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NEST: FOR YOU A LULLABY #9 2010


Please note:
my work is an experience, that needs an encounter for its truth. It is likened to viewing a photograph of a lover in contrast to reveling in the actual presence of the beloved-a real commUnIcation.

So it is with ALL my work.




The stories, lived and imagined, of our lives becomes our life.

Sincere and simple, suddenly and slowly.




We never know the stories that people live within, until you love them and softly shine love's pure glow toward their heart....slowly, gently as a
whisper. In time, as when winter yields to spring, they may let you see
them in moments of emotional and honest disclosure when they release
the stories of their lives. The faithful stories we tell one another is
the sound, the music, the garden, the vast blue sky, the rain, the
flight, the candle touch- the quiet, fragrant gardenia bloom.



The stories may be told as a silence, a pause, a furtive smile, a sigh, a
hand's caress, a sudden kiss... what is heard, seen, touched and tasted may reveal and then cloak. Perhaps, you can see them before they see themselves. Perhaps, they can see you before you see you. Alternating, improvisational with breath as the rhythm, tenderness as the beacon and the offer of a nest as the welcome home. The conversation of the senses: the giving and receiving is the passionate mad heaven of raw darkness and light elegance. Both is true and necessary for the life of love's arc. Telling the truth deeply- spare and baroque to, for and with another. Not knowing what may open or close, and knowing nothing and knowing everything in each moment of telling the truth. Mystery. Trust. Patience. Freedom. Release. Devotion. Love. Gift.





Sincere and simple, suddenly and slowly.



Catherine L. Johnson





NEST: FOR YOU A LULLABY #9 2010


The stories of our lives becomes our life.

Sincere and simple, suddenly and slowly.


17" H x 13" W

Mixed media on board


A pentimento of graphite, morning yellow paint and incised lines. The disclosure evolves and awaits.

Artist

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