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Linda Ohlson Graham is a fine photographer and ecstatic poet who has sailed thousands of miles including the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central and South America. She also lived in (1984-93) and co-directed (1984-96) the J.M.W. Turner Museum in Denver, CO *. Her photography and spiritual writing portray the richness of her life's experience. |
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'She expresses a profound interpretation of Provincetown Arts - 2000 Initially, I give deepest thanks and humbly acknowledge thE Divine Source ... that has inspired my writing and photography, and what I feel could be a 'Guidebook to Humanity to enter the New Age'. Thank you God Contact: Linda Ohlson Graham PO Box 1928 Boulder, CO 80306-1928 eoheavens@comcast.net Donations of >A N Y size to support Linda's pursuit of contributing to WORLD PEACE would be .deeply. and lovingly accepted and appreciated. -P H E N O M E N A L- .gratitude.
* The Turner Museum was chosen -Best Place to Eat While Viewing Art- by Westword in Denver ... and -One of the 99 Finest Museums in America- by Atlantic Monthly ... during the time Linda was co-director. Announcements: Trident Booksellers and Cafe 940 Pearl St. Boulder will have an exhibit of Linda-s work: HOW to create World Peace and bring .THE END. to Global Warming + Global Visuals #3 ... from Aug. 28 - Sept. 17, 2008. There will be a reception for the artist on the back patio Aug. 29th ... in the evening.** There will be an -International Peace Day- celebration at the Boulder Band-shell Sept. 21st** from 10-2pm. Linda will share poetry during the event and have a HOW to create World Peace and bring .THE END. to Global Warming + Global Visuals #4 exhibit displayed. ** >YOU are invited! . An exhibit of Linda-s art titled -HOW to create World Peace and bring .THE END. to Global Warming + Global Visuals #2- was at the Unity Church of Boulder -Valmont and Folsum- on Sun. Aug. 3rd, 2008. Also ... Linda was invited to share some of her poetry/writing during the service, after Jack Groverland's talk. Linda was invited to be part of a group exhibit @ Cafe Play - 1155 13th St. (on thE hill) - Boulder, CO ... beginning the evening of 10-5-07. The pieces she put together for the show were titled : -Global Visuals ... 1-. On the 1st of November, Linda was invited to keep her art up for another month ... On the 1st of December, Linda was invited to keep her art up until mid-Jan., 2008! Linda was also told she could hang a -new- exhibit in the same space when the -Global Visuals- exhibit was taken down. On Jan. 11th, 2008 ... several art pieces were removed ... and -new writing pieces- titled: 'HOW to createW O R L D P E A C E and -arrest- ... -stop!- ... -bring .THE END. to Global Warming-'were added at Cafe Play. Regretably, Cafe Play closed it's doors on Mar. 28th. Linda removed her exhibit. Linda is proud to have had -4- color photos on full pages in
'Care for the Planet' - Peace Thru Action Day - Sept. 22, 2007 was held in Denver, CO. Linda was invited to be thE (guest) -'World Peace' poet/speaker-. There is information about the day @ www.carefortheplanet.org. Linda has been attending near weekly organizational meetings to plan for this year's event. Linda was in attendance at a Department of Peace ( www.thepeacealliance.org ) meeting in Denver (Linda has been invited to be a -District Co-ordinator- ... ) and shared that 'Care for the Planet' was extending an invitation to the Department of Peace to partner with them for the above mentioned event. When the invitation was accepted by those in attendance at the DOP meeting, Linda became a -co chairmen-.
Also ... the same gentle man who invited Linda to be the featured poet at Latitude 23.5 Coffee and Tea Coffee House on Clark Rd. in Sarasota FL at the end of April - 2005 - offered to produce a CD of her writing/ poetry.
Thank you -ad infinitum- to: Douglass & Isis for sharing -LOVE- and profound wisdom. and to: Joseph for sharing laughter ... , ................. joy, ......................... sailing: the wind in my face on vast oceans and 'peoples of the World' with me. Mom and Dad for rich and incredibly remarkable childhood memories They used to say, "We don't have a lot of $, but we have a lot of fun." Russell for love and generosity. Loving & deepest gratitude also to: The English artist: JMW Turner Fredi Shiff Levin St. Rita Sally Aderton Jack and Norma Groverland Unity of Boulder, CO Don and Dorothy Ann Jackson Unity of Sarasota, FL Carol Panagiotopulus The woman who (27 years ago) did an astrological reading for me in the Florida Keys Leslie McKenna Joan Bornstein Laurie Watrous Laszlo James Bean James has a radio show: Spiritual Awakening that airs each Sunday at 9am EST and encores at 9pm @ www.lime.com andClaudia Henzler ... for your gorgeous -photo views-: www.thepeacesite.blogspot.com www.faces-of-israel.blogspot.com and www.experiencingvienna.blogspot.com. Jimmy Buffet who was a friend years ago: I was lucky enough to have my picture on the album cover of Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes and I had the honor to attend his wedding. Jadene Felina Stevens & Dennis Rhodes Each of you has shared a poetic friendship par excellence. Dee Morehouse for inviting me to become a member of her FABULOUS web-site gallery OuterMostArts. Joe Patrick
for giving me the use of and then the gift of a 16' sailboat.
Heartfelt thanks to Margaret for being one of the greatest CEO's a staff of people could hope to have, and for allowing me to exhibit my photography and writing pieces where I worked in Sarasota, FL. Grand Canyon deep and cirrus cloud high gratitude to June Gordon an angel and lovely person ... who 'took me under her wing' when I arrived in Sarasota and to this day ... -continues to send LIGHT- to my experience. to Athena & Alice BB, Tennie & Alice B
and to Joe Dobzynski: Thanks so much I appreciate all that you've done! also friends from Cape Cod: Beech Forest, Billy and Skipper, Rose and Tom, Chris, Greg, Richard, Irene, Anne, Chuck, Dianna F., WOMR, Diana W., Gail, Betsy, Paula, Gar, 'Uncle' Frank (recently passed on), many many more, and ALL the beings of ALL the Worlds of creation. |
At 4am on the morning of September 12th, 2001, after seeing on TV (the day before) the second plane come around the back of and explode into the World Trade Center building, Linda created a new piece of art in a 30" by 40" frame. Later on the 12th, Linda asked permission to remove several photographs and a 20" by 24" piece of writing that were on exhibit in a long hallway leading from the parking lot into the Cape Cod 5 Bank in Orleans, MA and replace them with this 'new' piece of 'writing'. The new piece of art shared two thoughts: One is a question Linda wrote at the beginning of a Provincetown Poetry Festival 'master class' writing exercise: 'Has the time arrived when Humanity is able to digest the phenomenal REALity of just how simple it could be to shift the Earth's vibration?' 
The other shares about the French philosopher Teilhard de Chardin who created the word 'noosphere' to describe the layer of thought that hovers above nature and acts as a universal consciousness . . . a 'thinking envelope' that our thoughts go up to and then are reflected back. Linda's philosophy is that if Humanity . . . consciously with intention, either individually or collectively, could quiet our thinking mind(s) for just a few minutes daily, what would be reflected back would be more peaceful, more calm, more loving. Included in this piece of art Incrementally I believe this is a 'Formula for WORLD PEACE '. More of Linda's -poetry/writing- that addresses Peace for our Planet Earth -and beyond- ... and ... .THE END. of Global Warming is viewable @ www.lindaohlsongraham.com/poems.php and @ www.lindaohlsongraham.com/writings.php . |
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On June 22nd, 2008 ... Linda was invited (by Norma Groverland) to share some of her -HOW to create World Peace and bring .THE END. to Global Warming- -poetry/writing- as the opening prayer at the Unity of Boulder-s 9 and 11AM services ... Another recent Sunday (April 20th, 2008) Linda was invited to be the 'Special Guest Artist' at both services. She shared other excerpts from her -HOW to create World Peace and bring .THE END. to Global Warming- writing and poetry. Linda also had a table in Fellowship Hall before and after both services and had her © WORLDS BEYOND WITHIN CD ... and a few of her © EARTH OCEAN HEAVENS photographs on view and available for sale. On Saturday March 15, 2008 Linda was invited to share some of her poetry and writing re: HOW to create WORLD PEACE and -arrest- ... -stop!- ... -bring an end to Global Warming- at thE -Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center rally- at the Boulder, CO library. The rally commemorated the fifth anniversary of the occupation of Iraq. Linda received .wonderful comments. .and feedback. re: the words she shared. 
Justin Spring of SOULSPEAK/ Sarasota Poetry Theatre invited Linda to be his guest in October 2005 on his www broadcast show SOULSPEAK live which airs on www.ladybuglive.com. Linda-s show can now be accessed @ www.ladybuglive.com/soul.htm. Steve of The Surreal News on WSLR FM invited Linda to be his guest in January 2006. This show can be accessed @ www.thesurrealnews.com. Because Dick Smothers was doing a fundraiser for the station ... he was also invited to be on the show. The dialogue which includes Linda is towards the end of the show ... 
In July of 1993, Linda had brain surgery ... which she sincerely described as 'minor brain surgery' within the 1st several weeks: 1) Linda worked -3- -40 hour weeks- for her brother Russ Ohlson, who is a nationally known portrait photographer ... starting -13- days after her surgery. Russ had closed his studios in Denver, let go of his staff, and moved up to the mountains to a 12 block long mining town ... a few miles from the highway ... a dozen miles west of Vail. He invited Linda to his cabin for rest and relaxation ... then, shared with her that he had a contract to do a photo directory for a local country club and had to hire someone to do telephoning ... Linda offered. When finished, Russ paid Linda $1000! 2) On Linda's drive back down to Boulder so that she could be near her daughter, Isis, she stopped at Idaho Springs ... an undergound -hot springs- resort. Fran, one of the massage therapists, saw Linda's -4" square bald spot- and very profound scar ... and asked what shape had been cut in Linda's skull. When Linda replied 'a triangle' ... Fran bacame breathlessly excited for Linda that she had had such a profound spiritual experience. Linda then soaked in the tunnels for an hour or two ... was aware it was only a few weeks after the surgery: she had already earned a thousand dollars and Fran was sincerely ... so very excited for her! 3) Even tho Linda was told she may not live thru or come out of the surgery with her wits about her ... Linda's immediately reaction was -gratitude- ... that what had been causing dizzy spells she had had for years would be taken care of ! Linda's (within several weeks) response: Thanks and LOVE to thE 'facets of thE diamond of my healing' : a) There was a feeling of the presence of God >wherever Linda went ... regardless what she was doing *** ... b) -30 times skyscraper-sized letters: MAJOR MAGIC- facilitated by some of the following people: John, Maryjane, Mike, Henry, MaryJo, Dr. Stewart Levy (the nicest ... most competent neuro-surgeon a person could ever hope to meet), the Junior Symphony Guild of Denver, Isis, Sally, Russell, Jack G., Bob, Marcia, Becky, Fran, Debbie, Evan, John Robbins creator of the Insight trainings, Judith, Judy, Susan, Maryann, Niko and several healers in Boulder, Jennifer and the ladies of the Boulder Urantian Women Corps, Martina, Margo, Trish, Barbara, Star & Julio, Larry & Joan, Jill, Jack K., Bart, Betty, Gretchen, also Randall Leonard's & Robbie Gass' music c) Also ... there were undefined brilliant blocks of colors in Linda's mind's eye that she described as being a hundred times brighter then any seen by mortal men *** *** these lasted 2-3 weeks following her surgery. When they faded, she actually cried tears tho it felt to her that these 2 experiences had been a gift of healing from creation. 
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Contents © 2003 Linda Ohlson Graham, all rights reserved.
Photo of Linda Ohlson Graham by Thelma Turner All other photos © Linda Ohlson Graham Redesigned by John Bilicki III of JAB Creations ... and by Linda. Originally designed by Linda O.G., Dee Morehouse of OuterMostArts and OMA's webmaster. |
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