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Exquisite Armantè

@exquisite.bsky.social

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Young, Gifted, Black. Fat. Contrarian Wit. Optimist. Writer. She/Her. Only the gentle survived. Afro-Atlantean

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · Nov 7

The lovely people at taypedia let me go on and on about how Taylor Swift wrestles with her own humanity all over the blood soaked landscape of “The Tortured Poets Department”

Check it out “Taylor Swift: Not a God. Not a Sacrifice.” below 🤍🩶🤍: https://t.co/JZlcwE9w7P

https://taypedia.com/blog/taylor-swift-religious-imagery/

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. @burksandcaicos.bsky.social · 12d

Taylor on Actually Romantic

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

She’s now up on my site! www.exquisitewrites.com/store-1

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

If you saw the Typo… no you didn’t 🫩

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

I purposely didn’t include any collaborations that were on someone else’s album because to me those are like chemical reactions that use the elements 😭

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

There is a method to the madness of some of the chosen Atomic Names! (For example if it is a collab then it’s the letters of the collaborators name)

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

This took me 30 hours but I present to you The Periodic Table of Swift

A period table of Taylor swift songs. Each box is color coded to the album and has a unique atomic symbol

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · 17d

I purposely didn’t include any collaborations that were on someone else’s album because to me those are like chemical reactions that use the elements 😭

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Apricot Press @apricotpress.bsky.social · Sep 1

'You are drowning, you think. You just wanted to touch all the ladders in the pool.'

Exquisite Armantè beautifully blurs magic and reality in her flash fiction piece, 'Myrtle Beach, 2005'.

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Myrtle Beach, 2005

Exquisite Armantè beautifully blurs magic and reality in her flash fiction piece centred on a swimming pool.

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So to Speak @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social · Sep 5

@exquisite.bsky.social Exquisite Armantè’s “Stages” reminds us of the baby you find in king cake— it’s an overripe orange, a nipple barbell, an elevator to anywhere🍊

Read here: www.sotospeakjournal.org/exquisite-ar...

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 30

Scooter Braun you are nothing

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billboard @billboard.com · May 30

Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Masters: Read Her Full Letter

Taylor Swift has bought back her masters. Read her letter to fans announcing the news.

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 23

Dream (1858-1919) by Arthur Hacker

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 23

The Gypsy Mother (1870) by Hugues Merle

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 21

The Death of Icarus by Alexandre Cabanel

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 21

Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Maxfield Parrish (1912)

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 19

Wara (2023) Krzysztof Powatka

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 18

Of*****

Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 18

Sleep and its Derangements (2022) Fiona Finnegan

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 18

Beach at Cabasson (Baigne-Cul) by Henri Edmond Cross

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 18

The Awakening Of The Poet, Gabriel Ferrier (1899)

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 18

I really want to get into Ekphrastic writing and practicing it so here is a thread or the art pieces I’m looking at! Also if any of the writers following me what to join feel free 😁

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 12

Anyway I graduated!

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Lisa @berrimalibu.bsky.social · May 11

A little portrait I came up with from reference (see time-lapse) 🐝✨💙

I’ve been in quite the creative mood as of late, I can’t wait to share more! Releasing the idea of perfectionism has come in handy 🙏🏾

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Exquisite Armantè @exquisite.bsky.social · May 12

I keep forgetting Blue Sky exists…

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