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Sue Zipkin
@suezipkin.bsky.social
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I am a professional artist who uses traditional materials. I use Photoshop for some edits. My art is copyrighted; it is not AI-generated. SHOP https://linktr.ee/suezipkin No NFT, crypto or spam.
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Lately, I—and so many of my artist friends—have been feeling out of step with the world.
We’re all artists in one way or another—shaping, expressing, surviving.
If you’re feeling disconnected, you’re not alone. Keep creating anyway.
A bright, inspirational typographic poster with a warm yellow and orange watercolor background, sun rays, and soft floral textures. The quote is written in varying sizes of bold purple text, emphasizing key words like “artist,” “hope,” and “the light we make.” The full quote reads: “When the world turns upside down, the artist turns pain into beauty—joy into rebellion. Because without joy, hope fades. And without hope, we stop dreaming. So we keep going. We keep creating. Because the light we make matters.”
July 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
suezipkin.bsky.social
I created this little poster because it gets tiring that just for criticizing dear leader, you get accused of being a hater.
ALT text: A bold pink poster with textured brushstroke patterns in various shades of pink and coral. The text is centered and written in a strong black font. It reads: **“IT’S NOT HATE. Criticizing a leader isn’t hate. It’s not about you. I don’t hate you for trusting something I believe is wrong. Millions can be misled—That doesn’t make them bad people. But silence in the face of a barrage of lies? That would be wrong. I speak up because I care. Because I love — deeply.”** The background has a layered, artistic look, blending warm tones with a distressed, painted texture to soften the intensity of the message.
June 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Inspirational poster with a textured orange, pink, and yellow background resembling abstract leaves or lace. The black text reads: “You’re not imagining it. Millions have chosen the illusion, and they’ll defend it at all costs. It hurts to watch — but you don’t have to be okay with it. You can choose love from a distance.”
June 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Love of country. Love of truth. Love for your fellow humans. We’ve got to get back to that love — and you’re leading the way. Thanks everyone for showing up today ! #PeacefulProtest #YouInspireMe #LoveNotFear #NoKings
A woman (me) stands smiling by a waterfront, holding a protest sign with an image of Donald Trump wearing a gold crown labeled “NO.” The sign reads: “AMERICA WANTS NO KINGS, NO CONS, NO THUGS,” with multiple American flags around the image. The woman wears sunglasses, a purple hoodie, and a dark jacket.
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Vintage-style popcorn poster parody featuring clown caricatures of Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Elon wears a red Tesla baseball cap and smiles goofily, while Trump looks angry in clown makeup. Surrounded by popcorn and circus imagery, the poster reads: “Popcorn futures are booming — Elon and Trump just had their reality TV breakup. Who could’ve seen such drama coming from these two stable geniuses?” in bold red text on a beige background.
June 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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I love your quilts, I design fabric, but I am unable to sew. Love your pallets!
ahelmes.bsky.social Adam Helmes @ahelmes.bsky.social · May 30
Sneak peak. #quilts
Panto: interstellar
May 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Sneak peak. #quilts
Panto: interstellar
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Black-and-white satirical image of a man resembling Trump with a taco and chicken feathers as hair. Above him reads “TACO GONE LOCO.” Below, the text says, “ON A MISSION TO CREATE A CONCEPT OF A PLAN.”
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
suezipkin.bsky.social
Minna, your art is exquisite. I just love how you paint.
April 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I love this!
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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It says: The art of the steal: — Steal your savings, crash the markets. When you’re Trump, they let you do it.
April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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It was a cold, wet, and windy day, but it was worth every minute! #HandsOff2025
A protest picture depicts me holding a sign that says, " Elon Trump, hands off, Lady Liberty, she's just not into you! There's also an icon of Lady liberty Behr, and at the top there are two clowns one has black hair one has orange hair.
April 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
suezipkin.bsky.social
I love that green!
suzannerevy.bsky.social Suzanne Révy @suzannerevy.bsky.social · Apr 2
Today on "What Will You Remember? we bring you our April Best Picks for photography exhibitions in and around Boston and New England. Photo by Vaughn Sills at Kingston Gallery in Sowa section of Boston. Link to complete listings: www.whatwillyouremember.com/best-photo-p...
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
suezipkin.bsky.social
JVL is a wise person(sometimes a wise guy put in a good way 🤣) seriously please consider what he shares here.
jvl.bsky.social Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · Mar 24
1) JVL’s Law: Any institution not explicitly anti-Trump will eventually become useful to Trump.

2) Stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Moored sailboat with red sail.

ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/moo...

#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #buyandsellart #artist #blueskyart #watercolor #watercolour #painting #sailing #sailboat #nauticalart #waterscape #silentsunday
Sailboat with red sail is moored on a calm body of water on a misty morning. White clouds move across the damp sky, a narrow strip of land is visible in the distance.
March 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
suezipkin.bsky.social
lovely!
janephuong.bsky.social jane phượng (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · Mar 23
Roses from #BlossomBurst at Trash n Treasure today ⚘️
March 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
suezipkin.bsky.social
Karen, this is lovely and so calming.
karenkaspar.bsky.social Karen Kaspar @karenkaspar.bsky.social · Mar 23
There is a wonderful view from the top of the mountain, you can leave all worries behind and find inner peace.

Morning mood in the mountains one - watercolor painting - karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/mor...

#art #AYearForArt #painting #contemporaryArt #watercolor #monochrome #landscape #nature
Morning Mood in the Mountains One is a watercolor painting in landscape format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. The viewer stands high up on a mountain and looks down on a mountain landscape in shades of blue and purple. The mountains disappear in the distance in the haze of the morning mist. The painting is inspired by my visits to the Bavarian Alps in Germany. I painted it in many layers of watercolour on special paper. This paper soaks up the paint and lets it flow. This leads to a partly blurred dreamy effect, which enhances the picture's effect. The painting has a relaxing and peaceful aura.
March 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Hello, friends at Bluesky! I’m a visual artist, and sometimes I channel my energy into storytelling to help me cope with the madness. I’m dyslexic, so I get a little editing help from ChatGPT. As I read this back, it felt like my heart was literally breaking.
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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And so it goes: many remain asleep. I wonder how anyone can refute anything he shares here; the truth is profoundly unsettling, so they find a way to rationalize it. He explains precisely how the evil deception works.
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 17
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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That's lovely!
March 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Great podcast!
rieckhoff.bsky.social Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · Mar 7
“It also has some major issues…it’s got a long way to go…I don’t know what he’s smoking…”

Astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly is not a fan of Elon Musk—or his SpaceX rockets.

We recorded this yesterday. And today Musk’s rocket exploded.

New @indyamericans.bsky.social: youtu.be/WrmEffjVeMQ?...
March 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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March 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Rainbow of peppers, watercolor.

ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/rai...

#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #buyandsellart #artist #blueskyart #watercolor #watercolour #painting #vegetables #harvest #spring #peppers #gardening #giftforgardener
Colorful, realistic watercolor art print of many different peppers, artfully arranged to form a rainbow down the canvas. A feast for the eyes, you almost feel as though you can reach into the painting and pick up the peppers. Great for your kitchen wall or restaurant and available on items of home decor as well.
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Just a reminder that tomorrow marks the start of a free art workshop. I took this teacher's course before, and I loved it! “When the weight of deception becomes too heavy, create something beautiful—light will find its way through.” Sign up at: pages.art2life.com/cvp/5-day-wo... #artists #Art
An abstract mixed-media painting featuring a vibrant patchwork of colors, including red, pink, blue, yellow, and green. Various shapes, textures, and patterns overlap, creating a dynamic composition with expressive brushstrokes, dots, and marks. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and layered depth.
March 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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STORY TIME: (another form of therapy I practice) Once upon a time, in a land both vast and fragile, there lived a tiny, itsy-bitsy man. By fortune or fate, he rose to power, leading a great nation. Though his words twisted reality, though his stories never aligned with the facts, the people of the land placed their trust in him. They believed—not because what he said was true, but because something within him felt familiar, something whispered to them that he was theirs. And then there were the others. They watched, bewildered, wondering how so many could be so blind. How could they not see the cracks in his words, the weight of his deceit? How could they mistake a petty, desperate man for a hero? But this is a tale as old as time. History is littered with tiny men who cast great shadows, who convinced the desperate and the fearful that their strength was his strength, that his victories would be theirs. And once belief takes root, no amount of reason can uproot it. Truth becomes irrelevant when it conflicts with what people want to believe. So we go on, searching for answers, wondering how to navigate a world where some see the tiny, itsy-bitsy man for what he is, while others see a towering figure of strength. Perhaps, in time, the illusion will shatter. Perhaps history will once again reveal what was always true. But for now, those who see the tiny man as he is must carry the weight of knowing—while those who see him as a hero, for now, sleep soundly in their delusion.
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM