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Genuine Particles @genuineparticles.bsky.social · Jun 14
Enjoying creating something beautiful (to me), and sharing it.

“fifty. four.”

(June 13, 2025)
A photo of my watercolor painting, “fifty. four.” Grid of 54 squares with various beautiful color circles in squares blending together in different ways. With iPhone photo edits and adjustments. Painted and posted June 13, 2025.
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“crazy diamonds, shine on”

Nurturing the creative side: necessary self-care.

(January 25, 2026)
A photo of a page in a cotton watercolor journal, portrait orientation. Diamonds and triangles of various shades of fancy new gold paints (from NYC!) Other repeating shapes (wonky circles and dashes) in various greys and brown. Handmade stencils. Acrylic ink doodles.
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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“we’re not square”

(January 25, 2026)
An abstract intuitive trapezoidal grid doodle exercise in a green, yellow and blue palette; with ink and graphite marks. With intentional and equal time for both hands.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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“genuine particle. accidental moon.”

(January 25, 2026)
A top down view of an abstract watercolor and acrylic painting in a circle, on square format recycled cotton rag paper, in a spiral sketchbook. Purple, blue, magenta. Gold and lifted handmade stencils. With a drop of paint in orbit.
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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“but Doubt *saved* me (study)”

(January 24, 2026)
An abstract intuitive watercolor sketch in a portrait orientation sketchbook. Alternating purple and blue “waves,” with small crimson areas. Salt technique. Handcut reusable stencils, lifted and in gold acrylic paint.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Trying to find something positive… I actually had company for my hike home from PT! About 4.5 miles! He met me halfway.
Young Lincoln statue at The Rose Garden. Delaware Park, Buffalo, NY. January 22, 2026. A large sculpture, my favorite sculpture, of all of them, anywhere, of a young, seated Abraham Lincoln, looking off into the distance. In one hand, an axe. In the other, a book. Created by Bryant Baker 1935. On the pedestal, a poem by James Russell Lowell: For Him Her Old World Moulds Aside She Threw, / And Choosing Sweet Clay From The Breast / Of The Unexhausted West, With Stuff Untainted / Shaped A Hero New Snow has accumulated on the statue. A large terracotta planter on a snowy ledge. A “face” appears in snow on the planter. Photo credit: bestie. A lion statue in Buffalo, NY on January 22, 2026. Snow covers the ground. As well as the head of the lion. Funny. The David replica at Hoyt Lake, Buffalo, NY. January 22, 2026. A large bronze replica of Michelangelo's Statue of David, partially covered in snow. A tree in the foreground frames the scene on the left.
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Audience of none, (or nun!) post:

More scenes from our NYC trip but it’s very… oh what’s the word for it
A photo of the Climate Clock at Union Square at 03 yrs 188 days 15:46:13. With a Best Buy, Nordstom Rack, and Duane Reade below. People move on the sidewalk below. Didn’t notice the time until later. Was too busy lining up the shot while looking like an obvious tourist, and not giving a shit who had to walk around me for a change. Sorry and you’re welcome, NYC. Faded “613” on a sidewalk in Union Square. Of course with a delta 🔺 for the “only” constant: change Photo at 14th Street subway station in NYC. “No clearance in niche.” I am old enough to remember when it was illegal to take photographs in the subway, and my brother and I were not willing to risk our work study grants or worse over getting caught. Had to be “good” always. “No clearance in niche.” Lol. But I liked the geometry of it. A woman taking a selfie in a store window in NYC. During very busy shopping time, which is always, yet somehow no others are caught in the shot. How did she do it? She stood there on the sidewalk with the shot lined up and waited until she had a clearing. Multiple times. She had to not care, or rather, be extremely ok with embarrassing herself, to get the shot. Store is called, “unsubscribed,” in lower case cursive. It me, lol. Apparently there’s a sale but I just wanted use of their window. Manhattan is actually very hilly. I miss lining shots up with a real actual slr. Hmmmm…
January 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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🎵It was twenty years ago today!🎵

On our epic NYC pilgrimage / caper, for our anniversary, folks asked “which gift / metal is that?”

Finally looked: Platinum.

Defined as: making this unbelievable bounty happen *and* showing up for his bestie, for decades. Plural.

Platinum.

(January 21, 2026)
The front entrance of UCB NY @ 242 E 14th St. On January 14, 2026. An interior wall shot of UCB theater, taken with permission from staff. An abstract art painted mural of a jockey riding some kind of mer-or-air-Tiger through a burning red hoola hoop. January15, 2026. A “no black and white filter” shot of a snowy wooded path. Trees and felled logs line the path. Footprints in the snow. Inwood Park, Manhattan. January 17, 2026. Sunset over the Hudson, from Inwood Park lookout. January 17, 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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We tasted many delights on our NYC trip, and I’ll post some of those. But for now I am very happy to be home with my own cooking.

And gratitude for all the ancestors who worked out quickbreads.

“Banana nut mini loaves.”

(January 20, 2026)
Six mini banana breads going into the oven. Half have walnuts and half have pecans. Six banana breads cooling on a rack. Portrait orientation. Closeup of two if the mini loaves on a wooden cutting board.
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Thank you, Sean, for *my* favorite Bills era.

I saw you. 🙏♾️
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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Firing the coach, (instead of the entire cursed officiating staff!!!) smdfh - I almost forgot what kind of a game it is.

💔🦬❄️
A Buffalo Bills flag hanging at a pub across from UCB NY, January 16, 2026. I was with Giants fans for “wide right.” Meeting *Bills fans in NYC* (!!!) in 2026 is… it’s a thing of beauty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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Spock’s hands.
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Lots of walking today, and got to visit this gloriousness!

Dinosaur (2024), by Iván Argote.

(January 16, 2026)
A stunningly realistic 21 foot tall aluminum sculpture of a pigeon. The eyes!! 30th St and 10th Ave, NYC. Closeup of the feet. Minions. POV Kingdom.
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Fleeing Ghost https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111664/
Paul Klee’s artistic skills were diverse: he was a painter, printmaker, critic, and theoretician. He taught at the Bauhaus for most of the famed school’s existence; initially head of the bookbinding department, he also supervised the glass-painting workshop. His greatest influence, however, was as a lecturer for the basic design course on the theory of form in art. In lectures, Klee developed his ideas about the "polyphony" of painting, which was based on his interest in simultaneous sensational effects that could be created by various layered formal elements. He believed that this type of creative experimentation could "issue forth a transformed beholder of art" and thus pave the way for total abstraction. Bequest of Claire Zeisler
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Child and aunt https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/child-and-aunt-1940
Child and aunt
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Fantastic evening for a walk!!!

(January 14, 2026)
Upright Citizens Brigade. 242 E 14th St. New York, NY. January 14th, 2026.
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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“genuine.”

(January 13, 2026)
An abstract watercolor painting. Genuine earth pigment paints inside a circle. Hand-cut stencil work. Recycled cotton rag watercolor paper. Square format.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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❤️♾️👏🙏💔😔⚡️

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Karen O & Willie Nelson - "Under Pressure" (Official Audio)
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January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Tried making some more stencils!

(January 11, 2026)
Some wonky hand cut stencils on a green cutting mat grid. Various implements and supplies. A closeup of the stencils.
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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“Ashes to ashes
Funk to funky…” ⚡️

(January 10, 2026)
A colorful five point star shape in space. Watercolor, acrylic paint, gouache. Cotton hot-press watercolor paper. The same painting under a blacklight.
January 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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What happened yesterday in Minneapolis was terrorizing and cowardly. And as an American, it is one of the most un-American acts I have ever seen. I reject this and any other act of cruelty perpetrated in my name!

My heart breaks for the family, friends, and community of Renee Nicole Good.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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David Bowie had some advice for artists.

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David Bowie on why you should never play to the gallery
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January 8, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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David Bowie on Art.

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David Bowie explains art.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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David Robert Jones, aka David Bowie, was born January 8, 1947. He created and shared some amazing art with us, and I am so grateful.

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David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Video) [4K]
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January 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM