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rhetoricalsquare.bsky.social
Rhetorical Square
@rhetoricalsquare.bsky.social
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Autistic, queer, quadrilateral. I ponder the unseen and the workings of time and memory. No AI. I'll make my own messes.
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Crumbling
#art #abstract #humanart
Is it a building? Is it a library, or a government or university building? Falling? Was it built on solid ground? What was in the basement? Are letters safe? And numbers? Did you know? Here, hold this for a minute.
February 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Dani's world
#art #humanart #sillySunday
Dani, I guess, is a sentient tree or maybe just a person with leaves and branches and their friendly frog-type companions. Brown and green on purple.
February 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Door to door
#art #humanart #ICE #doortodoor
An ICEd over landscape with frightened buildings and protective trees, a railroad station and hidden faces. Colors are sad grey and furious mauve with blue/green undertone. Coldest winter in memory.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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The Shimmers
#art #abstract #humanart
Shimmery fantasy landscape in greens, black and blue. The mountains have windows and the inhabitants are vague. The boss takes a nap and will be susrprised to wake up as a potato.
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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The limits
#art #abstract #humanart
Abstact in olive and army green with purple, black, and grey. Fungi-dominant landscape vibes with a face or two hanging out.
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Cornered
#art #humanart #faces #ICE
Buildings and trees are becoming aware that the shadows have misrepresented the size of the threat. Green with yellow on black. A huge face intrudes upon a quiet neighborhood, claims victim status after getting wedged between houses.
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Pane
#art #abstract #ice #humanart
Depiction of ice tracks on a dirty windshield. Grey, green, blue, ghosts glimpsed through fog.
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Larry's Nash Vegas
#art #humanart #abstract
The Purple Porkpie-Hatted, Banjo-Tailed Larry (native habitat: none) tries to make sense of a city but faces endless frustrations under the neon lights. He is about to be late to the gig and this isn't the first time.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Auditions today
#art #abstract #humanart
Abstract in dark colors. Glass walls and faces, wilderness, caves, trying, trying out, half the audience dying of dysentery, hidden in myth, nearly over it.
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Necessary fictions
#art #abstract #humanart
Do you see things in the clouds? Maybe you were thinking of a brain, an owl, a moth, and a muppet. You might instead see yellow bunnies everywhere. That's okay too. Some splatter and symbol, graffiti. Orange, yellow, green, and black.
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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The fixer
#art #abstract #humanart
A skull surrounded by odd cratures, dead and alive, some with 2 faces, one made of water, one a retired postage stamp, another who has converted to a cave. Swirly figures in blue, purple, yellow, and grey on a darker background.
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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J Sharp
#art #abstract #humanart
Light blue, yellow, and teal. Faces, creatures, and maybe something like a pencil sharpener.
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Vera
#art #humanart #abstract
Abstract with face in silhouette behind colorful organic and geometric shapes. There are lots of creatures here in the sky and on the ground. Overhead the chaos is brewing, but she is protected and honored. Colors are brown, pink, purple, and pale yellow.
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The Sheila Twist
#art #humanart
Vague study in purple and green with plants, animals, others. Lines range from stringy to fuzzy for no apparent reason. Possible monsters just off the globe. Gigantic bacteria. Faces.
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Taxonomy of minor faux pas
#art #abstract #humanart
1)Forgetting to ask about the baby. 2) Not complimenting the broccoli or wallpaper. 3)Asking new acquaintances to call you “Cookie.” 4) Seeing things. 5) That one episode of Modern Family. 6)Stcking your head in an oil funnel. 7) Literally. 8)Pretending to be an "artist." 9. Being too vague. 10. Being too specific. These are the faux pas Visually, kind of swirly with creatures shades of blue, pink, yellow, and green. Seeing things. That one episode of Modern Family. Sticking your head in an oil funnel. Literally. Pretending to be an artist. Being too vague. Being too specific.
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Paco
#art #humanart #abstract
Birds, bee, fish, mask, mushroom, skull, brick, doze, grr. Blocky blue and red with yellow.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Fran's landing
#art #abstract #map #humanart
How can I tell this? How could I know what you might see here? Start with purple,light green, a face you can see right through. A ritual in mountains. He carries constellations in the cerebellum. His friends are not animals you've heard of. The others worship or fear him, most likely because they cannot see their own constellations. We understand that none of this is what you meant to see.
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Andscape 3
#art #abstract #humanart
Abstract landscape in blue, green, and gold. Simple shapes overlapping, rocks, cave, skulls, marble, sky, graffiti. Possible frog, fish. Scars left by something not here anymore.
January 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Home
#art #humanart
Stone walls, impossible door, improbable stairs. A lage hole in the wall allows you to see inside where a small blocky person is standing around a few vague objects. Also found the damn Kool-Aid guy again.
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Bridge
#art #abstract #humanart
Abstracted landscape in grey and greens. There ia a body of water in the foreground, a bridge in back, scattered scribbled figures. There is a ladder and some fencing around a large hole where it looks like a giant skull is being raised or lowered.
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Grasp
#art #humanart #abstract
Green, teal, black, dense, and starry. A large face rising or drowning on a background of everythng. All the faces. One flattened bird or broken piece of sky, an offering maybe.
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Tea party
#art #abstract #humanart
Many vague animal shapes, faces, and vegetation in burgundy, pink, and purple. Wait is this a party or a lecture? I was invited to a party!
January 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Pickles nebula
#art #abstract #humanart
Green, yellow, gold, and black abstract painting. Quite a few creatures and emerging stars. Rhetorical telescopy. Far away.
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Real at the time
#art #humanart #abstract
A face, a cave or a tree. A sleeping friend, a rumpled bear. Pottery and bones. Some things that used to be here before everything was taken. Brown, tan, black, and green.
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Promised
#art #abstract #humanart
Abstrct landscape with accidental faces and poorly executed rectangles. Mostly taaan and light green with darker blue and green areas.
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM