Matt Blum
@mattblum.bsky.social
Author of #1 Amazon New Release, "Failing Upward"
June 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
May 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
People don't often see the commonality between artists and athletes. In reality, they understand the human body is a tool. Shape, ability, and color are all just variations - customizations if you will - on an object perfected through years of transformation.
May 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
People don't often see the commonality between artists and athletes. In reality, they understand the human body is a tool. Shape, ability, and color are all just variations - customizations if you will - on an object perfected through years of transformation.
Most people don’t stop to think about how insane cameras actually are.
We ripped minerals out of the ground — glass, metal, silicon — and figured out how to trap time.
Moments, frozen forever by hairless apes on a spinning rock, using dust pulled from the same rock they’re standing on.
#photography
We ripped minerals out of the ground — glass, metal, silicon — and figured out how to trap time.
Moments, frozen forever by hairless apes on a spinning rock, using dust pulled from the same rock they’re standing on.
#photography
May 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Most people don’t stop to think about how insane cameras actually are.
We ripped minerals out of the ground — glass, metal, silicon — and figured out how to trap time.
Moments, frozen forever by hairless apes on a spinning rock, using dust pulled from the same rock they’re standing on.
#photography
We ripped minerals out of the ground — glass, metal, silicon — and figured out how to trap time.
Moments, frozen forever by hairless apes on a spinning rock, using dust pulled from the same rock they’re standing on.
#photography
May 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
May 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
May 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The body doesn’t just become this. It’s broken and rebuilt a thousand quiet times in rooms no one sees.
Every inch of this is a choice...a hard one...made over and over again.
#fineartphotography
#photography
#nude
#artnude
#blackandwhitephotography
Every inch of this is a choice...a hard one...made over and over again.
#fineartphotography
#photography
#nude
#artnude
#blackandwhitephotography
May 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The body doesn’t just become this. It’s broken and rebuilt a thousand quiet times in rooms no one sees.
Every inch of this is a choice...a hard one...made over and over again.
#fineartphotography
#photography
#nude
#artnude
#blackandwhitephotography
Every inch of this is a choice...a hard one...made over and over again.
#fineartphotography
#photography
#nude
#artnude
#blackandwhitephotography
Dracula had it right:
Sleep all day, live alone in a castle and explode into a thousand bats to get out of social situations.
#vampirelife
Sleep all day, live alone in a castle and explode into a thousand bats to get out of social situations.
#vampirelife
February 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dracula had it right:
Sleep all day, live alone in a castle and explode into a thousand bats to get out of social situations.
#vampirelife
Sleep all day, live alone in a castle and explode into a thousand bats to get out of social situations.
#vampirelife
If you’re an avid reader, I’m getting things set up on SubStack for what’s coming next. No spoilers, but let’s just say... things are about to get a little darker.
mattblum.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
#booksky
mattblum.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
#booksky
The Age of the Anti-Hero - Why We Root for the Monsters Now
Remember when heroes used to be good?
mattblum.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you’re an avid reader, I’m getting things set up on SubStack for what’s coming next. No spoilers, but let’s just say... things are about to get a little darker.
mattblum.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
#booksky
mattblum.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
#booksky
Happy Alentine's Ay to those of you who won't be getting the V or the D today.
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Alentine's Ay to those of you who won't be getting the V or the D today.
You guys and gals are out here making this whole author thing feel like a dream—and I’m just trying to soak it all in. Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it.
#booksky
#booksky
February 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You guys and gals are out here making this whole author thing feel like a dream—and I’m just trying to soak it all in. Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it.
#booksky
#booksky
Today's scribbling:
If we gave Faith half the respect we give Fear, the world would become unrecognizable in the best possible way.
#mattblum
#blueskywriters
#writers
If we gave Faith half the respect we give Fear, the world would become unrecognizable in the best possible way.
#mattblum
#blueskywriters
#writers
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today's scribbling:
If we gave Faith half the respect we give Fear, the world would become unrecognizable in the best possible way.
#mattblum
#blueskywriters
#writers
If we gave Faith half the respect we give Fear, the world would become unrecognizable in the best possible way.
#mattblum
#blueskywriters
#writers
I’m gearing up to deliver a vampire novel readers can truly sink their teeth into—raw, gritty, and laced with a sharp bite of dark comedy.
mattblum.substack.com
mattblum.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m gearing up to deliver a vampire novel readers can truly sink their teeth into—raw, gritty, and laced with a sharp bite of dark comedy.
mattblum.substack.com
mattblum.substack.com
When the light is just right... sometimes you get magic.
January 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
When the light is just right... sometimes you get magic.
Hey bookworms,
I wrote a book—Failing Upward. It’s raw, funny, and all about falling flat, getting back up, and maybe laughing at the mess. If you’ve ever felt stuck or wondered if failure’s worth it, this one’s for you. Link in bio.
Let’s rise together. 🖤
I wrote a book—Failing Upward. It’s raw, funny, and all about falling flat, getting back up, and maybe laughing at the mess. If you’ve ever felt stuck or wondered if failure’s worth it, this one’s for you. Link in bio.
Let’s rise together. 🖤
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey bookworms,
I wrote a book—Failing Upward. It’s raw, funny, and all about falling flat, getting back up, and maybe laughing at the mess. If you’ve ever felt stuck or wondered if failure’s worth it, this one’s for you. Link in bio.
Let’s rise together. 🖤
I wrote a book—Failing Upward. It’s raw, funny, and all about falling flat, getting back up, and maybe laughing at the mess. If you’ve ever felt stuck or wondered if failure’s worth it, this one’s for you. Link in bio.
Let’s rise together. 🖤
"Hey, remember this? Yeah, me neither…except I do. A lot. This was the moment I realized something big: you all didn’t just read my book—you launched it. Like a freaking rocket. To #1. In one day.
January 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Hey, remember this? Yeah, me neither…except I do. A lot. This was the moment I realized something big: you all didn’t just read my book—you launched it. Like a freaking rocket. To #1. In one day.
You can keep your Como.
This is real Italy.
This is real Italy.
December 19, 2024 at 1:18 PM
You can keep your Como.
This is real Italy.
This is real Italy.
It’s Monday, fuck it, stay in bed. Let the world spin without you for a moment. Wrap yourself in sheets like a second skin, sip coffee slowly, and let your mind wander to places where time doesn’t exist. Today can wait—this, right here, is the art of doing nothing and doing it beautifully.
December 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM
It’s Monday, fuck it, stay in bed. Let the world spin without you for a moment. Wrap yourself in sheets like a second skin, sip coffee slowly, and let your mind wander to places where time doesn’t exist. Today can wait—this, right here, is the art of doing nothing and doing it beautifully.
Back in 2021, I sat down and put pen to paper, not knowing how or why. Ten months later, 220 pages sat...and sat...and sat.
But...as I combed through the pages, time and time again, I realized it was all truth...just me in words. So, I present to you, me on a plate.
"Failing Upward" by Matt Blum
But...as I combed through the pages, time and time again, I realized it was all truth...just me in words. So, I present to you, me on a plate.
"Failing Upward" by Matt Blum
November 20, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Back in 2021, I sat down and put pen to paper, not knowing how or why. Ten months later, 220 pages sat...and sat...and sat.
But...as I combed through the pages, time and time again, I realized it was all truth...just me in words. So, I present to you, me on a plate.
"Failing Upward" by Matt Blum
But...as I combed through the pages, time and time again, I realized it was all truth...just me in words. So, I present to you, me on a plate.
"Failing Upward" by Matt Blum