Bearings

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=88 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="83" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page of All the Saints of the City "><U>Home</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="index34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index for All the Saints of the City of "><U>Index</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="news_from_all_the_saints.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events of All the Saints of the"><U>News</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book, All the Saints of the City of the "><U>Book</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exhibitions"><U>Shows</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="artist_author_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ArtistAuthor J Michael Walker, Creator o"><U>Bio</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="152" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com"><U>Contact</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="1005" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page of All the Saints of the City "><U><IMG SRC="45ecf970.jpg" border=0 width="975" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <B>Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets</B>:<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" > </FONT>Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18458020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="997"><div> "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333333" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>an original, deeply empathetic spiritual geography of Los Angeles</B></FONT>" </div> <div> -<B>Laura E. Pérez</B>, Author of <I><B>Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 231 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="index34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index for All the Saints of the City of "><U><B><IMG SRC="48ac9de0.jpg" border=0 width="969" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 322 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="965" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 138 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="138" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="929"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >"</FONT>J. Michael Walker was flipping through the bible of Los Angeles motorists — the Thomas Guide — when his eye caught something that stirred inspiration. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>The City of Angels was filled with streets named for saints.</B></FONT>.. Like most every L.A. driver, Walker had probably driven many of those streets countless times. But that day, a phrase suddenly popped into his head: "Todos los Santos de los Angeles" (All the Saints of the City of Angels). <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>Then came a vision: Research the history of the street and the saint for which it was named and see whether the two connected in any meaningful way.</B> </FONT>Then express the findings artistically... Crossing the bounds of time and culture, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>Walker uses the lives of ancient saints to illuminate the here-and-now on their streets today</B></FONT>." - Teresa Watanabe, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>Los Angeles Times,</B></FONT> 2003</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="138" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="929"><div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Intro"><U>Introduction</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="929"><div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Background"><U>Historical Background</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="929"><div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stance"><U>Philosophical Stance</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="929"><div> <A HREF="index34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index for All the Saints of the City of "><U><B>Index to Website</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>All the Saints of the City of the Angels. This website, all images and text Copyright 2010 by J Michael Walker. </B></div> <div> <B>Photos above, Left to right, by: Hank Schwarz, J Michael Walker, Abel Gutierrez, and Sally Stein. Used by Permission. All rights reserved</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>