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Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile
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multi-genre artist, illustrator, poet
print-on-demand artist & photographer
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My poetry collection:
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Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile @azurelionprod.bsky.social · Nov 4
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Even though I have an Anglo-Irish surname, heritage-wise, I'm half Slovak American (on my mother's side). To honor that heritage, I like to have pirogi during the holidays. Does that mean I number among those folks American purists wish to erase?
((DeanObeidallah))) @DeanObeidallah · 5h Elon Musk wants to ERASE all who aren't of his approved backgrounds including Blacks, Latinos, Jews, Arabs, Asians, Italians and all others who are not English, Scottish or Irish. Musk wants to import his beloved South Africa apartheid to US. He can go F**k himself!
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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My Baby Boomer parents made it quite clear that I was getting nothing from them. My mother died in 2013. I got nothing. A few years later, my step-father sold the house they had co-owned. Again, I got nothing. I assume I'm getting nothing when my step-father dies.
emily may @emilykmay The boomers have so much money and housing and I am really wondering what is going to happen when they die. there will be McMansions everywhere. Gen alpha may get a Tuscan kitchen.
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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"Hollywood is cooked!"

Weren't these the same AI bros saying the same thing about artists a year or two ago?

I'm an artist. I'm still going. Sales of print-on-demand merch featuring my art were up a bit last year (2025) compared to the year before (2024).
Sami Sadek @Skullgrin140 · 51m The whole "so and so it's cooked" bullshit you hear from so many of these AI supporting fucks fills you in on how out of touch a lot of them are but how rock stupid a lot of them are that they can't form together a proper sentence without saying the same thing non-stop.
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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"Books are not political!"
Really?
So, ANIMAL FARM isn't political?
THE TIME MACHINE isn't political?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS isn't poliitcal?
Have those readers and writers who claim "books are not political" read the books I just mentioned?
maria🎀 @marias_library "Books are not political" from not only readers but authors??? Do y'all think they were burning books for funsies?? ALL ART IS POLITICAL 6:04 PM · Feb 14, 2026 · 99K Views
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Share 4 years of your art!!

2022 - 2023 - 2024 - 2025
Bigfoot Portrait 2 (Human-Like) This cryptid portrait by Richard H. Fay features a rather chilled human-faced Bigfoot with bangs and big brown eyes. Ghoul Portrait Horror Art A red-eyed ghoul glares hungrily in this original horror portrait by Richard H. Fay. Blinded Polyphemus This illustration by Richard H. Fay depicts the most famous Cyclops of ancient Greek myth, the savage man-eating Polyphemus, after he was blinded by Odysseus. Black Cat Face A retro-looking illustration of the face of a yellow-eyed black cat appears in a moon-like circle in this original Halloween-appropriate art by Richard H. Fay.
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style."
— Arthur Dent
a man in a robe is saying `` it 's fantastic ! ''
ALT: a man in a robe is saying `` it 's fantastic ! ''
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February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Minuscule atoms
Full of empty space
Make up all matter
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Dragonposting
Conjuring the Dragon Parting a plume of magical smoke, a sorceress conjures up a scaly red dragon in this original fantasy artwork by Richard H. Fay. This work first appeared on the cover of OG's SPECULATIVE FICTION, Issue #32, published September 2011.
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Artist! Quote with your dark art!
Denizens of the Diabolic Wood Three demonic trees sporting dreadful faces and grasping limbs stand in the dark in this original horror artwork by Richard H. Fay.
February 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Night of Love" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50266/...
OK, I know, Valentine's Day was yesterday, but still close enough!
#blackpoets #blackpoetry #blackhistorymonth
Night of Love
But this is Nature’s law, love, Though just it may not seem, That men should wake to sing, love; While maidens sleep and dream.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Anyone remember RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)?
I do!
What ever happened to that?
Let's make reading fundamental again!
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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I'm SUCH a bibliophile (lover of books) that the fact that whether or not those able to read books should read books is even debated simply blows my mind.

I don't see it as a debatable point. Of course those able to read books should read books, PERIOD! End of discussion!
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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I mean, come on! Of course book readers hold negative opinions of those who refuse to read books. Us book readers have a clue regarding what these non-readers are missing out on, intellectually and emotionally!
azurelionprod.bsky.social Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 11h
When someone who refuses to read books tries to make book readers feel guilty about holding negative opinions of those who refuse to read books, it says more about the lack of reasoning skills of said non-reader than it does of any lack of social skills on the part of book readers.
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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When someone who refuses to read books tries to make book readers feel guilty about holding negative opinions of those who refuse to read books, it says more about the lack of reasoning skills of said non-reader than it does of any lack of social skills on the part of book readers.
February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Not giving this person a chance to rant and rave in my own space on here — I preemptively blocked them.

I've neither the time nor the patience for playing stupid time-wasting crazy-net games. Someone coming into my space online to criticize book readers is someone looking to play crazy-net games.
azurelionprod.bsky.social Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 12h
I'm going to come right out and say it (which is probably what you're hoping for so you then have something to screech about online) — if you're an advocate for NOT reading books and if you rail against reading books, I'm going to assume you're an uniformed dimwit and ignore your opinions!
She Panda ‪@etherneigh.bsky.social‬ There are many ways to broaden the mind past reading. Too many ways to act like we are the only correct ones 7:19 PM · Feb 14, 2026
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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I'm going to come right out and say it (which is probably what you're hoping for so you then have something to screech about online) — if you're an advocate for NOT reading books and if you rail against reading books, I'm going to assume you're an uniformed dimwit and ignore your opinions!
She Panda ‪@etherneigh.bsky.social‬ There are many ways to broaden the mind past reading. Too many ways to act like we are the only correct ones 7:19 PM · Feb 14, 2026
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Note the fact that I include "polymath" in my BlueSky name. How did I become a polymath, a person of great and varied learning? By reading books and articles, that's how!

I'm an avid reader, of both fiction and nonfiction.
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Added "Bibliophile" to my BlueSky name, just to make a point (one which I thought was obvious, but apparently not).
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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BTW, if you have something against reading, I might not be the sort of person you really want to follow on social media. Seriously!

Besides being a visual artist and bibliophile (lover of books), I'm also a poet and sometimes a writer of prose fiction and nonfiction.
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Among other things, reading fiction helps build empathy, something sorely lacking today. It also helps build brain connections.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-reading-...
Knock it if you must, but considering that I'm a bibliophile and avid reader, you won't convince me to stop advocating reading.
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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To-date, I've sold 389 items (mostly stickers) featuring my "Three Medieval Swords 2016" through my Azure Lion Productions Redbubble Shop, and counting...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Sold 2/13/2026 through Redbubble to an admirer of art in the US (DC):
1x Glossy Sticker of Three Medieval Swords 2016.
Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!

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February 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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I recognize a lot of fairy folklore in D&D. Maybe a bit of George MacDonald as well.
lchemicRaker @AlchemicRaker · 3h The reason most people only see Tolkien in D&D is because they don't recognize anything else.
February 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Geometric abstract art was popular in the early 20th century, and again in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Here in the 21st century, I'm hoping to re-ignite interest in geometric abstract art.

My "Abstract Shapes" (first image here) seems to be rather popular.

#art #abstractart #geometricabstract
Abstract Shapes A black triangle divided into segments, a black trapezoidal band divided into two, a red circle, a yellow rectangle, a pale red square, a purplish circle, and an orange square feature in this abstract art of overlapping shapes by Richard H. Fay. Abstract Sun, Shadows, Reflections, and Structures A red-orange sun shines over, reflects off of, and is shaded by abstract structures in this original geometric abstract artwork. Circles Abstract Artwork A series of multi-color circles swirl in harmony in this abstract artwork by Richard H. Fay. Squares Abstract This geometric abstract artwork by Richard H. Fay features an array of squares in the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow, as well as black and white.
February 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM