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James William Beard
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Printmaking, Ceramics, Nature-- I like a bit of everything.

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The White Egret, 2023

#blackandwhite #photography #whiteegret #pictorialism #photo #art #foto #monochrome #wildlifedisplay
black and white photograph of a white egret display in the everglades
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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an alluvial flame

stoneware, albany slip, 2025

#ceramics #stoneware #albanyslip #vessel #pottery
A warm red and white, textured ceramic vessel on a dark background.
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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A glimpse of an alternative economic and industrial history and future, in which the Luddites were successful in their battle against alienating technology.
The Future Encyclopedia of Luddism
A glimpse of an alternative economic and industrial history and future, in which the Luddites were successful in their battle against alienating technology.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Tropical Plants, digital photograph, 2023

Spotted on a trip to southern Florida to visit the Everglades.

#NaturePhotography #Photography #Nature #TropicalPlants #Photos #Plants #Florida #PhotographersofBlueSky
Photograph of vibrant green and red tropical foilage
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Here's Meep the cat, assisting on a photo-shoot of recent projects for the Mystic Multiples store. You don't need to see the art, right? 🤪

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New studio assistant
We're cat sitting for family, which can get in the way of the very important™ Mystic Multiples work. Here's Meep, doing their best to add some pizazz to a photo-shoot for the online store. Is it OK th...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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1000% recommend checking out the lectures of Rick Roderick if you are interested in philosophy and eerie parallels to our current moment.

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Listening to Rick Roderick
Rick Roderick: Philosopher, Teacher, Humanist, is someone I only encountered recently. I was a child during the years he worked with the Teaching Company (now Great Courses), so it makes sense that I ...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I wrote a short piece on anole lizards for Taxonomy Press's Floral Observer magazine, which is currently available through preorders and at in person events over the next month. Here's a short write up on the project + excerpt and links! 🦎

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Upcoming essay in the fall issue of Floral Observer – James William Beard
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September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Starting a new account for personal projects and musings. 👋

Very inspired by my readings on POSSE at the IndieWeb website:

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POSSE
POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like soc...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM