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Artist, poet, writer & PhD Sociologist living & working at an American University in China 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 Art: https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/Robert.Burton & website https://www.rob-burton.co.uk/art-for-sale Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thepe

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Starting a thread: a poem a day by Han Shan (Cold Mountain). This Tang-era recluse became a muse for Jack Kerouac & Gary Snyder. His words on cold cliffs, quiet minds, and the noisy world are startlingly modern. #HanShan #BeatGeneration (translator RED PINE (Bill Porter) #Poetry

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 14h

Lone Horse: Mixed media - #MountainMonday #smArtist #artyear #art #EastCoastKin

A delicate mixed-media landscape painting showing a misty mountain scene with expressive brushstrokes in gray, black, and muted red. The peaks rise sharply under streaked gray clouds, and sparse black trees dot the slopes. In the foreground, a solitary horse stands beside a patch of turquoise-green brush, its small figure emphasizing the vast, desolate terrain. The composition feels tranquil yet melancholic, capturing a sense of isolation and quiet beauty within nature.

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 15h

#BlueSkyMonday #BlueBeat

#Music

One of the favourite tunes from my yoof
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Prince Buster.. Al Capone . BlueBeat / Ska..

YouTube video by Keepingthefaith72

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 16h

Here's the art challenge cheat sheet for October 13-19! Enjoy!

The host list and posts from hosts are in the comments.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

Art Challenges: October 13–19

Monday, October 13
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay (#PinkMon)
#Spooktober (#TrickOrTreat)

Tuesday, October 14
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art)
#AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue)
#Spooktober (#cobweb)

Wednesday, October 15
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual)
#ColorADay (#RedWed)
#Spooktober (#witch)

Thursday, October 16
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (#stairs)
#ColorADay (#YellowThu)
#Spooktober (#darkness)

Friday, October 17
#scape (any kind of scape)
#FishyFriday
#ForestFriday
#FoodOnFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay (#BWFri)
#Spooktober (#alien)

Saturday, October 18
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#GreenSat)
#BlueSkyArtShow (#vertical)
#Spooktober (#mummy)

Sunday, October 19
#Stunday (stunning)
#ImageAndVerse (photos with
poems written by you or anyone)
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#OrangeSun)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#ForgottenCorner)*
#Spooktober (#SeaMonster)

ALL WEEK
#31DaysOfHalloween (anything fall, Halloween, or spooky)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#smArtist (purposeful art of any theme)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekPforPink)
#SensoryArt (#transportation)

*Pose in a location you’ve always overlooked

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 1d

It's Bloody Well Sunday Morning and I'm on my bloody second coffee and bloody seeing in bloody technicolor, right?

#music

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Bloody Well Right - Supertramp | The Midnight Special

YouTube video by The Midnight Special

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

Yay 3 of my Art Works have been published by the Rabble Review - a left wing zine. Why not check it out its free (but also cool if you can send them some cash) rabblereview.com/rr9 #art #artyear #Eastcoastkin #rabblereview #rr #poetry #prose

Rabble Review #9 Front Cover. https://rabblereview.com/rr9

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks very much

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #Caturday #art #artyear #artist #EastCoastkin #cat #cats

Acrylic and pens on recycled cardboard

A vivid, expressionist-style painting of a cat created with acrylics and pen on a piece of recycled cardboard. The cat has a large, round head with oversized green and yellow eyes outlined in thick black lines. Its fur is painted in energetic strokes of orange, pink, turquoise, and yellow. A crown sits slightly askew on its head, and splashes of color, drips, and scribbles surround the figure, giving the piece a raw, spontaneous energy. The texture of the cardboard and layered paint adds depth and a sense of playful chaos to the composition.

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

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thatch and beam are a hick’s residence
before his door carts and horses are few
the forest is dark but partial to birds
the streams are wide and native to fish
he takes his son to pick mountain fruit
with his wife hoes fertile fields
what does he have inside
just a bed full of books
#poem

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

Unsolicited mick pic

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

I am a great Dylan fan but I much prefer this cover by Ferry.

*ducks as a hard rain of comments might be coming my way*

#music #Saturday

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Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

YouTube video by BryanFerryVEVO

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 2d

ahh the national bird of China

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 3d

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wise ones you ignore me
I ignore you fools
neither wise nor foolish
don’t hear of me henceforth
at night I’ll sing to the moon
at dawn I'll dance with the clouds
how can I stop my mouth and hands
and sit up straight with all this hair
#hanshan #Coldmountain #poem #poetry #Chinese

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday John

#Music

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Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - Original 1974 Promo Film - Lennon Only Vocal

YouTube video by T-ShirtExpress

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 4d

Well, the Mid Autumn Vacation is over - back to the chalk face today, blinding my students with... well English, in my case.

#Music

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Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (Official Video - HD Remaster)

YouTube video by Thomas Dolby

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

But I like Pink Coladas and getting caught in the rain...

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

Rubbish Robot. #ArtYear, #art #artist, #reuse, #recycle #upcycle, #eastcoastkin. Check the Alt text.

A whimsical robot head artwork made from an old wooden kitchen chopping board, transformed using recycled household items. The board stands upright on a messy art table surrounded by paint jars and brushes. At the top, a flashing blue LED dog-collar light forms one eye, while the other is a bright orange bottle cap decorated with a small yellow star. The face is covered with hand-painted patterns, switches, grids, and colorful doodles suggesting electronic panels and circuits. Two black handles fixed to the top resemble antennae. The piece, titled Rubbish Robot, combines humor and creativity, giving discarded materials a playful new life.

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

Rubbish Robot, I've recently been using recycled materials in my art, for instance painting on cardboard panels. So this is on an old wooden cutting board my wife discarded for a new one. I rummaged in the drawers for the bits and pieces. #Art #ArtYear #recycle #robot #EastCoastKin #rubbish

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Miss Kitty @misskitty.art · 5d

A physical world #artist doing ALL kinds of cool things! I did not model for the clock!

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 7d

I painted a clock for the upcoming Autumn Market #cat #cats #clock #art #artyear #EastCoastKin

Hand-painted clock featuring a crowned black cat with vivid yellow eyes and pink whiskers, surrounded by bold red, blue, and turquoise brushstrokes in a neo-expressionist style.

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

Street Shoe Seller. #Wenzhou #China #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #street #streetphotography #urbanlife #shoes

A black-and-white nighttime photograph showing a street vendor’s setup along a quiet urban sidewalk. Hundreds of pairs of shoes are neatly displayed on tiered racks illuminated by two standing floodlights. Behind the display, a white van is parked with its side door open, serving as part of the stall. A man sits in a folding chair beside the van, possibly resting or waiting for customers. Above him, a pedestrian crossing sign glows faintly under the streetlights, and the blurred outlines of trees and apartment buildings fade into the dark background. The mood is still and solitary, capturing the quiet persistence of night street life.

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

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pole your three winged galleons
ride your thousand-mile stallions
you still won’t reach my home
it’s called the darkest wild
cliff cave deep in the mountains
clouds and thunder come down all day
I’m not Master Confucius
I have nothing to offer others
#hanshan #coldmountain #poet #poetry #china

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 5d

Last day of the Mid-Autumn Vacation here in #China, back to the noise tomorrow.

I'll probably have a nap later

#Music

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Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) version 1 (AI upscale)

YouTube video by Scotto Moore

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 6d

#AnimalArtTuesday

Snoopy and Woodstock

The film protecting the plastic is still on to protect from scratches when I deliver it.

#art #artyear #EastCoastKin #dog #bird #Snoopy.

Artwork of Snoopy and Woodstock in a white Frame. Snoopy is drawn loosley with a pen and coloured purpleish with gouache. Woodstock is yellow flying abouve Snoopy's head.

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 6d

Comrades modelling the new Mao inspired #Muji Collection in #China

Down With Blue Jeans - a bourgeois conceit.

#revolution

4 comrades modelling the Muji collection

3 comrades modelling the new Muji collection

2 comrades preparing to joing the Red Army and tear down all the olds - but in a fashionable sense. "Blue jeans are a bourgeois conceit."

Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 6d

Some early Belgian synth-pop with my morning coffee Moskow Diskow - by Telex

#music

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Telex - Moskow Diskow [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Telex

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Rob Burton @trebornotrub.bsky.social · 7d

Mid Autumn Festival Wenzhou China 2