January 2010
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“Be kind to yourself. You are only human.”
– Yoko Ono (via loiscity)
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Question: If you could have one superpower what would it be? Yoko: To live with health and joy forever.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: Did you feel that the Beatles felt uncomfortable while you were in the room with John during practice? Yoko: Do you think I was comfortable?
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: Did John ever call you Kato and chase you around as a joke? As he was a fan of Peter Sellers? Yoko: No. But we laughed together watching Peter Sellers’ films. Oh, I see. You think he might have done that because I was another oriental? With that theory, I should have gone Heil Hitler to John, since he is white.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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“Listen to your breathing. Listen to your child breathing. Listen to your friend...”
– Yoko Ono
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“Write all the things you want to do. Ask others to do them and move on. Keep...”
– Yoko Ono
(I’ve always somewhat suspected that this was the premise behind Grapefruit.)
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Yoko answered a LOT of questions this week. →
Be sure to go check them all out!
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Question: is the tweet an abstract of the twitter network it becomes a part of or is its essence in the twit that it tweets? Yoko: I think it’s how birds talk to eachother. Tweet, tweet…
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: Did anyone ever give you a nickname and if yes, what was it? Yoko: Wait a second. I first did not realize that this was a dangerous question. But it is. Once I tell you what my nick name was you will start to call me with the nick name, and not my real name. The nick name wasn’t a bad one, but I’m not telling!
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: A friend of mine said, it’s harder to get used to ignorance than rejection. How do you deal with ignorance? Yoko: Yours or mine?
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: What should be our intention when creating something in order for it to be considered as art? Yoko: You should create only if you love to create – with no other intention. If you keep thinking you want your creation to be considered as art by others, you will make yourself sick.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: If you had to relinquish all but two personal material possessions, which two would you choose to keep? Yoko: Myself and life as I know it.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: Why does understanding increase suffering? Yoko: Because suffering increases understanding. It’s the case of the egg or the chicken.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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“Whisper your desire to the wind. Ask the wind to take it to the end of the...”
– Yoko Ono
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“She has borne herself with more integrity and dignity than all her critics...”
– Everett True’s List of The Ten Greatest Female Singers of the 20th Century (1999)
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“As a female artist who has dated guys in bands and often been accused of being...”
– Kathleen Hanna on Yoko Ono (via suckmyleftone) (via gauntlet)
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“Walk in the footsteps of the person in front of you. on the pavement. in the...”
– Yoko Ono
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Question: What did you enjoy most in school?
Yoko: Daydreaming.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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Question: What is the most important thing?
Yoko: To love yourself and the world…in that order.
(Yoko QandA Day)
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“Fly in your dream. Spread your wings. See how clear the world really is. See how...”
– Yoko Ono
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“Dying is a necessary act for living. Just like inhaling is necessary in order to...”
– Yoko Ono
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The Lowdown: Yoko Ono (interview with AltSounds) →
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“Each time we don’t say what we want to say we’re dying. Make a list...”
– Yoko Ono
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“Think of all your movements in life as dance movements. Breathe. Watch. Listen....”
– Yoko Ono
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“Paint a painting with your blood
a) until you faint
b) until you die”
– Yoko Ono - “Purple F/W 2009” (via blacksexjack)
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“Carry a heavy object on your back. Dance as swiftly as you can.”
– Yoko Ono
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Yoko resurrects The Plastic Ono Band with a little... →
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“Dangle empty cans and bottles all over your body. Dance without making a sound.”
– Yoko Ono
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Question: Were you ever oppressed or abused mentally for expressing feminism as you were growing up? Yoko: I was born and raised in a very privileged circumstances. My grandmother was an early feminist in the late 1800s. My mother was a painter. But once I went outside, it was a mentally abusive society familiar to us now. Many women are being physically abused and going to the emergency wards of...