Over the course of just a few days, a LOT can change! See if you can tell what I mean...
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27 Feb. 2024
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"Sapped and Separated" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Gel pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] If the individual aspects of the electro-epiphenomenon called consciousness within a singular PERSON were atomized into specific entities...it would be challenging to do most mundane tasks. Which entity would be in charge of brushing teeth? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/84
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"Axe Chop Chop" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Gel pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Sinister urges. Hopefully, the little critter can resist!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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28 Feb. 2024
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"We are Observers" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Metallic marker on blue paper notecard with digital embellishments and color.] They will observe us all... (Look up Gary Numan, if that line doesn't sound familiar.) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/85
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"Projector Reflector" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, colored pencil, metallic marker, brush pen, and glitter pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Each contains multitudes. The multitudes reflect central entity, but has their own personae. The hologram may crack, but the image persists... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/86
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"I Like a Mess!" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with paper collage, digital collage, layers, and nonsense.] Split brain operations, without the skull... Neuron sparks! FUN! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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29 Feb. 2024
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"Will You Never Learn" by Richard F. Yates & Corporate America
[Gel pen on actual piece of mail that I received today... Jeebus...] Stupid. Have I EVER paid back the dough from a credit card? I don't remember... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/87
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"Surefire Aquarium" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] For EYES only! (If you try to read this with your nose, you may find it even more disappointing...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/88
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"Watching It All Come Down" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, metallic marker, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] I don't know why, but my hands just won't stop making stuff like this. Almost no HEAD involved here. Almost entirely from the fingers... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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2 Mar. 2024
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The younger daughter, Elise, is in the midst of labor. I'm about to be a double-grandpa! Just keep swimming!
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"Afraid of Dirty Fingers" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen and liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] True confessions and false confessions and not-so-super heroes! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/89
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"Titanic Forces (Nature Spirits)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, liner pen, paint pen, and metallic marker on paper with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Some days, I just want to sit in the backyard and chill out, but there are natural forces at work that can make this goal unattainable. ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/90
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3 Mar. 2024
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Me and the new kid, Riot! Born about 2:45 this A.M. He was 5 lbs 12 oz. Tiny little guy!!! (He's a couple weeks early!) Photo by Grandma Mariah. #baby #autobiography #doublegrandpa (Yes, they talked me into actually going IN to hospital!)
On the drive back to Longview from Vancouver (where Ellie and the kid are chillin'), it started to snow, like SUPER HEAVY! GOSH! (I hate driving on the freeway in the snow.) We made it home, then I took a snap of the backyard before the white-wash melted all away!
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"Eat the Rich (Again)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, brush pen, paint pen, and metallic marker on printed paper with digital embellishments and color.] Have you ever heard The Dils? They wuz good. They hated the rich... Making meaning... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/91
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"Squibby Squid" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created in a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone.] A standard "out of water" squid, Mel liked poker and reading self-help manuals. After the trial, he received seventy one life sentences, but was allowed to serve 30 of those simultaneously. ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Snail" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, paint pen, and metallic marker on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Maybe slow, but this snail enjoys a jaunt in the wet Washington weather! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/92
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5 Mar. 2024
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The new kid (officially named, now: Riot Shane Rowdy Willard!) should be released from the hospital today, and will get to go home! Thus, the cycle repeats! Heeeee haaaaa!
Roy Clark vs The Muppets:
Later...
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://www.patreon.com/richardfyates