Yep... I'm getting ahead of the game and posting a SECOND episode on day one. I'm still planning to try to post EVERY DAY, but if I miss a day in the up-and-coming, near future, then...I'm already one up... So... Yeah... (I'm not sorry. It's my game, and I'll play it MY WAY! Ha!)
Breathe in the Silence... (Compilation Post) by RFY (Holy Fool)
In the dark of the day, he clicks away at a glowy-thing, hoping that the Universe receives the messages. The Conversation is PHANTOM at best, but phantoms can be fun at parties! (Remember that one opera? LAUGH RIOT!!)
When I grow up, I want to be the world's smallest scorpion... (Who will support my dreams??)
Let's look at some ARTZ...
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24 Apr. 2025
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"Make Your Artz" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ink on notebook page with digital embellishments, layers, and color.] FLASH! The world is not always friendly, especially for artists. Skin grows back. And that's good enough! (I'm gonna post a bunch of art now. That makes ME feel better, even if no-other-bodies like it!) (HA!!)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/46
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"Lines and Tentacles and Eyes" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen and brush pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments.] Abstract finger twitching with geometric pretensions. That is all...
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/47
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"Crunk Weasels" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] I'm going to call this COMPRESSED STORYTELLING! This is season one AND two in 17 words!!! Keep coming back for more EXCITEMENT!! (Or be destroyed by the Crunk Weasels...)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/48
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"Comforting Horrors" by RFY (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen and liner pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] When the world has gone to shit, I look to my favorite monsters for comfort...
https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/44
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1 May 2025
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HIVE May One-a-Day 01 by RFY (HF)
Greetings Friends and Unknown Entities!
My name is Richard F. Yates and I am called (mostly by me) the "Holy Fool." (If you've seen DEATH MASK OF THE NINJA aka: Shaolin Prince), you'll know what I'm talking about... If not...get on that!) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092855/
For reasons known only to my Spirit Guides, it has been decided that I shall do another "ONE POST - EACH DAY - FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH" for May on HIVE! (I'll be posting primarily thru PEAKD, with maybe one of two from ECENCY, if I'm out of town and don't have access to my laptop!)
Now that we've set some ground-rules, let's get on with it!!! Lately, I've been a bit LAX (not L.A. - X) in my ONLINE SHARING. I'm still making stuff by the millions in the MEAT WORLD, but I'm busy hanging with grandkids, working on an up-coming Author Festival, and trying not to go TOO-FAR-GONE to be of use to the humans...
My grandkids are now almost SIX!!! (Felicity)
and just a hair over ONE!!! (Riot)
The writers' event that I'm doing is at the Longview Public Library on May 17th (or whatever day near there is a Saturday), and beyond the printed "books" that I'm bringing, I've been working on a shit-ton (technical measurement) of ZINES and self-made, one-of-a-kind "books" (for lack of a better term...) I'm a horrible capitalist, cuz where most folks would probably be hoping to SELL a bunch of books at this thing, I'm hoping to show as many people as possible how EASY it is to MAKE books, even if they're just little and weird and not-very-commercial looking... (The books, not the people...although, who am I to judge? Just a fool...) This is the type of thing I've been making a BUNCH of lately (like more than 30 different designs...)
So that's pretty much it! I'm going to make an effort to post a new BLIP on Hive each day for the month of May, gonna keep sharing art on various platforms (Objkt, Rodeo, RedBubble, NEOCITITES [I love my NEOCITIES page], Patreon, and so on...), and I'll also be busy in the "REAL WORLD" conjuring abstract / Surreal / Dada / nonsense for the peeps to laugh at! [AT or WITH, I don't care, as long as there's LAUGHING!!!]
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/
KEEP IT REEL PEEPS!!!
P.S. - All of my stuff in this post is CC0, Creative Commons, and can be used by other folks for whatever they wanna do with it. If you want to say where you got the raw, that'd be cool! END OF LINE...
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NEOCITIES is the PLAYGROUND of the MIND!!!! Go there! Be BRAVE! EXPRESS! CREATE! PILLAGE! REDEEM!!!
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0141
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"Allergy Season" by RFY (Holy Fool)
[Phone selfie with some minor digital tweaking...] How well do YOU do in the Spring???
https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/45
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"Wicked Wiles" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on paper over a printed tablecloth with digital embellishments and color.] I don't know what they iz...but I'm against them!!!
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/49
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"How I've Been Feeling Lately" by RFY (HF)
[Felt pen, gel pen, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and minor color tweaking...] Emotional abstract, slight sigilistics, and pooftah, all mixed together and sprinkled with sugar...
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/richardfyates_spork-2025_how-ive-been-feeling-lately-by-rfy-hf
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad you survived for this long! KEEP IT UP!!!
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P.S. - All of my stuff in this post is CC0, Creative Commons, and can be used by other folks for whatever they wanna do with it. If you want to say where you got the raw, that'd be cool! END OF LINE... (I know I wrote this above, but it's good to reiterate, sometimes...)
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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