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Mysterious Johnson

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artist, poet, storyteller, itinerant philosopher, triflin bish

my name is Tim, but you can call me Mysterious

a midwest member of the #EastCoastKin arts collective

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Mysterious Johnson

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Sunset tonite in the city.

I love this town, wouldn't trade it for another.

#EastCoastKin #photography #naiveteismyforte

sunset in gold and orange and lingering blue, above the dim hum of tedious traffic.

November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM

Mysterious Johnson

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full and bright, the night doesn't feel so dark with this moon out

so this is a series now... we'll see what comes

#photography #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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I know! where has the year gone? I am very much in the time warp tunnel as well... blink and it's Christmas again, lol. I am workin toward something in the art life! I joined an artist group here in town and am trying to participate and get to know people. Had a piece in one of their shows last nite

November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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quietly slipping, slipping into dark

lazily drowsing, drowsing into sleep

the clouds and moon; behind my house - I may make more of these pictures

#EastCoastKin #photography #naiveteismyforte

November 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM

Mysterious Johnson

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the moon over the back fence.

so begins the long dark

#EastCoastKin #photography #naiveteismyforte

November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM

Mysterious Johnson

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finally got a few impressions from this problematic mold. they are lookin good so far! im happy

#sculpture #papiermache #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

papier mâché sculpture of a dancing figure, repeated 5 times.

November 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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and another section of the same work. I really liked this texture

November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM

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detail of an older sculpture of mine.

this is the result of layering colored tissue paper with newsprint, then sanding and polishing.

the problem was the fugitive nature of the dye in the tissue paper- it faded real quick.

i'm trying it again, using acrylic paint on tissue paper

mottled and swirled blues on the surface of a papier mâché sculpture

November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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looking up, out in the backyard.

Autumn always fills me with this intense feeling of freedom and possibility. I smell that crisp air, and the leaves - it's absolutely electric for me.

#EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte #photography #BlueSkyMonday

the last bright yellow leaves clinging to a silver maple against a blue sky

November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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November 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM

Mysterious Johnson

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werkin on sumpin

November 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM

Mysterious Johnson

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subtle Halloween deco

October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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#wip

this mold is a bit frustrating... my silicone mix was half dried out, then I didn't have enough to cover so I added a plaster layer (which doesn't work btw! don't do it). It's been rough, and it sucks, but I'm learning.

the only way I know how- the hard way.

first impression from the mold
not bad actually!

silicone mold. the pink bits are dumb dried silicone mix i threw in there as filler... such a rough mold this one!

October 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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This is Lil Bit. He is done with our BS and is going back to bed.

October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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I love #TheCampfire this time of year. It's cozy. I love to hear all y'all's stories! Here's one of mine:

I'm either incredibly lucky, or snakebit cursed - either way, I survived the story i'm about to tell you - in fact I was completely fine. No Tim's were harmed. (cont. in alt text)

It was an average Tuesday, the sun was shining, and i was on my way to work. It was a job I hated, and I had to drive way too long to get there, but it was paying the bills...

I was late, so I hauled ass down the highway - I was going about 75 on I-435 here in Kansas City. Down by Front Street there's about 4 lanes in each direction and the highway was basically deserted, so my little '91 Toyota Corolla was cruising right along.

Up ahead of me a ways was a dump truck- the same kind I see ten times a day, a diesel front end, and a big box on the back - I thought nothing of it. He was in the far right lane, and I was in the far left.

I noticed him hit a bump and the back end kind of hopped up a bit. The impact must have jarred something loose because that's when the back gate of the truck let go, spilling its entire contents on the highway. One dumptruck's worth of coarse gravel, delivered.

I had enough time to see it pour out of the truck. I saw it spread across all the lanes, it moved a bit like water. I saw it roll and then leap up in a wall in front of me. I had enough time to realize what was happening, but not enough to react... and then I was inside it.

I immediately couldn't see anything, the road was just dust and rocks and white ahead of me. There were the impacts of rocks on the windshield, it seemed like they were about the size of my fist. I heard the resonant thunk of rock hitting metal, and the bright crisp crunch of safety glass breaking - I thought a rock would be coming through the windshield at any moment.

I felt the car start to drift- which made sense, I mean I was on a freshly laid gravel road, doing about 75. I worked the brakes and deftly cranked the wheel - honestly not sure how, I have little to no experience driving in those conditions, but I managed to somehow keep it on the road through pure survival instinct.

After the initial shock and maneuvering through the airborne gravel, I drove on through the rest of the field of it, still doing about 40 I think. I was breathing ragged, muttering expletives to myself. I was surprised that the radio was still on - having played obliviously through the whole experience. I was in total shock. I couldn't let go of the wheel, I couldn't blink, I couldn't follow when the truck turned off at the next exit.

I never found out who was responsible for that - my insurance fixed the car - which was thoroughly pummeled, but still drivable.

I finished the drive into work, called my wife and let her know what happened, and then worked my shift.

Incredibly snakebit to have been there right then, incredibly lucky to have come through unscathed.

October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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asters, kissed by the morning sun.

I saw them glowing out my back window, and I was drawn to go take their portrait.

#photography #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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fluffy lamb's ear

#bloomscrolling #photography #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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sunrise over the back fence. I am lucky beyond measure.

#sunrise #photography #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

October 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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breakfast.

do you all take pictures of your food? I usually don't, but when I do, I make it artsy fartsy.

#photography #food #fruit #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte

September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Mysterious Johnson

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finally did some glamor shots of these... maybe one day I'll figure out how to take pictures right, 😆

#sculpture #papiermache #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte