Excerpts

OCEAN CHILD
An excerpt from:
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono

A Chapter featured in Punk Globe:

Back Cover:
Yoko Ono’s enchanting philosophy and uplifting positivity are irresistible. She breaks down the boundaries between art and life. No other artist cares about us so much. Yoko shows us the truth – with sincerity, grace and humor. She enlightens us to our own superpowers.
If you have been misinformed, you will learn the truth. We visit Yoko’s inner and outer worlds. You will see the wind and hear the silence. Her meanings and intent will come to light. You will see negative space in a positive way, and will be touched by her wit and wisdom, her genius and whimsy.
Yoko’s work is unfinished – to be completed in your mind. Her art is on the ceiling, on the floor and in the sky. You can step on it, burn it, mend it, cut a hole and let the evening light go through. It is invisible – a wind, a whisper, a scream. It is imagining one thousand suns rising, a billion universes, stealing moonlight on the water, a goldfish swimming across the sky… Her music and films are an extension of her art.
“I have always believed in unfinished work.
I got that from Schubert, you know, the ‘Unfinished Symphony.'”
– Yoko, Twitter
Yoko’s eternal partnership with John Lennon is also unfinished. Their work towards peace includes all of us. We also explore their incredible love story.
“… A hundred years from now
it’s Yoko Ono the world is going to remember,
not John Lennon or The Beatles.”
– Charlotte Moorman, Performance Artist, 1989
Her incredible body of work expresses all the joys and suffering of an extraordinary lifetime.
“I want my epitaph to be,
“Here is a woman who loved life, and still does.”
– Yoko, Twitter
My Yoko Ono art collection:
Dreams, skies, smiles, love and wishes.
I breathe and dance every day.
I listen to the snow, see the wind, count the clouds and imagine peace.
What do you think my collection is worth?
I think it’s priceless!
– Madeline Bocaro
Conceptual Books
Contents
introduction
oh yoko!
ocean child
loneliness
three husbands
yoko &…
always awake and always dreaming
birdsong
queen of the scream
one thousand suns rising
from liverpool to tokyo
waves always return.
remember nature
grapefruit
“… my events are mostly spent in wonderment.”
step, cut, wrap, mend, promise, trust disappear, smile
whispers and shadows
when two clouds meet.
song for friend
unfinished
films
a shimmer in the air
dreaming together
white wedding
john & yoko’s song of peace
war is over!
who has seen the wind?
yoko ono / plastic ono band
imagine
fly
this is not here
happy xmas
some time in new york city
yoko rocks my universe!
surrender to peace
feeling the space
a story
woman power
apart and together
double fantasy
a wind that never dies
premonitions
shattered
season of glass
it’s alright
milk and honey
give starpeace a chance
the bronze age
rising
still rising: blueprint for a sunrise
franklin summer drawing
“all my works are a form of wishing.”
yoko’s style
from darkness to light
between my head and the sky
paradise in hell
yoko at MoMA
moon dream / sun smile
yoko’s unfinished symphony
re-imagining
bells for peace
forever dreaming
afterword
yoko’s favorite songs
yoko’s no. 1 songs