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Viewing art as being a universal language, M.L.J. uses it as a form of visual communication, morphing words into images, pictograms of life\u2019s phenomena. As an artist and educator, he has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, London, Spain, Puerto Rico, South America, and the African Diaspora. Currently, M.L.J. Johnson is an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at the College of New Rochelle and the Project Arts Coordinator for New York City\u2019s Department of Education.Beryl interviews MLJ Johnson. \u201cYo People\u201d is what I call my art. It sets the mood to one\u2019s sense of humor far beyond the context of caricature or cartoon. What appears to be comic gives rise to satire. What might ordinarily be viewed as commonplace turns out to be ironic. The jests of puns, and the pranks of human behavioral confrontation, are all enacted through the dramatization of everyday occurrences, set into compositions, starring \u201cYo People.\u201d These are expressive, animated forms with exaggerated gestures of body posture, language, and emphatic emotional communications. With a very direct, minimal design, the art demands the viewer\u2019s response, which is more personal than looking at a painting.\xa0CONTACT INFORMATION:Email:\xa0\xa0\xa0mlj dot\xa0yopeopleart at gmail dot comWebsite:\xa0yopeopleart dot\xa0com