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March 17, 2010
- After decades of meditating, learning to be still, I found that life itself, just breathing consciously is meditation. My spiritual journey is captured in my book The Moon, Sun Showers, Rainbows and Whipped Cream Clouds. This poem says it all for me.I AM THAT, I AM What Am I? I AM a Human Being? A Human Being what? Being whatever my mind can envision. ...
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March 12, 2010
- During my stay in Kingston, Jamaica, where I performed for the U.S. Embassy's Blues on the Green Concert on February 26, 2010, I visited two primary schools: Linstead and Windwood Road, where I shared my books with several students ages 10-14. They sang songs from my book SONGS FOR MY CHILDREN, specifically, "Butterfly" and "Funky Monkey". I shared the stories of AMAZING ...
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January 7, 2010
- A song entitled "Moving Song" was the first thing I wrote. It's one of the 41 songs in the JOAN CARTWRIGHT SONG BOOK. I am the first woman in the world to publish a Jazz and Blues song book. These songs are a part of my first book IN PURSUIT OF A MELODY, a compilation of memoirs of my 38-year career as a jazz singer, 35 poems and two lectures - "Amazing Musicwomen" and ...
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December 30, 2009
- In my life, happiness is tied up with how much I appreciate everything in my life, including environment, family, friends, career and all else that I encounter. At the top of the list of things that make me happy, spending Christmas Day with my father, who is 90. Hearing from my children on my birthday and Christmas come next. The week I spent in the Bahamas with my brother who was determined to ...
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November 25, 2009
- This year, someone brought to my attention the difference between gratitude and appreciation. I had to really ponder the difference and I came to the conclusion that their contention that it is better to appreciate something than be grateful for it makes good sense. I'll begin with the definition of the two words.GRATITUDE: the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his ...
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October 14, 2009
- After considerable time and work, I've managed to convert six of my books from soft to hardcover all available at http://stores.lulu.com/divajc The reason for this is that I'm offering these books to schools and libraries and they prefer hardcover books for long-lasting reasons.So, here's a page I built with the new covers: http://www.fyicomminc.com/books.htmlIf you know a school or library ...
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October 8, 2009
- The question I have is what techniques do you use for REINVENTING YOUR ARTISTRY?I have been challenged in each new decade with reinventing myself.In my twenties, when I began performing for a fee, I utilized my youth and vitality and fulfilled my need to absorb the purpose of musical studies – self-expression.In my thirties, I concentrated more on building a repertoire of pieces I could sing ...
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August 15, 2009
- The question I have is what techniques do you use for REINVENTING YOUR ARTISTRY? I have been challenged in each new decade with reinventing myself. In my twenties, when I began performing for a fee, I utilized my youth and vitality and fulfilled my need to absorb the purpose of musical studies - self-expression. In my thirties, I concentrated more on building a repertoire of pieces I could sing ...
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March 14, 2009
- WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. celebrated Women's History Month with a performance by the Women in Jazz Ensemble at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, FL. See photos at Diva JC's photo gallery
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January 22, 2009
- Live-blogging the “American Idol” premiere by Leslie Gray Streeter | January 13th, 2009 | American Idol Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl 8:00 PM: An hour ago, I had dinner with a fabulous jazz singer named Joan Cartwright, who has written a guide for aspiring songbirds called “So, You Want To Be A Singer,” in which she writes “The road up is longer than the road down.” ...
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January 20, 2009
- In light of this very special Inauguration Day, please go to this site and tell me what America means to you? www.fyicomminc.com/america/america.htmThanks,Diva JCwww.divajc.com
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January 15, 2009
- From a child of 4, my mother had me onstage performing for hundreds of people with Bernice Johnson Dance Studio in Jamaica, NY. Throughout grade and high school, I performed with the choir, glee club and drama club, singing everything from Gregorian Chant to all the songs from "Pygmalion", in which I played Lisa Doolittle, the protagonist. In college, I was in three plays, "Three ...
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