The Distant Empath
@thedistantempath.bsky.social
Bret
Art, photos, and words. Fueled by coffee.
he/him
Art, photos, and words. Fueled by coffee.
he/him
Enjoying a quiet evening
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Enjoying a quiet evening
Beyond simple thresholds lie complicated worlds,
where people search for peace
and instead, create war within themselves.
Photo taken at 6 am on July 3rd, 2025 as I walked from the bus stop to work. My search for peace continues.
Be good to yourselves.
- Bret
where people search for peace
and instead, create war within themselves.
Photo taken at 6 am on July 3rd, 2025 as I walked from the bus stop to work. My search for peace continues.
Be good to yourselves.
- Bret
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Beyond simple thresholds lie complicated worlds,
where people search for peace
and instead, create war within themselves.
Photo taken at 6 am on July 3rd, 2025 as I walked from the bus stop to work. My search for peace continues.
Be good to yourselves.
- Bret
where people search for peace
and instead, create war within themselves.
Photo taken at 6 am on July 3rd, 2025 as I walked from the bus stop to work. My search for peace continues.
Be good to yourselves.
- Bret
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Birthright citizenship is a Constitutional RIGHT. Any attack on it is an attack on us all.
This is an attempt by far-right justices to attack immigrant communities and remove protections from any American who questions Trump.
Your rights are nonnegotiable. We can’t compromise on that basic fact.
This is an attempt by far-right justices to attack immigrant communities and remove protections from any American who questions Trump.
Your rights are nonnegotiable. We can’t compromise on that basic fact.
June 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Birthright citizenship is a Constitutional RIGHT. Any attack on it is an attack on us all.
This is an attempt by far-right justices to attack immigrant communities and remove protections from any American who questions Trump.
Your rights are nonnegotiable. We can’t compromise on that basic fact.
This is an attempt by far-right justices to attack immigrant communities and remove protections from any American who questions Trump.
Your rights are nonnegotiable. We can’t compromise on that basic fact.
"John"
June 22, 2025.
Read more in the alt text
June 22, 2025.
Read more in the alt text
June 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"John"
June 22, 2025.
Read more in the alt text
June 22, 2025.
Read more in the alt text
I will not alter my behavior to conform to an immoral regime.
June 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I will not alter my behavior to conform to an immoral regime.
Spotted this gorgeous 1970 AMC Rebel Machine today.
June 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Spotted this gorgeous 1970 AMC Rebel Machine today.
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Slowly forming an idea that much of What's Wrong With the Social Internet is an inability of some folks to distinguish between different categories of opinions.
A lot of benign things (like preference or idiosyncrasies) get responded to as if there's a right and wrong when... there just isn't.
A lot of benign things (like preference or idiosyncrasies) get responded to as if there's a right and wrong when... there just isn't.
May 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Slowly forming an idea that much of What's Wrong With the Social Internet is an inability of some folks to distinguish between different categories of opinions.
A lot of benign things (like preference or idiosyncrasies) get responded to as if there's a right and wrong when... there just isn't.
A lot of benign things (like preference or idiosyncrasies) get responded to as if there's a right and wrong when... there just isn't.
"Peggy"
Drawing completed May 12th, 2025.
(Written piece in the Alt Text)
Drawing completed May 12th, 2025.
(Written piece in the Alt Text)
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Peggy"
Drawing completed May 12th, 2025.
(Written piece in the Alt Text)
Drawing completed May 12th, 2025.
(Written piece in the Alt Text)
Drawing completed April 28th, 2025. This was the first piece I created both at home and on my breaks at work. I intend to continue that method, throwing in some café time, too. It's a good conversation starter, I'm told.
Be good to yourselves.
-Bret
Be good to yourselves.
-Bret
April 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Drawing completed April 28th, 2025. This was the first piece I created both at home and on my breaks at work. I intend to continue that method, throwing in some café time, too. It's a good conversation starter, I'm told.
Be good to yourselves.
-Bret
Be good to yourselves.
-Bret
I only see you when I dare to dream of all I have lost.
April 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I only see you when I dare to dream of all I have lost.
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Never underestimate that your words, poems, art, music, random acts of kindness and unconditional love, are acts of resistance, and what save us from the madness of this world.
April 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Never underestimate that your words, poems, art, music, random acts of kindness and unconditional love, are acts of resistance, and what save us from the madness of this world.
Milwaukee River Walk on a lovely Spring day.
#Milwaukee
#Milwaukee
April 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Milwaukee River Walk on a lovely Spring day.
#Milwaukee
#Milwaukee
"Cora"
Drawing completed three years ago today.
Drawing completed three years ago today.
April 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Cora"
Drawing completed three years ago today.
Drawing completed three years ago today.
Rainy day drawing
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rainy day drawing
"Elise"
There is rain in the distance.
She closes her eyes
and listens
to that eerie silence before the first drops
pelt the dry ground.
To the rumbles of thunder that make her smile.
Petrichor wafts around her.
She inhales deeply,
hugging herself
as the water trickles over her skin.
There is rain in the distance.
She closes her eyes
and listens
to that eerie silence before the first drops
pelt the dry ground.
To the rumbles of thunder that make her smile.
Petrichor wafts around her.
She inhales deeply,
hugging herself
as the water trickles over her skin.
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Elise"
There is rain in the distance.
She closes her eyes
and listens
to that eerie silence before the first drops
pelt the dry ground.
To the rumbles of thunder that make her smile.
Petrichor wafts around her.
She inhales deeply,
hugging herself
as the water trickles over her skin.
There is rain in the distance.
She closes her eyes
and listens
to that eerie silence before the first drops
pelt the dry ground.
To the rumbles of thunder that make her smile.
Petrichor wafts around her.
She inhales deeply,
hugging herself
as the water trickles over her skin.
ghost in the toaster oven
February 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ghost in the toaster oven
"Kenzie"
The wind chill is well below zero, but she doesn't care. The sun is bright and makes the freshly fallen snow look like a blanket of diamonds covering the hillside. Days may not last long here, but she is content to soak in the light while it lasts. Living in the moment, where she belongs
The wind chill is well below zero, but she doesn't care. The sun is bright and makes the freshly fallen snow look like a blanket of diamonds covering the hillside. Days may not last long here, but she is content to soak in the light while it lasts. Living in the moment, where she belongs
February 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Kenzie"
The wind chill is well below zero, but she doesn't care. The sun is bright and makes the freshly fallen snow look like a blanket of diamonds covering the hillside. Days may not last long here, but she is content to soak in the light while it lasts. Living in the moment, where she belongs
The wind chill is well below zero, but she doesn't care. The sun is bright and makes the freshly fallen snow look like a blanket of diamonds covering the hillside. Days may not last long here, but she is content to soak in the light while it lasts. Living in the moment, where she belongs
Looking more like a home.
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Looking more like a home.
"Philip"
Drawing completed February 6th, 2025.
Drawing completed February 6th, 2025.
February 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Philip"
Drawing completed February 6th, 2025.
Drawing completed February 6th, 2025.
Creating makes everything better.
February 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Creating makes everything better.
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Fairness.
Compassion.
Kindness.
Empathy.
All painted over. Literally. By this administration.
An administration of evil.
Carrying a Bible.
Wearing a cross.
Praying to a flag.
On bended knees.
Not for patriotism.
But for fascism.
Compassion.
Kindness.
Empathy.
All painted over. Literally. By this administration.
An administration of evil.
Carrying a Bible.
Wearing a cross.
Praying to a flag.
On bended knees.
Not for patriotism.
But for fascism.
February 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fairness.
Compassion.
Kindness.
Empathy.
All painted over. Literally. By this administration.
An administration of evil.
Carrying a Bible.
Wearing a cross.
Praying to a flag.
On bended knees.
Not for patriotism.
But for fascism.
Compassion.
Kindness.
Empathy.
All painted over. Literally. By this administration.
An administration of evil.
Carrying a Bible.
Wearing a cross.
Praying to a flag.
On bended knees.
Not for patriotism.
But for fascism.
Art in progress
January 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Art in progress