"Alchemy Bottle" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Bottles or Jars".

This shows the creation of a universe, starting with the "Big Bang".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Mystic Sun 1" - Postcard

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This week's theme at My Soul's Dark Imagination was "The Watcher".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Ra Sun God" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Legerdemain" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Unrelated to the art piece: prediction note to myself:

False Flag Dirty Bomb

Celtic Celestial Written In The Stars - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

"35 Days" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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I put a sunglass on, so no one can see me cry

I'm not here for long
I'm just passing by
The world keeps getting harder
But I'm too cool to die

Don't cry, don't cry
Ask me how I feel
And don't ask why

Too Cool To Die - Post Malone


Like a song
Out of tune and out of time
All I needed was a rhyme for you
C'est la vie

C'est La Vie - Emerson Lake and Palmer

"The Moon" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "The Moon".

All of the images in the foreground are ones that I found recently.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Crescent Moon Occult (Cigar Box)" - Wood Box

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I made this Crescent Moon Occult rustic design wood box using a paper cigar box.

I painted over the edges of the cigar box and labels using Plaid Apple Barrel Outdoor Indoor Gloss Acrylic Black Paint (20662E), using two coats of paint. But I left the bottom as is.

(Note: I intentionally left the cigar labels on the box, and fully or partially decoupaged over them. I also wanted a distressed, aged look, so I allowed the paint to get scratched away.)

The steps are similar to the ones here.

"Gypsy" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Gypsies".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Purple And Green" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Purple And Green".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Halloween Macabre Decor - Photograph

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I took those photographs this past week.

"Dark Raven (Cigar Box)" - Wood Box

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I made this Dark Raven wood box using a paper cigar box.

It is actually a "redo" of a box that got water damage on the bottom. I painted over the edges of the original design using Martha Stewart Vintage Gold Metallic Paint (346 433 / M18121), using one coat of paint. But I left the bottom as is.

(Note: I intentionally left the cigar labels on the box, and fully or partially decoupaged over them.)

The steps are similar to the ones here.

"Spirit Talking Board - Skull" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Hands" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Hands".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Magic Swami" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "You've Got Male".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Nine Of Wands Tarot" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Celestial Bottles" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Bottles and Jars".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"White Space" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "White Space".

Some pale yellow crept into this, despite me trying to make it pale white. Yellow, the color of sunshine, seems to be a recurring, subconscious theme in my artwork lately.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Life can show no mercy
It can tear your soul apart

And I never saw the writing that was on the wall
That you were crying

And the rain turned into tears upon your face
I hardly recognized the girl you are today

When your world's crashing down
And you can't bear the thought

When the world's crashing down
And you can not bear the cross

'Cause when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won

I could have told you
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you

Lost - Michael Buble

Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - Don McLean

"Raven Box" - Decoupage Wood Box

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I made another Raven wood box, using a wood cigar box. (Note: I intentionally left the cigar labels on the box, and fully or partially decoupaged over them.)

The steps are similar to the ones here.

Crescent Moon - Photograph

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I took those photographs last night. The second photo is a little blurry, but it better shows how the entire moon is still illuminated by the sun, although faintly, when it looks like a only a crescent.