It's almost Xmas! And I'm listening to an old Prince song... (Weird!)
LET'S DO ARTZ!!!!
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16 Dec. 2023
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"Product Sales Pitch" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Try as they might, they never could put the Holy Fool's brain back together again. Maybe it was for the best... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/713
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17 Dec. 2023
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[Posted to Typed.art]:
Coming up in the next few days: ---a new pirate radio show (not for Patreon, probably on 3Speak) ---more updates to The MUSEUM OF POSTCARD ART! ---a new mini-manifesto for the NEW YEAR! ---sloth and slack (important to keep the SPIRIT alive! Praise Bob!!!) ---need to finish my holiday cards (I have half of one done, so only 29 and a half to go!) and send those out ---need to conceptualize my plans for WRITING for the next year (*FICTION will play a much larger role in the new era...) ---make a NEW ZINE!!! (probably for Patreon...)
Yesterday, while I was posting and sharing and that kinda thing, I realized that having silly things on YoooTooobs while I was trying to work was (however subtly) deflecting at least a portion of my mental energy away from what I was working on [much like how the atmosphere deflects a percentage of the solar radiation and cosmic energies away from the planet...] At some point, I decided I needed less engaging background noise, and I found a great Space Age Lounge program on YoooTooobs by Time Warp Radio called "Vintage Sci-fi Lounge Elevator Music." It's a 15 minute, chill, soul-rotting, department store soundtrack with vintage robots and old photos and stuff... Background paradise!
Music is magic... We all need more magic in our lives, right???
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to exercize your CREATE muscles! (If ya don't use it, ya lose it!!!)
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Creatures in the Urban Woods" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, mechanical pencil, colored pencil, brush pen, paint pen, and sticker collage on reclaimed cardboard.] I am SO FAR BEHIND in my postcard sending... I think I made this piece MONTHS ago, but I'm pretty sure it's still waiting patiently in a stack with about a dozen OTHER cards who are ALL hoping to someday be let loose upon the world... Someday... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/714
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"Undies" by Richard F. Yates (HF)
[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] As an old fool, all he really wanted for Xmas was some new, comfortable underwear! (Luxury...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
P.S. - This piece is being released as part of the ALIEN QUEEN's #HiveArtShare program! I'm conjuring 47 editions and releasing 37 of them into the wild for only ONE HIVE each! (Golly!) [Remember, I'm the weirdo who released the "Entry Level NFT" back in the early days, and I'm still pushing the idea that ANYONE can be an art collector!!! I'm the pusher, man...]
Spread the joy! (Buy folks undies for Xmas!)
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/richardfyates_back-to-primitivity_undies-by-richard-f-yates-hf
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"Locked Inside" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, brush pen, metallic marker, and gel pen on paper notecard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] The ascension of consciousness (brought about by too much sugar.) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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18 Dec. 2023
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"Blinded by the (Pink) Light" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, gel pen, brush pen, and felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Phil Dick claimed (in several interviews and in written accounts) that a pink light or laser struck him and transferred a massive amount of information directly into his brain. Thoughts? Was it the color that did it? Phil Dick was a super-smart man, so what do we TAKE from his experience? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/715
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"Nothing here" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Akin to erasure poetry, this is "framing poetry," in which the viewer is only allowed fragments and can (if they'd like) complete the lines of text in their heads OR ignore the text completely and just look at the colors! (I'm easy!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/716
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"Heaven (Is a Place on Earth)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on tinted cardstock with digital embellishments and color twitching.] Simple. That's what some of us want. What is your idea of paradise? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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19 Dec. 2023
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"Fling Wide the Doors of Self-Deception...(MISSION STATEMENT)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
I've sharpened my YEAR END AXE already, and posted a new mini-manifesto on my Patreon page! Wooo! #freetoreadforall
Why make art? THIS why make art!!!
#art #socialcritique #writing #badart #manifestos
https://www.patreon.com/posts/fling-wide-doors-94952502
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Is that enough? Write a letter to your congressional representative and let them know if I need to write more or if maybe shouldn't. I'm sure it will get back to me...
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)