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jlyndelia.bsky.social
jesslyn delia derkson
@jlyndelia.bsky.social
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writer • luddite • cut & paste
nanaimo BC 🪺

read my gloomy blog: jesslyndelia.com
this is a square house: @asquarehouse.bsky.social
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what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
album mediocre generica by leftover crack
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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turned 40 yesterday & took advantage of the birthday lunch discount at carlos o’bryans, where we saw a little otter playing on the docks. 10/10
image of myself taking a selfie in a brown wooden mirror in a pub bathroom. floor and walls are beige tile. i’m wearing a black dress with white floral pattern, black sweater, black stockings and short black boots.
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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dalton & i started a little poetry press + distro! we’re hosting our first reading series and open mic in january (details to come) 🐒

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screenshot of bluesky profile for this is a square house. profile picture is an image of a house shape hand-drawn in white lines on a black background. bio reads “literature, art, ephemera, etc. poetry press + distro. snuneymuxw.”
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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results from collage club last week

we’re all making artist trading cards for the next few months & will have a swap event in the spring 🧡
image of two playing-card sized collages. on the left collage is an image of a retro wizard electronic organizer with monarch butterfly wings in the background and text overtop reading “get completely disorganized”. collage on the right features a man with a megaphone yelling towards a seaside mountain village of multicoloured houses.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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image from simpsons treehouse halloween special 1, of bart as the raven with the quote “quoth the raven… eat my shorts”
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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current collage
image of an analogue/paper collage made up primarily of blue and blue-green water/city images
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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okay i just LOVE my local bookstore 🧡
screenshot of an email that reads “I know you were just in the other day, but the next time you are in the neighborhood, we have a little present for you.... Because of the mail strikes our signed bookplates by Mona Awad arrived late (we actually didn't even know they were coming). I have put one aside for you so you can just remind us when you're in the neighborhood next. It is safe and sound so no rush at all! But we NEEDED you to have one because we knew how excited you were for We Love You Bunny to arrive.”
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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image from end credits of scream (1996) that reads: “no thanks whatsoever ro the santa rosa city school district governing board”
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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yes new writing journal (yes finally a home for my kk slider sticker)
image of a brown notebook open to its front page with a red vintage curtain as its background. on the background is a kk slider sticker at the top and at the bottom a “social distancing social club” sticker. some colourful blankets and throw pillows are behind the notebook. image of a caramel brown notebook closed with an elastic and brown binder clip. some colourful blankets and throw pillows are behind the notebook.
October 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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in an effort to spend even slightly more time offline, this week i made micro-collage bookmarks & keychains for fun in my apartment
on the left is a bookmark made of a collaged playing card & black handmade tassel (hand with black fingernails holding a y2k style cell phone against a floral background), on the right is a bottle cap keychain with a collage inside (a purple & pink robot against a black and white lined background, with a small pink star to the upper left of it) co
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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image of a notebook opened to a two-page collage spread
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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it’s the first sunday of the month & that means it’s collage club day at the library!

these two are the beginnings of what eventually will be bookmarks i’ve been making out of playing cards 🃏
image of two playing card-sized collages. on the left is a hand with black nail polish holding a y2k vibe cell phone, over a floral pattern yellow 70s curtain. on the right is a bowling image from the big lebowski movie, over a dark green patterned 70s curtain.
October 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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sunday-scaries themed collage night slash temporary escape from the real world
collage of black & white 70s magazine ads for household goods with a full-colour cutout of the energizer bunny emerging from a fridge collage of red sleepset atop a red & white matchbook with “steakhouse/heated pool/225 car park/cablevision TV/restaurant” printed on it. additional cutout text reads “it’s relaxing” in a vintage font on top of the sleep shorts.
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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i must have been the only one
cover of australian folk band frente’s 1994 album “marvin the album”
September 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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short but sweet trip out to the prairie ends today 🌾
image of a sunflower in a backyard, behind a deck railing and part of a wagon wheel. trees and blue sky in the background
September 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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my vacation in saskatchewan has yet to disappoint
image of green northern lights against black sky with a few intermittent stars
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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blessed to live in a community that offers a collage club once a month at the local library. yet another spectacular afternoon of casual expression, spontaneity, and new friends

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image of an open notebook with two pages of collage in various colours. cut words from magazines read “but what about the people outside?”
September 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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took a little day trip to vic yesterday for the under the bridge art gathering! such a fun and cool community project.

visual art, music, writing, paint, collage, performance, crochet, photography all set up on fences & blankets under the bay street bridge.
sidewalk sign decorated in collage art, reading “bay st bridge underground outsidee art gathering, august 9 from 1-4; artist setup 12:00”. image of a table on a grassy dirt area next to a bike path, covered in art and art supplies. vendors with blankets spread out on the grass in the background, covered with various art.
August 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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last night at collage club i collaged my most immediate & visceral response to the absolute bummer verdict of the hockey canada trial
image of a notebook open to a two-page collage spread. collage is mostly pattern & background in orange/brown/green and the words “the search for distant worlds” are featured prominently on the left side.
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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enjoyed a blissful afternoon yesterday, hanging out @ the local library for ~~collage club~
image of a notebook open to a 2page spread, which had been collaged with various images and scraps of paper cut from magazines
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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finally a day where the air is cold & the ocean is warm
image of me on a sandy beach. i’m sitting wrapped in a towel with colourful ocean pacific lettering. my hair is wet & i’m wearing sunglasses. i have an orange backpack near my feet
July 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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fun night trying out some monoprinting at the sip & print event last night at the NAG! reusing old candy wrappers into ~*works of art*

more about the exhibition/event: nanaimoartgallery.ca/shop/program...
image of the street entrance to the nanaimo art gallery. a round yellow sign above the door reads “nanaimo art gallery” and on the glass windows the description of the current exhibit: “after wrappers: big rock candy mountain, may 3-july 12 2025” image of a tabletop covered in plain white paper with a paint tray to the left, filled with black paint, small roller, and used, paint-covered candy wrappers. above it are some previously painted plates covered by white paper. on the right is a paint-smeared plexiglass plate. in the upper right corner is a partially drunk gin cocktail with a peach ring candy garnish.
July 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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currently reading (and absolutely loving) i remember lights, by the wonderful one & only @helloiamben.bsky.social
image of novel “i remember lights” by ben ladouceur, held up in front of a green couch with multi coloured blanket and orange cushion in background. the cover of the book is cream and features the title and author’s name in capital letters against a collage-inspired background image of several colours
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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collected paper from my spring trip to ottawa & mtl
image of a wooden table with several papers strewn about on top: a sonogram from 1985, an old kodak slide photo, a wedding program, a metro card, a bus transfer, a receipt, an art museum program, and my mother’s handwritten guestlist from her wedding in 1984
May 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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read thru my moms teenage diaries when i was back at her house for the first time since she died in august.

i have many thoughts, but the most immediate is that even the squarest of teenagers were wild in the 70s.
image of six notebooks stacked on a table. in the background the river can be seen slightly through the window.
April 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM