"The Home Stretch..." (compilation post) by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

2023 is nearing its completion. Almost survived another one! Wooooo! Next year, we're gonna start a NEW THEME (cuz that's what I like to do. Keeps the universe fresh, yeah?) Meanwhile, the BEAT GOES ON!

Me me me and my SHADOW! It's true, it's actual, everything is satisfactual... Don't worry about the small stuff (it will probably be a giant asteroid that kills us all. Not small at all!) Meanwhile, let's look at some ARTS, yeah???

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10 Dec. 2023

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"Drip Dry Drama" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on paper with digital embellishments and color.] Looks to me like a sun creature trying to do a little dance. (Why is the moon orange, though??? Maybe it's a moon from a different reality?) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/700

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"The Only Way to Win is Not to Play" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen and liner pen on paper notecard with digital embellishments and color.] Nonsense freewrite and poetical expressativa... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/701

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"Printed on Gum" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen and ballpoint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] I am a dirty liar. This work is on CARDBOARD not gum. That pink color looked a lot like gum to me, and for some reason, I seem to remember gum back in the late '70s or early '80s that had images or comics printed on it in some kind of edible (or at least not too poisonous) ink... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

P.S. - My brain is not fully functional anymore, so I might have just IMAGINED all of this... Who knows???

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/702

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11 Dec. 2023

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"Too Many Birds in My Brain" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Twitchy... That's how I'm feelin' today. All flamboozled... Funny thing (to me) is that I drew this image MONTHS ago! Apparently, I've felt this way before... (Making the ARTZ is one way to help chill.....) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842264

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"Delicate Terror" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, embossed paper collage, and tape on reclaimed envelope with digital embellishments, color, and drawing.] I'm not sure what inspired this one. I saw the embossed flower on the envelope that we got from some friends, and it seemed like a shame not to put that to use, but once I PHOTOGRAPHED it, the embossing didn't show up very well... Therefore, it was decided (passive voice) that the texture needed to be emphasized... This piece, it should be noted, has no connection whatsoever to any kind of cults, demonic entities, or unsavory advertising corporations... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/703

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"Sugar (Death) ((Dink))" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Fragments and cartoons and digital color and silly weirdness! Enjoy! (OR ELSE!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://zeroone.art/artwork/sugar-death-dink-by-richard-f-yates-holy-fool-4742

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"Word Mosh (Nov. 2023)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Digital drawing created on my phone, then run through the MOSH party machine!] This was the cover of a Typed.art piece that I did a couple weeks ago, but I ended up really liking the image. Again, this isn't something that I expect anyone to BUY, I just want to have it archived as a THING. THINGs are cool... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842291

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"Reputational Consequences" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Automatic writing is when your brain is only functioning at about 31 percent efficiency, and words just fall out of your head without passing thru any kind of filter. When the words make ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, it helps to throw in a monster face and maybe a flower... That's how you fill up a notebook! To quote the Scarecrow, "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking..." I do it on paper! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/704

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12 Dec. 2023

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Normally, my audio content is for paying folks only, but here's a (NON) EXCLUSIVE AUDIO (APPETIZER), which is free for everyone to listen to!!! Just go to my Patreon page and click the "play" button... And maybe one or two others!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/non-exclusive-by-94556691

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"Scary Nonsense (Xmas Card 2023)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color!] Happy holidays, whatever you celebrate, Yule or Pomona Festival or Saturnalia or Solstice or maybe one of the newer thrill packed winter celebrations! HAVE A GOOD ONE!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/705

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13 Dec. 2023

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[Posted to my Patreon page}:

Postage Price Crisis!

Okay, seriously??? $13.20 PER BOOKLET for U.S. postage!? How am I supposed to terrorize a bunch of people with weird holiday greetings when it costs THAT MUCH for stamps??? GOSH!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) [Who is so old that he thinks stamps should still be 12 cents!]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/postage-price-94612482

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"Alley Cat" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, crayon, and ballpoint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] He's a rogue with a tail of gold, but why is he staring off into the distance with that worried look on his ugly mug??? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/706

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"Reality Quakes" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Digital drawing over a photograph that I took thru the window of a moving car!] You see the STRANGEST THINGS when you leave the house... (I'd go out more often if I was an adventurous fellow...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/707

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"Maybe?" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments, drawing, and color.] I.... I don't know... There isn't really anything that I understand happening here. That doesn't mean I don't like it!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842399

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That's enough gunk for one thingy! Thanks for visiting! WOOOOOO!!!!

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://www.patreon.com/richardfyates