We have to move soon. Rather than packing all the garbage that we've collected in this house over the last seven years, I'll probably just throw a bunch of it away. (I hate moving.) What does this have to do with clocks or socks or anything like that? Nothing. I just felt like having a rhyming title this time!
Let's look at some artz:
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"Collage (The Home Maker)"
[Crayon, sticker collage, paper collage, and tape on colored cardstock.] She seemed like such a lovely woman, but there were more than brooms in her closets!
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"Demon of Bad Taste"
[Digital drawing created on my phone.] His influence is insidious! Green corduroy pants! Brown shoes! A leather vest! BANGS! A stained t-shirt... Hell on Earth... Don't fall victim to the DEMON...
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"Have a Nice"
[Pencil and Ultra-Fine Point Sharpie on typing paper.] I found this piece while throwing shit away in the garage. (We have to move soon.) I'm not sure I understand what's happening, but I like the mood! I'm pretty sure this drawing is at least ten years old...
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/310
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"Good Night Weirdos..."
[Digital drawing created on my phone.] Spooky ghost says "Good Night" to his peeps!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/311
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"Fossil Fuel"
[Felt pen, crayon, and googly eyes on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] This is a poorly conceived, abstract comic that appeared automatically in front of me while I was casually moving my hand around near a piece of cardboard one day. (I find it amusing.) There are clearly no hidden messages to decode.
P.S. - I'm making this my newest FREEBIE ART. I'll mint 23 editions of this piece and give them away for ZERO TEZOS each! I'm doing this because it's fun! N-Joi!!!
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In the process of digging through the garage, I came across this poem that I wrote back in 2011. It's poetry, which means most people will hate it, but it's kind of spooky, so slightly less than everyone might find it deplorable. I'm sharing it because I can. (There is a good chance that I published this piece before on my Primitive Entertainment Workshop blog, but there are 7,000 posts there, so I'm not going to look through them all to see if I'm repeating. I own these words in this order, and I'm sharing them with you folks now!)
"Steering Wheel Music"
Funeral procession on the freeway
Line of cars
Hazard lights flashing
Following a white hearse
Driven by my neighbor
(It's weird to know the ferryman)
A pack of semi-trucks
Growling
Trails the wounded procession
Waiting to pick off any stragglers
On cue, the song "The Funeral"
By Band of Horses
Cycles through the stereo
Playing on random
And I imagine I'm the one who's died
Without noticing
(When you don't sleep
The logic of this type of occurrence
Happening
Makes sense
And it would be a good way to go
Without noticing)
And the procession
Is in my honor
(I know the ferryman)
But the aches in my driving joints
Help to reestablish my hold
On the here and now
For now
The reality of the asphalt
Rain
Exhaust
Other drivers
And the fact that I'm writing on the steering wheel
At seventy miles an hour
Again
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In addition to the poem above, I also found this home-printed note from my older daughter. It's got a great "evil" vs "sweet" ratio to it!
Makes me think, for a little while at least, that I must have done something right!
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"Luck or Lugubriousness"
[Digital drawing created with my phone.] Brutus. I'm sure that's his name. (At least he likes his mom!)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/312
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"Disabused"
[Ink on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] This is some anxiety art / nervous energy art / action drawing / movement archiving / me scribbling and thinking, "FUCK IT! I'LL MINT THIS!" Ha! If you are amused, great! If you ain't, go buy a PFP or something slick...
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/728499
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"Staring into Space"
[Ink on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Uuuuuuuuuuuum... What were you saying?
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/313
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Waiting, waiting, waiting... I should be doing something important, but some days I just don't got it in me... Nope...
Thanks for visiting!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://linktr.ee/richardfyates