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Matthew Green
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Origami artist, translator, fan of sci-fi and fantasy. Author of award-winning origami book. Located in Monterrey, Mexico. https://linktr.ee/mehjg
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My last evening visiting the USA, so I went all-American: a BLT with house potato chips and "shipyard pumpkin ale" with cinnamon and sugar on the brim.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Victor organized a birthday party for me today (a few days before my actual birthday, for convenience). It was a blast!
October 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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"Tepeyac", a new modular origami mandala I designed two days ago to have something new to teach at the upcoming origami convention in Mexico City. #mandala #origamimandala #modularorigami
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Last night was our monthly meeting of friends to do origami. It was great fun, as always!
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"Shamigua", a modular mandala using the friendship base I came up with earlier this month on a playa in Oaxaca
#origami #origamimandala #modularorigami #mandala
Photo of a modular origami mandala, mostly white with zig-zag lines in red and orange. The mandala is on a peach-colored background. Photo of the same mandala as in the other photo, next to my hand to provide scale. The diameter of the mandala is about 6 inches.
August 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I'm finding this miniseries very interesting and objective—I say this as someone who was fooled into being a member of the LC for two decades (I got out more than ten years ago, thankfully) without having been physically subject to sexual abuse, although every member was subject to other abuses.
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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No new pictures: where are you mentally? I'm here (book by @joabaldwin.com )
Photo of the cover of Relinquished Realms by Joaquin Baldwin
August 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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¡Muertos S.L. es de las series más chistosas que he visto recientemente! Me encanta.
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Modular origami on the beach in Oaxaca. "Soledad", a modular origami mandala I designed yesterday, with a seashell fragment in the middle. #modularorigami #mandala #origamimandala #origami #morigami
A modular origami mandala in shades of pink and peach with a fragment of seashell in the middle, on a wooden table next to a few seashells
August 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Origami dragon folded from two dollar-bill-shaped rectangles (joined by folding, no glue). Designed by Richard Ellison, folded by me.
Origami dragon folded from two dollar-bill-shaped rectangles. The dragon is shown on top of the diagrams for the model, designed by Richard Ellison.
June 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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ALMOST done diagramming this modular money mandala for OrigamiUSA for the PCOC book. I didn't fold it with actual dollars yet because I don't have enough $1 bills on hand but this is done with kami cut to size. It will look great with actual bills! #origami #modularorigami #moneygami #mandala
Photo of a modular origami mandala in shades of gray
May 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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More origami diagramming. Soundtrack: Steve Reich, and Moondog. There's something about the iterative and slowly transformative nature of their music that goes very well with the iterative and slowly transformative nature of origami diagrams, and of modular origami... #origami
Me sitting in front of my iPad, which has origami diagrams on the screen.
May 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Diagramming again, finally! This is a modular origami mandala made from US dollar-shaped paper, which I designed and am diagramming for OrigamiUSA's PCOC convention book. #origami #diagrams
A photo of the steps of origami diagrams in the process of being drawn
May 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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pick a selfie from your gallery and turn it B&W
A monochrome selfie of a bare-chested bearded man wearing glasses and a silver cross
May 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Enjoying the Eurovision 1st Semifinal #eurovision2025
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Habemus papam! Now, we wait to see who it is...
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We just watched Sinners. What a great movie! I really loved it. And I'm probably going to buy the soundtrack... This film deserves awards!
April 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Ditto. I translate for Aleteia and my cup runneth over...
April 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Enjoying some days off
Photo of my husband (right) and me (left) on the beach
April 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Me: "A modular origami mandala made from money? Why, no, I've never done that." Also me, to myself: I have to do that!
So I pulled out my fake dollar bills... and this is my second modular money mandala! #origami #modularorigami #origamimandala
A modular origami mandala made from 8 fake dollar bills
April 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I made two of my mandalas using tracing paper and had them framed between glass panes. I love the backlit effect! #origami #mandala #modularorigami #origamimandala
An 8-pointed star origami mandala backlit by sunlight revealing hidden layers, with blurred plants in the background An 8-pointed star origami mandala backlit by sunlight revealing hidden layers, with blurred plants in the background
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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"Merced", a modular origami mandala I created two days ago. I made two different color schemes... Which do you like more? #origami #morigami #modularorigami #mandala #origamimandala
A rainbow-colored origami mandala on a gray background A modular origami mandala in shades of gray on a rainbow colored background
March 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I'm surprised and honored to receive the 2nd place Joisel award for origami book of the year for "Magnificent Origami Mandalas"! The 1st place winner (Origami from China) totally deserves it and I'm flattered to be anywhere near on the same list. #origami #modularorigami #origamimandala
March 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Age yourself with a toy from your childhood:
The 1979 "Speak & Spell" toy, predominantly featuring bright red, orange, and yellow colors, a keyboard with round button keys, and a basic blue-on-black LCD text display
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I came across these photos today by chance in a storage closet. They’re more than 20 years old, and it feels as if they belong to an alternate reality, or a previous life. That’s Pope John Paul II all in white, and I circled myself in red. I’m in a very different place now… #JohnPaul2 #pope
Pope John Paul II greeting a group of seminarians in St. Peter’s Basilica, in the year 2000. The face of one is circled in red: that’s me. A group of newly ordained priests standing around Pope John Paul II, along with a bishop, and a priest who is sitting at the pope’s feet. My face is circled in red. The year is 2004.
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM