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Adrian A.
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✏️ 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋/𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍, 🖌️
👨‍🏫 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋,
👹 ℜ𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔠 𝔊𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔮𝔲𝔢,
🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖢𝗈𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾,
📰 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖢𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖣𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳
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Some #artistsway
and some artist sway.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi and Louis Pasteur experience a disagreement in the margins of Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way.”
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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GOD. DAMN. IT, Appleyard.

#picnicathangingrock #joanlindsay #australiaGym #JUSTICE4SARA #mrspommelhorst
An image capture of a section of a page from a book: “…In one corner stood a padded horizontal board fitted with leather straps, on which the child Sara, continually in trouble for stooping, was to pass the gymnasium hour this hm afternoon…” An image capture of a section of a page from a book: “'Mercy on us! What's that strange sound?' From the far corner of the room now almost in darkness came a single rasping cry. Miss Lumley, under the stress of a most unpleasant afternoon, had forgotten to unfasten the leather straps that held the child Sara rigid on the horizontal board.”
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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It’s #kentuckyDerby Day, which means it’s time to for a Race Horse Name Rally!

I had high hopes for Blastocyst, but they got overtaken round the bend by Holla Earth Theory. Subtle Palpitations and Carl’s Back were duking it out, so no one saw Health Comes to Frogtown sneak up the homestretch.
May 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Sketching the #sanjose Center for the Performing Arts after a Sunday matinee of #six. Possibly my favorite building in the city, though I appreciate the 1950s sci-fi vibes I get from the city hall.
#architecture #sketchbook
A refined sketch above a rough sketch of a building with a bunch of curvatures.
April 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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She’s still figuring out her style.
April 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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👆😔
If you would be willing to accept a possible positive, I present a Norwegian Forest cat baffled by a knit cap.
a Norwegian Forest cat baffled by a knit cap.
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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A cowboy walks up to a man on a horse and punches out the horse.
February 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Shit.

Cats’ve learned how to WiFi. Call it off.
The tail of the silhouette of a cat emits two bars of WiFi signal strength. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. They will ream u.s.
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Status report: My new planner has too much space and my current body could use more blood.
Close-up on gridded piece of paper. In the center three smudges are circled in red ink. Arrows pointing at the circles lead back to writing in the same red ink, “These are blood”
January 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Just left Sarah Lund’s “Advanced Zine Workshop.” She’s a marvel of cut paper and conceptual zine design. Please acquaint yourself with her craft!

In accordance with her request, I share a six-pager good-bye gift to I made for my last dnd party. Pantomime horse are magic 🪄
Split image of the front and back cover of a six page mini-comic. Front: The text “MoHorse & BoHorse Medieval Vaudevillians” stylized in olde daye script alongside two crude pantomime horses.” Back: A tattered banner bearing two abstract horse images with upturned and downturned horseshoes On alternate pages, the faces of two pantomime horses speak to each other: BoHorse: Derry-dol, MoHorse! Have you seen that new stallion from Leilon? MoHorse: What ho, BoHorse! I think I’ve seen them! On opposite pages, the full figures of the two BoHorse and MoHorse. BoHorse leans with crossed legs, MoHorse rears back dramatically. BoHorse: You say you “saw” them..but can you say you “saw” them? MoHorse: The spurs are out tonight! Why do you care if I see or saw? Back half of MoHorse: oof… On opposite pages, the head of BoHorse looks askance at MoHorse, who has flipped upside-down with only their feet exposed in a circular frame, dust clouds rising. BoHorse: Because, old champ… They were a SAWhorse
January 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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January 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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R U D E.
gourds extend provocatively from a wooden rack.
December 12, 2024 at 4:06 AM
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I have to shelter it from rain and duff fall on the regular, but I’m happy with the outdoor studio I’m developing.

Shaggy enough to be worth pruning.
View of an illustrator’s workspace, outdoors with greenery all abound.
November 12, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Legion of Honor (SFO) Mary Cassatt exhibit was the best possible place for me to have been today.
#childlessartlady
A banner with the words “Mary Cassatt At Work” framed by images of babies touching their mother’s faces by the artist. Framed series of Mary Cassatt prints “The Bath” in multiple states of development. A populated gallery room with framed oil paintings. The quote “I work, and that is the whole secret of anything like contentment with life.” is mounted above one of the paintings. A framed pastel drawing of a woman in a hat. The rendering is detailed from the face up and looser from the neck down.
November 7, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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Okay, so I made one exception. This smudge was mocking me during stamping so it’s now a sting ray.
Image of a postcard with a blue smudge in the corner. The addressee has been blotted out. The smudge from the previous image has been drawn over with a cartoon of a sting ray.
October 24, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Posted!

Turns out 200 stamps can make a noticeable difference in a stack. I believe 200 votes can make a noticeable difference in a state. Thanks to the efforts of all my fellow scribes, phonebankers, and canvassers for getting out the word.
#vote #votingmattersPA
Stack of postcards on a table with the words “Pennsylvania Votes Tuesday, Nov. 5” “Visit VotingMattersPA.org for voting info” displayed over a landscape image. A side view of a stack of postcards held together by a runner band. One side of the stack rises taller than the other.
October 24, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Every time I see the NY Liberty court, I’m worried I’ve bruised the visual cortex of my brain.
#halfwaytooz
A basketball player drives up the court, shoots, and SCORES!! The court is selectively black-and-white.
October 22, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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You don’t have to think about this.
Five mandarin orange slices rest in the fur of a white cat. The cat looks off to the left, indifferently. #cat #oranges #catsandoranges
October 19, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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Is anyone else in love with Indira Varma’s narration on the #discworld Witches books? More to come.
Exaggerated portraits of a person speaking before a microphone in headphones. Speech includes “CLANG! BOING! CLANG! DING!” and “It’s all leggy sage and yellow parsley.”
September 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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It’s probably worth a check-in with friends who are typographers or professional graphic designers. For now, this spacing and formatting light up my brain.
⚡️🧠⚡️
#textlayout #enjambment #graphicdesign #linebreaks #wordsinspace #writing #votingmatters
The address side of a postcard centered in frame. The address and addressee are blocked out. The message promotes voting in the Nov. 5th election without specifying a candidate.
August 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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(งツ)ว I made a postcard writing jig out a cat scratching ramp, the back of a yellow legal pad, binder clips, and a blanket. I’m so goddamned focused and happy write now!! ٩( ᐛ )۶

#adhoc #jig #slowbecomessmooth #smoothbecomesfast #workspace #votingmatters
A makeshift workspace on a table. A postcard is held fast to a writing pad by a binder clip that also holds pen.
August 17, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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I want to believe the author is a
@jonathancoulton.bsky.social fan.
(From “A Kid’s Guide to the Chinese Zodiac by Aaron Hwang, 2023)
Section of a guide to Chinese zodiac entitled “Activities with Monkey Sign Energy.” The first bulleted entry is “Coding.”
July 12, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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I asked a pale swallowtail butterfly permission before I took their photo and then apologized for good measure.
A pale swallowtail butterfly on the sand by a river.
July 2, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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How was your 3AM? I spent it listening for a faint whine that I was only half sure was imaginary because that half was blooming with mosquito saliva. I weighed the damage of sleep deprivation from time spent tracking it versus aerosol poison in my live-work space. Pride of the hunt won out.
Pissant little mosquito that I slew at 4AM.
June 23, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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I’m trying to #play with media for which I have no expectations or objectives. #pressedflowers had a lot of stories to share.
Three pressed flower acolytes are humbled in the presence of their fabulous and leggy god. Pressed flower teddy bear king has a tender tummy and can’t stomach another blossom.
June 16, 2024 at 4:12 PM