Stephen
@steffenclark.bsky.social
Central-ny artist. Associate Professor, painting. Spend my summers chopping wood. Spend my winters burning it.
The grinch in his cave huddled over biting into a raw fish muttering to himself “and they’ll feast and they’ll feast and they’ll feast, feast, feast..” his small heart corrupted by the one ring
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The grinch in his cave huddled over biting into a raw fish muttering to himself “and they’ll feast and they’ll feast and they’ll feast, feast, feast..” his small heart corrupted by the one ring
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so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
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Record breaking prices for artwork sales do not, sadly, represent an investment in art and artists.
Investors are reducing their taxable profits before the end of the tax year with big one-off purchases while universities cut their humanities faculties and artists earn less than minimum wage.
Investors are reducing their taxable profits before the end of the tax year with big one-off purchases while universities cut their humanities faculties and artists earn less than minimum wage.
A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said
Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6m
A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Record breaking prices for artwork sales do not, sadly, represent an investment in art and artists.
Investors are reducing their taxable profits before the end of the tax year with big one-off purchases while universities cut their humanities faculties and artists earn less than minimum wage.
Investors are reducing their taxable profits before the end of the tax year with big one-off purchases while universities cut their humanities faculties and artists earn less than minimum wage.
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Increasingly believe that the only ways to be able to work full-time as an artist are either benefitting from the safety of familial wealth, being part of a dual-income household, or acquiring the patronage of a Florentine banking and political dynasty that ascended to power in the 15th century
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Increasingly believe that the only ways to be able to work full-time as an artist are either benefitting from the safety of familial wealth, being part of a dual-income household, or acquiring the patronage of a Florentine banking and political dynasty that ascended to power in the 15th century
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Here's the thing about art theft: the very high prices for individual pieces of art at auction (like Van Gogh's sunflowers) are tax write offs. It's no acciden that so many record breaking art sales happen in Q4.
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's the thing about art theft: the very high prices for individual pieces of art at auction (like Van Gogh's sunflowers) are tax write offs. It's no acciden that so many record breaking art sales happen in Q4.
Legal precedent to allow throwing sandwiches at federal agents
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Legal precedent to allow throwing sandwiches at federal agents
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Here's the deal:
In the UK and Ireland, middle class means 'not poor'.
In the US, middle class means 'not rich'.
In the UK and Ireland, middle class means 'not poor'.
In the US, middle class means 'not rich'.
As someone from the UK, the way the US deifies the ‘middle class’ is so damn weird
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here's the deal:
In the UK and Ireland, middle class means 'not poor'.
In the US, middle class means 'not rich'.
In the UK and Ireland, middle class means 'not poor'.
In the US, middle class means 'not rich'.
Oof
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Oof
I don't usually do this, but here's my hot take.
There is no longer a "working class" as an identity group, at least not self-identified.
The idea of "working class" at one point in time carried ideas of pride in work, stability, community, etc. Not only have many positions disappeared..
There is no longer a "working class" as an identity group, at least not self-identified.
The idea of "working class" at one point in time carried ideas of pride in work, stability, community, etc. Not only have many positions disappeared..
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I don't usually do this, but here's my hot take.
There is no longer a "working class" as an identity group, at least not self-identified.
The idea of "working class" at one point in time carried ideas of pride in work, stability, community, etc. Not only have many positions disappeared..
There is no longer a "working class" as an identity group, at least not self-identified.
The idea of "working class" at one point in time carried ideas of pride in work, stability, community, etc. Not only have many positions disappeared..
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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wtaf are you talking about
October 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
wtaf are you talking about
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Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
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Many of this are left cold by this. I sure am. But this - the kind of performative Andrew Tate cartoon-masculinity, the clumsy swagger, the maundering braggadocio, the needy desperate I‘M A MANLY MAN I’M A MANLY MAN, speaks to a howling void of inadequacy in some people’s souls.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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rapture happens but nobody notices cause only like a dozen people make the cut and they've all been living alone in the woods
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
rapture happens but nobody notices cause only like a dozen people make the cut and they've all been living alone in the woods
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Last night I went to a talk at our church by Matt Soerens of World Relief, author of this book about the Christian attitude towards immigration. He’s a good speaker and blended facts with Biblical analysis./1
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Welcoming the Stranger
Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. Christians find themselves torn between
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September 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Last night I went to a talk at our church by Matt Soerens of World Relief, author of this book about the Christian attitude towards immigration. He’s a good speaker and blended facts with Biblical analysis./1
www.ivpress.com/welcoming-th...
www.ivpress.com/welcoming-th...
I put on “the smiths” radio on Spotify today in class, and it was decent, but for some reason that I won’t try to understand, they kept playing weezer songs, so I had to turn it off
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I put on “the smiths” radio on Spotify today in class, and it was decent, but for some reason that I won’t try to understand, they kept playing weezer songs, so I had to turn it off
just listened to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social blindboy's latest episode tackling CK, and I think its the best take I've heard. Instead of being just about CK, it takes a wider view of the systems surrounding and supporting TPUSA, putting into better context some of the issues. go listen.
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
just listened to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social blindboy's latest episode tackling CK, and I think its the best take I've heard. Instead of being just about CK, it takes a wider view of the systems surrounding and supporting TPUSA, putting into better context some of the issues. go listen.
People are still saying this
I got to make some more paintings.
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
People are still saying this
This feels right
Made it to Friday (Vincent van Gogh, Worn Out, 1882) www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
September 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This feels right