"Honeycomb" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Choose a Shape".

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"Trump Tower Lebanon" - Postcard

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My piece is a "cartoon" in the same vein as Charlie Hebdo cartoons. (Their "cartoon", which made a joke out of the deaths of men, women, and children, offended me, but apparently some thought those deaths were "hilarious", so, I too, can make cartoons that others might find offensive.) My piece and words are also free speech that is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Well, it used to be, prior to the ascension of the US Government Ministry of Truth dictating to Social Media Platforms which of their users need to be banned for "misinformation" as defined by the Government.)

Maybe Tom the bully will leave me another comment, telling me to shut up, because I'm not allowed to say anything unless he (and other "Free Speech is fine as long as it agrees with mine" bullies) approves of it.

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"Seasons Don't Fear The Reaper" - Postcard

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Seasons don't fear the Reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain.
We can be like they are.

Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on.
The curtains flew and then he appeared.

Saying, "Don't be afraid."
And she had no fear.
And she ran to him.
"Baby, take my hand.
We'll be able to fly."
Then they started to fly.
She had taken his hand.
Don't fear the Reaper.

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (Official Audio)

"Valentine From Hell" - Postcard

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You're talking about money
I'm talking about happiness
Throw it all in the fire

Me N Annie - Low Cut Connie


Freedom Fighters (Invincible) - Two Steps From Hell

"Trump Tower Gaza" - Postcard

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My piece is a "cartoon" in the same vein as Charlie Hebdo cartoons. (Their "cartoon" offended me, but apparently some thought it was "funny" so, I too, can make cartoons that others might find offensive.) My piece and words are also free speech that is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Well, it used to be, prior to the ascension of the US Government Ministry of Truth dictating to Social Media Platforms which of their users need to be banned for "misinformation" as defined by the Government.)

Maybe Tom the bully will leave me another comment, telling me to shut up, because I'm not allowed to say anything unless he (and other "Free Speech is fine as long as it agrees with mine" bullies) approves of it.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

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

"Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

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"Behold Death" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

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"The Masque Of The Red Death" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Poe (Edgar Allan)". This is my second entry.

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

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"Skeletons Danse Macabre" - Postcard

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"Skeleton Music" - Postcard

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"Pumpkin Procession" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Pumpkins".

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"35 Days" - Postcard

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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

Skeletons Danse Macabre - Shirt - Transfer Failure - Photograph

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I took that photograph of the transfer failure result when I used an inkjet fabric transfers paper to iron my "Skeletons Danse Macabre" shirt design onto a 100% cotton black shirt. I know I have used that transfer paper successfully in the past, but I didn't recall how I did it, and the instructions were unclear about how long to iron for / when to remove the paper backing. So as I pulled up the paper backing, part of the ink remained adhered to the paper, which tore off of the shirt. Thus ends my attempts to make my own shirt designs. The juice ain't worth the squeeze, especially with the cost of everything skyrocketing due to inflation.

"Skeletons Danse Macabre ("wdl")" - Shirt 8" x 8"

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Dancers".

A close friend of mine had sent me a photo of a Halloween shirt with witches dancing on it, which inspired me to make my own shirt design, an 8" by 8" image that I will print onto 8.5 x 11 inches inkjet fabric transfers paper, to iron onto a black shirt. (My dancing witches design is still in progress, because as usually happens with me, one thing led to another, and I saw a movie that showed two Medieval images that I wanted to use: one for the witches, and this one with the skeletons.)

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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Important Printing Notes:

Irfanview

To print it onto a fabric iron on transfer, it needs to be mirror image flipped:

Image - Horizontal Flip

*** The below steps are important to do before printing, otherwise it will get cutoff on one edge if it is done in Portrait!!! (for 8.5 x 11 inches paper size) ***

File - Print

Set it to Landscape (NOT Portrait!!!)

Set Print size to Original size (from image DPI)

Set Position on paper to Centered

Print Quality: High

"Butterfly" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Butterflies".

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And the one holds all-seeing light for them on earth,
but the other holds in her arms Sleep the brother of Death,
even evil Night, wrapped in a vaporous cloud.

And there the children of dark Night
have their dwellings,
Sleep and Death, awful gods.
The glowing Sun
never looks upon them with his beams,
neither as he goes up into heaven,
nor as he comes down from heaven.

The Theogony

(ll. 744-757)

(ll. 758-766)

Author: Hesiod

"Death Smoke" - Postcard

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"Law No More" - Postcard

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Growing up, one of my favorite movies was the 1932 movie Island of Lost Souls. The horror scenes were mostly unseen off screen, allowing my own imagination to complete the scenes. Whenever the "Sayer of the Law" scenes happened, my brothers would chant the replies along with the characters in the movie.

"Phoenix" - Postcard

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but somewhere here in between the city walls of dying dreams
I think her death it must be killing me

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

I close my eyes
Only for a moment and the moment's gone
All my dreams are dust in the wind
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground
So don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

"Tower Of Babel" - Postcard

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And when our worlds
They fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it

Halo - Depeche Mode

Journal Back Accordion Pocket

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I created a back accordion pocket for the weekly planner/journal that I'm using for my Book of Days. (This was completed at the start of the new year, but I didn't take photographs until now.)

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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