Breth 'swedhopkins'
@swedhopkins.bsky.social
Artist in exile searching for community. Be warned. Don't mess with me. No bots or lovesick variants. To friends I'm a pussycat. But annoy me & find me vindictive. Otherwise just fine & dandy.
#FreePalestine #AntiZionist
#FreePalestine #AntiZionist
Pinned
There's a force, a 'green fuse' that animates us all. We make use of this power in various ways, profiting where we can. Of 'free' energy, for example, of unihibited exploitation, knowing all the time, our lives are the price of forbearance, our negligence is paramount.
My first post over a year ago on bluesky was a nod to a favourite Welsh poet from my misspent youth coupled to the discovery of a small hydroelectric dam that moved runoff water through a wooden tunnel to a canal conecting a series of lakes & used by schools to teach whitewater canoeing in safety. ♥︎
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Remembering Wright Morris on his birthday 🎂
📷 Judy Dater, 1975
"As much as he was interested in people, Morris was equally obsessed, in both his prose and photography, with what he saw as the populated emptiness of abandoned spaces."
- Peter Orner
📷 Judy Dater, 1975
"As much as he was interested in people, Morris was equally obsessed, in both his prose and photography, with what he saw as the populated emptiness of abandoned spaces."
- Peter Orner
January 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Remembering Wright Morris on his birthday 🎂
📷 Judy Dater, 1975
"As much as he was interested in people, Morris was equally obsessed, in both his prose and photography, with what he saw as the populated emptiness of abandoned spaces."
- Peter Orner
📷 Judy Dater, 1975
"As much as he was interested in people, Morris was equally obsessed, in both his prose and photography, with what he saw as the populated emptiness of abandoned spaces."
- Peter Orner
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“We do not look away from the world, we look directly at it and allow the spirit of hope - the necessary driver of change - to inspire us to action.” Nick Cave🤍
www.theredhandfiles.com/where-is-the...
www.theredhandfiles.com/where-is-the...
Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #308 - 2025 is coming. The world seems to be in such a catastrophic state. Where is the hope? What is hope?
Dear Bailey and Anon, It is understandable to feel alarmed by the current state of things, to feel fearful and depressed. We are presented...
www.theredhandfiles.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“We do not look away from the world, we look directly at it and allow the spirit of hope - the necessary driver of change - to inspire us to action.” Nick Cave🤍
www.theredhandfiles.com/where-is-the...
www.theredhandfiles.com/where-is-the...
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New Works Jan 2025 we are honored to feature #poems and #art by our managing editor, Moira J. Saucer. @mjseyesopened.bsky.social
Before I sleep, a window opens
On another world,
And my eyes are a young woman’s
And my hand is lifting to wave
icefloepress.net/2025/01/06/5...
5 Poems and Visual Art – Moira J. Saucer
The Gift Unseen I spent my life reaching for the brass ring Whirling around and around on the carousel Without knowing I held a golden ring, A bright, singing invisible thing That in constant rhyth…
icefloepress.net
January 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New Works Jan 2025 we are honored to feature #poems and #art by our managing editor, Moira J. Saucer. @mjseyesopened.bsky.social
Before I sleep, a window opens
On another world,
And my eyes are a young woman’s
And my hand is lifting to wave
icefloepress.net/2025/01/06/5...
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a new stage
take it
___s l o w
january 1
take it
___s l o w
january 1
January 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
a new stage
take it
___s l o w
january 1
take it
___s l o w
january 1
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Presenting the cover for our upcoming Issue 8!
We are reading submissions for Issue 8 until February 1st, and we welcome your artistic, writerly and photographic outtakes.
#publishing #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry #art #photography
We are reading submissions for Issue 8 until February 1st, and we welcome your artistic, writerly and photographic outtakes.
#publishing #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry #art #photography
January 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Presenting the cover for our upcoming Issue 8!
We are reading submissions for Issue 8 until February 1st, and we welcome your artistic, writerly and photographic outtakes.
#publishing #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry #art #photography
We are reading submissions for Issue 8 until February 1st, and we welcome your artistic, writerly and photographic outtakes.
#publishing #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry #art #photography
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“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
—Shirley Jackson
—Shirley Jackson
January 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
—Shirley Jackson
—Shirley Jackson
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in the winter forest, ice bells
January 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
in the winter forest, ice bells
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#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 1
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 1
January 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 1
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 1
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#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 2 (variation on theme)
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 2 (variation on theme)
January 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 2 (variation on theme)
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 2 (variation on theme)
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#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 3 (variation on theme)
#resist
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 3 (variation on theme)
#resist
January 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#art / #abstract / #painting / #mixedmedia / #watercolor /
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 3 (variation on theme)
#resist
#pen-and-ink / #doodle / #cat
"Stir the Pot " No. 3 (variation on theme)
#resist
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Looking forward to our EIC/publisher's poetry read by Irish-based poet @susanrichardson.bsky.social in this evocative engaging series. The season 4 opener for @shadesofgreen.bsky.social Coming this Friday!
@rfredekenter.bsky.social #spokenword #poetry #podcast A Thousand Shades of Green!
@rfredekenter.bsky.social #spokenword #poetry #podcast A Thousand Shades of Green!
This Friday, A Thousand Shades of Green returns in a celebration of the Extraordinary writing of Robert Frede Kenter @icefloepress.bsky.social Join me on your preferred podcast platform or on athousandshadesofgreen.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Looking forward to our EIC/publisher's poetry read by Irish-based poet @susanrichardson.bsky.social in this evocative engaging series. The season 4 opener for @shadesofgreen.bsky.social Coming this Friday!
@rfredekenter.bsky.social #spokenword #poetry #podcast A Thousand Shades of Green!
@rfredekenter.bsky.social #spokenword #poetry #podcast A Thousand Shades of Green!
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Back home, salt marsh stillness at high tide and light under the mist on the mountains, waiting for the year to turn
December 30, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Back home, salt marsh stillness at high tide and light under the mist on the mountains, waiting for the year to turn
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I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
-Oliver Herford, 1955
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
-Oliver Herford, 1955
December 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
-Oliver Herford, 1955
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
-Oliver Herford, 1955
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“To survive the Canadian winter, one needs a body of brass, eyes of glass, and blood made of brandy.”
French explorer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce de Lahontan said this apparently in 1702.
#photography #imagemaking #roomwithaview #littlethings #wintersolstice
French explorer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce de Lahontan said this apparently in 1702.
#photography #imagemaking #roomwithaview #littlethings #wintersolstice
December 21, 2024 at 3:59 PM
“To survive the Canadian winter, one needs a body of brass, eyes of glass, and blood made of brandy.”
French explorer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce de Lahontan said this apparently in 1702.
#photography #imagemaking #roomwithaview #littlethings #wintersolstice
French explorer Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce de Lahontan said this apparently in 1702.
#photography #imagemaking #roomwithaview #littlethings #wintersolstice
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top 4 films that you watched in 2024
1- La bête (2023)
2- The Substance (2024)
3- Les raisins de la mort (1978)
4- Revenge (2017)
1- La bête (2023)
2- The Substance (2024)
3- Les raisins de la mort (1978)
4- Revenge (2017)
December 22, 2024 at 4:27 PM
top 4 films that you watched in 2024
1- La bête (2023)
2- The Substance (2024)
3- Les raisins de la mort (1978)
4- Revenge (2017)
1- La bête (2023)
2- The Substance (2024)
3- Les raisins de la mort (1978)
4- Revenge (2017)
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"According to Vogue, 'red wine-coloured garments take the edge off'. I mean we’re all broke, war and genocide seem to be breaking out everywhere, but pop on a Malbec coloured turtleneck and you can forget it all for a minute?"
– Isaac Muk
[via @huckmag.com's December email newsletter]
– Isaac Muk
[via @huckmag.com's December email newsletter]
December 22, 2024 at 4:27 PM
"According to Vogue, 'red wine-coloured garments take the edge off'. I mean we’re all broke, war and genocide seem to be breaking out everywhere, but pop on a Malbec coloured turtleneck and you can forget it all for a minute?"
– Isaac Muk
[via @huckmag.com's December email newsletter]
– Isaac Muk
[via @huckmag.com's December email newsletter]
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From "photographizemag"Christmas 🎄 Vibes
photo by John Thatcher
photo by John Thatcher
December 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
From "photographizemag"Christmas 🎄 Vibes
photo by John Thatcher
photo by John Thatcher
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From "gettyarchive"
Father Christmas, of Bentall's Store in Ealing, takes the tube to pick up his sleigh in London, 1984.
Father Christmas, of Bentall's Store in Ealing, takes the tube to pick up his sleigh in London, 1984.
December 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
From "gettyarchive"
Father Christmas, of Bentall's Store in Ealing, takes the tube to pick up his sleigh in London, 1984.
Father Christmas, of Bentall's Store in Ealing, takes the tube to pick up his sleigh in London, 1984.
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hidden suffering
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December 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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hidden suffering
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