"You’re very poetic." "No, just sad.” José Saramago Blindness
Rob Klippel
@robklippel.bsky.social
I'm beginning to think this is all just a Kobayashi Maru.
Red Rocks Morrison, Colorado "To someone who had lived with anxiety, those rocks were speaking to me quietly that a sense of security does not come from the absence of anxiety, but from the strength to hold anxiety and still not fall." A North Korean Defector's Reaction
🇰🇵 These Are My Thoughts After Visiting Red Rocks
YouTube video by Hanaya
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When Pat Martino suffered a near-fatal seizure, he was left with severe memory loss. He had no memory of guitar... he even forgot the identity of his parents. He relearned guitar, note by note, from his own recordings. His teacher was a stranger... himself. youtu.be/QGti6Fox6WE?...
N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season "You are she. She is you. You are Essun. Remember! The woman whose son is dead. You're an orogene... Only three people here know what you are, and two of them you gave birth to. Well. One left who knows, now." #HowBooksBegin
Let's decide that posting here is not art. Then let's talk together about art. L.H.O.O.Q., 1919 L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved, 1965 Marcel Duchamp
Kurt Vonnegut's advice to high schoolers: “Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction... no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience BECOMING, to find out what’s inside you, to MAKE YOUR SOUL GROW.”
National SO-111N Portable Phonograph & Keyboard (1960s) "Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm alive" insheepsclothinghifi.com/japanese-por... youtu.be/ecIPJaxkZ7w?...
No Kings Protest Arvada, Colorado 6/14/26 For Democracy. For the future. For our children. For Good.
"As a child I never imagined that all of the real monsters in the world would be human." Mobeen Hakeem mobeenhakeem.tumblr.com/my-writing Painting Misty Lindsey
"I found out today, we're going wrong" youtu.be/eE-TTVNbdGE?... My cousin was killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." I wonder if he ever heard this song and what he might have thought about it. #MemorialDay
"The day the mountains move has come..." Yosano Akiko 1878-1942 Author Poet Feminist Pacifist Social Reformer (The anime/manga character from Bungo Stray Dogs is named for her.)
"Your silence will not protect you." Audre Lorde 1934-1992 Professor Philosopher Poet Civil Rights Activist Intersectional Feminist
"... like they're waiting for permission to live a little softer again." If you can, find someone to rescue... or let them find you. youtu.be/Eztcg8aDkIg?...
Don't you have anything better to do? I wish that someone could hug you Must be lonely Being angry Feeling over-looked You sit alone at home in the darkness With all the pent-up rage that you harness I'm real sorry 'Bout whatever happened to you youtu.be/iQVvSdymxmQ?...
I play guitar. This is my sheet music: 🎨Cy Twombly "Untitled" 1967
Some want to destroy entire civilizations. Some want to repair what's been destroyed. After a Russian drone bombed Vlad's building in Hievakha, Ukraine, he managed to get out alive and even save his dog. Later, his charred guitar was found. Here is Tanya Shpachuk's restoration, part 1 of 10: 💙💛
Restoring a Burned Gibson Les Paul – Bringing It Back to Life. Part 1
YouTube video by Tanya Shpachuk
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Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977) “Surrealism is meant for me, because I am a pretty realistic person, but don’t like all I see. So I dream that it is changed."
We The People (2-legged, 4-legged, and bare-assed) No Kings 3 28 March 2026 Broomfield, Colorado
We The People No Kings 3 28 March 2026 Broomfield, Colorado
"Look at these three words written bigger than the rest, with special pride never written before, or since, tall words proudly saying, 'We the People' ... was not written for chiefs, or kings, or the warriors, or the rich or powerful, but for ALL the people!" - James T. Kirk #NoKings March 28
The Omega Glory: Kirk's Greatest Speech
YouTube video by Bob Turner
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Barbara Kruger Untitled (Questions) 1990 "Who is beyond the law? Who is bought and sold? Who is free to choose? Who does the time? Who follows orders? Who salutes the longest? Who prays loudest? Who dies first? Who laughs last?"
D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically... We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen." #HowBooksBegin
