WHY I AM A PERFORMANCE ARTIST

 WHY I AM A PERFORMANCE ARTIST

I GET IN TOUCH WITH MY ANCESTORS AND THEIR SIMILAR GIFTS TO MINE

I CONTINUE THE AESTHETIC GIFTS OF MY PARENTS

I CREATE SELF IMPOSED EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES

I PRACTICE ENDURANCE AND ENDURANCE GRANTS ME BRAVERY FOR LIFE

I DUPLICATE JESUS'S TEACHINGS

I PRACTICE FRIGHTENING THINGS SO I CAN PREPARE FOR THE FEAR OF DYING

I DUPLICATE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES I LEARNED WHILE IN THE CONVENT

I GIVE MYSELF ASSIGNMENTS LIKE HOW CAN I LEARN TO LOVE

I DUPLICATE THE SCULPTURES FOUND IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS ART

I HONOR MY OUTSIDER GRANDMOTHERS WILD FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

I SING AND PLAY INSTRUMENTS LIKE MY MUSICIAN PARENTS

I ACT WITH DEDICATION AND ENDURANCE LIKE MY FATHER AND MOTHER

I MAKE BELIEVE I ABLE TO HEAL MYSELF WITH ART JUST AS MY MOTHER HAD

I NATURALLY DUPLICATE SOME MAGICAL RITUALS THAT ARE SHAMANISTIC

I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION TO BE ART NOT JUST TO DO IT

I ACT LIKE AN UNSCHOOLED CHILD AND CALL THAT ART

I USE MY MANY TRAUMAS AS SECRET MATERIAL FOR MY PERFORMANCES

I FLY OUT OF MY LEARNED PERSONALITY BY DESIGNING MY OWN ACTIONS

I SCULPT MYSELF  AND PERFORM AS A DUPLICATED CATHOLIC CHURCH STATUE

I USE MY SINS AND NEUROSIS AS MATERIAL FOR MY ART

I CURE MYSELF OF ANOREXIA VIA A VIDEO CONFESSION

I GROW CONFIDENT FROM THE APPLAUSE AND APPRECIATION OF MY AUDIENCES

I LEARN HOW TO MOURN AS ART

I LEARN HOW TO SPEAK AS ART

I LEARN HOW TO LOVE AS ART

I MEDICATE MYSELF WITH ENDURANCES

I DUPLICATE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S RITE OF CONFESSION AS ART

I INCLUDE LIVE CHICKENS IN MY ART 

I INCLUDE CHICKENS IN MY ART  AND CALL THEM ME 

I FACE FEAR AS ART AS A REHEARSAL FOR THE TRIALS OF LIFE FEARS

I ASK AUDIENCES TO JOIN ME IN ACTIONS AND NOT JUST BE OBSERVERS

I LEARN ABOUT MY SUBCONSCIOUS DARKNESS VIA PLAY

I BECOME A PRIEST IN MY OWN SELF DESIGNED RELIGION

I RESOLVE SUBCONSCIOUS MONSTERS

I SEE MY LIFE AS A SYMBOLIC PLAY

I CONTRIBUTE TO THE REINTERPRETATION OF PATRIARCHIAL READING OF ART HISTORY

I GIVE UP MY PERSONALSELF LIES BY BECOMING OTHER PERSONAS

I DISSASOCIATE CREATIVELY

I EVOLVE FROM TAUGHT BELIEF TO SELF DETERMINATION

I USE ART TO EXPLORE THE CONCEPT OF EMPTINESS

I EMBRACE TERROR 

I REALIZE THE NEED FOR EMPTINESS AND KNOW THAT MY WORK WILL GIVE THAT TO ME

I AM NOT EMBARASSED BY BEING DIFFERENT

I CLEAR MY TRAUMA AND KARMA

I SELF HYPTOMIZE MYSELF

I GIVE OTHERS PERMISSION FOR THEM TO FACE THEIR FEARS SAFELY

I BECOME MY OWN UNPAID TEACHER

I LIVE SIMPLY AND WITH HARDLY ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM MY ART

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN MY OWN INTUITIVE METHODOLOGY

I BEFRIEND TERROR

I PUBLICALLY DEMONSTRATE FIGHT-FLIGHT

I PUBLICALLY TURN FEAR AND TERROR INTO PLAY AND RELEASED ENERGY

I RENAME AND REDO MY PERSONAL TERRIBLE NARRATIVE AS PERFORMANCE

I CREATE SELF IMPOSED DIFFICULTIES TO HELP ME FACE LIFE CHALLENGES

I REFRAME TIME ACCORDING TO MY OWN NEEDS AND THERBY DO AWAY WITH TIME

I BECOME MY OWN HEALER, BOSS AND SHAMAN

I WANTED TO BE A SAINT AS A CHILD AND ART ALLOWS ME TO BE ONE

I ALLOW MYSLEF TO BE MESSY AND WRONG AS ART IN PUBLIC

I CONTINUE TO ADMIT MY GUILT, SHAME AND LIFE SINS

I CONFESS MY ADDICTION TO SUFFERING AND BY SO DOING IT RETREATS

I HOPE VIEWERS CAN HEAL AS I PERFORM AS THEIR SCAPEGOAT

I DIE AS ART AND THIS PRACTICE PREPARES ME FOR MY FINAL DEATH

I AM AN ARTIST: LIFE IS NOW MY ART

I AM AN ARTIST: SELF SAINTHOOD IS GUARNATEED

LINDA MARY MONTANO 2024, SAUGERTIES NY

THE 12 BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS OF LINDA MARY MONTANO

 THE 12 BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS OF LINDA MARY MONTANO

1. ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE, 1980. PUB: ASTROARTZ & STATION HILL PRESS

       

       2.BEFORE AND ARTER ART/LIFE COUNSELING, 1983. PUB: WOMENS STUDIO WORKSHOP

       3. PROFILE VOL 4  # 6 1984. PUB. VIDEO DATA BANK INTERVIEW WITH LYN BLUMENTHAL

       4. THE ART/LIFE INSTITUE HANDBOOK 1988. PUB. WOMENS STUDIO WORKSHOP

       5. MILDRED'S DEATH: THE 5 JOHNS OF JOHN STREET 1991. PUB. ANANDA ASHRAM 

       6. PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TALKING IN THE 80'S. 2000. PUB. UC PRESS

       7.  THE WISDOM OF MATAJI AND BABAJI. 2000. SELF PUBLISHED

        8. LETTERS FROM LINDS MARY MONTANO . EDITOR: JENNIE KLEIN. 2005. PUB. ROUTLEDGE

        9. YOU TOO ARE A PERFORMANCE ARTIST. EDITOR, JANET DEES. 2013. PUB. SITE SANTA FE

        10. 14 YEARS OF LIVING ART 2017. PUB. CX SILVER GALLERY PRESS

        11.  THE SCULPTURE OF LINDA MARY MONTANO. 2019.  PUB. CX SILVER GALLERY PRESS

        12. MY LAST BOOK. 2023. PDF FORMAT . 

MAPS OF ALL 7 CHAKRAS

 MAPS OF ALL 7 CHAKRAS

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CHAKRA NUMBER 1;  

NAME:MULADHARA

LOCATION: PERINEUM

GODDESS: DAKINI

FLOWER: HIBISCUS

NUMBER OF LOTUS PETALS: 4

ISSUE: SURVIVAL

ELEMENT: EARTH

GLAND: OVARIES/TESTES

AGE: WOMB TO 12 MONTHS

DUTIES: I AM HERE

CHALLENGE: FEAR

IDENTITY: PHYSICAL IDENTITY

MANTRA: LUM

EXCESS: HOARD, GREED

COLOR: RED

ADDICTION: FOOD, GAMBLE, WORK, SHOP

SACRAMENT: BAPTISM

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CHAKRA NUMBER 2:

NAME:  SVADHISTHANA

GODDESS: RAKINI

FLOWER: LILY

NUMBER OF LOTUS PETALS: 6

LOCATION: GENITALS

ISSUE: EMOTIONS, SEX

ELEMENT: WATER

GLAND; PANCREAS

AGE: 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS

DUTIES: I FEEL

CHALLENGE: GUILT

IDENTITY: EMOTIONAL IDENTITY

MANTRA:  VUM

EXCESS: SEX ADDICTION, TOO EMOTIONAL

COLOR: ORANGE

ADDICTION: ALCOHOL, SEX, HEROIN

SACRAMENT: COMMUNION                    

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CHAKRA NUMBER  3

NAME: MANIPURA

GODDESS: LAKINI

FLOWER: SUNFLOWER

NUMBER OF LOTUS PETALS: 10

LOCATION: SOLAR PLEXUS

ISSUE: WILL POWER

ELEMENT: FIRE

GLAND: ADRENALS

AGE: 18 MONTHS TO 4 YEARS

DUTIES: I ACT

CHALLENGE: SHAME

IDENTITY: EGO IDENTITY 

MANTRA: RUM

EXCESS: DOMINATE/AGGRESSION

COLOR: YELLOW

ADDICTION:ANGER/WORK/PUSHING/CAFFEINE

SACRAMENT: CONFESSION

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CHAKRA NUMBER 4

NAME: ANAHATA

GODDESS: KAKIMI

FLOWER:  ROSE

NUMBER OF LOTUS  PETALS:  12

LOCATION: HEART AREA

ISSUE: LOVE/RELATION

ELEMENT: AIR

GLAND: THYMUS

AGE: 4-7 YEARS

DUTIES: LOVE

CHALLENGE: GRIEF

IDENTITY: SOCIAL IDENTITY

MANTRA: YUM

EXCESS: JEALOUS,  POOR BOUNDARIES

COLOR: GREEN

ADDICTION: SUGAR/LOVE/MARIJUANA

SACRAMENT:  MARRIAGE

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CHAKRA NUMBER 5

NAME: VISSUDHA

GODDESS: SHAKINI

FLOWER: TULIP

NUMBER OF LOTUS PETALS: 16

LOCATION: THROAT

ISSUE: COMMUNICATION

ELEMENT: SOUND

GLAND: THYROID

AGE: 7-12 YEARS

DUTIES: I SPEAK

CHALLENGE: LYING

IDENTITY: CREATIVITY/ IDENTITY/COMMUNICATING

MANTRA: HUM

EXCESS: INABILITY TO LISTEN

COLOR: BLUE

ADDICTION: OPIATES

SACRAMENT: CONFESSION

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CHAKRA NUMBER 6

NAME: AJNA

GODDESS: HAKINI

FLOWER: MARIGOLD

NUMBER OF LOTUS: 6

LOCATION: BROW

ISSUE: INTUITION

ELEMENT: LIGHT

GLAND: PINEAL

AGE: ADOLESCENCE

DUTIES: I SEE

CHALLENGE: ILLUSION

IDENTITY: ARCHETYPAL IDENTITY

MANTRA: OM

EXCESS: HEADACHES/ NIGHTMARES

COLOR: INDIGO

ADDICTION: HALLUCINOGENS

SACRAMENT: ORDINATION

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CHAKRA NUMBER 7

NAME: SAHASRARA

GODDESS: SHODASHI

FLOWER: LOTUS

NUMBER OF LOTUS PETALS: 1000

LOCATION: TOP OF HEAD

ISSUE: AWARENESS/JOY

ELEMENT: DIVINE THOUGHT

GLAND: PITUITARY

AGE: ADULT

DUTIES: WISDOM

CHALLENGE: ATTACHMENT

IDENTITY: ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE

MANTRA : AHH

EXCESS: DISSOCIATION/ INTELLECTUALIZE

COLOR: VIOLET

ADDICTION: SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM

 SACRAMENT; EXTREME UNCTION

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LAUGH AND CRY WITH THE CHAKRAS LINDA MARY MONTANO 2024 WOODSTOCK with ROBERT LANGDON

 LAUGH AND CRY WITH THE CHAKRAS LINDA MARY MONTANO 2024 WOODSTOCK with ROBERT LANGDON

1. INTRODUCE. FLOWER: NAME AND MAKE YOUR CURRENT CHAKRA SOUND.                                

2. 1 MINUTE SHAKE.                               

 3.HOW DO YOU PAY YOUR CELL PHONE AND RENT BILLS?                 

 4. 1 MINUTE BREATHING.                       

5. YOU ALREADY ARE A KNOWER OF CHAKRAS. HOW ARE YOU HERE TO SHARE YOUR CHAKRA KNOWLEDGE?     HERE BREAK UP INTO GROUPS OF 2 AND READ FROM THE CHAKRA MAP CHARTS.                                       

6. 1 MINUTE MOVE.                             

 7. LAY DOWN OR SIT FOR A GROUP CHAKRA SOUND JOURNEY  .      25 MINUTES?               

 8. 10 MINUTE BREAK. MAYBE.          

 9. FORM 3 OR 4 GROUPS OF 4 AND CREATE A HAPPY SAD INDIFFERENT OR ALL OF THE ABOVE “ CHAKRA FAIRY TALE” INCLUDE LAUGH OR CRY. 10 MINUTES .                                                 

10. TAKE TURNS SHARE FAIRY TALE.                                                      

11.  CLOSING. GROUP LAUGH CRY GO AROUND ADD ONE WORD         

 12. CERTIFICATES AND CLOTHING GIFT.                                                       

13. AS LEAVE. MAKE A CHALK MARK, MESSAGE OR MEMORY ON THE SIDEWALK  OUTSIDE.                    

 14. AT NIGHT SLEEP AND HAVE  A CHAKRA DREAM. 🌺              

THE SEVEN BODIES OFPAULINE OLIVEROS

 THE SEVEN BODIES OF PAULINE OLIVEROS

1.  BODY ONE;  PAULINE'S KARATE BODY

2. BODY TWO: PAULINE'S LOVE OF AND CELEBRATION OF FOOD BODY; FEEDING ALL

3. BODY THREE: PAULINE'S  LISTENING BODY

4. BODY FOUR:  PAULINE'S LOVE OF HUMOR BODY

5. BODY FIVE: PAULINE'S CREATIVE BODY: STANDING ON ONE LEG FOR 3 MINUTES

6. BODY SIX:  PAULINE'S FEARLESS BODY: TIBETAN MASK GESTURE

7. BODY SEVEN: PAULINE'S GENEROUS LIGHT BODY: HANDS AND HUGS 

MARY MAGDALENE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD

 MARY MAGDALENE  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD

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