Busy busy busy!!!!
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24 Aug. 2024
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"No Head" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] You'd forget your own HEAD if it weren't already missing!
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/267
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26 Aug. 2024
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Howdy PEEPS,
My name is Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) --I seriously need to have the "(Holy Fool)" tag legally added to my name!-- and I'm an old weirdo.
For the last 26 days, I've been forcing myself to generate a new web page each day, with the intention of making 31 new pages in the month of August (2024). So far, I HAVE been able to execute this task. Only five more pages to go!!!
So... What do I think of this project? First, there were several days in which I was busy, tired, and/or just not feeling it, but I forced myself to make at least a LITTLE SOMETHING. What good did this do? To answer this, I'm obligated to explain that I am a recluse and also and artist. This means that I have hundreds and hundreds of works of art (written, drawn, painted, collaged, recorded, sung, compiled, and conjured) (NOT an exaggeration), but because I tend not to go into public very often anymore, most of my creations are UNSEEN by humans in the physical world. However, thanks to the miracles of modern technology, a number of methods of connecting with EYEBALLS (and other sensory organs) have SPRUNG into being through which I can share what I've DONE with the masses (of humans, bots, and other entities). Considering this viewpoint, forcing myself to SHARE every day HAS gotten more of my PRODUCTION into the ELECTRO-SPHERE, but this project has ALSO allowed me to share the sources, influences, and personal amusements that I am drawn to from across the WEBBY-WEB. I can expose the OTHERS to what I'm digging, and that's always cool.
Will I CONTINUE THIS PROJECT INTO SEPTEMBER??? No. Making certain that new material, either recently created or compiled from my unshared back-catalog (or perhaps only shared once, eleven years ago, on a blog that nobody reads), is rewarding, but it's also kinda stressful. In five days, I will have COMPLETED my (self-imposed) August challenge, and I'm pleased with that, but I'm going to take it easier in September. Just try to do some L.I.V.I.N.' (as Woodarson said...)
Ain't that just the way it goes???
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0042
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"Who Made the Arrangements?" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments...] Ponder the significance of padding... Who is being made comfortable?
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/268
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"Dyson Smear" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone.] We (HUMANITY) are a level -1 society. Someday, we hope to be a full ZERO...
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"Sea Monster on the Beach" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, gel pen, paint pen, colored pencil, and tape on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color manipulation.] She just wanted to do a little sunbathing, but the gosh darn reporters from the tabloids wouldn't leave her alone! Typical...
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1T3ZVm8fTSSPi2joKDLaU1scVNFQcnGCA6/269
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27 Aug. 2024
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Did one of them PLAYLISTS for people who might want to listen to some tunes...
https://8tracks.com/richard-f-yates/musix-playlist-27-aug-2024-by-rfy-holy-fool
MUSIX Playlist (27 Aug. 2024)
---001. David Bowie - "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell"
---002. Television Personalities - "I Can See My Whole World Crashing Down"
---003. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Ray of Light"
---004. The Neon Judgement - "Kid Shyleen"
---005. Blossom Dearie - "Just One of Those Things (Brazillian Girls Remix)"
---006. The Raincoats - "Don't Be Mean"
---007. Cold Blank - "Redroid (Original)"
---008. The Webb Brothers - "Low Grade Fever"
---009. Nouvelle Vague feat. Camille - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
---010. Jenna Riot, Joey Casio, Piper McKenzie & Scream Club - "Girl You Look Expensive"
---011. DJ Hell - "Robot Voices"
---012. Radio Vago - "Shotgun"
---013. Prairie Ramblers - "Ghost in the Graveyard"
Groovy...
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28 Aug. 2024
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My WTF project in which I'm attempting to write a new post on NEOCITIES for every day in August is still grinding on! Here's today's post:
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0044
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29 Aug. 2024
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WTF Day 29 - https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0045
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Image received from Mr. O.!!! It's a fun one!!!
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1 Sept. 2024
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WTF Day 30 - https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0046
WTF Day 31 - https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0047
Welp... I did it. 31 posts in 31 days, even if a couple of them were a bit thin. Especially yesterday, but that's because the whole family drove to an amusement park yesterday and had a good, old-fashioned, OUT-OF-THE-HOUSE blast! Yep. Enchanted Forest is ROCK+ROLL!!! Keep an eye out for a whole SLUG of photos from the day...
Anyway, glad that my FORCED PRODUCTION PROJECT is over, and I'm actually pretty happy with the outcome! There are some interesting bits in there! (Maybe other folks will agree? Maybe not. If not, fuck 'um! HA!!!)
Thanks for stopping by!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)