[Photo of Minerva, not caring that I’m trying to edit that pile of paper’s she’s sitting on…]
Tomorrow is April 1st (a Holy Fool Holy Day!), and I will be starting the APRIL #HIVEBLOPOMO challenge: a new blog post every day of the month... Because my LAST HIVE blog post month challenge (while successful) was a bit tough to complete - I did a new blog post AND a new haiku every single day for the month of...I can't remember...October? November? - but I'm trying to decide if I want to do a haiku every day THIS time, too, or not. I'm already doing a drawing every night on Tweeterz, so that would mean creating a new drawing, a new blog post, AND a new haiku every day for the entire month...
Shit... Why NOT? What else am I going to do with my life than draw funny cartoons and write bad poetry? And, who knows, maybe out of the thirty poems I write for the month, one or two of them might actually be pretty good!
That's one of the tenants of my JUNK PHILOSOPHY that a lot of people don't understand. They say, "Why do you draw such junky, childish, art?" And I say, "Whoa, man! Have a heart! Jeeze! Don't go around telling people their art is bad! That's how you end up with a curse on you and your whole family..." What was I talking about? Oh, my philosophy: Make stuff. Make LOTS of stuff. Fill the world with nonsense and humor and weird, little, throw-away moments. If you make a million drawings, you are MUCH MORE LIKELY to draw something truly interesting in there somewhere than if you never draw anything at all. Right? If it takes a million bad drawings to make one awesome THING, so be it!
Just make stuff. Let the universe decide if any of it was important later... (And, in the end, what people will remember isn't "THEY WERE A TERRIBLE ARTIST," they'll look at the HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU DID and say, "They lived their life immersed in art..." And I'm happy with that...
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"Textural Lines"
[Digital drawing created on my phone.] This piece is about overlap and color and mood. It is not a secret spell meant to bring me great wealth... So... Don't worry...
Sold!
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"Masked Vigilante"
[Crayon, felt pen, and wax pencil on paper with digital embellishments and color.] Is he here to HELP or to HARM? Who cares!? I just want a mask like that!!!
P.S. - Not above the law... Below it!
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"Bunny Fission"
[Crayon and sticker collage on paper with digital embellishment and color.] It escaped from a lab, just before EASTER... BEWARE THE EGGS!!!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/269
Sold!
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If I was smart… HA HA HA HA HA!!!!... I would try writing a bunch of my haikus early. I prefer the term “Low-ku,” because I like to use the haiku format of 5 syllable line, 7 syllable line, 5 syllable line, but apply low-brow, pop culture, or utter nonsense to the content. That’s funny to me: PERFECT execution, but still utterly garbage! (I’ve been a #trashart practitioner for several years! In fact, a HUGE number of my paintings are literally painted on the backs of cereal boxes and other recycled garbage I rescued from the landfills… True TRASH ART!)
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“Semi-Abstract Dinosaur”
[Crayon, wax pencil, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] This strange, semi-abstract creature used to roam the malls and shopping centers of Southern California back in the late 1980s. Unfortunately, since their natural habitat (arcades, primarily) were paved over to make room for shops selling bath soaps and calendars, these majestic beasts have now, nearly gone extinct. It's a sad world....
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/270
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"I am Giving This Away"
[Crayon, colored pencil, and sticker collage on paper with digital embellishments and color.] I am making 23 editions of this piece and putting them OUT THERE for free! If you want some weirdo artz, but you don't have four buxx worth of Tezos to spend, here's your chance to get somethin' for nuthin'! ENJOY!!!
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For those who are still counting, this post counts as DAY SEVENTEEN and EIGHTEEN of my AWARENESS project. Counting is helping. I’m sure of it…
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Tweeterz art shares:
[From 29 Mar. 2022:]
Tonight's #noshill #becauseicare #freetolookat art share! Thanks for stopping by!
GOOD NIGHT!!!
[Bonus content from 29 Mar. 2022:]
Absolutely THRILLED to announce that tomorrow, I will be making #cryptoart, just like I've been doing everyday since 2018, when I discovered it and started minting. Before 2018, I'd only been making art for four decades, so I recognize I've still got some dues to pay! Love it!!!
[From 30 Mar. 2022:]
Tonight's nightly #noshill art share is a collab with my granddaughter, Felicity! Enjoy!
GOOD NIGHT!!!
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Thanks for stoppin’ by!!!! Later skaters…
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://linktr.ee/richardfyates
