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 … Linda hopes that thE writing that she has done ... will soon create Peace and end Global Warming ... . If you are inclined to ... share as globally as possible please: this site's web address: www.lindaohlsongraham.com and the address of Linda's other site ... which has similar tho different information: www.earthoceanheavens.com. -ty- ad infinitum ty ... Linda submitted the following idea to -Change.org-. ... If you're so inclined, please ... vote for it. ... tx Announcements : Unity of Boulder agreed and invited Linda to present a display her Haitian photos Sun. Feb. 7, 2010. 'You're photos are gorgeous.' was said to Linda numerous times. The -Boulder Benefit for Haiti- held on Feb. 4th, 2010 at the -Spice of Life Event Center- agreed that Linda could have an exhibit of photos she took in Haiti in the 70's on display during the event. Attendees were appreciative to see an exhibit of Linda's Haitian photos displayed when they entered the Event Center. The smiling faces of the Haitian people and Port au Prince the way it looked in 1976 are captured in Linda's photos. Linda shared some -writing/ poetry- on Jan. 19, 2010 at the Martin Luther King -Poetry event- announced @ www.bouldercolorado.gov.
On the morning of Dec. 31, 2009 ... Linda was the guest poet at the International Hour for Peace event at the University Center in Ft. Collins, CO. Linda's writing/ poetry received beautiful comments from many who attended. Sat. evening Dec. 12th, 2009:
The moment Linda had finished sharing some of her writing/ poetry ... Ghada herself thanked Linda for what she had shared. Carolyn Bninski soon-after said: 'That was great Linda ... ' Betty Ball of RMPJC wrote: Dear Linda ~ Thank you, so much, for reading poetry at our Peacemaker of the Year event! It was wonderful to have you with us, and a very fitting way to honor Ghada ~ We were all very moved by your words. ....... Linda is available to share her (and God's) -Vision- for PEACE.
....... In Mar. of 08 Linda attended a -Campaign to establish a US Department of Peace- meeting at the UU Church here in Boulder. At her 3rd meeting, she was invited to become the CO District 2 co-ordinator ... and has been since. When news of the National DoP Conference was announced ... both CO -state co-ordinators made it possible for Linda to attend. On Monday of the conference ... Linda led a lobbying team on Capitol Hill in Wash., DC ... in Congressman Jared Polis' DC office with his legislative asst. Conchita Cruz. Congressman Polis signed HR808 the following Fri. Then later this year ... Barb Rivera (co DoP CO state co-ordinator) invited Linda to be -Event chair- for -Visions of Peace-. See info @ www.codopcampaign.org. The VoP -opening reception- was on Sept. 20 (2-4) at the Art Student's League in Denver. Linda shared some of her writing/ poetry during 2 of 3 -oral presentations-. During Oct.'s Visions of Peace had an -Art Network for Peace- at galleries and locations around Colorado. Walker Fine Art ... 300 West 11th Ave #A Denver ... incorporated a VoP event during their -1st Fri. art walk- on Oct. 2, 2009 7-9PM ... Mercury Cafe had a VoP event on Sunday Oct. 18th @ 5:30PM. ... and Creator Mundi Gallery in Cherry Creek Denver had a VoP on Wed. Oct. 21st @ 5:30. Linda shared some of her -HOW to create World Peace and bring THE END to Global Warming- writing/ poetry. And during this -Art Network for Peace- ... Linda had art at the Mercury Cafe, Denver and at The Allenspark, CO Art Gallery/Community Center. Just to note: At the Mercury Cafe event and at the Creator Mundi Gallery event ... Barb Rivera: CO DoP co- state co-ordinator ... introduced Linda as 'The CO Department of Peace Poet Laureate'. ... Also ... a few weeks ago ... Linda was overjoyed when a CU professor said she was going to nominate Linda as CO Peace Poet Laureate. And another friend just told Linda she should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. It has touched Linda's Heart that what she has shared thus far has been so >beautifully received. © EARTH OCEAN HEAVENS was the 'Featured business' at US Bank ... 1495 Canyon Blvd. Boulder during July 2009. Linda presented a board with bio info and ... some lines from her (and God's) -HOW to Create WORLD PEACE and bring THE END to Global Warming- writing/ poetry. With the help of a few friends (beginning in March last year) Linda built a 25' 7 circuit medieval labyrinth on the property of Unity of Boulder, CO. There is a visual of it almost complete @ www.denverpenwomen.org/members/linda-ohlson-graham/. The labyrinth's dedication was on April 26th: after the 2nd service at Unity. Unity of Boulder minister Jack Groverland shared a very meaningful 'Blessing' ... Linda shared the process of how the idea to build a labyrinth manifested ... as well as a line and a few poems from her (and God's) © EARTH OCEAN HEAVENS writing/poetry. Linda shared some of her (and God's) 'HOW to create WORLD PEACE and bring THE END to Global Warming' poetry/writing (ex: @ writings and poems) at the Boulder, CO Students for Peace and Justice 'Procession for the Future Event' (www.sfpj.org) on Sunday March 8, 2009. The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center in Boulder, CO invited Linda to share several minutes of her 'HOW to create WORLD PEACE and bring THE END to Global Warming' poetry/writing ( hear a -sample) at -3- recent events: Feb. 7th, 2009 at their 'Annual meeting' evening ... during the -13th Annual Elise Boulding Peacemaker of the Year Award Presentation and Holiday Party- at Unity Church on Sat. Dec. 13th, 2008 ... and also at their -5 year Anniversary Rally for the war in Iraq- Mar. 15th 2008 at the Boulder Library. In Dec. Betty Ball ('for all of us at RMPJC') wrote to Linda: Thank you so much Linda for your wonderful contribution to our 25th Anniversary Holiday Party and Peacemaker of the Year award ceremony. As always, your poetry was deeply moving. You are so very talented! You truly helped set the tone for the evening, and helped make the event a great success, enjoyed by all. Also, on July 18th (this year) Linda shared a little poetry/writing at the RMPJC picnic and -Homemade Music and Poetry- event. Other events Linda has been 'a part of' are listed on the writings page of this site: www.lindaohlsongraham.com. 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. It-s title is -WORLDS BEYOND WITHIN- … the first in the new -EARTH OCEAN HEAVENS collection-. * The CD has been produced. One can hear a sample and it is for sale on the products page of www.earthoceanheavens.com. The -above- web site also has -log- information ... Linda also has a web page: www.denverpenwomen.org. Contact: Linda Ohlson Graham PO Box 1928 Boulder, CO 80306-1928 eoheavens@comcast.net v v v v v v
Phenomenal gratitude (beyond description: TY TY TY TY TY etc.) to -Prince- John Bilicki of JAB Creations for helping me to recreate this web-site! Thank you to: Douglass & Isis for sharing -LOVE- and profound wisdom. 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: Fredi Shiff Levin St. Rita Sally Aderton Jack and Norma Groverland Unity of Boulder 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 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 who 'took me under her wing' when I arrived in Sarasota … ... and -continues- ... (occasionally) to this day ... to send me boxes with presents.
Also: to Athena & Alice BB, Tennie & Alice B
Thanks and LOVE to:
Beautiful soul Michelle Engelsm ... who I connected with thru Rising Tide in Sarasota, FL. Carol Skylark Staley for helping me to produce an Orbital Grounding video during my last few days in Boulder … … and friends from Cape Cod: Beech Forest, Billy and Skipper, Rose and Tom, Richard, Chris, Greg, Irene, Anne, Chuck, Dianna F., WOMR, Diana W., Gail, Betsy, Paula, Gar, 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:
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. ...
Included in this piece of art … Incrementally I believe this is a 'Formula for WORLD PEACE '. |
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 @ thesurrealnews. Because Dick Smothers was doing a fundraiser for the station he was also invited to be on the show. 
Thanks and LOVE to thE 'facets of thE diamond of my healing';
* these lasted 2-3 weeks following my surgery. When they faded
On Aug. 15th, 2009 ... Linda discovered information re: THE GLOBAL FESTIVAL FOR PEACE that occurred at 200+ locations in 50 countries! There was a Synchronized Prayer for Peace on September 26, 2009 produced by EARTHDANCE International. The clock below shares the time of the -now DAILY- global meditations* synchronizing with this Earthdance Peace Watch! Linda invites ALL of Humanity to -join with those who are becoming mindful of *these times-. | |
life as a magical, spiritual journey and inspires us to stop, take in the view, and savor a deep cleansing breath.'