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TestamentOfDarkness

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Poet, Artist, Book Lover, T.Rex, David Bowie, Music, no to racism, Fascism and all the other -isms. LGBTQ+ welcome. I've been sailing the waters of life and death, seeking the shores of eternity.

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · Nov 17

I call this Space Cycle.

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 14h

I wish you all a happy and peaceful rest of the week.

TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 14h

I often thought that about myself, but after years and years I don't regret still being alive, because it was was worth it after all. I wouldn't want to have missed it. You never know. Life might still surprise you.

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queer.de @queerde.bsky.social · 1d

Für 2026 erscheint zum zweiten Mal der homoerotische Wandkalender "The Male Nude in Art"

Nackte Männer in der Kunst

Für 2026 erscheint zum zweiten Mal der homoerotische Wandkalender 'The Male Nude in Art'. (14.10.2025, Bild des Tages)

www.queer.de

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 1d

Albrecht Dürer :
Studies of a Tree Bullfinch, c.1500

watercolor & gouache on paper on canvas

Bio in the alt text 👇

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, Nuremberg, Germany), was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.

Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts series are stylistically more Gothic than the rest of his work, but revolutionised the potential of that medium, while his extraordinary handling of the burin expanded especially the tonal range of his engravings.

Dürer's introduction of classical motifs and of the nude into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatises, which involve principles of mathematics for linear perspective and body proportions.

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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1997, David Bowie released ’I'm Afraid of Americans‘, from EART HL I NG.

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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 23h

David Bowie – I’m Afraid of Americans

EART HL I NG (1997)

Video of the Day

David Bowie – I’m Afraid of Americans

Directed by Dom & Nick. Watch the making of the video: From Earthling, released in 1997, available to order via Amazon below.. CD. Vinyl. (UK) CD. Vinyl. (US)

www.davidbowienews.com

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes the frame is the art

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Lotr Universe @lordoftherings.world · 23h

Celtic interpretation of Gandalf - by lunarsigilart

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 19h

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 22h

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

Best speech ever.

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 17h

The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin📣✍️🏃
Paulette Goddard
Jack Oakie
Henry Daniell
Reginald Gardiner
Billy Gilbert
Maurice Moscovich

15 Oct 1940
#FilmSky🎞️

@karinalongworth.bsky.social

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 1d

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Sue Clancy @artistclancy.bsky.social · 21h

So @hcrichardson.bsky.social has encouraged us to record or write what it means to us to live in a democracy. So today I spent some writing things I want from a democratic government.
We had these things as recently as last year, 2024. And that gives me hope that we can/will have these again.

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

All the time. I also have TBR heaps which I keep rearranging.

TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

Whatever works for you is right. I'm a librarian at heart. I organize my books by genre, and then alphabetically, but I also keep some antiquarian books separated from the others.

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the reposts!

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 8d

“By being visible, and by standing together, we show that our communities are stronger, kinder, and more alive when everyone belongs.” — Davina

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the reposts!

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 6d

“Any act of kindness right now is a powerful thing.” — Jonathan Bailey

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

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C. J. Magus @cjmagus.bsky.social · 1d

“Don’t forget that even though many people hate you, there are far more who support and love you. I hope you move forward by holding onto the loving gazes rather than the negative ones.” — Cherry

#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1997, "I'm Afraid Of Americans" by #DavidBowie was released as a single with six remixes including versions with #IceCube, #Photek and #TrentReznor of #NineInchNails - who also appeared in the official music video.

A meme from the video game Team Fortress in which one character is in shadow saying "I fear no man... But that thing (referring to a second character)... It scares me". Character one is Bowie, character two is Reznor, both of them taken from the music video for "I'm Afraid of Americans"

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

It was a mix of watching Star Trek as a child, dream state, and loving the sky.

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

Sooner or later things will get better. Don't despair.

TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks. Glad you like it.

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TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful.

TestamentOfDarkness @testamentofdark.bsky.social · 1d

No title, oil on paper. Did that some years ago.

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