Keep Art Human

 

Shadows, Fangs and Silk

 

"Far over the misty mountains cold..."

 

Captain Ahab / Moby Dick - Herman Melville

“Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale;

to the last I grapple with thee;

from hell’s heart I stab at thee;

for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.”

— Captain Ahab, Moby Dick 🐋

#mobydick #captainahab #thewhitewhale #hermanmelville #melville

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Where the Maps End

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Man Should Surrender

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Dragon at Rest

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Offworld

don’t assume for a minute

those rocket ships to mars

are built for you

they are destined to the highest bidder

 

#art #beauty #love #trust #faith

 

(Wish I Was) Ocean Size

 

The Evening Redness in the West

 

"Peace Proposal", by Shel Silverstein

Said General Clay to General Gore

really must we fight this silly war

    To kill and die in such a bore

I quite agree said General Gore

    Said General Gore to General Clay

we could go to the beach today

    And have some ice cream on the way

a grand idea said General Clay

    Said General Clay to General Gore

we’ll build sand castles on the shore

    Said General Gore we’ll splash and play

let’s leave right now said General Clay

    Said General Gore to General Clay

but what if the sea’s closed today

    And what if the sand’s been blown away

the dreadful thought said General Clay

    Said General Gore to General Clay

I’ve always feared the ocean’s spray

    And we may drown it’s true we may

it chills my blood said General Clay

    Said General Clay to General Gore

my bathin’ suit is slightly tore

    We better go on with our war

I quite agree said General Gore

    Then General Clay charged General Gor

 as bullets flew and cannons roared

    And now at last there is no more

of General Clay or General Gore

— “Peace Proposal” by Shel Silverstein

#shelsilverstein #peaceproposal #penandink

#protestart #mutuallyassureddestruction

The Orb - "Little Fluffy Clouds"

“little fluffy clouds” ☁️ — a personal tribute to 

the classic 90's dance hit by The Orb

#littlefluffyclouds #theorb #90spsychedelia 

#ambienthouse #theorbsadventuresbeyondtheultraworld

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This Place is Crazy

Sometimes I wonder if anybody’s watching 🛸

 and what they make of us…

#ufo #ufosighting #aliens👽 #cropcircles #beammeupscotty

"we can never go home again"

 

"memento mori"

 

"Marooned"

His ship had given up its ghost weeks ago. The reactor was damaged in the crash, offering no hope of repair, and with it went the emergency beacon. Now, with no hope of rescue, he leaned against the tree to rest his weary frame.

He listened to the soft wind, rippling the grass around him. Noticed, for the very first time, the blooming flowers bathed in the lunar glow of the twin moons above. He breathed a sigh of relief. “There were worse ways to go,” he thought, and felt profoundly grateful.

 

"evil new war god"

“Our opponents join with warmongers and neocons to wage endless wars, 

these wars that never end.” 

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” 

 [I will] turn the page forever on those foolish, stupid days of never-ending wars.” 

 “I am the first president in modern times to start no new wars.” 

Donald Trump (2024) 

demon moth, lunar surprise

 

Hunters glimpse the outer dark

Maw opens, sanity cracks

Lunar jaws swallow their screams

The News

we live in scary times

 

Imagination

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy,

and for some of us that world of make-believe

continues into adulthood.”

— Jim Henson

 

"shelter"

 

Out With The Old, In With The New.

2025 is looking a little worse for wear, but hey, if you’re reading this, we’re here and we’re alive. Wishing everyone a better and brighter, and (maybe, hopefully?) happier 2026. 

 

sunset

 

Elves of the World Unite!

“Elves of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”

 

Life. Love. Hope. Beauty. Art. Resist!

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“Another world is possible another world is necessary; 

another world is happening”

“the only way for us to survive is by taking care of one another”

— Grace Lee Boggs

 

"ramen break"

 

"portal"

"a refuge in reading"

 

"skullfarmacology"

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/31 - “Award”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/30 - “Vacant”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/29 - “Lesson”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/28 - "Skeletal"

The sickness spread with the proliferation of AI-facilitated Virtual Reality.

Communication dwindled: emails went unanswered, personal interaction became practically nonexistent.

Large factions of society became social recluses, confined to a solipsistic prison of their own making.

And when police responded to welfare checks, it was not uncommon to find skeletal remains of the victims, glowing headsets still on …

A hint of a smile gracing the remains of their face.

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/27 - “Onion”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/26 - “Puzzling”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/25 - “Inferno”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/24 - “Rowdy"

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/23 - “Firefly”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/22 - “Button”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/21 - "Blast"

 

Before Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (2023), there was a movie called ‘Fat Man and Little Boy’ (1989), directed by Roland Joffe. This memorable image of Oppenheimer comes from the latter, the first thing that came to mind with today’s prompt ‘Blast’.

The movie depicts Oppenheimer — a heavy smoker — about to light a cigarette when the bomb goes off. This actually is a myth.

However, the theoretical physicist Ted Taylor ignited a smoke with thermal energy released by a test blast on June 1, 1952, using a mirror to focus the light from the detonation onto the tip of his cigarette.

Inktober 2025 - 10/20 - “Rivals”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/18 - “Deal”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/17 - “Ornate”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/16 - “Blunder”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/15 - “Ragged”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/14 - “Trunk”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/13 - “Drink”

 

Inktober 2025 - 10/12 - “Shredded”