THANK YOU !
LOWERTOWN
ST. PAUL’S
BLACK DOG CAFE + KYATCHI
customers
“WARMED”
ST. PAUL
by
SteppingUP/GIVING
122 lbs.
of
HATS / MITTENS / SCARVES / SOCKS!
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MOBILIZE WARM ACTIONS
“It was Valentine’s Day!…” Parkland High School survivor
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“ We are now faced with the fact
that tomorrow is today.
We are confronted with
the fierce urgency of now .
In this unfolding conundrum
of life and history,
there “is” such a thing
as being too late .
This is no time for apathy or complacency.
This is a time for vigorous and positive action. ”
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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THE BLACK AMERICAN SOCIAL JUSTICE R/EVOLUTIONARY
WHO SHIFTED THE EMBEDDED
RACIAL TECTONIC PLATES OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE
WITH RESOLUTE DEDICATION
TO THE PRACTICE
OF
NON-VIOLENCE.
HUMANITY’S VOICE WAS LIFTED BY HIS VOICE/STANCE/MARCH.
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PLEASE CLICK ON LINK FOR INFORMATION:
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“ HOMELESSNESS
CAN
HAPPEN
TO
ANYONE .”
UNION GOSPEL MISSION*
* Recipient/distributor of the WARM donations:
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Keeping empathy suppressed and denied, when an innate action of humane courage is imperative, is a decision to be silence itself
– to be complicit.
All of us have been blessed with someone’s humane actions of kindness, when our worlds seemed to have shattered, that fortified our hope, our faith, our courage, our body and mind.
Practicing humanity begins with you and me.
The measure of our character is our capacity to see/reality, empathize/compassion and do the right thing/step UP moral courage.
Recall the times when your world was fragile, and someone’s actions of “SEEING” you and, in turn, they stepped UP and fulfilled your need
– a testament of radiant RADICAL HOPE.
Catherine L. Johnson
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VALENTINE’S DAY
(EXTENDED)
THROUGH
SUNDAY
18 FEBRUARY
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* LOWERTOWN *
ST. PAUL
WARMS
ST. PAUL
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OUR WINTERS = BONE SHATTERING COLD
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YES , ST. PAUL’s citizens stepped UP!
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Andy Remke, co-owner of BLACK DOG CAFE.
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Testimonial of the generosity/empathy and step UP of BLACK DOG CAFE + KYATCHI customers.
Shown: contents of BLACK DOG CAFE’s WARM box.
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Communities across America
are being forced/demanded
and
CALLED
to take
WARM ACTIONS.
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Our HUMANITY to SEE the invisible as VISIBLE
and
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
f rom being murdered by assault guns is NOW.
Are we NOW a nation of PTSD survivors of GUN VIOLENCE?
GUN VIOLENCE is a fact in OUR schools, churches and theaters.
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“Thoughts and Prayers” of our nation’s elected – alleged – leaders
are code words of : “I am recipient of NRA monies.”
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VIDEO
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The children of OUR nation are RISING!
The “fierce urgency of NOW” is THEIRS.
Our NATION must RISE and NOT be complicit.
Our ACTIONS tell the TRUTH of America’s REAL values.
Weaponizing/ARMING/stockpiling our schools with guns – NO WAY!
NO CHILDREN HUNTING.
FEAR cancels OUT learning/teaching/creativity.
PLEASE watch Emma Gonzalez, student/survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.
VIDEO
VIDEO
Oh c’mon NRA’s Dana Loesch: “These people are CRAZY people…”
The 18 y/o was armed with an ASSAULT weapon
– hunters do NOT use assault and semi-automatic weapons or bump stock their guns!
Stoneman Douglas High School students are NOW revolutionaries of the NOW.
#NEVER AGAIN
VIDEO
“We are now faced with the fact
that tomorrow is today.
We are confronted with
the fierce urgency of NOW …”
MLK
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THANK
YOU .
WARM
ACTIONS.
YOU
THANK.
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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN Catherine L. Johnson 2013
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LOVE ,
like
TELLING/ SEEKING THE TRUTH + TAKING ACTION,
is a
VERB.
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What happens when people listen,
really listen ,
to each other?
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That is, hearing the other- NOT filtering by hearing through
embedded biases and presumptions.
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Friendships/relationships that thrive
are creating something better,
more profound , like improvisational musicians
– in a conscious ensemble :
the whole + the parts creating NEW horizons
– dynamic faith + trust in each other established
by the discipline of the KEEN listening
to each other .
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They attend, listen, to each other.
It’s about integrity.
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Through the discipline/practice of
attentive/respectful and honorable listening
to each other,
they are each called out to
RISE,
and, ONLY then the improvisational
magic of sonics/conversation becomes LIGHT.
The CALL + RESPONSE of Gospels.
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I can’t improvise with hit or miss communication style.
I need the beat, the rhythm, the swing and the call and response to unfold/create.
For me, it is fundamental to creating trust, a collaborative trust/synergistic trust.
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ALCHEMY.
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The common public perception of artists/ musicians
is/can be askew/distorted/false
when THIS field of research & development to mastery
is seen/assigned/boxed/labeled
as undisciplined/ “not” working.
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UNEQUIVOCALLY FALSE
that reflects a lack of information and a bias.
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The act of creating is arduous.
The creative process is a discipline.
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Breakthroughs require courage and openness
because they reflect the depth/magnitude/faith
and the commitment
of the exploration
and
the willingness to continually dive
into the unknown.
This is true of any collaborative + purposeful/fulfilling
relationship/s.
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A dialogue, a dynamic, r/evolutionary dialogue is the event
that expands and cannot be boxed nor controlled.
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A meaningful collaboration is of equals-
one cannot be “hit or miss”
to inspire the other/s to unfold and rise .
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The improvisational magic of an ensemble,
a collaboration,
is based on relationship with each other
that calls out the MAJESTY in each other
and
is based on respecting/honoring each other.
Mutual/equal reciprocity.
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RESONANCE.
SACRED ATTENDING.
GRACE.
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A dynamic relationship is the process of
practice, practice, practice the art + discipline of
FREEDOM .
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Experience the art + discipline of freedom/ unbound spirit
-the collaboration :
Miles Davis/ John Coltrane
VIDEO
and
Charles Lloyd/Jason Moran
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The story of one’s life is relational – in relationship to others .
The relationships, the collaboration , the interaction,
is Heaven on Earth.
It is an art.
A creative prayer is
made consciously
and
with the door ajar.
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“The soul should always stand ajar,
ready to welcome
the ecstatic experience.”
Emily Dickinson
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What has occurred with the executions
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and in Falcon Heights, Minnesota
is an example, yet another example , of NOT listening.
“Hit or miss”- not present, not attending
the cues as information that creates an
off rhythm interaction.
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For the nation’s African-American police officers ,
being both black and “blue”
can mean being caught in the midst of a cultural crossfire.
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Unnatural.
Reactive.
FEAR.
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The Mississippi River offered an allegory/metaphor
of the divinity of Nature last week.
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“Ole Man River” started as a trickle of water
from Lake Itasca, Minnesota.
The ribbon of water gathered exponential force,
a great current developed, rolled downstream
and created a delta
in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The executions of innocent Americans last week
occurred within 48 hours of each other
were against the current of our humanity.
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Upstream from Baton Rouge to Falcon Heights.
Officers of the PEACE killed two American citizens-
who
they had pledged and were trained
to protect
– the people of their community.
The converse is true:
the citizens fear PEACE officers who serve the community.
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The fear of each other coupled with reckless use of guns
to protect each other from each other
is
insanity.
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We are all 80% water.
The Mississippi River is an artery.
“Ole Man River” became an allegory of a river of blood ,
and became a visual metaphor
of a cracked heart of America.
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This is what happened in St. Paul,
24 hours of Castile was executed :
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A full RAINBOW of ALL COLORS
appeared in the clearing blue skies!
A FULL HALF ARC!
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Nature’s response to the shocking transgressions
and
Nature’s call for a Gospel song of humanity,
for a dialogue, for a dynamic stand up from
ALL Americans, ALL HUMANITY.
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Nature awaits an equal/mutual response
from humanity, from America.
This beautiful gift of WONDER, a response from Nature to what happened after the slaughter in Orlando during the public vigil.
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Did anyone attend/respect/honor
this gift of calling out
“the better angels in OUR Nature”?
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Yes, many did with a conscious response.
It starts with listening to the other –
NOT filtered/selective hearing nor “hit or miss”.
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What do you enter/collaborate with and for?
How do you respond to the call of an unfolding dialogue ?
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AMAZING GRACE .
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HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION
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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN Catherine L. Johnson 2012
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THE HUMANITY PORTFOLIO:
FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN
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My art is an experience.
The experience is an encounter.
The encounter is a revelation.
The revelation is an epiphany.
The epiphany is the sacred universality of our humanity.
Catherine L. Johnson / ARTIST
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HUMANLY POSSIBLE: THE EMPATHY EXHIBITION
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