I haven't...at least not that I can remember... Here's some ARTZ!
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"Level 12 was Particularly Tough" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Various pens and sticker collage on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] I grew up in a world of Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, and Odysseys where the video games were usually single screens, often ridiculously difficult, and (to modern audiences) almost unplayable. (Ha!) To me, this looks like a particularly tough video game from about 1980...but it's probably a detailed political or social commentary. (I never know what my subconscious is doing. I just get out of the way and let it draw!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - This here wacky drawing is my newest (almost) #FREEBIE! I'm making 23 editions and releasing them for 0.0023 tezos each! Good luck!!!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/492
The super-cheap editions are gone! (Already on secondary, though!)
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"Palm Skull" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on hand - photographed with my phone.] "You have the mark! The mark of THE SKULL!" she said in a high, shaky voice before moving her hand in a strange spell around her head and heart. "So," I asked, "what does it mean???" "It means that you'll have to wash your hand MANY TIMES! That felt pen was a PERMANENT MARKER!" Dun-dun-duuuuuunnnn... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/493
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"Collab with Frankie" by RFY (HF) & Frankie E. Hanson
[Melted crayon on various papers, strange lighting, and photography.] We left some crayons sitting in the sun for too long, and my older daughter, Frankie (mother of the esteemed artist, Felicity Echo Hanson), dripped the melted sticks onto some colored cardstock that we'd bought from the craft store. Afterwards, I took Frankie's impromptu drip art and made a still-life out of it for a photo session. This piece was my favorite of the staged photos! ART! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Frankie Echo Hanson
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/494
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"Jungle Action" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Watercolor on paper, photographed with my old phone, with minor digital color correction.] I painted this WAY back in 2009... (That was before I started using the backwards YR for my signature!) It's abstract, but the colors reminded me of a scene from a jungle with a pond and with snakes and tigers and other predators behind every branch and leaf! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - This is going to be a new #CHEAPTHRILLS #RECESSIONRESISTANCE art! Become a HAPPY ART COLLECTOR for almost no dough! Hooray!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/495
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"Yabble Dabble" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on textured, blue paper with digital embellishments and color.] Kree kruh! Vergo gebba! Kalto kree!!! Few know what it means. Even FEWER can stop it, once it's begun!!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/496
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"Eye Amulet" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on knock-off Shrinky Dank material (I made sure to avoid a lawsuit by not being a dink...)] This jewel has the power to protect the wearer from the EVIL EYE. (Or maybe it curses the wearer with the Evil Eye... The leather scroll that came with it was pretty old and parts of the writing had worn off over the centuries... Buyer beware!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/497
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Yeah, I'm tired. It's been a busy...last five decades. Maybe I'll have more gumption tomorrow! I am going to give you some tunes to listen to below, so (hopefully) that will be enough!
Later!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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The Night Before (Playlist)
30 July 2022
---The Beatles - "The Night Before"
---The Monkees - "Pleasant Valley Sunday (Single Version)"
---The Dave Clark Five - "Because"
---Transvision Vamp - "Twangy Wigout (7" Version)"
---Television - "See No Evil"
---Novo Combo - "Up Periscope"
---Sparks - "Eaten By the Monster of Love"
---Duran Duran - "The Chauffeur"
---Candy Flip - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
---Bosco feat. Fred Schneider - "Nonstop Nonsense"
---The Specials - "Little Bitch"
---Fountains of Wayne - "Lost in Space"
---Buddy Holly and The Crickets - "Not Fade Away"
---The Cure - "Primary (Red Mix)"
---Wang Chung - "Abducted by the 80's"
---Barnes & Barnes - "Party in My Pants"
---Europeans - "Animal Song (Cross Country Version)"
---Vandalias - "Big Red Catalina"
---Vampire Weekend - "Harmony Hall"
---The Swingin' Medallions - "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"
---Richard & The Young Lions - "You Can Make It"
---Adrian Belew - "Looking for a U.F.O."
