Freedom can be physical or psychological. For an artist (who works in images and ideas and sensory distortion), freedom is primarily FREEDOM FROM FEAR. Fear of rejection. Fear of not being GOOD ENOUGH. Fear of wasting time.
Here is a magickal chant that can help you BREAK AWAY from FEAR and into FREEDOM!
Fuck it! Fuck it! I don't care!
I make what I want! I make what I want!
There are no consequences for being creative
that are worse than ignoring the urge!
The urge! The urge! Fuck FEAR! Fuck FEAR!
I make what I want! I make what I want! (repeat 101 times!)
[The end!]
I'm thinking of making it into a prog-rock opera with all synthesized voices. Wanna help???
Whether you're into synth-rock or not, here's some artz!!!
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"Or Not (Super Saturated)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Acrylic, watercolor, chalk pastel, glitter, glitter glue, plus paper and sticker collage on canvas with minor digital color tweaking.] I do a LOT of digital art now-o-days, but it's always fun to get back to making physical art. I have boxes of unused canvases and art supplies and collage materials just waiting to be assembled. Just need to make the time! This painting / mixed media work is about friendship and alternative music... (Or something...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/530
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"Puppet Punk" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Hey, jerk! Puppets are people, too! Sure, we may be made of foam, but if you rip us, do we not need...(to be sewed back together?) Have a little empathy! Jeeze... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - Time for another (almost) freebie! Releasing 23 editions of this blue-felt-punk for only 0.0023 tezos each! (Wow!)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/531
Cheapies are gone!
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"Spider Warp" by RFY (HF)
[Photograph of jumping spider that I took with my phone then ran through the moshinator!] Lovely! I listened to an interview with Alan Moore a few years ago in which he described an interdimensional entity that sounded suspiciously like what this little experiment in photo+mosh has produced. Maybe I've made contact! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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One of my freedoms is the ability to collect art from whoever I want. I'm not wealthy, but thanks to current technological innovations and social hooplah, I can support artists (from all over the world) and collect cool work without having to pay a gallery or broker or import fees! Here's some of the WORK that I've acquired...
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"Do you see the light?" by paulasauruss
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/632398
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"Mind Games" by texadelic
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/765028
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"Bat Wings" by texadelic
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1XvMZq6UUsddhhawiTYWQhPJFJY1U9k4rm/17
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"Punchlines in the Sandtrap No.4" by texadelic
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1XvMZq6UUsddhhawiTYWQhPJFJY1U9k4rm/44
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"MO' BAGS" by ROBNESS_V2
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1BDp154swnfLLyK1M1u9s1VvMwYWD5S4s3/11
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"NOT A NOSTALGIC TRASHCAN ADVERTISEMENT, THIS IS NEUTRASH!" by ROBNESS_V2
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1BDp154swnfLLyK1M1u9s1VvMwYWD5S4s3/4
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"CLICK 4 TRASH!!! CLICK IT!!!1" by SHITWOLF
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1FfmWgTokuvdpan2UJZRDw8wzpbM2xQxYX/112
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Shifting gears back to artz by me (for now...)
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"Dirty Ass Drawing" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen on scrap paper found on the floor of the car with minor digital color manipulation and embellishments.] You know you have a problem when you can't sit for five minutes in a car without drawing something - even when the only thing to draw on is a yucky, dirty, stained up piece of scrap paper that you found on the floor. I could stop any time I wanted to... Totally! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/532
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"Graffiti Ghost" by RFY (HF) & FEH (TT)
[Felt pen and ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] The grandkid and I LOVE ghosts! This one, in her opinion, needed a bit more MOVEMENT than was present in the static, cartoon figure that I originally drew. Naturally, she was 100 percent correct! (That's why we work so well together!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Felicity Echo Hanson (Toddler Terror)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/533
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"Unclear Vision (Vers. X)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Paper collage and packing tape over fabric covered notebook with digital embellishments and moshing.] Think of something crunchy. Now, try to imagine the sound of an extremely old memory. Next, put a penny next to your mind's eye and sing a silent tune! Good! You're in the club!!! (Dues must be paid by the 3rd of each month...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/534
Sold!
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"Lucky Strike (X)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Photograph of some trash taken at a local (in Longview, Washington, USA) recycling station. The photo was digitally embellished and run through the MOSH-machine!] Ready for some fancy #teztrash #trashart? Spotted by my wife, Mariah. (We are both Pop Artist, Ray Johnson, fans, and he has an entire series of "Lucky Strike" collages.) Thanks to low effort software, like MOSH, we can make our photos ART with just the touch of a few buttons!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - This art is being released as a #CHEAPTHRILLS work! ANYONE can be an art collector for just a few cents! 101 editions are being created and released for only 0.013 #tezos each!!! Amazing...
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/535
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"SG" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created on my phone.] SG certainly does NOT stand for Super Grandpa. That would be ridiculous. (I wonder if his goggles are subscription??) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/536
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"Octopod (Variation)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Creatures whose brains are spread throughout their bodies (a central brain and eight sub-brains in each arm) should probably be scientists...but they're too intelligent to be caught up in academic politics. Bummer for us! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/537
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As I said on Tweeterz (on 12 Aug. 2022):
"Today, ERIS is in charge... (And she's not feeling shy.) Prepare for chaos. (And LOTS of weird art!)"
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"Luck or Liberty" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with a free app on my phone.] By any means... (And, yes, I'm being willfully obscure!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/538
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"Horrible Sneeze" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with my phone then run through the MOSH machine for added freakiness!] The kind of sneeze that destroys entire galaxies! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/539
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"MEEP" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] I'm not sure if it's obvious or not, but Jim Henson is one of the most profound influences on my art... To celebrate muppetastic puppets, here's a (nearly) freebie! Grab while you can!!! (23 editions for only 0.0023 tezos each!!!) Made on recycled garbage, so it's literally #trashart!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/540
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"Paper Plate Art (Collab)" by RFY (HF) & FEH (TT)
[Liner pen on recycled paper plate (from breakfast) with digital embellishments and color!] Felicity (who is 3 now) and I STILL enjoy drawing together...sometimes... I may have burned the toddler out by ALWAYS wanting to draw, when she would rather watch kids' shows! (Watercolors are messy enough that she still finds that fun, though. Hard to keep a toddler focused!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Felicity Echo Hanson (Toddler Terror)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/541
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"Public Domain Horrors" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital writing over public domain image from an old comic.] I'm often amused by the writing in Golden Age comics, and in this case, I was looking for a classic HORROR story, and MY GOODNESS, did I find one! Then, I mixed a little George Romero's SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972) mentality with the old tale to make a comment on how far we still have to go in our modern society... If YOU want to look at some public domain comics, I'd go here: https://comicbookplus.com/ ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/542
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"What a Fool!" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ultra fine point Sharpie on foam sheet with digital embellishments.] This strange bunny-creature is accusing someone of something... Or it might be stating the obvious. YOU DECIDE! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/543
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"Flower (11 Aug. 2022)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Mechanical pencil on textured, tinted paper with digital embellishments and color tweaking!] What could be a stranger thing for me to draw than just a flower!?!? WEIRD! I'm getting the chills just looking at it. The HORROR of MUNDANE ART!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/544
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"Mechanical Anguish" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created in a free app on my phone.] It looks like painting but it's not. It's magick. It has a very special meaning to me... (No meaning! It means what it is!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/545
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"Wot (22 July 2022)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen and sticker collage on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] It doesn't have to make sense... It just has to make me want to smile (potential smile is acceptable.) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/546
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That's it for now! I'll be making more artz throughout the day, so keep an EYE (or nose or whatever you sense with best) out for future nonsense!!!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
Thanks for visiting!!!
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P.S. - BONUS!
Music is an energy source for me. Here are some of the batteries that I drew from today!!!
PLAYLIST FOR MAKING MAGICK (12 Aug. 2022)
---Clinic - "Harmony"
---Spiritualized - "Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space"
---Rx - "Reuptake"
---Toxic Two - "Rave Generator (Radio Edit)"
---Club House - "Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean (Extended Version)"
---Dirty Heads - "Visions (Dan the Automator Remix)"
---Rubella Ballet - "Unemployed"
---DM Bob & The Deficits - "FBI Top 10"
---Wire - "Small Black Reptile (10:20 Version)"
---K.U.K.L. - "France (A Mutual Thrill)"
---Punishment of Luxury - "Puppet Life"
---Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Capital Letters"
---Jesus Jones - "The Devil You Know"
That's it!!! Now go listen to those songs and GROW YOUR MIND!!! (But not in a weird, organic way. I'm talking psychological / mental growth only... Ick...)
Later!