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the-maelstrom.bsky.social
Here be monsters Artist of a sort & endless idea mill. Art & words. Creative. Disabled. Chronic pain. Mentally ill. Feminist. Horror fan. Local ghost. Will add as I remember what & who I am.
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To anyone struggling to make their art: THEY WANT YOU TO STOP WRITING/PAINTING/MAKING. They fear our rich inner lives, beyond even their reach. They fear our revolutionary fantasies, our ungovernable and unprofitable thoughts. Yes, the obstacles are greater than ever. So is the need.

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So I did the @vss365hq.bsky.social for the first time but didn’t post it & I’m tempted to post it now but is a 2 day delay acceptable or super cheeky? #vss365 #writing #cheeky #queerwriter #creative #adviceplease

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You are fantastic. You are a lost art rediscovered. You are a grimoire pizza written in bell peppers. You are a cosmic maple moth silhouetted against the moon. You are a haunted doll with a thousand teeth conducting a spider orchestra in the attic.

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Small #victory this week, was able to go to #hospital appointment,the travel worsened the #pain & #anxiety of it as usual but wasnt taken into account re #bloodpressure so now I have to answer more questions to get much needed #medicine but I got there! #disabled#win#chronicpain #disabledlife#meds

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There’s no such thing as A.I “art.” It’s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.

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A long long time ago before the #debate between #bear or #man this #creature was created Yet to be named or titled #art#artist#drawing#pen#oldart #blackandwhiteart#animalart #anthropomorphic#characterart #queerartist#femaleartist#strange #beingbrave#sharingwork #pleasebekind

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#Politicians

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People don’t look through cut out eye holes in paintings like they used to.

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For the fellow #hannibal fans An old drawing, the physical copy lost to time & moving from place to place Be kind but honest I share with great anxiety ‘Such civil war is in my love and hate’ Shakespeare #art#artist#pencildrawing#fanart #Hannigram#WillGraham #murderhusbands#strangelove

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When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help - Thomas Harris Not unlike today’s masses who think kindness & empathy are weakness Let us be kind & empathic regardless #hannibal#book#show #masterpiece#art#beauty #death#murder#madsmikkelsen #society#empathy#kindness

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God, yes. Thank you Lora Mathis.

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Rage Project #6

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Yes I have a #BaHonours in #fineart but I still can’t colour inside the lines. A problem made worse since #chronicpain by medication-caused shaky hands but thankfully I’m used to the struggle #art#artist#colouring#drawing #medication#sideeffects #shakyhands

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Written by Yeats late in life

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Happy to help anyone with similar issues the best I can or anyone who wants or needs related advice Not an expert but experienced #mentalillness #housebound #chronicpain #happytohelp #advice

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When the internet is your only contact with the outside world it can be weird & negative if you focus on the bad stuff. So I’m trying to stay positive, build the courage to share work & keep posting Advice welcome #housebound#disabled#pain #bravery#positivity #art#creative#art#writing #contact

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Never quite sure what to say & always delete work due to anxiety Haunted by a lecturer who said NOT to be ourselves & to sell our true deepest selves too I’m not entirely sure who I am You could ask but I may not know #art#artist#creative #queer#chronicpain#anxiety #truth#self#lost#thoughts#fact

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one question I can never wrap my head around is “why did you draw this”. I dunno, why does anyone do anything? I was overtaken by the spirit

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This International Women’s Day it’s important to remember, women don’t owe you, or anyone else, shit. Shout out to the women, everywhere, today & every day.

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Chickened out of keeping my art up… maybe I’ll overcome this nervousness someday… eventually #art #nerves #nervous #artist #anxiety #strangeness

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William Martin,The Parent's Tao Te Ching

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Ideas a plenty, chronic pain & mental illness oh my! Hopeful… but sporadic with keeping in touch at best #artist #writer #poetry #creative #ideas #endlessideas #horror #absent #medicated #disabled #chronicpain #mentalillness #hello #socialising #housebound

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