Sunmonkey
@johnclarkson.bsky.social
Hello! Into photography, drawing, hiking, nature, reading, music, movies, cooking, and thinking. INFP-T
Stay strong and be kind to yourself.
Stay strong and be kind to yourself.
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They know not the thing you distantly allude to.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They know not the thing you distantly allude to.
Some pens and ink drawings from high school (!). Been in the attic for 35+ years and have started to disintegrate. #drawing #penandink #rapidograph #illustration #comicbook
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Some pens and ink drawings from high school (!). Been in the attic for 35+ years and have started to disintegrate. #drawing #penandink #rapidograph #illustration #comicbook
Put Out My Eyes (partial)
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Put Out My Eyes (partial)
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Replaced the cutesy flower motif with a chain and sprocket design. Way better.
September 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Replaced the cutesy flower motif with a chain and sprocket design. Way better.
A handful of blackberries. I always want to rip the vines out but then this happens. nom nom
June 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A handful of blackberries. I always want to rip the vines out but then this happens. nom nom
Misty rain on the hydrophobic leaves of the smoke bush. Love to friends near and far. #photogrsphy #blackandwhite #nature #water
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Misty rain on the hydrophobic leaves of the smoke bush. Love to friends near and far. #photogrsphy #blackandwhite #nature #water
"Cats are good. Half in, half out anyway." - Constantine
April 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Cats are good. Half in, half out anyway." - Constantine
“The total number of minds in the universe is one,” Schrödinger wrote in his essay “Mind and Matter.” “In fact, consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings … consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental.”
April 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“The total number of minds in the universe is one,” Schrödinger wrote in his essay “Mind and Matter.” “In fact, consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings … consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental.”
Perfect spring day. The light, the colors.
April 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Perfect spring day. The light, the colors.
Mt. St. Helens, August 2021
Hasselblad X1DII 50C, XCD 30mm
#mtsthelens #landscape #hasselblad #mountsainthelens #volcano
Hasselblad X1DII 50C, XCD 30mm
#mtsthelens #landscape #hasselblad #mountsainthelens #volcano
April 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Mt. St. Helens, August 2021
Hasselblad X1DII 50C, XCD 30mm
#mtsthelens #landscape #hasselblad #mountsainthelens #volcano
Hasselblad X1DII 50C, XCD 30mm
#mtsthelens #landscape #hasselblad #mountsainthelens #volcano
Reading Fellowship of the Ring while sipping red wine from a One Ring glass and getting snowed upon by a Japanese cherry on a perfect spring day.
Love to friends, near and far. Space and time are fictions.
Love to friends, near and far. Space and time are fictions.
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Reading Fellowship of the Ring while sipping red wine from a One Ring glass and getting snowed upon by a Japanese cherry on a perfect spring day.
Love to friends, near and far. Space and time are fictions.
Love to friends, near and far. Space and time are fictions.
Hike at Banshee Reeks
5.5 miles, 100 min.
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." – E.B.White
5.5 miles, 100 min.
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." – E.B.White
April 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hike at Banshee Reeks
5.5 miles, 100 min.
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." – E.B.White
5.5 miles, 100 min.
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." – E.B.White
Happy Earth Day 2025, Bluesky peeps.
Zebra Swallowtail hitching a ride a few years ago. Buddy hiked with me for 2 miles before wandering off.
Zebra Swallowtail hitching a ride a few years ago. Buddy hiked with me for 2 miles before wandering off.
April 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Happy Earth Day 2025, Bluesky peeps.
Zebra Swallowtail hitching a ride a few years ago. Buddy hiked with me for 2 miles before wandering off.
Zebra Swallowtail hitching a ride a few years ago. Buddy hiked with me for 2 miles before wandering off.
Vasily Polenov (1844-1927) Russian realist and landscape painter. "An Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane" c.1882. Oil on canvas. 30 x 23 cm. Location: Tretyakov Gallery.
April 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Vasily Polenov (1844-1927) Russian realist and landscape painter. "An Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane" c.1882. Oil on canvas. 30 x 23 cm. Location: Tretyakov Gallery.
Back from my mini-Bluesky-staycation.
Hope y'all are fighting the good fight! 🖤
Hope y'all are fighting the good fight! 🖤
April 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Back from my mini-Bluesky-staycation.
Hope y'all are fighting the good fight! 🖤
Hope y'all are fighting the good fight! 🖤
The Japanese cherry fully opened today. The last two weeks it’s been stuck halfway because of the cold weather.
April 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Japanese cherry fully opened today. The last two weeks it’s been stuck halfway because of the cold weather.
A color woodcut by Austrian painter and printmaker Joseph Stoitzner, (1884 - 1951), titled "Early Spring," 1917. He was born in Vienna and knew well the open landscapes and mountainous terrain of the Alps.
#woodcut #art #alps #stoitzner #spring
#woodcut #art #alps #stoitzner #spring
April 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A color woodcut by Austrian painter and printmaker Joseph Stoitzner, (1884 - 1951), titled "Early Spring," 1917. He was born in Vienna and knew well the open landscapes and mountainous terrain of the Alps.
#woodcut #art #alps #stoitzner #spring
#woodcut #art #alps #stoitzner #spring
The Dag from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. Work in progress as of 04.07.2025.
Graphite on Arches 140 HP.
#madmaxfuryroad #thedag #abbeyleekershaw #illustration #artnouveau #WIP #graphite
Graphite on Arches 140 HP.
#madmaxfuryroad #thedag #abbeyleekershaw #illustration #artnouveau #WIP #graphite
April 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Dag from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. Work in progress as of 04.07.2025.
Graphite on Arches 140 HP.
#madmaxfuryroad #thedag #abbeyleekershaw #illustration #artnouveau #WIP #graphite
Graphite on Arches 140 HP.
#madmaxfuryroad #thedag #abbeyleekershaw #illustration #artnouveau #WIP #graphite
The Dag, WIP. Detail. Progress as of 04.06.25
Character from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. The piece is art nouveau in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Can see the end of pencilling soon. Shew.
#illustration #art #madmax #furyroad #drawing #artnouveau #alphonsemucha #mucha
Character from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. The piece is art nouveau in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Can see the end of pencilling soon. Shew.
#illustration #art #madmax #furyroad #drawing #artnouveau #alphonsemucha #mucha
April 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Dag, WIP. Detail. Progress as of 04.06.25
Character from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. The piece is art nouveau in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Can see the end of pencilling soon. Shew.
#illustration #art #madmax #furyroad #drawing #artnouveau #alphonsemucha #mucha
Character from Mad Max: Fury Road, played by Abbey Lee Kershaw. The piece is art nouveau in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Can see the end of pencilling soon. Shew.
#illustration #art #madmax #furyroad #drawing #artnouveau #alphonsemucha #mucha
living in perpetual rage is tiring. I need to take a baseball bat to some thing crunchy and/or squishy
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
living in perpetual rage is tiring. I need to take a baseball bat to some thing crunchy and/or squishy
89 north out of Page, Arizona into Utah. Picture taken at about 75MPH while driving. Edited for bug splatters.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #fujix100
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #fujix100
April 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
89 north out of Page, Arizona into Utah. Picture taken at about 75MPH while driving. Edited for bug splatters.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #fujix100
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #fujix100
Self Portrait 48"x20" - Ball point pen, acrylic, red marker on blotter paper. ~1992 Definitely some things wrong here but eh, I still like the drawing. The bottom of the drawing got wet by accident which sorta works with the water theme.
#drawing #art #illustration #fish #hanging #ballpointpen
#drawing #art #illustration #fish #hanging #ballpointpen
April 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Self Portrait 48"x20" - Ball point pen, acrylic, red marker on blotter paper. ~1992 Definitely some things wrong here but eh, I still like the drawing. The bottom of the drawing got wet by accident which sorta works with the water theme.
#drawing #art #illustration #fish #hanging #ballpointpen
#drawing #art #illustration #fish #hanging #ballpointpen