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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes while I paint I listen to artists pontificating on the rewards and perils of the creative life. Then other times I listen to Behind The Bastards. So anyway, here's this.
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A fuchsia pink and brown abstract painting on the left, and in a gray box on the right: DON'T BE HENRY KISSINGER and other new paintings
It's a screenshot from my website, secret lentil.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 2h

Caveat: I never read it. I'm responding more to living through the cultural response to it as a phenomena.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 2h

As a bookstore worker before this time I feel like Prozac Nation planted this seed? Question mark because it's just a gut feeling.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 22h

I think the secret is boiling them enough? Maybe?

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 22h

Well I'm fearless/foolish. ha ha ha

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 22h

I achieved TOTAL DENSITY. I am happy.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 22h

The dough was a little gooeyier than the plain, but I don't know if it was the chia seeds or that I had to adjust the flour level because I added oats. I let the chia and flax soak in the warm water for a bit before I mix the dough.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 23h

et VOILA the batch of plain bagels are out. The other ones — with flax, chia, sesame and oats mixed in — are just coming out.

I'm holding a browned bagel in my hand, and in the background others are on a cooling rack. The wall behind them is deep orange.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 23h

The boilen-ing. (In water with baking soda.)

A big pan of boiling water on a gas stove with 2 plain bagels floating in there.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

update: he is now snoring in that same basket

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

James, in his basket, considering the day.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

Based on my study of one family member, yes. They seem to feel that they are joining me in being creative, no matter what I say to the contrary.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

Correct! It sure was.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to make bagels today. BAGELS!

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

is 7:44 bedtime

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly it's a fair trade.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

“Bring out your dad!”
Just one letter makes such a difference

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

I've been ignoring the bush in our back yard and now I'm thinking I could have at least sent one of the cats to university.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

“Close-up of a pink dragon fruit with black seeds on a textured surface.” Dragonfruit. Thank you creepy robots I guess, for answering questions I didn't even ask them.

Fancy internet photo of chopped up dragnfruit on a plate, with cross-sections next to them, and then some whole fruits on the right. Some of the insides are white with black seeds, some are bold pink with black seeds.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

They give me a suggestion, and it’s often uncannily correct. I try not to think too much about the implications. But guess what they told me about this painting detail?

Cropped portion of an abstract painting. Fuchsia pink with black and white lines and rows of black dots.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

Then the other day I was posting painting photos on my website. I always type in my own alt-image descriptions — the hidden text that goes with each image to tell the world of web-robots what’s in your picture. Of course, now they already know beforehand. It’s kind of creepy.

Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

I asked her what it was called but couldn't understand her reply. Mike and I ate it right there in the parking lot. Mildly sweet, seedy, definitely thirst-quenching, with a small hint of bean sprouts. Not terrible.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

My fruit credo is that fruit is always great if someone else has already chopped it up for me. So when the woman training a new cashier at Asia Market a few weeks ago offered me a small container with wedges of an unknown sliced up fruit for a dollar I said yes.

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

It's a sidequest but we listened to Leon Redbone again recently and I looked him up — his life story is fascinating.

'Redbone was described as "both a musical artist and a performance artist whose very identity was part of his creative output."'
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Leon Redbone - Wikipedia

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Haunted Hieronymous Borscht @secretlentil.bsky.social · 3d

oooh thanks, I need to read this.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 4d

and I feel fine

jamma10.bsky.social @jamma10.bsky.social · 5d

Toilet, Bristol UK circa 2015

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