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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

Citizen Drumpf (with apologies to Orson Welles)

The plot of #CitizenKane has many parallels to the travails of the current magat-in-chief.
It remains to be seen what his "Rosebud" is, however.

art.bid/bek5
#art #collage #popart #nokings #donthecon

Collage of scenes from Citizen Kane juxtaposed with current American socio-political BS.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

October Gilt 39

When Technicolor oversaturation becomes reality (for a month or so).

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of yellow-leaved tree overshadowed by crimson-leaved tree against blue sky.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

October Gilt 34

Would you believe me if I told you that this is a disused drainage ditch?

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of autumn trees overhanging trail littered with fallen leaves.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

#Streaming #Video recommendations:

Nausea - Alive In Holland

A video of a European performance by the seminal NYC anarchist #punk band, Nausea. Shot and edited surprisingly well for an early 90s punk video.

youtu.be/9rxhxxGWAFg
#concerts #anarchism #music

Nausea - Alive in Holland - 1991

YouTube video by Punx Make Noise

youtu.be

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

#Streaming #Video recommendations:

Crocodile Fury

Looking for the most insane viewing experience since "Turkish Star Wars"?
This might well be it.
youtu.be/z8U2VB5sX_U
#movies #cinema #WTFdidIjustwatch

Wu Tang Collection - Crocodile Fury (English Version)

YouTube video by Wu Tang Collection

youtu.be

Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

Señora Muerte

When Andean Condors are depicted in art, they're almost always the males of the species. This, however, is a female; and a lovely lady she is.

art.bid/MBev
#art #painting #wildlife #birds #femalerepresentation

Hyperrealistic painting of female Andean Condor from neck up.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 1d

October Gilt 29

For the record, I didn't throw those leaves in the creek; they were already floating there of their own accord.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of green and yellow leaves floating in water.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

Bat Impressions

I used to live in a residence where I could see numerous #bats flying about at dusk almost every day during the summer. Since they were but fluttering silhouettes against the fading light, that's how I depicted them here.

art.bid/wCRa
#art #animals #wildlife

Artwork of silhouetted bats against pale bluish sky.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

October Gilt 23: The Showoff.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of golden tree in front of scraggly green trees.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

#Streaming #Video recommendations:

Stork Sisters

Short doc about a group of #women in #India working to preserve the region's largest (and least conventionally attractive) stork, the Greater Adjutant or Hargila.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7O...

#birds #nature #wildlife #conservation

Meet the Army of Women Saving India’s Rarest Stork | WILD HOPE

YouTube video by Nature on PBS

www.youtube.com

Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

Bunnery - not much of a story here; just a bunch of #bunnies.
art.bid/gHSI
#art #painting #animals #rabbits #cute

Multicolored painting of many rabbits piled atop each other.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

October Gilt 22.
AKA "autumn threatening to devour summer."

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Large gold-leaved tree menaces smaller green-leaved tree.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 2d

#digitalart #poetry #metaphor

Adversity is a pencil sharpener
Into which you insert your instrument
In hopes that it will emerge honed,
sharp, and useful...
But sometimes the tip breaks.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 5d

October Gilt 17.

This shot, on the other hand, was quite easy.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of golden leaves reflected in rippling water.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 5d

October Gilt 16.

It took no small amount of patience to wait for that duck to drift into just the right spot.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado #birds

Photo of mallard floating amidst reflections of golden leaves.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 5d

Cold-Blooded Walkabout

Painted is a Quinkana, an #extinct Australian land crocodile. Other reconstructions of this species I've seen give it drab dark colors; I took cues from the vivid colors of living Aussie #reptiles like goannas.

art.bid/tUII
#art #painting #animals #paleontology #Australia

Painting of a very cheerful crocodile walking through a desert landscape.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

October Gilt 12: Marsh-as-color-field.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of alternating bands of red, beige, brown, and blue in marshy landscape.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

Upend Spray

Painted is a Western Spotted Skunk, a small, shy relative of the more familiar Striped Skunk. If you see one doing this, back off or expect a hefty laundry bill in the near future.
art.bid/9O7R
#art #painting #animals #wildlife #skunks

Painting of Spotted Skunk doing the most adorable little handstand.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

October Gilt 10.

#autumn #fall #photos #photography #foliage #Colorado

Photo of autumnal marsh scene with various birds swimming and flying.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

I'll be posting a selection of #photos from the October Gilt series, taken at various locations in #Colorado in 2022.
This is no. 3.

#autumn #fall #photography #foliage

Photo of golden-stalked cattails in bright October sunlight.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

#Books #Reading recommendations:

Arcade Game Typography

If you fall into that rare subset of people enthusiastic about both arcade games AND typography, check this out.

search.worldcat.org/title/110459...
#gaming #videogames #fonts #design

Arcade game typography : the art of pixel type | WorldCat.org

"Arcade Game Typography' presents readers with a fascinating new world of typography - the pixel typeface. Video game designers of the 70s, 80s and 90s faced colour and resolution limitations that sti

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 6d

Rosetation (Centrifugal Florals)

Inspired by the 'Futurist' art movement of the early 20th century, which attempted to infuse static images with movement.

art.bid/8Lny
#art #painting #flowers #floral #roses

Painting of spinning rose flinging its petals hither and yon.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 10d

When You Look Long Into Art...

... #Art looks long into you with utter disdain and calls you a philistine with no aesthetic sense. And it is right to do so.

art.bid/Z8dF
#painting #viewingtheviewer

Expressionist oil painting of differently colored eyes staring at viewer.

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 10d

#Streaming #Music recommendations:

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magic

Been listening to this at night a lot lately - it straddles the lines between #ambient, #environmental, and #downtempo, and is incredibly atmospheric.

open.spotify.com/album/7FJdUn...

Ambient Black Magic

open.spotify.com

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Benjamin Joel Wilkinson @abom-prod.bsky.social · 10d

Here's another #autumn photo; the composition really makes this one.

#photos #photography #Colorado

Photo of apparent stream of autumn leaves flowing from reddish foreground to golden background.

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