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David Chastain
@10000things.bsky.social
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I make websites, photographs, drawings, garden things, and practice the art of side-cycling, which is like up-cycling, but the end product is in no way superior from the starting materials.

https://davidchastain.art/

https://10000things.net/
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Not to brag, but my cat has learned to press CTRL+N with her butt. She opened over a a thousand new documents when I stepped away for a second to get lunch.

#catsofblueskly
Gracie the cat looking innocently at the camera.
January 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Wow that could be a sibling of our bitey cat, Gracie. I wonder if it’s a characteristic of the breed? Just always assumed it was because she was semi-feral when I found her as a kitten. It never seems mean, just more fun for her than us really….
Gracie the bitey cat, peeking out from behind her cat grass.
December 26, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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The Boop of the Divine. Digital ink sketch.

Itching to get back to real paper and ink / graphite / conte / collage this coming year. Love being able to try out new ideas and styles with digital though. Less space, less mess, undo button…..

#art #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink drawing of a bearded man in profile looking up from lower right of frame. A large finger is about to touch his nose from the upper left of frame.
December 25, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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More Smoke Tree photos from Winter and Fall.

#art #photography #minimalism #blackandwhite #monochrome
Closeup photograph of a smoke tree bloom in Winter, with water droplets on a delicate tracery of bare stems. Closeup photograph of smoke tree leaves in Fall, taken from above to show the spiraling arrangement of leaves. Smoke tree leaves in Fall, on a gravel path, with water droplets. Closeup photograph of a smoke tree bloom in Winter, bare stems with water droplets with background out of focus.
December 24, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Smoke Tree in Winter. I think Smoke Trees are second only to my cat for photogenicicity (real word, because I say so.)

#art #photography #minimalism #blackandwhite #monochrome
Black and white photograph of a bare smoke tree bloom in winter. A delicate and ghostly lattice of stems and small seeds.
December 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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Haven’t paid my cat tax in a while.

#Caturday #photography #cats
Photograph of Gracie the cat, with a look that is simultaneously smug, murderous, sleepy, annoyed, adoring, and hopeful for an early dinner. In other words she looks like a cat.
November 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Digital ink drawing, three birds perched on a wire, rendered in a very abstract and loose style. Digital brush and ink painting of a black bird, very loosely and whimsically portrayed.
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Another digital ink sketch, Cat, Rat, Hat.

#art #minimalism #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink sketch, black and white ink of a cat, a rat, and a hat all lined up.
November 30, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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A digital ink sketch.

#art blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink sketch of a wavy wooden ladder thing in foreground, out of focus hilly landscape in background.
November 30, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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Some black and white.

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome
Black and white photo of Rudbeckia flower petals. Black and white photo of two Cosmos flowers, one a bit bedraggled. Black and white photo of an electrical connection thing on top of a building, against cloudy sky. Black and white photo of a Japanese painted fern, very narrow depth of field.
November 30, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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More Fall leaves. Feeling Leafy.

#art #photography #fallleaves #nature #minimalism
Closeup of fallen leaf on rain soaked gravel. Smoke tree leaves in Fall. Sun shines through red leaves, illuminating the color and drops of rain. Yellow birch leaves in fall. The leaves are the only color in the photograph. Colorful fall maple leaves against a bright blue sky. The branch is isolated and has only a few leaves remaining on it.
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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Digital ink sketches. I’m feeling the urge recently to get back to physical drawing. Winter always feels like a good time to hunker down to such things.

#art #minimalism #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink sketch of two figures facing away from each other. Very minimalist image using simple brush strokes. Digital ink sketch of a human figure drawn with very few white lines, superimposed on a loose set of abstract brush strokes.
November 24, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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Variegated Dogwood in Fall

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism
Black and white photograph of a Variegated Dogwood tree in Fall, with most of the leaves gone. Two leaves are in focus in the foreground, the rest fades into the background.
November 23, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Another Fall leaf image

#art #photography #monochrome #minimalism
Leaf in Fall, caught in dead stems of a Cosmos plant. The image in black and white with only the leaf in color and focus.
November 23, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Pear leaf and Juncus effusus in Fall. I love how magical and wistful this season in.

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #animism
A red pear tree leaf in Fall, caught in a stand of Juncus effusus (common rushes.) The rushes are desaturated so that only the leaf has color.
November 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Walkies and Jumpies

#art #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink drawing, a dog and human figure are rendered in loose brush strokes, jumping whimsically across a series of abstract rocklike shapes.
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Closeup of an open rose.

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #nature #floral
Black and white photograph of a single open rose, delicately backlit and luminous.
November 14, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Fall Rose

#art #photography #floral #nature #minimalism
Closeup photograph of a single rose bud, white with gentle blush tones.
November 14, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Hakone grass. In conversation.

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism
Black and white photograph of Japanese Hakone grass, waving gracefully as if alive, on a dark background.
November 14, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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Mister Bird Wakes Up

#art #minimalism #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #sketch #ink
Digital ink painting of a squat black bird. The bird is painted with minimal strokes in an almost childlike but expressive style, and appears to be comically sleepy or contemplative or just resigned to life.
November 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Osteospernum blooms in Fall.

#art #photography #nature #floral #minimalism
Photograph of two isolated Osteospernum blooms in contrasting shades of purple. Water droplets perch on petals. Photographed with a very shallow depth of field, giving the image a dreamlike quality. One flower is more open than the other, and leans almost conspiratorially against the other.
November 13, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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Maple leaves and Fall

#art #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism
Black and white photograph of maple leaves in the Fall. Very shallow depth of field draws the eye to the subject and helps evoke a sense of contemplative melancholy.
November 13, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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Closeup of Flying Dragon tree leaves in Fall.

#art #photography #minimalism
Closeup photograph of Flying Dragon Tree foliage in Fall. Three main branches rise vertically in the frame, giving a harmonious rhythm to the composition. The leaves are a vibrant orange and red, contrasting with the deep green of the corkscrew stems and thorns.
November 13, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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Where They Lived Before

#art #blackandwhite #monochrome #digitalart #ink #drawing
November 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Fallflowers

#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism
November 11, 2024 at 5:36 PM