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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline

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Sober Artist and mother in TX finding new ways to create and live with progressive illness. Agender, Queer, Autistic, Trauma and Coma survivor. (Re)living their life. Over 18 is best.

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · Oct 11

Howdy, I’m Mickey.
Medically retired professional artist, mother, and curious human living with progressive illness.
Believer in ✨Community✨
I share old projects and works,
Works from current photo series on body and identity
And general bits of life scattered about.
I’m a bit of a nerd.
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Mixed media illustration of two kids throwing leaves in the air. Sky is mottled watercolor blue, leaves and ground are cut paper in brown, tan, and gold. The children have prominent shadows.

A digital double exposure of
1. Self portrait in a vintage sideshow style in front of a dark blue tapestry with fabric stars
2. Image of texas sunset with powerlines
The two blend together in a way that the face seems to emerge from a fiery sky with hints of the tapestry at the top

Photo of me teaching color mixing to young children. One child is pictured. I am using food coloring and water in a science looking beaker set up and wearing my labcoat.

Image of a tired me holding a spade in a backyard that needs a lot of love. I am wearing my shark hat.

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Ana Silva @7anasilva.bsky.social · 16m

Excuse me, my epiphyllum woke up feeling cute today. :)
#flower #sciart #natureart #pinkflower

Photo of a pink epiphyllum plant flowering.

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 31m

I never remember if i can eat or not and whether or not to take certain meds.

So i gotta just waste a couple more hours and drink a lot of water. That’s alls i know.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 21h

Oh. My mom just reminded me that my PETscan is tomorrow.
The first in about 5 years and first brainscan in about 2.

If they see any changes i might get reclassified as already having dementia. (Still technically in the pre-dementia/MCI stages of cognitive decline….today at least)
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Depth Noir @depthnoir.bsky.social · 10h

Pierre Pedelmas

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Doc Baroque @roguearthistorian.bsky.social · 9h

Names in the Night Air: Evidence, Refusal, and the Indigenous Gothic
Across Turtle Island, Indigenous artists, knowledge keepers, and communities have long engaged the uncanny; not as spectacle, but as protocol, pedagogy, and survivance.
#indigenouspeoplesday

Names in the Night Air: Evidence, Refusal, and the Indigenous Gothic

#31DaysofHalloween #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 43m

The title of this one really made me wonder how this was going to skew. But it was very thorough

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 50m

Apologies…i drifted off into a pleasant dreamy state after this. 🫠☺️

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 57m

Hang in there, frend. You matter and folks care. 🫂

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 1h

That takes a super dark spin there at the end.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1h

OCTOPHANT PRIME DAYS

Go have a look at the original paintings and gel prints I have for sale and if you see something you like make me a dang offer

Paintings: octophant.us/paintings

Gel Prints: octophant.us/gel-prints

An oil painting of a Grimpowlteuthis: A barn owl's head on the body and arms of a grimpoteuthis 'dumbo' octopus. With small owl wings on the head where the octopus would have fins. The owl head is shades of white and brown looking off to the left a bit. The octopus portion is pinks and purples, with the arms all curling up on themselves around its body. This is all painted on collaged pages from a Japanese wrestling magazine. There is different sizes and typefaces of Japanese text and decontextualized photos of wrestling and wrestlers, but mostly text.

A woman in a voluminous, deep, dark blue dress, with her blond hair piled atop her head in braids holding a young white goat in her arms. The background is greenish white tile. Her eyes are deeply set and blackened and she’s conspicuously bleeding from her mouth. Based on a shot from s2 of Severance.

A difficult image to write alt text for. This is a collage of wrestling images, pagers, and random Japanese text. The two largest figures are both masked wrestlers inverted from each other. One wears a full-body gold suit, the other has striped white and orange pants, orange boots and a mask and is shirtless. Stripey is in what almost looks like a running pose, but upside down. He's being grabbed from behind by Goldie who is mostly upright. Honestly even the original photo was confusing. There's a smaller image imposed among these two of one wrestler smashing another's face with a huge drop kick. Smaller masked and caped wrestlers stand in the top left and bottom right. The colors are hot pinks, acid greens, orange, and gold.

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 12h

Just convinced BFF Baby Daddy to use MrMistofelees as his hacker tournament handle.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

Oh wait! You’ve healed to allow for more than just cuddles. ☺️😏

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

🫠 feels like cuddle fort time (in perfect world)

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

🫂 no, you! You’re gonna rock it and make the world better for most excellent young humans. 🫀

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

All the Most Excellent thoughts your way✨

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 14h

I’m afraid i tripped into it all long ago. 🫀

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 15h

Too late, i’ve been ensnared🫀

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 17h

Fiona Apple — Joe McNally, 1997

Photograph of the singer dressed in plate mail no helmet clutching a sword in her gauntlets and riding the subway in New York City most of the passengers are just going about their business but there is one Asian man in a suit giving her a wondering look

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 20h

Why i switched to clear containers for brush water. 🙃

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 20h

Ahhh. The lore thread *does* have some gems in there.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · Nov 23

6. I was once so nervous at a fancy piano recital that I peed myself on the piano bench while playing Fur Elise.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 20h

It is! And now with extra typos apparently. (I got both titles wrong in my attempt🙃)

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CB @lensandpedals.bsky.social · 21h

Today’s bloom in the garden: Canna lily

A black and white photograph of a Canna Lily

A black and white photograph of a Canna Lily leaf

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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 20h

I usually end up at the doctor’s office on my birthdays now. (Gotta take the appt the specialist offers)

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 21h

Drank from wrong mug.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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