"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

"Hero Knight 1" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Childhood Heroes".

Note: I've been getting errors trying to leave comments on blogs, but I don't know why. Deann left me a comment, saying I'm being marked as spam.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"Ghosts" - Postcard

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

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.)

"Sea Dragon" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

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

"Quote - Know Your Role" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

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

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I have an invisible mark on my forehead, that broadcasts to people that they can tell me to Shut Up and Be Silent! Even people online, like Tom the Bully, tell me when I’m allowed to speak, and when I’m not, because I’m only allowed to have an opinion if it agrees with Tom’s opinions, otherwise he wants me to Shut The F*** Up.

Throughout my life, when I’ve stood up to Bullies, my life has gotten worse. I’m supposed to allow people to defecate all over me, and not say a word about it. But it’s not just Bullies: other people tell me to Shut The F*** Up because they matter more than I do, and I’m supposed to be Silent, while they do all of the talking.

So I know my role in life: it’s to Shut My Mouth and be SILENT while EVERYONE ELSE gets to talk.

"Know your role and Shut Your Mouth!"

Dwayne Johnson The Rock WWE

"Medieval Chess Board" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

"Spells And Magic 2" - Postcard

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This was an art piece that I ultimately rejected for use as my guest host piece, but I liked it enough to keep it.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

"Celestial Secrets" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

"My Time Is Returning" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

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

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Feels like the walls are closing in
If you could see me now
I'd probably let you down
But that's enough for me

On My Knees - Rufus Du Sol

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Looks like the tables have turned
Looks like there's a crack in Heaven
My time is returning
I'm about to get out of this cage

On My Knees - Rufus Du Sol

"Can't Put The Genie Back Into The Bottle" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

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

"Who Let The Dogs Out?" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

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

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You told me something wrong
I know you've been lying to me
I've got to say enough's enough

One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx


You're out of touch
I'm out of time

Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates

"False Flag Sentinel" - Postcard

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False Flag Alert 2021/09/18

This is a Warning from the False Flag Alert Early Warning System (FFAEWS): The FFAEWS puts Saturday, September 18, 2021 at a 20% chance of a False Flag Event (FFE) occurring in Washington, DC, United States.

As with all potential FFEs, be aware of your surroundings at all times, and be mindful of agent provocateurs, undercover Government agents (i.e. FBI) creating entrapment cases, etc., in crowd situations.

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So why refuse, yeah, why contend?
When all resistance is impossible!

Bonnie Tyler - Here She Comes


Times are changing, someone's losing control.

Loverboy - Destruction


Changing sides as the losses begin.

Jon Anderson - Cage of Freedom


I know who you are
I know where you're coming from

Call Me - Blondie (from The Conjuring)

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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 satirical words in this post and my art piece 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.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

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

"Red Gothic Arch Door" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

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

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I see a red door and I want it painted black.
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black.
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky.

Paint It, Black - Ciara

"Medieval Angel Slaying Dragon" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

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

Snow Ice Dragon Teeth Water - Photograph

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I took that photograph on one of the north trails off Rock House Rd in Easton, CT this past week. This trail is part of the Centennial Watershed State Forest. The official trail map must be carried as one's permit for access to the area.

I thought the upward pointing ice looked interesting, but when I looked at this photo later, I thought this looked like a dinosaur or dragon head, with an open mouth and lower teeth showing. :-)

Approximate GPS location for parking on Rock House Road: 41.286599, -73.331555

"Dragon Fight" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.18.

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

"Sad Woman / Numbers Lattice Dragon" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Numbers."

I've included the background I made, which I was unsure if it could stand alone as is, or if it needed something added to it, hence the woman and flowers.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.18.

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

"Cannibal Dragon Chariot" - Postcard

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I'm not happy with my end result for this piece, but I had to enforce my time limit of "paint brush down!"

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

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

"Hic Sunt Connecticut Map 1891" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Maps."

This postcard is meant to be funny, and isn't meant to offend anyone living in the four sections of Connecticut. (I actually made this in 2019, but never found the "right time" to post it.)

CJ (over at CJ & Ink), sometimes jokingly says that she went to the land of Hic Sunt Draconis (Here There Be Dragons) and explained that, "To a Bostonian, anything beyond the outskirts of the city belongs in the dragon realm." So when I made a day trip to Bara-Hack - Pomfret, CT, I said I had gone to Hic Sunt Draconis. A short time after that, I decided to make a map that defined regions of Connecticut with similar "Hic Sunt" terms. I used Google translate to get the Latin expressions:

here there be people
hic sunt populus
(because of its proximity to New York City)

here there be ghosts
hic sunt manes
(because of Dudleytown - Cornwall, CT)

here there be dragons
hic sunt dracones
(because that's what I called it when I went to Bara-Hack - Pomfret, CT)

here there be sea monsters
hic sunt mare monstra
(because I needed something, and it's along the coast, where everyone knows sea monsters lurk ;-)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

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