you-are-disabled-what-is-essential-is-invisible-to-the-eye-the-little-prince/X
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JOY is INTEGRITY.
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I am NOT going to stand up to 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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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick
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 JOY!
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JIMI HENDRIX’S PROTEST @WOODSTOCK
http://www.spin.com/2016/09/remember-when-jimi-hendrix-protested-the-national-anthem-on-a-national-stage/
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RESPONSES TO COLIN KAEPERNICK’S USE OF HIS PLATFORM AS AN ATHLETE:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/09/02/492296505/kareem-abdul-jabbar-calls-colin-kaepernicks-concerns-very-admirable
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/49ers/2016/09/01/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-police-socks/89743344/
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 