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chickp.bsky.social
@chickp.bsky.social
art. people. curiosity. runstreak.
February 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#blueskyartshow
#pattern
Abu Dhabi empty quarter
January 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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When you think of a Christian, don't think of what MAGA has distorted that word to mean; think of Jimmy Carter, the kindest President America has ever had. #RIPJimmyCarter
December 30, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Yesterday’s beautiful winter run.
13 miles to celebrate 13 years of runstreak
#runeveryday
#runstreak
December 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM
#artadventcalendar
day 24
“prepping scallops”
December 24, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.
December 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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One CEO gets shot and now all CEOs are scared to go back to the office.

Imagine how our children feel going back to school.
December 19, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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START DOING BAD ART. I can’t draw realistically for shit, but I love to break out my watercolours and fuck around. Have fun with it! Be gloriously bad at things! Embrace the camp of it!
Want to link to the top of this thread, but also address something said further down:

> I dunno. I might be arguing that making crappy art may be our best defense against AI slop.

I wholeheartedly think we need more room in our hearts for "bad" art. For any art form: visual, writing, game-making
It is a curious thing, but when you struggle with something, sometimes the last thing you want is to hear from experts.

I struggle with my fitness, and advice from a marathoner or triathlete - however well intentioned - tends to miss the mark quite badly, as I do not feel they understand where I am
December 16, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Sketchbook collage watercolor pen and ink mish mash
#artadventcalendar
day 16
December 16, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Watercolor and collage
#artadventcalendar
day 15
December 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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I wrote about the bowl and about how joy in a dark time is a candle that must be protected.
Joy in the dark is a candle.
I don’t feel good about our country, and I don’t wish I our country well.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Just watching an old Antiques Roadshow where a woman brought in a painting she'd bought for £250 30 years prior. It was appraised on the show for £15,000.

She said that's lovely, but I haven't finished looking at it yet.

Do I ever love that thought.
December 14, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Sketchbook page
#artadventcalendar
day 14
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
#blindcontour
ghoul. I mean, self portrait
Friday the 13th
Watercolor, pen and ink
#artadventcalendar
day 13
December 13, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Sketchy sketchbook page
#artadventcalendar
day 12
December 12, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I just learned about transferring images using packing tape. Experimental mixed media collage with watercolor, pen and ink and some tape transfers
#artadventcalendar
day 11
December 11, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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"Butts on Parade" (2001) monoprint, 12 in. x 9 in. for
#OldWorkWednesday
December 11, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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Day 9 #ArtAdventCalendar - left page of a 2 page spread of my Illinois prairie nature journal, featuring bumblebees and the flowers they like in early spring. May 10-18, 2021
I like painting the insects realistically in watercolor to contrast with the ink and watercolored plants.
#SciArt
December 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM