"They Altered the Memories..." by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

Thinking in a glass jar. Poke holes in the lid, so I can breathe!

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25 Oct. 2023

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"Book, Back Of (Modified Hide)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, liner pen, and tape on reclaimed cardboard secured to the book of my current journal with digital embellishments and color.] These are the creatures that came thru while I was "automatic drawing" one day. That happens sometimes! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/637

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"Disgusting!" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen and grease stains on paper envelope with digital embellishments and color.] A small doodle written on a letter I sent to someone (I can't recall to whom) that I decided to embellish with the digital shit! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://zeroone.art/artwork/disgusting-by-richard-f-yates-holy-fool-4591

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"Spooky Dust Devil" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color (and color removal where needed!)] It looked like a dust devil, but I KNOW it was supernatural in origin! (Put on your glasses NOW to see all the ghosts!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/838242

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"Do What We Can..." by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, liner pen, and sticker collage over photo of a notebook page with digital embellishments, drawing, and color.] I sure, when I look back on this section of my notebook, I'll think to myself, "I definitely know what I was thinking when I put this page together! The meaning couldn't be any more clear..." I'm sure that's what will happen... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

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"Cave of Wonders" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Crayon on found cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Deep in the sparkling cave lived a sentient rock that was just waiting... Patiently, oh so patiently... Just waiting for a cell service that can penetrate into his deep, underground lair... He'd even settle for a wired system, as long as it allows him access to the internet. (Let's hope there's a breakthrough soon! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/639

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"Naked Gibber" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] This goblin was arrested, naked, yelling at folks in the parking lot of a donut shop. He claimed that the donuts were evil and were planning to take over the universe using a multi-level marketing scam... We hope he's okay, but believe me, the nonsense about the donuts is just silly! By the way, have you ever thought about franchisement rights for door to door snack sales? I got a pamphlet here I can let you read... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/838248

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27 Oct. 2023

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TUNES!!!! (Here's what I'm listening to [on random] today!):

---1. cEvin Key - "Orange Dragonfly"
---2. Individual Totem - "Perfect"
---3. Bobby Joe Ebola and The Children MacNuggits - "Freshman Philosophy"
---4. D.C. LaCroix - "Devil's Son"
---5. Daft Punk - "Technologic (Rogerseventytwo Remix)"
---6. Shahar Varshal - "Don't Stop the Wreckin' Ball (Mash-Up)"
---7. Derek Allen - "Spirits in the Material World"
---8. Joan Jett - "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
---9. Bird Peterson & Ocelot - "Soul Survivor (Craze Remix)"
---10. Styles J - "A Clockwork Orange"
---11. The Chameleons - "Up the Down Escalator"
---12. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - "It was the Summer (Each Other Remix)"
---13. Superhuman Happiness & Cults - "Um Canto de Afoxé para o Bloco do Ilê"
---14. Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem - "All You Need is Love"
---15. SNFU - "The Devil's Voice"
---16. The Cribs - "Finger-Nailed for You"
---17. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Ray of Light"
---18. Spoon - "She's Fine, She's Mine"
---19. A Split-Second - "Crash Course in Seduction"
---20. Dexys - "Coming Home"
---21. Ian Brown - "Shadow of a Saint (The Boy Bierton Mix)"
---22. The Killers - "Spaceman (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix)"
---23. Tears for Fears - "Secret World"
---24. Del Shannon - "Runaway"
---25. The Beatles - "Run for Your Live"
---26. DJ Hell - "Robot Voices"
---27. Haujobb - "Smack My Bitch Up"
---28. Gary Numan, Hugh Nicholson & Radio Heart - "All Across the Nation (Extended Mix)"
---29. Green Day - "Knowledge"
---30. Love and Rockets - "Spanish Stroll"
---31. The Lemonheads - "It's a Shame About Ray"
---32. MGMT - "All We Ever Wanted was Everything"
---33. Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi - "Symphonies"
---34. The Diodes - "Strange Time"
---35. Front 242, Machine X & Razormaid - "New York 2.0 (Extended Razormaid Mix)"
---36. The Byrds - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Version One)"
---37. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - "Everything's Been Leading to This (Voka Gentle Remix)"
---38. Nirvana - "Negative Creep"
---39. Sham 69 - "(There's Gonna Be A) Borstal Breakout"
---40. Bright Eyes - "Another Travelin' Song"
---41. The Wedding Present - "Flying Saucer"
---42. Ella Fitzgerald - "Too Darn Hot (RAC Mix)"
---43. The Ink Spots w/ Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
---44. The New Pornographers - "The New Face of Zero and One"
---45. Deathray - "Only Lies"
---46. Beach Weather feat. Pale Waves - "Unlovable"
---47. SWMRS - "Miley"
---48. I am Spoonbender - "I Went and Had My Knives Sharpened"
---49. TRS-80 - "Body Talk (Screener Copy)"
---50. Harry Nilsson - "One"
---51. Amazing Transparent Man - "International Games Committee (IGC)"
---52. Albert Hammond, Jr. - "In Transit"
---53. High Lonesome Sound System - "Champion Sound (Commander Mindfuck vs Tranquility Bass and The Incredibly Obsessive Hippy Dropout Band Remix) (Live from the Freeport Hippy Jam '74)"
---54. Front 242 - "Controversy Between"
---55. Nitzer Ebb - "Let Your Body Learn"
---56. T. Rex - "Solid Gold Easy Action (Dan Wilcox Remix)"
---57. Tainted Two - "Do That Body"
---58. Snog - "Make the Little Flowers Grow"
---59. Das Ich - "Moritat"
---60. The Skodas - "Everybody Thinks Everybody Else is Dead Bad"
---61. The Beloved - "Sweet Harmony (Come Together and Consolidate Mix)"
---62. Consolidated - "Howie Livin'"
---63. Recliner - "Nose Dive"
---64. The Tear Garden - "Nothing's Set in Stone"
---65. The Tear Garden - "Hyperform"
---66. The Cure - "Fire in Cairo"
---67. The Cure - "Doing the Unstuck"
---68. David Bowie - "Blackout"
---69. Porno for Pyros - "Pets"
---70. Control Freq - "Rising Sun"
---71. The Postal Service - "Clark Gable"
---72. Poster Children - "If You See Kay"
---73. The Adicts - "Viva La Revolution"

Just under 5 hours worth of tunes. Should keep me entertained for the day, right???

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"Crushed" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] It fell from the sky and crushed old Edgar. Maybe someone will remember old Edgar. Perhaps... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://zeroone.art/artwork/crushed-by-richard-f-yates-holy-fool-2137

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"Happy Little Flower (Sketch)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen and felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] It's a beautiful, fragile flower! (Maybe don't eat it, though...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/640

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"From the Face" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments, color, and drawing.] The sense that this piece is supposed to make alludes me. It is allusive. Or I am dense. Or I am intentionally trying to fool myself... That is a conversation that I'm going to have to engage in with myself some day and see what I can uncover! Meanwhile...beware! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/641

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28 Oct. 2023

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[Posted to Typed.art]:

INSANE POETRY TIME!

Literary nonsense!!! WAAAAAAAAAY back in August of 2009, I sent the following FOUR poems to the online Lit Journal, SHOOTS AND VINES... See if you think I was nuts...

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"Smudge. Rough. Random. Crunch."

Rumble. Jump. Excrement. Filling Station. Adultery. Lamentation.
Crumpled. Fission.

Deplorable. Atom Bomb. Lynching. Ugly. Tile. Symetry. Sin. Election.
Crime. Consolation.

Undulation. Uncommon. Lost.

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"Nursing Rhines"

Gloomy glummy
rin-tin-tin
Haven't any cookies left
feeling far too thin

Pickled fingers
running bulls
Crying in the rain

Underneath umbrella wings
pop top
foaming lips
Crippled blinkers
halo lights
Vomit in the sink

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"It's Cold"

It's cold
in this room
No one's talking
or looking each other
in the eye
Even the children
are still
No nervous little feet
kicking chair legs
I can see the ice
on each shallow puff
of breath
even though it's not there
It's as if
the entire room
has forgotten how to love

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"Blindfold, Shuffle, Roll the Die (and Cheat)"

Hot
So hot
Rules the Earth
Rules the Earth
Rules the Earth
Rules the Earth
Blip
Blip
I don't know why I wanted it
But I got it
I don't know why I wanted it
But I got it
Test the waters
Test the waters
Lumbering giant
Lumbering giant
I'm Lost
Lost
I know that now
I'm Lost
Lost
I know that now
Tut
Bunk
Psychological break-throughs
Usually happen after dark
Psychological break-throughs
Usually happen after dark
Psychological break-throughs
Usually happen after dark
Rumpled

It's better not to know
Who's watching you
It's better not to know
Who's watching you
Munchie
I lean on my pen
I lean on my pen
I lean on my pen
Prick
Rumble Grumble
Molock
Molock
Stoned
And in love
Left alone
Just for a few seconds
Get up
Flowers growing
Nipped bud
Nipped bud
Nipped bud
He's a good man
And thorough

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[END POETRY SUBMISSION MODE.] Of these four poems, TWO of them were excepted and published at the journal! (Can you guess which two were deemed "good enough?")

Poetry is weird, but being a POETRY EDITOR is even weirder!!!! I spent several years at several different journals (some paper, some digital) as poetry editor, and I have to confess, IT'S COMPLETELY IDIOSYNCRATIC! Don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise (or I'll eat their souls!) (HA!)

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

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"Easy Rider" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] That look... The look of shear terror... The look that says, "Hell might be what we're doing right now, and I'm still hungry..." A terrible look... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

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That's enough! Thanks for stopping by!!!

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)