The new way is a lot like the old way... OR it LOOKS a lot like the old way, but the difference is in perspective. The WHY of what I'm doing is more clear to me. I'm having fun, enjoying my experiences, and using the available technology to archive my activities. The ARTZ are moments of time crystalized into artifacts. The blockchain platforms work as both publishing forums and archival documentation! (In the past, art was archived primarily in journals, catalogs, and academic work - but now, in the spirit of zines and underground press, the participating artists can document their own works as they publish to platforms, like Objkt, Rarible, NFT Showroom, and all them other places!)
Doing my thing...
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"Time Takes Life" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, paper and sticker collage, and crayon on cardstock.] Yesterday (7 Aug. 2022) my wife and I braved the heat and went OUTSIDE (GASP!) to do some collaging. We had a good time (despite feeling like we were melting), and we now have three new hand-made postcards each to send out to peeps! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/522
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"Phone Head (Self Portrait)" by RFY (HF)
[Selfie taken with my phone - somehow - I think reflecting off my computer screen? Maybe? With digital embellishments and color.] I look better when you can't see my face! Ha! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Bug (3 Aug. 2022)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and colors.] Don't bug me, man.... I'm working on art right now! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/523
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"Happy Not X-Mas!" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, crayon, and sticker / slash / paper collage on reclaimed X-mas card...] This postcard is meant as a celebration of weirdness. (I realize it's not THAT weird, but sometimes the most uncanny entities and experiences are the ones that ALMOST seem normal...) I'll be mailing this card to SOMEBODY, eventually. (Not sure who, yet...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/524
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I am also a very famous ART COLLECTOR! (Ha! Fame is funny... Fame is also bullshit! Ha!) Here's some artz that I own!
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"kcollage 22" by kezzadoesdraw
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B4k9YZmjbQPRWfM3JS5WMqHZKUAEa86qL/22
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"SLOTH #4 - August 2022" edited by Burka Bayram & Ozan Bilaloglu
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/764248
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"DIGITAL TRASH: THIRD EDITION" by Jay Delay
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1SChqzAHJG2URTYmwJJyLp9d41jcJv4WRr/0
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"Delusion" by Shakour
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F9uguAeho1bbUQVNDrFgtqSvkmmWuUrhi/22
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"TRASH WITCH 101 - THANK YOU" by WhichWitchWasIt
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1XMj39zdbkXfAYx9jEkGDKWMAXRMMowMCV/101
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"Trashy Trading Card #6" by Sam Blood
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1EhH3q72Eki6DCHufSgkqFJuu4xd4uCmNr/5
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"Trashy Trading Card #1" by Sam Blood
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1EhH3q72Eki6DCHufSgkqFJuu4xd4uCmNr/0
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"Dirty Little Secrets" by texadelic
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1XvMZq6UUsddhhawiTYWQhPJFJY1U9k4rm/51
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Back to the HOLY FOOL ARTZ PARADE!
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"Celebrating Under Duress" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with my phone then run through the MOSH machine!] Limited time offer! Have your psyche scrambled by demonic wizards from another dimension! Fool your friends! Confuse your boss! Be the envy of every fish on the beach!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/525
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"Pink Canine" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created in a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone.] Man's best fiend... (Potentially deadly.) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/526
Sold!
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"Dot Matrix Spider" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Photograph of a real spider who came to visit me one day, with glasses of whiskey and pound cookies. I took this particular spider's photograph, then I ran the image thru some electronic mosh-manipulation-mechanisms to create this lovely image.] No tractor-feed or dot matrix printers were harmed in the making of this portrait... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - This is another work of #RECESSIONRESISTANCE art! It provides some real #cheapthrills for the masses!!!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/527
Cheapies are gone! (Time to battle the secondary market...)
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"HAPPY!" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created in Paint on an old laptop...] Obviously there have been some anxious times recently, but I've read that many magickal minds believe that people can change their minds (and then the world) with language. This critter is going to make himself happy, eventually... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/528
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"Certain Perceptions" by RFY (HF)
[Various pens on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments, color, and moshing!!!] When you close your eye too tightly, what do you see??? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Shrunken Head (Apple)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Mechanical pencil on textured, blue paper with digital embellishments and color.] Party favors just ain't what they used to be! (Remember making shrunken heads out of carved, dried apples? Such fun!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/529
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That's it for this post! Time to publish this batch and start working on some NEW JUNK! (RECYCLED ARTZ and TRASH 4-ever!)
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
And, just for kicks, here's some tunes!
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Music for Things Playlist (8 Aug. 2022)
---Duck Sauce - "Barbra Streisand"
---Kano - "I'm Ready"
---Status Quo - "Army Now (Funkanomics Remix)"
No video available, but here's a link to the song on Bandcamp: https://ghettofunk.bandcamp.com/track/status-quo-army-now-funkanomics-remix
---Meco - "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band"
---Scorpions - "Big City Nights"
---Klaus Nomi - "ICUROK"
---Cornelius - "Tone Twilight Zone"
---Clinton - "People Power in the Disco Hour"
---White Town - "Theme for a Late-Night Documentary About the Dangers of Drug Abuse"
---Olivia Tremor Control - "Paranormal Echoes"
---Plastilina Mosh - "Let the Speaker Speak"
---Future Bible Heroes - "Losing Your Affection"
---Dillon Francis & Alison Wonderland - "Lost My Mind (Mom N Dad Remix)"
---Royksopp feat Erlend Oye - "Remind Me"
---Bomb the Bass - "Bug Powder Dust (2013 ReDusted)"
---Enon - "Natural Disasters"
---Adam F - "Circles"
---Coil - "Further Back and Faster"
---Buckethead - "Star Wars"
---Cyberaktif - "Meltdown"
---Servotron - "Bad Birthday"
---stellastarr* - "My Coco"
---Shock - "Dream Games"
---808 State - "Nephatiti"
---The Cure - "I'm Cold"
---Bauhaus - "Crowds"
---Lamb - "B. Line (Andy Votel Mix)"
---Atom & His Package - "Thresholds to Adult Living"
---Sex Bob-Omb - "Threshold"
---Cabaret Voltaire - "Hypnotised (The Daniel Miller DOR Mix)"
---The Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like an Eagle"
---The Belle Stars - "Sign of the Times"
---Keoki - "Real World (Uberzone Remix)"
---The Alan Parsons Project - "Eye in the Sky"
---David Diebold w/ Jo-Carol - "We are Not What We Seem (Techno-Mix)"
No video for this remix! (Which sux, because it's the best mix...) Here's some info from Discogs, though: https://www.discogs.com/release/1327557-David-Diebold-Joined-By-The-Fabulous-Jo-Carol-We-Are-Not-What-We-Seem
---The Replacements - "I'll Be You"
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That's it!!!!