ann
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Recovering X-er. Anxious American. Art, verse, music floozy. This account is a kind of diary. No DM. 🎨 (Love to Ukraine! 🇺🇦)
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Efraïm Rodríguez, Horseman (Sequoia and beech wood, iron and ladder, 2003)
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂🍁 (I am so grateful for all of you! ☺️)
José Escofet, A Harvest Basket of Squash (gouache on paper, 1988)
José Escofet, A Harvest Basket of Squash (gouache on paper, 1988)
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂🍁 (I am so grateful for all of you! ☺️)
José Escofet, A Harvest Basket of Squash (gouache on paper, 1988)
José Escofet, A Harvest Basket of Squash (gouache on paper, 1988)
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Find someone who loves you as much as J.D. Salinger loved italics.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as J.D. Salinger loved italics.
Vu Thu Hien, Pagoda Thankgiving (watercolor on handmade paper, 2009)
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Vu Thu Hien, Pagoda Thankgiving (watercolor on handmade paper, 2009)
Efraïm Rodríguez, Horseman (Sequoia and beech wood, iron and ladder, 2003)
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Efraïm Rodríguez, Horseman (Sequoia and beech wood, iron and ladder, 2003)
Matthew Wong, The Journey Home (oil on wooden panel (triptych)) (2017)
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Matthew Wong, The Journey Home (oil on wooden panel (triptych)) (2017)
Mary Fedden, Lady Walking Her Dog Along The Promenade (watercolor on paper, 1989)
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Mary Fedden, Lady Walking Her Dog Along The Promenade (watercolor on paper, 1989)
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17 Nov 2025
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
17 Nov 2025
Maggie Vandewalle, Gadabout (watercolor)
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Maggie Vandewalle, Gadabout (watercolor)
Bela De Kristo (1920-2006), The Big Ship (oil and paper laid down on canvas)
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bela De Kristo (1920-2006), The Big Ship (oil and paper laid down on canvas)
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I'm rereading Janet Frame.
Here is a classic Frameism, from Daughter Buffalo, her "American " novel.
"Turnlung looked afraid. 'I should go home now, ' he said. 'Back to my room. Agile can so easily become fragile. Just think of those two letters f and r loitering in the doorway.
Here is a classic Frameism, from Daughter Buffalo, her "American " novel.
"Turnlung looked afraid. 'I should go home now, ' he said. 'Back to my room. Agile can so easily become fragile. Just think of those two letters f and r loitering in the doorway.
December 1, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I'm rereading Janet Frame.
Here is a classic Frameism, from Daughter Buffalo, her "American " novel.
"Turnlung looked afraid. 'I should go home now, ' he said. 'Back to my room. Agile can so easily become fragile. Just think of those two letters f and r loitering in the doorway.
Here is a classic Frameism, from Daughter Buffalo, her "American " novel.
"Turnlung looked afraid. 'I should go home now, ' he said. 'Back to my room. Agile can so easily become fragile. Just think of those two letters f and r loitering in the doorway.
Sven Jonson, Composition With Red Leaf (gouache on paper, 1929)
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sven Jonson, Composition With Red Leaf (gouache on paper, 1929)
Ruth Powers Ortlieb, Bird on Thermos Bottle (oil on canvas, c. 1939)
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Ruth Powers Ortlieb, Bird on Thermos Bottle (oil on canvas, c. 1939)
Kelli Vance, Parlor Games (oil on linen, 2023)
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kelli Vance, Parlor Games (oil on linen, 2023)
Roger Brown, Celebration of the Uncultivated—A Garden of the Wild (detail) (oil on canvas, 1980)
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Roger Brown, Celebration of the Uncultivated—A Garden of the Wild (detail) (oil on canvas, 1980)
A juxtapositioning fate
Find our mutual coordinate
Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this…
Deep Throat Choir, Stonemilker (Björk cover)
youtu.be/ZO8o6EE_G6M
Find our mutual coordinate
Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this…
Deep Throat Choir, Stonemilker (Björk cover)
youtu.be/ZO8o6EE_G6M
DEEP THROAT CHOIR - Stonemilker Bjork Cover
YouTube video by deepthroat choir
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A juxtapositioning fate
Find our mutual coordinate
Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this…
Deep Throat Choir, Stonemilker (Björk cover)
youtu.be/ZO8o6EE_G6M
Find our mutual coordinate
Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this…
Deep Throat Choir, Stonemilker (Björk cover)
youtu.be/ZO8o6EE_G6M
Have a great weekend, everyone! See you next week. 😎
Seraphina Fong, Until We Meet Again
(acrylic on wet wipe, 2018)
Seraphina Fong, Until We Meet Again
(acrylic on wet wipe, 2018)
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Have a great weekend, everyone! See you next week. 😎
Seraphina Fong, Until We Meet Again
(acrylic on wet wipe, 2018)
Seraphina Fong, Until We Meet Again
(acrylic on wet wipe, 2018)
Roland Petersen, The Bridge (oil on canvas, 1962)
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Roland Petersen, The Bridge (oil on canvas, 1962)
Monica Rohan, Flung (oil on board, 2015)
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Monica Rohan, Flung (oil on board, 2015)
Hiroo Isono (1945-2013), Untitled (detail)
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hiroo Isono (1945-2013), Untitled (detail)
Susan Abbott, Table In Autumn (oil on linen, 2022)
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Susan Abbott, Table In Autumn (oil on linen, 2022)
Jackie Morris (painting for Amnesty International, 2014) #CaturdayEve
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Jackie Morris (painting for Amnesty International, 2014) #CaturdayEve
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“Thinking back to my childhood, I remember others more clearly than myself, but when I think of more recent times, I begin to dominate my memories. I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.”
— Lyn Hejinian, My Life
— Lyn Hejinian, My Life
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Thinking back to my childhood, I remember others more clearly than myself, but when I think of more recent times, I begin to dominate my memories. I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.”
— Lyn Hejinian, My Life
— Lyn Hejinian, My Life
Ksenya Istomina (b. 1991), Art Studio (oil on canvas)
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ksenya Istomina (b. 1991), Art Studio (oil on canvas)
Norman Rockwell, The Connoisseur (1962)
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Norman Rockwell, The Connoisseur (1962)
Patrick Pietropoli, Meditation (oil on canvas)
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Patrick Pietropoli, Meditation (oil on canvas)