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DTSTART:20161030T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Simple Inclinometer DTSTAMP:20260406T042814Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:698-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Simple Inclinometer\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hd deviant/art/Simple-Inclinometer-1318253262\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CONTENT\n\n\ n\n Images supporting the craft \, Tree Measurer\n\n\n\n The CRAFT MATERIA LS + CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS + USING THE CRAFT are in the challenge in @CRArtis anCrafts\n\n\n\n ?LINK\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I will add an image for the tree later. I tested the device and formula\, the approximation seemed good to go. I was frightened to take my tablet out in the rain so I will add an i mage of the tree later.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Craft Content\n\n\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/99919228/craft-content\n\n\n\n Photogr aphs\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/90185091/photogr aphs\n\n\n\n Tip Jar\, if you like my craft\, tis always the season to tip \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-90 2770076\n\n\n\n \n\n #earthday #clinometer #hddeviant #richardmurray #rich ardmurrayhumblr #craft #crartisancrafts #tree #treemeasure\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260405 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:WATN Galaxy Quest stamp DTSTAMP:20260403T200903Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:697-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n WATN Galaxy Quest stamp\n\n\n\n URL\n\n\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/art/WATN-Galaxy-Quest-stamp-1317325537\n\n\n\n ima ge\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n example\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/ tc/events/event/694-gq-ff-31415-tud-episode-01/\n\n\n\n challenge\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/693-lost-episodes-of-galaxy-quest/\n\n\n \n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:From the Easter Tree Hollow DTSTAMP:20260403T195539Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:695-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n From the Easter Tree Hollow\n\n\n\n image\n\n\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/From-the-Easter-Tree-Hollow-1317120200\n \n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Stamp\n\n\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Easter-Eggs-Stamp-1317323586\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBE D CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n Challenge\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/69 6-easter-eggs-color-me-club/\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ journal/EASTER-EGGS-Color-Me-Club-1317038393\n\n\n\n Content\n\n\n\n Title : From the Easter Tree Hollow\n\n\n\n Example for the EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club challenge\n\n\n\n EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club\n\n\n\n 27 mins ago\ n\n\n\n 🌅 Easter Eggs: April 2026 Contest 🌅 Brought to you\n\n\n\n T he levels\n\n\n\n Infinity of Eggs with an open \"Faberge\" Egg\n\n\n\n A \"Faberge\" Easter Egg with Edubrer Rabbit holding a \"Faberge\" egg telli ng something to two kid rabbits\n\n\n\n Edubrer Rabbit holding a \"Faberge \" egg telling something to two kid rabbits in front of the Easter Tree\n\ n\n\n Edubrer Rabbit holding a \"Faberge\" egg telling something to two ki d rabbits in from of the Easter Tree in the hollow of an Easter Tree\n\n\n \n I think this coloring page will allow people to have fun with some eggs while also having egg designs.\n\n\n\n I thought to myself what of an inv ersion of scale. So\, the dimensions are referenced larger with the smalle r scales.\n\n\n\n With Matryoshka dolls\, or any stacking or nesting dolls \, the inner is like the outer\, and is multilayered. With \"mise en abyme \"\, placed in abyss\, you have a picture in a picture usually representin g the same\, but in earlier versions it is an expansion. In mine\, each le vel to the interior has an expanded geography \, so the most external leve l is cellular.\n\n\n\n Coloring page commission\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n Color M e Club challenge examples\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gal lery/100584681/colormeclub-challenge-examples\n\n\n\n Coloring Pages\n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pa ges\n\n\n\n Tip Jar\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip- Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n\n\n #egginvers #eastertreehollow\n\n\n\n #t ctbc #colormeclub #tocolorortobecolored #hddeviant #eastereggs #easter #eg gs\n\n\n\n #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr #richardmur ray #kobo #kwl\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club DTSTAMP:20260403T195633Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:696-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n EASTER EGGS - Color Me Club\n\n\n\n URL\n\n\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/EASTER-EGGS-Color-Me-Club-1317038393\n \n\n\n Example\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/695-from-the-east er-tree-hollow/\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/From-the- Easter-Tree-Hollow-1317120200\n\n\n\n Stamp\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/hddeviant/art/Easter-Eggs-Stamp-1317323586\n\n\n\n CONTENT\n\n\n\n 🌅 Easter Eggs: April 2026 Contest 🌅\n\n\n\n Brought to you by:\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n Join @color-me-club in coloring or creatin g coloring pages about themes that enliven our spirits. Coloring can be me ditative fun or a communal activity\, open to anyone at any skill level. M aking a coloring page is like making a ticket for another's imagination in to a place they have never been. Get inspired to color a world you have ne ver seen but isn't complete without your prismatic touch!\n\n\n\n 🎯 THE CHALLENGE\n\n\n\n 1. For the Line Art Creators: Nativity\, Nationalism\, what do those words bring to your mind? Many things as they should\, for b oth words are rooted in the word to be born. Like every idea born in your mind\, no matter it's quality\, it had to come from you. As April is the m onth of Easter\, named after the spirit of Spring\, nothing encapsulates s omething being born more than the egg. Create a line art of a EASTER EGG S— more than one but the exact number is up to you.\n\n\n\n Line Art Fol der [ https://www.deviantart.com/color-me-club/gallery/100581380/april-202 6-easter-eggs ]\n\n\n\n \n\n 2. For the Colorists: Once the line art phase is over\, you can color any of the contest entries (including my example image below) to complete these worlds with your prismatic touch!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you need more inspiration for your imagination I provide some more tools at the bottom of this post\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THE COLORING CHALLENGE\n\n\n\n After the Coloring pag e challenge is finished\, see below for times\, you will be able to use an y of the entries of the coloring page challenge plus my example image to c olor a Wishing Well.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO BOTH CHAL LENGES\n\n\n\n Please go for it! But you must note the times for each.\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n 📅 DATES &\; SUBMISSION\n\n\n\n Line Art (Submit to C ontest Folder)\n\n\n\n Starts: April 3rd\, 2026 | Ends: April 22nd \, 2026 \n\n\n\n Coloring (Submit to Contest Folder)\n\n\n\n Starts: April 23rd\, 2026 | Ends: April 30th \, 2026\n\n\n\n 👨‍⚖️ Winners selected at the sole discretion of @color-me-club group administrators\; all decisions are final and non-negotiable\n\n\n\n You can also share your creations in the comments below to get feedback form other group members or just start a conversation about your art\n\n\n\n 🏆 PRIZES &\; REWARDS\n\n\n\n All prizes courtesy of @Community and @color-me-club Ambassadors \n\n \n\n 🖋️ Line Art Category\n\n\n\n 🏅 Winner: 1\,000 pts + Hype\n\n\n \n 🥈 Honorable Mention I: 500 pts + Hype\n\n\n\n 🥉 Honorable Mention II: 500 pts + Hype\n\n\n\n 🎨 Coloring Category\n\n\n\n 🏅 Winner: 50 0 pts + Hype\n\n\n\n 🥈 Honorable Mention I: 250 pts + Quartz\n\n\n\n 🥉 Honorable Mention II: 250 pts + Quartz\n\n\n\n 📋 RULES &\; GUI DELINES\n\n\n\n ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Human illustration only. No AI-generated entries will be accepted. Visit @DeviantAI for AI contests.\n\n\n\n Origi nality &\; Copyright: The line art must be your own work. Ripped or \"s ampled\" line art will be disqualified\, this includes tracing. This doesn 't include referenced images. You may use images for reference\, as long a s you don't trace it directly and provide credit in the artist's comments section of your entry.\n\n\n\n Requirements: Min. 1200px / 300 dpi. Tradit ional art must be clean and scanned.Need help? Use this website to check t he pixel size and dpi of your image.]\n\n\n\n Traditional drawings must be cleanly scanned\, in focus\, adjusted to predominately black and white\, and on plain white paper. [Need help? Check out this excellent tutorial by @BeckyKidus: How to digitally edit traditional line art.]\n\n\n\n Origina lity: Must be your own work created after March 31st\, 2026. No tracing.\n \n\n\n All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service\, Fair Us e rules for submissions\n\n\n\n Accessibility: Line art must be free to do wnload.\n\n\n\n Membership: Join @color-me-club to be eligible! That's fre e too\n\n\n\n 📚 INSPIRATION\n\n\n\n Need more help? View on...\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Read On...\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For the eggs consider Matryoshka dolls or the visual effect called Mise en abyme.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I can't wait to see all the EASTER EGGS you create or col or!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #tctbc #colormeclub # tocolorortobecolored #hddeviant #eastereggs #easter #eggs\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n Ask yourself to Color or to be colored!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n New Horizons \n\n\n\n Jan 8\, 2026\n\n\n\n February contest: heart of love\n\n\n\n Feb 1\, 2026\n\n\n\n Wishing Wells\n\n\n\n Mar 1\, 2026\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lost Episodes of Galaxy Quest DTSTAMP:20260403T194639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:693-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Lost Episodes of Galaxy Quest\n\n\n\n Deviation URL\n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Lost-Episodes-of-Galaxy-Qu est-1286894190\n\n\n\n Example\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/GQ-FF-3-1415-TUD-episode-01-1316533222\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/ events/event/694-gq-ff-31415-tud-episode-01/\n\n\n\n CONTENT\n\n\n\n Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.\n\n\n\n Chec k out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks!\n\n\n\n In some parts o f the universe\, the first of April is a day of acceptable foolishness\, a day for fools to be embraced. But the intrepid crew of the Not The Enterp rise 3120 captained by Jason Nesmith has never found a world with such an April. I know this not from the only known source of information about thi s ship\, a ninety two part video log dated from some species yearly date s ystem as 1979 to 1982\, but from a lost episode I found among my travels. Crossing the Sahara finding oases never before seen\, the Himalayas mappin g passes never before used\, the Mariana Trench discovering caves never be fore considered\, the am*zon using non human activity never before heard\, I found nothing to advance the knowledge of NTE 3120. But\, in Jackie Rob inson park bordering Harlem in Manhattan\, on a wet Wednesday afternoon\, I saw a box of soggy New York City legal code books. Maybe out of frustrat ion or foolishness I peeked inside and a lost tape was found.\n\n\n\n Here is what I had a ghost writer transcribe.\n\n\n\n Story deviation\n\n\n\n Screenplay deviation is coming\n\n\n\n G\n\n\n\n Literature\n\n\n\n GQ FF 3.1415TUD episode 01\n\n\n\n GALAXY QUEST   FARTHEST FRONTIER 3.1415  TH E\n\n\n\n GALLERY OFLOST EPISODES\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/crlit erature/gallery/100568755/lost-episodes-of-galaxy-quest\n\n\n\n Your chall enge is to find a lost episode of Galaxy Quest\, in whatever video format \, and present a transcription of it. Because the condition of videos can be very poor\, we comprehend you may have to imagine whatever is missing a nd we at CRliterature will accept that need and place your transcription i n our collection. Remember....\n\n\n\n And if you can't find someone to tr anscript the video\, we trust your skills archivist. All of us at @CRLiter ature hope you always believe in yourself. But \, if you will not listen t o us\, please listen to the creations deep deep inside yourself\, pleading with you\, to make them whole\, make them known\, keep them alive against the nothingness of ignorance.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Writer!\n\n\n\n Why don' t you do what you dream writer?!\n\n\n\n [insert your doubts]\n\n\n\n WRIT E MY LIFE!\n\n\n\n Writer! ....PLEASE!\n\n\n\n MAKE! US!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n And you...\n\n\n\n CHALLENGE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Make a PDF Deviation in the format of a story or screenplay on your profile in 2000-2500 words\, d escribing a Lost Episode of Galaxy Quest. Once published\, place the URL i n a comment to this post. Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiter ature activity: :\n\n\n\n ✅ All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Ter ms of Service\, Fair Use rules for submissions\, and the group rules for C RLiterature\; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed. \n\n\n\ n 🙂 Submit your entry as a PDF deviation displaying a story or screenpl ay of 2000-2500 words from your profile that is linked into a comment to t his journal for reward considerations.  \n\n\n\n 🙏 Some non-negotiable items:\n\n\n\n All entries must be original concepts and 100% human-writt en. AI-assisted entries are NOT allowed and will be removed.   \n\n\n\n Only live submissions\, no stash or hidden deviations.\n\n\n\n You must be a member of @CRLiterature for rewards consideration. Joining the group is fast and free from the group homepage.\n\n\n\n 🗓️ Make a comment wit h a link to a PDF deviation in the form of a story or screenplay from your profile by the end of the day on April 30th 2026\, for rewards considerat ion for this activity. \n\n\n\n 🏆 Winners selected at the sole discret ion of CRLiterature group admin\; all decisions are final and non-negotiab le:\n\n\n\n First Prize wins 4000 points\n\n\n\n Two runners up earn 500 p oints each\n\n\n\n First Prize winner + both the runners up get a hype bad ge on their literature deviation.\n\n\n\n World\, Hello to your story!\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n #LEGQ #lostepisodes #galaxyquest #crlit erature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NOTES\n\n\n\n Sahara is the largest sand desert. Himalayas is the largest mountain range on land. Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench\, the deepest depression is inside said trench \, called the Challenger deep. . The am*zon is the largest rainforest.\n\n\n\n FOR MORE INSPIRATION\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n Galaxy Quest SCreenplay\n\n\n\n https://archive.org/details/g alaxy-quest-1999-undated-unspecified/mode/2up\n\n\n\n PDF\n\n\n\n https:// scriptstreams.com/api/files?id=379&\;expires=1775027929&\;sig=821cf0 b392a1bb1778f3ec38761ec647ddaddb0aa9144ce25d63a1573fd95bf9\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n NTE-3120\, NSEA-Protector (National Space Exploration Administration)\ n\n\n\n https://galaxyquest.fandom.com/wiki/Protector\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n E missary\, episode 1 of deep space nine audiobook\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/ sEvndJPfOaU?si=oMz8_4HK_-UjCflM\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Emissary Scene explaine d\n\n\n\n https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Emissary_(episode)\n\n\n\n Screenplays\n\n\n\n Those living in space\n\n\n\n Star Trek: The Motion Pi cture (1978-07 Draft)\n\n\n\n Written by Gene Roddenberry\,Harold Livingst on\n\n\n\n https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek-The-Motion-Picture.html\n\n \n\n 2001: A Space Odyssey (1989-02 Draft)\n\n\n\n Written by Stanley Kubr ick\,Arhur C. 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Many fragments of ships in the fleet of the National Space Exploration Administration (NSEA) crackle or spark aro und the Kuu ship\, a massive lumpy unevenly shaped pinkish vessel spitting out laser blasts\, absorbing anything in particular like stretched bubble gum twirled back into the mouth to be chewed. Demarco-Taggart jr. stand i n this lethal blob somewhere\, unrecognizable while surrounded in Kuu tech \, appearing like a pink sand statue in a tide\, an eye peering from his e nraptured soul to the carnage he is guiding to his former fellow NSEA offi cers after being abducted.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In a fragment of an NSE A ship\, in a hall with flashing red light pulsing in eminent darkness\, a Lieutenant run past crew folk\, telling them to get to the escape pods. T he Lieutenant gets to her room and the door opens and she cries out at the sight\, pushed back by the heat\; her son and husband are in hot metal ru bble\; she is able to reach her son and fortunately a crew man arrives\; s he tells them to get her son\, Scorpius\, to an escape pod. The crew man g ives Scorpius to another and advises the Lieutenant to leave. The Lieutena nt exclaims without question she can't leave with her husband\, Clay\, who is motionless under burning rubble. The Lieutenant burns her hands\, repe atedly trying to get through rubble to Clay aided by the crew man while pl eading for the crew man to help. The crew man uses a communicator and asse sses Clay's spirit has flown. The Lieutenant is inconsolable\, and the cre w man grabs her and pulls her away to an escape pod. In a minute later\, w hile embracing a deadly calm\, the Lieutenant sits next to her sleeping so n\, watching the fragment of ship Clay's dead body lay in explode\, like t he last firecracker giving out hope.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n ...Three year s later\, Scorpius is happily sculpting a fish\, while a box shaped device with a button and red light is next to his work \,in the rec room of a sh ip\, the ceiling of the rec room plays soundscape music while it appears l ike a morning sky on Earth. Scorpius's mother enters smiling\, calmly walk ing to her son.  \n\n\n\n \"Hey Scorpius\" \n\n\n\n \"Hey Mom\" \n\n\n\ n They hug and she kisses his forehead.  \n\n\n\n \"Ready to go\" \n\n\n \n \"yeah\" \n\n\n\n Scorpius taps a button on the little box\, and a lig ht goes from red to green\, and the sculpture disintegrates on the table. The parent and child exit\, with the Commander pressing a button revealing a window to space where the ceiling was\, showing a part of a space stati on\, like a giant red crystal floating in space. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Th e space station was Man Klar designed\, by the reflective skinned Fulesian s\, as a guard tower over Miensa. For hundreds of years the Fulesians occu pied Miensa and used the\, three skinned\, Miensans \, Miensa\, or the Gat eway\, however they saw fit. This red quartz like space station became a c onstant reminder of the blood shed by Miensans until the NSEA Fulesian war \; said war led to a peace deal where Fulesa left Miensa. Now months after \, Man Klar is Farthest Frontier 3.1415\, a space station controlled by Mi ensa which will be used to NSEA in process of Miensa becoming a member.   \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n But Miensa has no fleet or natural resources of gala ctic worth. A fiscally unimpressive planet with an ancient while non-utili tarian gateway\, and an old space station going through an exodus. And in its promenade\, Major Koshi\, of Miensa security formerly of Miensa resist ance\, is trying to fix a fractured section of a wall. The frustration of trying to place many little pieces properly is overwhelming. A cat calling whistling sound is made on Koshi's chest communicator. She is notified th at officers of NSEA have arrived. She leaves for the docks. At the docking bay\, Tech Sergeant Bebre waddles into Farthest Frontier 3.1415 complaini ng of the docking bay clamps and the condition of the hull she saw from th e outside\, being held by Doctor Rama who signs the Sergeant how happy he is to be in this location\, with its ancient history and the historic mome nt. Koshi greets them\; eyes widened at the sight of Bebre. Koshi admits s he never saw a Sleen before. Bebre informs Koshi this is her forty fifth p regnancy\, being an officer in the NSEA can be quite eventful. Bebre signs the Doctor to go on to the infirmary with the Major\; she has to look aro und in her big baby\, and she has her communicator if need be.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Koshi walks with Rama to the infirmary\, and he ask her\, do es she have any idea what the gateway will be? Koshi reply\, she doesn't k now but the gateway has never brought anything good to her life. Koshi lea ves Rama inspecting the medical ward\, which has NSEA components lodged in to the Fulesian structure.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Commence Station Log. F arthest Frontier 3.1415\, Commander Ethel Twta \, Me and Scorpius have ent ered a new chapter in our lives. This station is at a pivotal moment\, and I have little time to prepare or manage or guide\, but if a team can be f ound among the NSEA and Miensa officers\, the best chance possible for suc cess will happen.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Commander Ethel Twta enters Fart hest Frontier 3.1415 smiling with her son\, the duo hugging as they walk t o their quarters. On the way she reminds him to have patience with this ne w home alongside himself. He admits he misses Miensa's calm country but co nfirms he will do as she guides. They enter their quarters and Ethel says gently\, get yourself comfortable and we will have dinner together later\, remember me and your father love you\, are proud of you. Scorpius smiles and Commander Twta leaves.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Commander Twta \, headi ng to the operation deck\, is assessing the station and its inhabitants fi rsthand\, when Koshi exasperated greets her. \"Hello Major\" smiles Twta\, but Koshi is wary and say\, the gateway will take another shape soon and for the first time in hundreds of years Miensa could have benefited from i t if possible\, but the provisional government rejected that to hand it to NSEA. Twta reaffirms that NSEA is only interested in guiding Miensa. Befo re Koshi can reply\, a cat calling whistling sound comes from Koshi's ches t communicator. \n\n\n\n \"What is it Eyea?\" \n\n\n\n \"Pro-blem-in-pro -me-nade\" \n\n\n\n Koshi turn from Twta and say \"we will talk again\"  \n\n\n\n Koshi goes to the promenade and Twta follows.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n \n\n In the promenade three figures are held still by Energy beams emitted from\, Security Chief Eyea\, a Dedom2\, an ancient race of sentient elect ronic drones. Of the held\, one is a child\, the other two are adults. Kos hi arrive and speak straight to the Ataut child\, his completely red eyes untelling.  \n\n\n\n \"What are you doing Pee?\" \n\n\n\n the child repl ies: \"just a small training exercise Major\" \n\n\n\n Eyea interject: \" found-caught-re-veal\" \n\n\n\n Eyea use a beam and reveal an empty space where a wall appeared to be. Pea shrink and Koshi smile: \"Well well\, li ttle fight clubber\, Eyea take them to the brig\" \n\n\n\n \"Woo wowowo w oo wait a minute\": loudly proclaim an Ataut adult\,: \"my family 's fight here is done\"  \n\n\n\n Twta loo on as Koshi reply: \"No Been\, your co usin broke the law\, you know the Miensa government doesn't allow fight ri ngs\"  \n\n\n\n Been look about and notice Twta and say: \"But I believe this station is a cooperative between NSEA and Miensa \, and we all know N SEA loves being cooperative\" \n\n\n\n Twta tells Eyea to continue their operation\, and Eyea escorts Pea to the brig. Twta's chest communicator sa ys in a male sexy voice: \"How! Does! It! Feel!\"  \n\n\n\n Twta gets a m essage from an officer. The NTE-3120 has arrived. Twta gives confirmation and tells Koshi: \"We must prepare the station for the celebrations of the gateway. I will be back shortly\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In the meeting r oom of the NTE-3120 Commander Peter Demarco-Taggart jr. sits calmly as Com mander Ethel Twta enter\, her anger evident on first glance by Taggart jr. But Taggart jr. offer a handshake\, happily saying Commander\, and Twta s lowly accept saying Commander with a bitterness. Taggart Jr. is confused. \"Have we met?\" Twta reply: \"only in battle\" Taggart jr. comprehend ins tantly. A silence exist in the room. Taggart jr. look away\, offer no word s. After a time\, as Twta stand patient\, Taggart jr. say: \"I came to off er assistance\" Twta reply: \"No thank you\, we will do fine on our own\, and if I am not up to the task I will resign\"  \n\n\n\n Taggart jr. gest ure to say something but dismisses it. Twta ask: \"is that all Commander\" Taggart jr. shake his head and Twta say: \"I will never give up... never surrender\" and exit the rec room of the NTE-3120. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In the office of Eyea\, Been is waiting for Twta while Eyea handle informa tion managing its own floppy disk drives. Twta enter the office and Been e agerly approach stating: \"His uncle's son will be out of the station's ha ir as soon as they leave and they are already packed\" \n\n\n\n Twta repl ies\, \"I want to discuss your future plans\" and continues \"If everyone leaves the station\, it will become a dead zone which will hurt Miensa. I need you Been\, to stay\" Been reply :\"The Fulesians allowed the fighting pits which fit me and my cousins way of life\, while the Fulesians achiev ed profit from the gamblers who came from every sector of the quadrant... but without the pits how do me and my cousin live as Atauts? Without the f ighting pits\, where is the money? \" \n\n\n\n Twta reply: \"The Miensa g overnment opposes fighting pits but if I can get a tax on the activity\, w ith the promise\, the guarantee of no deaths\, will you take on the fight and stay?\" \n\n\n\n Been reply: \"If I say no\, will my cousin be free\"  \n\n\n\n Twta reply: \"Ask Eyea\, he has the jurisdiction\" \n\n\n\n E yea rotate a cylindrical section like a negative shake of the head. Twta b egin to exit and say:\"It is your choice Been\, if you choose to accept\, the festival for the gateway is needed and I want this station to have a f estival. you can organize it\, and your cousin can help... if you accept\" .  \n\n\n\n Twta exit and enter her and Scorpius's quarters\, where she f inds her son laying on a couch and she sighs.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In t he NTE-3120 \, sixty-five-year-old Lieutenant Laredo is in the digital con veyor room side his wife Alinta\, their bags prepared. Commander Taggart j r.\, Lieutenant Laliari\, Dr. Lazarus\, Tech Sergeant Chen with his cane\, Security Chief Ingersol in his exoskeleton look on lovingly. Laredo speak : \"I started in this ship as a pilot\, became a science officer under the best teacher\, met my wife\, raised two children and became a grandfather multiple times. It has been an honor\" \n\n\n\n Taggart jr.:\"thanks tea ch\" \n\n\n\n Chen side Laliari present Laredo side Alinta a cake. Ingers ol smile and point a finger: \"ready when you are\"  \n\n\n\n Dr. Lazarus is saddened\"... By Grabthar's Hammer\, by the Suns or Warven\, you shall be blessed\"  \n\n\n\n Laredo and Lazarus give the Mak'Tar salute. Alint a say: \".. don't worry\, we will take care of each other\" and she smiles . Laredo finalize: \"good luck on your mission guys\, too bad you can't st ay for the gateway opening\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In a dock of Farthest Frontier 3.1415 Alinta tell Laredo: \"I will go to our room\, and prepare\ , you know Ananda's kids will be here soon. But you need to get acquainted with this crew\" \n\n\n\n \"Thank you wife\": and Laredo kiss Alinta \n \n\n\n \"Thank you husband\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Lieutenant Laredo sees the festival on the promenade. Mostly Miensans but other life forms as we ll are celebrating the return of the Gateway. Laredo see Commander Twta\, Scorpius\, Major Koshi\, Eyea\, Bebre\, Rama\, aside Miensa clerics on the observation deck while Been has customers in his fight pit and his cousin Pea is calling out the activities of the festival. Laredo taps Twta on th e back and Twta smiles: \"hey teach\" \n\n\n\n Scorpius hugs Laredo. Twta says: \"everyone meet Lieutenant Laredo\, my teacher in the academy when he took a hiatus from galivanting about the stars.\" \n\n\n\n Everyone gr eets each other. Koshia says: \"You got Been to stay\" \n\n\n\n Twta repl y: \"I am here to help\, and I will prove it to you one day with actions\"  \n\n\n\n Koshi smile. Bebre say: \"This will definitely help the baby an d the babies to come\"  \n\n\n\n Rama ponder: \"What will the Gateway loo k like this time... a little research and it seems to change and where it will go is really in the air\" \n\n\n\n A female Miensa cleric look to Tw ta and speak \"with the Chosen here\, the Gateway will do as destiny wrote and heal Miensa an beyond\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Suddenly\, brightness as if from a star appear. The light grows and grows until it forces all to squint\, and then the light ebbs to reveal a door. The people int eh prom enade cheer. Bebre say: \"the composition is not indicative of any known p rior form of the Gateway\"  \n\n\n\n Laredo say:\"the ship's telemetry sa ys it goes to the Nu Quadrant\" \n\n\n\n Koshi is in shock. Rama is excit ed. Eyea say \"Nu\"  \n\n\n\n The female Miensa cleric look to Twta:\"You are the Chosen\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n NEXT TIME on \n\n\n\n GALAXY QU EST \n\n\n\n Farthest Frontier 3.1415 \n\n\n\n The Ultimate Descendents  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Koshi say to Twta:\"If you are the chosen\, then y ou have to do this\" \n\n\n\n Eyea says:\"I-need-this\" \n\n\n\n A Fules ian captain say:\"we claim this Gateway\" \n\n\n\n Bebre is in a utility shaft while the ship is being attacked. \n\n\n\n The female Miensa Cleric touches Twta's ear: \"you are the chosen\" \n\n\n\n Laredo in a magical light \"Where is this?\" \n\n\n\n Scorpius say:\"Hi I am Scorpius\" \n\n \n\n Clay speaking in a magical light: \"You are chosen\" \n\n\n\n   \n \n\n\n 2\,278 words 12\,895 characters \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n NOTES \n\n\ n\n Kuu- an alien race that absorbs other species or objects\, adds to une venly shaped lumpy vessel like bubble gum \n\n\n\n Taggart jr.- Peter Dem arco-Taggart jr.\, looks like a baby from Commander Taggart and Lieutenant Demarco  \n\n\n\n Scorpius Twta - son of Commander Ethel Twta \n\n\n\n Man Klar- Fulesian name of Farthest Frontier 3.1415 \n\n\n\n Fulesian- re flective skinned species\, glass skinned\, a silver shine [Fule is glass i n Oromo] \n\n\n\n Fulesa - planet of Fulesians \n\n\n\n Miensa- planet o f the Miensans. [Mmiensa is three in Twi]  \n\n\n\n Miensans- Three skinn ed people\, two straight lines\, one from the top of the head to the anus and another from the left side of the eye to the top of the head and botto m of the head and from left side of the neck down to the feet. From right to left of a viewer\, the right side has skin variant as humans as the maj or half\; center to near left side has ridges like tracks of a truck in th e center colored like the right side\, and then a copper skin to the far l eft side.  \n\n\n\n Major Koshi Yuzi- Miensa resistance fighter \n\n\n\n Tech Sergeant Ohoah Bebre - a sleen [ Sleen are a humanoid species that p erform parthenogenesis based on experiences\, who also regenerate when the y give birth\, so having eventful lives is part of their way of life] [ Be bre means many in Twi] \n\n\n\n Doctor Rama- happy young doctor\, mute\, uses sign language \n\n\n\n Commander Ethel Twta- Commander of Farthest F rontier 3.1415 \, mother of Scorpius. She wears an NSEA uniform but wears a short wrap skirt around her waist.  \n\n\n\n Security Chief Eyea- a Ded om2\, electronic sentient drone like beings who are technologically old fa shioned \n\n\n\n Pea- an Ataut. \n\n\n\n Ataut-  a species whose cultur e is all around learning/profiting from dueling with fists or weapons. \; their eyes are monochrome red\, with fiery blond hair\, and are naturally short.  \n\n\n\n Been- Cousin of Pea. \n\n\n\n Lieutenant Laredo - scien ce officer\, former pilot of the NTE-3120\, sixty five\, grandfather\, mar ried to Alinta. Was a teacher to Twta . \n\n\n\n Alinta- wife to Laredo\, descended from Australian Aborigines\, her name means fire in Ngarrindjer i \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Edition 69 from Nada S. Q. Earl DTSTAMP:20260403T193756Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:691-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Deviation URL\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/Edition-69-from-Nada-S-Q-Earl-1310598324\n\n\n\n Challenge\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Whimsy-Unlocked-April-Profile- Badge-2026-1310600179\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/692-whimsy -unlocked-april-profile-badge-2026/\n\n\n\n Content\n\n\n\n \"How Much Woo d Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?\"\n\n\n\n from Nada S. Q. Earl\n\n\n\n Edition 69\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Prologue\n\n\n\n fro m Richard Murray @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n Two climb a world tree\; their space s uits are reflecting the brightness from the curved like ribbon flowing at the boundary of the solar system.\n\n\n\n \"Come on Bosede!\" : communicat es the one nearest the top of the world tree.\n\n\n\n \"I am coming !\"\n\ n\n\n Bosede reach the top of the tree aside her friend\, who is still not paying her any mind.\n\n\n\n \"Are you alright?... Scorpius?!\" : Bosede shake her friend and notice his eyes. She turn and let her friend go calml y. And both of the residents of a world tree watch a new visitor come into the forest\, and it speaks to them. They both utter something repeatedly looking straight into the brightness at the visitor .\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n T he Song of Trees\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n May all of the shining forest trees be blessed\n\n\n\n May the tree be blessed maintaining life unto itself\n\n\ n\n May the life unto the tree shepherd prosperity\n\n\n\n May the prosper ity be sweet\, succulent\, savory\n\n\n\n May I never live absent the tree s\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Heliosphere and the Interstellar Medium\n\n\n\n h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#/media/File:Interstellar_medium_a nnotated.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Kuiper Belt Objects\n\n\n\n https://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt#/media/File:Kuiper-belt-top-side-view.svg\n\n\ n\n The Heliopause\n\n\n\n https://scitechdaily.com/boundary-between-our-s olar-system-and-interstellar-space-mapped-for-the-first-time/\n\n\n\n http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w__vzNXSFoI\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Whimsy Unlocked -April Profile Badge 2026 DTSTAMP:20260403T193955Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:692-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Deviation URL\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/journal/Whimsy-Unlocked-April-Profile-Badge-2026-1310600179\n\n\n\n EXAM PLE\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/691-edition-69-from-nada-s-q -earl/\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Edition-69-from-Na da-S-Q-Earl-1310598324\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CONTENT\n\n\n\n Human writing on ly please - No AI generated entries in this group.\n\n\n\n Check out @Devi antAI for AI specific contests. Thanks!\n\n\n\n Join @CRLiterature and the other Community Affiliated Groups as part of the community in Deviantart celebrating Whimsy &\; Play for April.\n\n\n\n Here are the prior month s in @CRLiterature\n\n\n\n Earn a Badge for Your Fresh Start Writing\n\n\n \n Feb 4\, 2026\n\n\n\n Love of Art - February Profile Badge 2026\n\n\n\n Feb 9\, 2026\n\n\n\n Earn a Badge for Your Words In Motion\n\n\n\n Mar 16\ , 2026\n\n\n\n How does one be whimsy and play in literature? I honestly w ouldn't know. But\, I do know that everyone who is alive today plus old en ough to read knows of the work titled\n\n\n\n \"How Much Wood Would A Wood chuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?\"\n\n\n\n from Nada S. Q. Ear l\n\n\n\n The two hundred and twenty three thousand one hundred and thirty seven [ 223\,137 ] magnum opus published 1964 by Planning Parrot \, avail able in every language. We all know the publication of the book has two un common factors.\n\n\n\n 1) The author made every printing a new edition.\n \n\n\n 2) The author didn't make a prologue to any edition.\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n Your task to unlock whimsy is to take your edition of How~ and make t he prologue. Remember each edition is unique so no copying\, we will check .\n\n\n\n What is a Prologue?\n\n\n\n A prologue \, before the writing\, h as the same function or placement as a : forward\, before the wind or turn \; preface\, before the speech\; introduction\, thing to the lead. Each i s meant to be before the main content. While no strict correct or incorrec t quality in content exist for any of the four\, for the sake of this crea tive challenge\, we will set the following variances.\n\n\n\n A Preface is about the author written by the author as the author.\n\n\n\n A Forward c overs the topic of the main content\, not written by the author.\n\n\n\n A n Introduction is the beginning of the main content of the book.\n\n\n\n A Prologue is content to comprehend the main content written by the author as unnarrated content like maps/lists or prose from a character related to the story/main content.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n define a preface as we will we will make specifications\n\n\n\n Prologue Examples\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n K\n \n\n\n Literature\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR P 1\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR\n\n\n\n P\n\n\n\n Literature\n\n\n\n Prologue (for a Tails-Bot story)\n\n\n\n How did we ge t here in the first place? Well. It all started with a scientist who made special kinds of hypnosis sessions for mobians suffering from any kind of anxiety or just want to experience it. These kind of sessions can turn the m into robots...somehow. Though the effect is temporary sinve the scientis t doesn't actually want to enslave them. He called it \"droning\" Some kep t coming back for more. Amy Rose was one of them. She got droned so many t imes\, she's practically convinced that she's a tobot by default. Thieves suvh as Rouge tried to get their hands on such techniques. Only for them t o get droned temporarily before being released with no memory of what happ ened. But all hell broke loose when Eggman got his hands on this technique . Using it to create his Egg-drones. These drones have no will\, no person ality\, no thoughts\, just to obey their egg emporer. Ever sinve\, the sci entist had gone missing and never came back.\n\n\n\n The Annals of Aetheri a Prologue\n\n\n\n Dec 31\, 2025\n\n\n\n Prolouge I. The Echo of the Unspo ken Before the\n\n\n\n New Prologue and Character Profile\n\n\n\n Feb 22\, 2026\n\n\n\n Dear Friends\,   I'm sure you are all aware of the\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CHALLENGE TO EARN THE BADGE\n\n\n\n In a literature deviation make the prologue for your edition of \"How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Ch uck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?\" \, from Nada S. Q. Earl . Use the e xample below as a reference: State the Edition number and make your prolog ue\, sixty nine words or less. Remember\, no assistance of AI or similar m achine learning tools. We have examples of various prologues in english ab ove to aid you comprehending more plainly if the definition we elect for p rologue confuses.\n\n\n\n REMINDER TO GET THE BADGE\n\n\n\n Make sure to a dd the hashtag #whimsyunlocked in the literature deviation you make\, refe rred to at the beginning of this paragraph\, to get the badge.\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Remember you can be patient or impatient\, the key is to have fun\ , be whimsy my friends\, may you unlock an age of giddiness.\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n It will be kind to place your deviation in the monthly challenge gal lery in Crliterature\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/crliterature/galle ry/100000320/monthly-badges\n\n\n\n EXAMPLE OF PROLOGUE FOR #WhimsyUnlocke d\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuc k Could Chuck Wood?\"\n\n\n\n from Nada S. Q. Earl\n\n\n\n Edition 69\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n E\n\n\n\n Literature\n\n\n\n Edition 69 from Nada S. Q. Ear l\n\n\n\n \"How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #WhimsyUnlocked #hddeviant #crliterature\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR INDEX DTSTAMP:20260329T165315Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:686-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR INDEX\n\n\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING- JALI-VINDICADOR-1315296783\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n present link\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR P1\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-P1-13095397 68\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/678-kassa-or-the-nomadic-endl ing-jali-vindicador-p1/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR PS01\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADO R PS01 by HDdeviant on DeviantArt\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/ events/event/689-kassa-or-the-nomadic-endling-jali-vindicador-ps01/\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR S01\n\n\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-V INDICADOR-S01-1315101294\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/690-kas sa-or-the-nomadic-endling-jali-vindicador-s01/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260329 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR S01 DTSTAMP:20260403T193347Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:690-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR S01\n\n\n\ n Deviantart\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE -NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-S01-1315101294\n\n\n\n Content\n\n\n\n TI TLE: THE SILVER BUFFALO\n\n\n\n from Richard Murray aka @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR P1\n\n\n\n KA SSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR PS01\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A rar e breed of buffalo \n\n\n\n Once lived among its kin \n\n\n\n And then c ame the frenchman \n\n\n\n Killing the Silver Buffalo \n\n\n\n The last ran into the woods \n\n\n\n Eating any for its goods \n\n\n\n In the Swe etbush live the... Silver Buffalo \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The rains pour\, beginning days ago\, morphing this part of the Llanos from dry plateau to drop-zone for millions of free-flying drops of water\, instantly becoming lines of sleepwalkers to the Orinoco River. A man on a lemon-skin horse ri de to a posada \, just north of a stretch of Orinoco\; he get off the hors e carrying his tuned Winchester 1895 and don't turn to look at Cerro Negro \, the highest point for a distance\; he pass five healthy horses and stan d still as the front door of the posada\, echoes from a happy gathering in a corner\, greet him\; he enter and only receive quick or unbothered glan ces\, from any one\, and he calmly walk to the bar in the light from the f ront door.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"A cucui coming up\": say the woman be hind the bar. The sound of raindrops peer into the posada. The man sit on a stool and gather his drink: \"Thank you\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"Your Portuguese is still poor\": smile the bartender. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \" I need more sessions with you\": and the man turn to a trio chatting to th emselves.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"The silver vest is Pierre\, the one-ey e vaquero is Julio\, the sombrero is Steinberg\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Th e man hold his rifle across his chest and play its butt embedded mbira\, t o the gambling table. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"Hello... Mr. Kassa\": say P ierre\, on arrival of the mbira player.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"You know me?\": query Kassa. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"No\, but your rifle has been whispered about\": answer Pierre\, shuffling while Steinberg drink or Jul io stare through his one eye. Kassa calmly continue playing. Kassa sit con tinuing to play\, and ask:\"will you play truco?\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"I wiped them clean already \": answer Pierre and continue: \"but I will give eight reales for a story if you know one\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Kas sa look to his rifle and gesture to Pierre positively. Pierre throw coins to Kassa\, on the table\, like a bid in a card game. Kassa look to the bar tender and the bartender come\, and arrive.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"Porr idge\": and Kassa hand the bartender a reales and ask to Steinberg\, Julio \, plus Pierre: \"do you want to eat while you listen?\" \n\n\n\n   \n\ n\n\n Pierre quickly reply: \"of course\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Steinberg continue to drink. Julio hesitate and gesture confirmation to the barkeep . Kassa lean back\, plucking the mbira in the butt\, and begin... \n\n\n\ n   \n\n\n\n I will tell you a story of Yaha and Nili Accita\, the wolf and the moon's blanket. A couple made from two lives forged in dripping bl ood. The last of their kin\, out only for revenge... \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\ n This story began with a legend\, laid in the Inoka's land\, what gringos call Illinois Country\, between Mine la Motte\, Missouri\, plus St. Phili ppe\, Illinois. A treasure of silver\, Monsieur Cadillac\, found after kil ling a people now only two knew. The legend said the map to the treasure w as about the town of Argentia\, Missouri\, now only an inn in the Sweetbus hes.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The barkeep settle bowls of porrid ge on the table and Kassa\, Pierre\, or Julio grab and take a spoonful. Ka ssa stop and before he can continue the tale\, Steinberg stop drinking and look to him. And Kassa gesture to the bartender. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \ "You are kind\": say Pierre \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"A meal and a story is a beautiful thing\": reply Kassa. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"I don't recall the bartender being so attentive\": question Julio\, as he eat.  \n\n\n\ n   \n\n\n\n \"Maybe I will learn her name later\": and Kassa continue. .. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n In the inn where Argentia once was\, a female ba rtender was in charge too. She was blond haired with dark eyes and porcela in skin. A one eyed old black man was her servant. They both sat at the ba r as a guerilla\, called a bushwhacker up north\, exit. He didn't wear blu e or grey\, just tattered brown leather from ankle to hat but his leather boots while muddy were mighty fine. The guerilla paused standing outside t he door but stepped sideways facing someone and then the leatherman's foot steps went from strong to faint to gone as another entered the inn. The ot her wore all black like an undertaker\, except for a red band around his h at\, very sharp. He stood at the door\, bright morning light illuminated h is shadow\, but kept it open and asked: \"Is this Annie's inn?\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The inn owner standing at the bar answered: \"Yes I am Annie \" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Immediately cutting off Annie\, the man at the d oor continued:\"Was the town of Argentia here?\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n An nie paused and slowly answered: \"yes\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The man at the door remained still and slowly continued: \"Where is the map?\" \n\n\ n\n   \n\n\n\n Annie giggled and replied: \"Stranger\, me and Old Tom us ed to get at least one\, morning\, noon\, and night\, daily\, askin that\, and none were ever happy at our answer.... the last old Indian around her e said the Silver Buffalo makes honey tracks\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The man at the door didn't reply\, and Annie said\, facing Old Tom: \"Don't I always tell them the truth\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Old Tom confirmed with a head nod sideways while proclaimed in a high pitch tone:\"mmmm hmmm\, M iss Annie\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Annie was about to continue speaking wh en the man at the door turned sharply plus uncaringly and exited the inn l ooking about. The Sweetbushes gave a blend of apple\, lemon\, black locus\ , wisteria and more in a sweet collage\, unique or undeniable to a passerb y or any within. The man who looked like an undertaker searched\, whiffing \, for a honied scent\; he slowly got off the stand of the inn and faced a section of the sweet lush trees surrounding the inn\; he peered into the green and walked with confidence forward\; minutes went by\, and in the fo rest he stopped under a tree\, and the arbor smelled of honey with yellow petals\; he smelled more and searched through the sweet collage\; honeysuc kle after honeysuckle he found and trekked onward\, hoping at the end is a silver treasure unlike any other in sweet dense mountainous bush\; on and on he went as the light changed that peered onto the wood from the sky \, growing a darkness that would not hide the scents while opened the danger in a land of independent warfare\; suddenly\, while dusk light allowed on ly the top of the Sweetbush to be seen\, he whiffed a foul odor\, made fro m the undeniable purity of dead or decaying flesh from slaughter. The goss ip said: in the Sweetbush live the... Silver Buffalo.  The man in black u sed eagerness: to tear past sharp thorns\, to trip over uneven muddy crevi ces\; he breathed harder and harder\, breathed in the dead of the Silver B uffalo close to where it rest\, drowned out anything sweet except the imag e of a silver lair sparkling superior to any other before or since\; final ly he arrived\, to a small clearing at the base of a low but wide mountain \, at the front of a dark cave\, illuminated by the dusk light surrounded by arborean darkness\; the man was ready\, his Holland &\; Holland doub le rifle had rounds able to kill an elephant with no question\; he asked: where is it\, where is the Silver Buffalo\; he was falling\, suddenly\; hi s body felt hit by a bullet\, and again\; from where\, he didn't hear a gu nshot\, didn't see a sign of smoke\, and he finally fell face up to the sk y\; the blood leakage\, the shock\, his consciousness was all he could mus ter and while a darkness was enveloping his vision\, he saw light\; he tho ugh: Christ\, no\, the moon is still in the sky\, a lamp\; he thought he s aw a black man speaking\, but the blood was too wild or flooding to have h eard properly\; movement\, the smell of his own blood blocked the smell of dead flesh\, if that was the smell of where he was brought to\; And\, the n he saw it\, silver light\, the lair of the Silver Buffalo it must be\; h e had a dying comfort until his head settled at mighty fine leather shoes while the lamp became distant and two figures became present\; his failing cognizance may had seen a lamp holder and a rifle wielder\, an air-gun\; his final thoughts were ponderances: why\, who murdered him in the sweetbu shes of the Illinois county in 1860.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n ... Kassa fin ish plucking the mbira settled in the butt of his rifle and ask: \"Did I e arn my reales Pierre?\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Pierre shuffling say:\"I ca n't deny I like silver but it lacked the amount of action I prefer\, what was the moral of this story\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Julio chime in while Steinberg drink: \"Greed will bring you down\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \"No \": sharply reply Kassa:\"... the search for the unknown provides unknown dangers\" \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Kassa rise and head to the exit and the t hree former listeners continue their leisure\, and start another game of c ards. Eventually\, Pierre\, Steinberg\, or Julio finish\, and Julio\, Stei nberg\, and Pierre left. With only one to never be seen again. Who knows w hy? \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR PS01 DTSTAMP:20260403T193113Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:689-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR PS01\n\n\n \n Deviantart\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-TH E-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-PS01-1315101251\n\n\n\n Content\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR\n\n\n\n from Richard Murray aka @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Prologue 01\n\n\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-P1-1309 539768\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Prologue Supplemental 01\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Verb al List\n\n\n\n Cucui- a spelling of cocuy\, an indios/first peoples of no rtheastern south America alcoholic drink\n\n\n\n Posada- Inn in Spanish\n\ n\n\n Sombrero- hat for Mexican charro/cowboys\n\n\n\n Mbira- in English c alled a thumb piano\, plucked musical instrument \, tinges or metal tongue s over a wooden soundboard.\n\n\n\n Truco- a Venezuelan card game\n\n\n\n Reales- Spanish currency\n\n\n\n Gringo - means foreigner in Spanish\, in latin America used for someone from anglo-america [usa especially]\n\n\n\n Porridge - leek broth\, variation of pottage\, made in a pot.\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Information List\n\n\n\n Winchester Model 1895\n\n\n\n https://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895\n\n\n\n Llanos- a plateau region in northern south America\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanos\n\n \n\n Monagas (Cerro Negro is in the region) - a state in Venezuela\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monagas\n\n\n\n Orinoco- a river\; name mea ns a place to paddle in the language of the Warao\n\n\n\n https://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Orinoco\n\n\n\n Freeflying- a form of skydiving\n\n\n\n http s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeflying\n\n\n\n Cocuy- indigenous drink of no rth eastern south America\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocuy\n\n\ n\n Truco Venezolano\n\n\n\n https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truco_venezolan o\n\n\n\n example of being played\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/NJDQgZ7mWPQ?si= MitRHUhrY_d_c6vp\n\n\n\n currency of Venezuela\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Currency_of_Venezuela\n\n\n\n St. Phillipe Illinois\n\n\n\n htt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Philippe\,_Illinois\n\n\n\n map\n\n\n\n htt ps://mapper.acme.com/?ll=38.105318\,-90.180287&\;z=12&\;t=M&\;mar ker0=38.105318\,-90.180287\,St. Philippe%2C Illinois\n\n\n\n Mine la Motte - north of Fredericktown\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_La_Mot te\,_Missouri\n\n\n\n map\n\n\n\n https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=37.614444\,- 90.294444&\;z=12&\;t=M&\;marker0=37.614444\,-90.294444\,Mine La M otte%2C Missouri\n\n\n\n Missouri lead district\n\n\n\n https://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Southeast_Missouri_Lead_District\n\n\n\n Mark Twain Forest\, a bout Mine La Motte in modernity\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark _Twain_National_Forest\n\n\n\n Missouri in the war between the states\n\n\ n\n https://stateoftheconfederacy.sites.gettysburg.edu/confederatemonument maps/missouri/\n\n\n\n more information 1\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trans-Mississippi_theater_of_the_American_Civil_War\n\n\n\n more inf ormation 2\n\n\n\n https://www.legendsofamerica.com/missouri-civil-war/\n\ n\n\n Bushwacker\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushwhacker\n\n\n\n Quantrill's raiders\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantrill's_Rai ders\n\n\n\n Girardoni air rifle\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gir ardoni_air_rifle\n\n\n\n Repeating Rifle\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Repeating_rifle\n\n\n\n viewing example\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=n2W7KAdCMeU\n\n\n\n .500/450 Nitro Express\n\n\n\n https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/.500/450_Nitro_Express\n\n\n\n Elephant Gun\n\n\n\n http s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_gun\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE N OMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR S01\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdde viant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-S01-1315101294\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April Fools Day story   DTSTAMP:20250330T063453Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:226-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n April Fools Day\, once a new year begin\, story  - only a fool knows its origins\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n http://houyhnhnm.github.io/april fool/index.html  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Serious Surpris e\n\n Raye 21st century symphony Ice Cream Man \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n excerpt of Ice Cream Man- initial referral\n\n\n\n https://x.com/raye/s tatus/1742589954629198018/\n\n\n\n My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the R oyal Albert Hall) - first live album by English singer-songwriter Raye bas ed on her album 21st century blues\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_21 st_Century_Symphony_(Live_at_the_Royal_Albert_Hall)\n\n 21st century blues from Raye\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_21st_Century_Blues\n\n Ori ginal Version\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n LYRICS\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n [Intro: Spoken]\n\n Do you know what\, when I sing this song\, it's deep\ , yeah?\n\n When I heard the statistic\, I actually fucking broke down in tears\n\n Because the stat is that one in four men\, men and women\n\n Wil l experience this in their lifetime\n\n And in a beautiful sold-out Royal Albert Hall\n\n There's a quarter of you here tonight\n\n So I know I'm no t alone when I sing this\, and yeah\n\n If you can relate to this\, I'm so fucking sorry from the bottom of my heart\n\n And I'ma sing for you right now with my whole heart\n\n With my belly out and everything\n\n And I wa nted to do it like this bеcause that’s how it fucking feels when I sing it\n\n I feel naked as fuck\n\n Alright\, Tom\, I'm rеady\, mmh\n\n\n\n [Verse 1]\n\n So\, this producer hit me up on the DM\n\n He told me\, \"He y\, I really like what you are doing\"\n\n He told me\, \"Come 'round to t he studio\, let's cook it\"\n\n He told me\, \"Come to catch a vibe\, we'l l make some music\"\n\n But when I got there\, should've heard what he was saying\n\n Tryna touch me\, tryna fuck me\, I'm not playing\n\n I should have left that place as soon as I walked in it\n\n How Goddamn dare you do that to me\, really?\n\n\n\n [Pre-Chorus]\n\n Coming like the ice cream m an\n\n Till I felt his ice-cold hands\n\n And how I pay the price now\, da mn\n\n Goddamn\, no\, what the? Goddamn\n\n Everything you did\, it left m e in a ruin\n\n And no\, I didn't say a word\, I guess that proves it\n\n I'm a woman\, mhh\, yes\n\n [Chorus]\n\n 'Cause I'm a woman\n\n A very fuc king brave\, strong woman\n\n And I'll be damned if I let a man ruin\n\n H ow I walk\, how I talk\, how I do it\n\n Man\, I've been broken for a mome nt\n\n I've been through it\, no\n\n It's even harder to be brave alone\n\ n I was a girl\, now I'm grown\, I'm a woman\n\n A very fucking strong wom an\n\n\n\n [Verse 2]\n\n And I was seven\n\n Was twenty one\, was seventee n and was eleven\n\n It took a while to understand what my consent means\n \n If I was ruthless\, they'd be in the penitentiary\n\n But all the stres s of being honest wouldn't help me\n\n I pushed it down\, but it was livin ' in me rent-free\n\n And then I fell into some things that were unhealthy \n\n A place where no one heard me asking them to help me\n\n But I needed help\, I did\n\n\n\n [Pre-Chorus]\n\n Coming like the ice cream man\n\n T ill I felt his ice-cold hands\n\n And how I pay the price now\, damn\n\n G oddamn\n\n Everything you did\, it left me in a ruin\n\n And no\, I didn't say a word\, I guess that proves it\n\n I'm a woman\n\n [Chorus]\n\n 'Cau se I'm a woman\n\n A very fucking brave\, strong woman\n\n And I'll be dam ned if I let a man ruin\n\n How I walk\, how I talk\, how I do it\n\n Man\ , I've been broken for a moment\n\n I've been through it\, no\n\n It's eve n harder to be brave alone\n\n I was a girl\, now I'm grown\, I'm a woman\ n\n\n\n [Bridge]\n\n I wish I could say how I feel\, how I felt\n\n And ex plain why I'm silently blaming myself\n\n 'Cause I put on these faces\, pr etending I'm fine\n\n Then I go to the bathroom and I press rewind in my h ead\n\n Always going round and round in my head\n\n Your fingerprints stuc k a stain on my skin\n\n You made me frame myself for your sin\n\n You pat hetic\, dead excuse of a man\n\n\n\n [Outro]\n\n You see\, I'm a brave\, f ucking strong woman\n\n Oh\, yeah\, yeah\, oh\, oh\, oh\n\n I sometimes ne ed to remind myself\, I am\n\n You see\n\n And I'll be damned if I let a m en ruin\, oh\n\n I'm a very fucking brave\, strong woman\, thank you\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n Songwriters\n\n\n\n Rachel Agatha Keen\n\n\n\n Instrumental\ n\n\n\n Michael Tucker\, Rachel Agatha Keen\, Michael Harris Sabath.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Review: HAMILTON HEIGHTS and SUGAR HILL: Alexander Hami lton's Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries by Davida Siwisa Jame s DTSTAMP:20250825T232834Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:475-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n HAMILTON HEIGHTS and SUGAR HILL: Alexander Hamilton's Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries\n\n by Davida Siwisa James  @D eeSiwisa\n\n Fordham University Press: Empire State Editions\n\n Nonfictio n\; 432 pages\; 126 illustrations: PUBLICATION DATE: April 2\, 2024\n\n IS BN-13:   978-1531506148\n\n\n\n BUYING PAGE\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/boo ks/hamilton-heights-and-sugar-hill-9781531506148\n\n REFERRAL IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10792-hamilton-heights-and-sugar-hill-book-rev iew-request/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \" Indeed\, the average Harlemite's impression of white folk\, democracy and life in general is rather bad. Naturally if you live on nice\, tree line d\, quiet convent avenue\, even though you are colored\, it would never occur to you to riot or break windows.\" Langston Hughes\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n Davida Siwisa James unbiased\, temporally complete history book achieve s three goals of equal value. One\, to be as definitive a history book t o the Hamilton Heights or Sugar Hill sections of Harlem. No single book h as the length to cover the complete history of Harlem\, that will demand an encyclopedia which reading this book proves. Two\, to explain through the history of said regions in Harlem how Harlem has heritages of blemish ed grandeurs that includes all people from the Native American populace be fore European colonies to the time of this prose in the Gregorian year tw o thousand and twenty-four. Said heritages warrant preservation that can b ecome a living example of multiracial coexistence in the USA if implement ed equal to all. Three\, to explain how the negativities: negative biases from whites to non-whites\, negative biases from the financially wealthy of any phenotype to the financially poor of any phenotype\, negative bia s from New York City in ruling/governing/administering Harlem\, created a constancy of: lies\, malfunctions\, pains that have always hindered the r each of grandeurs born in Harlem but have not stymied the potential of Ha rlem. Said potential of Harlem is to be the truest example of peaceful po sitive productive life for pan-individuals in the declaration that many i n humanity cling to as a hope. Siwisa\, a Harlemite\, achieves all three intricate\, modernly purposeful\, goals.\n\n\n\n She uses a straightforwa rd temporal sequence\, as chapters\, from the time of the Lenape\, long go ne outside name places\, to the time of New York City's first Black Mayor\ , Harlemite David Dinkins. Unlike most historians\, who try to provide a history to a place from its past to modernity\, she was able to communic ate with residents long gone or residents relatively new\, while includin g her own life\, to support the temporal width of her work. Reading this book\, you can tell Siwisa loves Harlem but isn't willing to accept a grea t memory. She wants to fight against the literary plus nonliterary challe nges the region has to live with. \n\n\n\n I\, a Harlemite\, was unaware that Harlem was to be named Lancaster by the British empire on winning N ew Amsterdam and turning it into New York. But from the time of New Amste rdam onward\, which the book conveys through Harlemites  named Hamilton/ Jumel/Deforest/Hughes/Williams/Powell jr./Spollen\, the region has constan tly been a chess piece for New York City and a harbor for the heart of Ne w York City's culture of integration. If you don't know about Harlem\, t his book is a great starting point for it will create a proper framework to comprehending the region which has\, sadly\, a heritage of being mislab eled or mis-defined or misrepresented\, even when mostly white before the New Negro Movement. If you know about Harlem\, you already know Harlem has a vast history\, that involves the entire racial landscape of the USA . But you will learn many new things about Harlem through the Hamilton He ights or Sugar Hill regions\, which are the main subject of the book. \n\ n\n\n The entire history in the book is supported evenly by photographic o r illustrative evidence\, which is mandatory in modern times while also s erving as undeniable proof for naysayers to Harlem's various periods of g randeur in its history. Harlem's history is as bright as the light off th e skyscrapers to its south\, while the perception of it is plagued by a s hadow that was and is constructed or maintained by those in or out of Har lem. Let this book take down the blinds page by page. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250402 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Synthography Conversations 2025 DTSTAMP:20260326T222340Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:685-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n My 2025 synthographic journey around Deviantart through c omments\n\n\n\n Prompt + Art available for tip jar givers\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/SynthographyConversations-2025 -1314168979\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260326 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Vernal Rose 03/23/2025 DTSTAMP:20250324T083245Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:222-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Vernal Rose\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n poetry- an acrostic po em\, i tried to get it like a plant growing out of a vase\, take a look\, tell me how i did?\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/THE-VERNAL -ROSE-1174651850\n\n\n\n TITLE: THE VERNAL ROSE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Jump\, eVade\, agains\n\n\n\n Snapping little WintEr Snappers\n\n\n\n All soRoR s pring\n\n\n\n ToN lO!\n\n\n\n H'lAsS\n\n\n\n EuL bE\n\n\n\n from Hddeviant / Richard Murray\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NOTES:\n\n\n\n H' - hi (Greeting)\n\n\ n\n Lass- young woman\n\n\n\n Lo - surprise\n\n\n\n Ton- musical pitch/sin ging\n\n\n\n Eul- good\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ink colored/ink coloring page/co lored pencil/graphite\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/TheVern alRose-multiimage-1174650684\n\n\n\n \n\n the ink colored is the one below the coloring page\, or colored pencil or graphite you have to see clickin g the link above\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Synthography \n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/art/TheVernalRose-synth-1174649966\n\n\n\n \n\n the one t o the right is the one most closest\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n \n\n\n Fabric Map Of Africa\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/nanaluvb ug/777657799468564481\n\n\n\n\n referral: https://www.tumblr.com/nanaluvbu g/777657799468564481?source=share\n\n You can read about it here: https:// minds-africa.org/fabric-map-of-africa-the-art-of-storytelling/\n\n or buy copies of the map here: https://www.miakora.com/product-page/fabric-map-of -africa\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250323 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Fulgurantess 03/18/2025 DTSTAMP:20250318T211416Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:220-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Fulgurantess 03/18/2025\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n te en superhero aid to a Black Lightning in some DC Universe- coloring page a vailable \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1172385423\n\n Bla ck Lightning from one of the DC alternative worlds\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/Female-Black-Lightning-selection-AI-1057351079\n\n \ n\n\n\n OR\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Female-Black-L ightning-selection-AI-1057349022\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/portraitsofafrica/161515846498\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250318 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Saint Patrick's Day - Good News Calendar DTSTAMP:20250302T180532Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:217-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Read a story from my good news calendar\n\n\n\n https://a albc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/?tab=com ments#comment-889\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n OR read it in here\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A little boy in the house with his father side mother\, come into the stu dy of his father. He hold a coloring page.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Hey Papa\ , my school wanted me to color this shamrock image any color I wanted and share it online\" \n\n The father look on and say: \"Nice choice of green son\"\n\n \"What do you know about Saint Patrick's Day Papa\": inquire th e son. The father nip his son. His son rub the nipped spot and give a litt le smile\, in a face of confusion. \n\n The father open his arms and the son sit on his lap\, coloring page in hand: \"Your grandmere nipped me if I didn't wear green on Saint Patrick's day\, but beyond a little\, I do no t know much. We are not Irish. But I know someone who knows far far more\" \n\n \"Oh yeah\, who dad\"\n\n \"Well\, where do I begin...\"\n\n Many yea rs in the past\, the father\, a younger man\, unmarried unparent\, stand i n front of a bar downtown Manhattan. A poster is in their window\, and the day is Saint Patrick's day.\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n He goes insi de and take a seat side friends. A waitress come by and ask what they will drink. R and LD\, or D and A want Guinnesses. The father to be\, alone\, choose the same. A waitress come by with a drink.\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n He takes his sip and all five enjoy the day. As the sun is soon to sleep\, the two couples go to their homes and the husband to be is alone\, walkin g to fifty ninth street. He could had gone into the train station to get o n the A train back home to Harlem\, before the Blacks were pushed out. But \, he chose to take a seat on a park bench and think of a lady on the othe r side of a southern sea.  He walk about a bench when he gets a nip. He l ift his foot up and he can not believe it. A little man is looking up at h im.\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \"Amadán mór thú!\" : yell the little man and he continue: \"Ní thuigeann tú mé ... ahhh watch were ya going you fat hach seacláide!\" \n\n The father to be look to the street. \n\n \"Iont ach!\, what do you think you are doing\, dreaming\, or drunk\"\n\n The hus band to be squat and speak to the little man:\"maybe I am\"\n\n The little man howl a laugh: \"I once out drank Fionn mac Cumhaill who as a boy was better than most men\, when he last saw his wife\, before he ventured away I challenged him to a contest of wine made in the deepest cave in Tir na nog by the loveliest tuathe de women... ahhh now we were truly drunk\, you are merely a weak bellied\"\n\n The father to be rise: \"well\, I apologi ze\, happy saint paddy day\"\n\n \"AHHHH!!!\": the little man yell out:\"Y ou dhaoine associate the shamrock with that blue scarved baiste\, that is not the truth\". The husband to be\, sit on a park bench. The little man s it next to him\, and he look out.\n\n \"Don't worry\, none can see me\": a nd the little man continue to shine a shoe\, a pendant made for a bigger n eck rolled up at his side\, and he continue as the father to be smile at h im: \"the truth is\, saint patrick was a good man\, but he never wanted al l this philandering and ag ol. He wanted calm\, serenity\, for when the re al magic happens\"\n\n \"Real magic?\": query the husband to be.\n\n \"Yes \, like when someone like you step on an old shoe shiner like me\": the li ttle man hold the medallion and continue: \"You need to be transported to a church for that old saint Patrick\, the banshee will be there\"\n\n The husband to be startle: \"banshee\"\n\n The little man laugh:\" calm down\, a banshee isn't like in your te-le-vi-sion stories\, banshees are helpful \, very helpful... they tell you who will pass away soon\, sometimes appea ring as loving ones\". The little man throw the medallion to the husband t o be and snap his fingers. Suddenly\, the father to be is in a church. \n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n eemingly empty\, the father to be hear names in the w ind. He walk down the isle of the church looking for the speaker. \n\n He opines to the calm air in the church:\"Ms or MRS Banshee\"\n\n He hears n ames over and over\, whispered. The air begin to mist and the voices get l ouder. He feels a cool behind him and sees a female emanation\, that look like a stranger\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n She wails out names\, and turns into a younger girl\, and then a man\, and then an e lder. The husband to be do not comprehend why so many\, who is going to be gone. The father to be then realize the truth. The medallion shine in his hand\, and he snap from the church to the bench. \n\n The father to be l ook incredulous at the little man:\" I don't get it\"\n\n \"The lesson is for you to figure out\, that is what your kin never comprehend\, the world you call magic is safe\, so are old folk like from it\, but your lives ar e mortal\, are fragile\, but your spirits are eternal\, their magic is why we can speak to you sometimes\, try to guide you\, though...\" : and the little man disappear from sight\, the medallion leave the hand of the fath er to be\, and the voice of the little man continue:\"... we usually fail\ "\n\n The father to be rock in the park bench and get up\, shaking his hea d\, before the trek into the subway. \n\n Back in the present\, his son a sk a question. \n\n \"Did you remember the names you heard\, ever see tha t little man again?\"\n\n The father hold the son tight: \"no\, I can not recall any name\, but today I realize\, the lesson\"\n\n The son ask wonde ring: \"what lesson\"\n\n \"The kin of each person is each other person\"\ n\n \"Ceia is ready!\": a female voice call out. \n\n The son run out of the room\, the father smile behind him\, and exit his chair. The father ge t to the door and he hear the sound of a tiny cobbler\, and smile without turning back\, to get his supper.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n THE END\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n I only had one work of art in my deviantart gallery that returned so mething visual from green/luck/rainbow \, but i found numerous in my favor ites\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/March-on-Green-F eature-expose-1168543402\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you like my story consider reading the following\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-chil dren-stories\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The irish song I like the most is one I fi rst heard in a movie called the Nephew\, in english \, from 1998. \n\n\n\ n LYRICS referrals\n\n\n\n https://lyricstranslate.com/en/fill-fill-run-re turn-return-my-love.html\n\n\n\n https://genius.com/Anuna-fill-fill-a-run- lyrics\n\n\n\n Lyrics in irish\n\n\n\n Fill\, fill a rún\n\n[Verse 1]\nÓ crá ort\, a shagairt Uí Domhnaill\nNach dona go deo mar a d'imigh tú\ nÓ léigh sé an tAifreann Dé Domhnaigh\n's bhí sé maidin Dé Luan ina mhinistir\n\n[Chorus]\nÓ fill\, ó fill a rún ó\nFill a rún ó\nIs ná h’imigh uaim\nÓ Fill orm a chuisle ‘s a stóirín\nÓ is gheo-g haidh tú an ghlóir má fhillean tú\n\n[Verse 2]\nDá bheic-feadh sibh Neilí Dé Dómhaigh\n'S a gúna bhán go sala uirthi\nBúclai buí in a bróga\n's í á tarraingt sa ród mar phúca\n\n[Chorus]\nÓ fill\, ó f ill a rún ó\nFill a rún ó\nIs ná h’imigh uaim\nÓ Fill orm a chui sle ‘s a stóirín\nÓ is gheo-ghaidh tú an ghlóir má fhillean tú\n\ n[Verse 3]\nTá malacht na sagart 's na mbráithre leat\nI do mhála ag im eacht duit\n'S nach measa duit malacht do mháthartha\nNá á bhaca tú a Iríamh den bhunadh sin\n\n[Chorus]\nÓ fill\, ó fill a rún ó\nFill a rún ó\nIs ná h’imigh uaim\nÓ Fill orm a chuisle ‘s a stóirín\n Ó is gheo-ghaidh tú an ghlóir má fhillean tú\n\nVerse 4\nÓ thréigh tú Peadar is Pól\, agus\nThréigh tú Eoin is an bhunadh sin\nÓ thré igh tú an Mhaighdeán ’s an ghlóir\, is\nNach dona go deo mar a d'imi gh tú\n\n[Chorus]\nÓ fill\, ó fill a rún ó\nFill a rún ó\nIs ná h’imigh uaim\nÓ Fill orm a chuisle ‘s a stóirín\nÓ is gheo-ghaidh tú an ghlóir má fhillean tú\n\n\n\n Lyrics in english\n\n\n\n Return\ , Return my Love\n\nOh woe unto you\, oh1 priest Ó Domhnaill\nDon't ever be so wretched as when you left\nOh he performed the mass on Sunday\nAnd w as a minister2 on Monday morning\n\nOh return\, oh return\, my love\, oh\n Return\, my love\, oh\, don't leave my side\nOh return\, my beloved3 and m y darling oh\nAnd you'll receive the glory if you do return\n\nIf you coul d see Neilí on Sunday\nAnd her white dress with heels on her\nYellow buck les on the shoes\nShe is being dragged in the street like a puck4\n\nOh re turn\, oh return\, my love\, oh\nReturn\, my love\, oh\, don't leave my si de\nOh return\, my beloved3 and my darling oh\nAnd you'll receive the glor y if you do return\n\nThe curse of the priests and the brothers5\nYou carr y with you in your leaving bag\nAnd worse for you your maternal6 curse\nDo n't ever block yourself from that heritage\n\nOh return\, oh return\, my l ove\, oh\nReturn\, my love\, oh\, don't leave my side\nOh return\, my belo ved3 and my darling oh\nAnd you'll receive the glory if you do return\n\nO h\, you forsook Peter and Paul\nAnd you forsook John and this heritage\nOh you forsook the Maiden and her glory\, and\nDon't ever be as wretched as when you left\n\nOh return\, oh return\, my love\, oh\nReturn\, my love\, oh\, don't leave my side\nOh return\, my beloved3 and my darling oh\nAnd y ou'll receive the glory if you do return\n\n1. vocative particle can be tr anslated as oh or sometimes as my\n2. i.e. he changed sides from Catholic to Protestant\n3. a. b. c. d. literally: pulse\n4. Irish mythical beings c onsidered to be bringers both of good and bad fortune\n5.religious brother s\n6.or your mother's curse\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://youtu. be/FjGSsBmZtOY?t=619\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:#BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #1 DTSTAMP:20260314T224803Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:679-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #1\n\n\n\n URL\n\n\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/BlackHistory337-2026-2027-1-12979385 61\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CONTENT\n\n\n\n #BlackHistory337 is about the time b etween Black History Months\, when many people including some Black people don't make an effort to emphasize Black History. A way to cover the rest of the year\, the remaining 337 days between each 28.\n\n\n\n For the firs t edition\, the focus is to present the earliest Black characters in comic s in the United States of America. Enjoy the list. If anyone knows the ear liest Black Character in Japanese Manga or European Bande Dessinee please share. I was unable to find either but I know they exist.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n \n Lion Man- first black male superhero in comics\, [All Negro Comics] \, 1947\n \n \n Lobo - First Black character to headline their own comic series [ Dell Comics]\, Dec. 1965 and Sept. 1966\n \n \n Black Panther - first black male superhero in Marvel\, 1966\n \n \n Mal Duncan- first bla ck male hero in DC\, became Guardian\, 1970\n \n \n Butterfly- name is Ma rian Michaels \, first black female superhero \, in Hell-rider which becam e public domain. I am thinking maybe I can do this without getting in any trouble[ skywald publications]. 1971\n \n \n Luke Cage- first black super hero in Marvel with their own comic\, 1972\n \n \n Nubia - the first blac k female superhero in DC\, 1973\n \n \n Misty Knight - first black female superhero in Marvel\, 1975\n \n \n Black Lightning- first black superher o in DC with their own comic \, 1977\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n GALLERY OF DEVI ANTART ENTRIES\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n LION MAN- sitting in the audience with a nother in this list\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n LOBO\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\ n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n BLACK PANTHER\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MAL D UNCAN\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n BUTTERFLY\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n LUKE CAGE\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NUBIA\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n MISTY KNIGHT\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n BLACK LIGHTN ING with my original character inspired by him\, the Fulgurantess\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did you know all these characters? Nex t time someone asks you about comics in the USA and they talk about or que stion about Black characters in the earliest times\, please inform them of these gems.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n #blackhistory337  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Monthly Content\, next month another edition of #Black 337 will occur\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/678-kassa-or-the- nomadic-endling-jali-vindicador-p1/\n\n\n\n OR\n\n\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-P1-1309 539768\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260314 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR P1 DTSTAMP:20260314T221139Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:678-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR P1\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JAL I-VINDICADOR-P1-1309539768\n\n\n\n #blackhistory337 #black337 \n\n\n\n CO NTENT\n\n\n\n KASSA\, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR\n\n\n\n from Richard Murray aka @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Prologue\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n Character List\n\n\n\n \n Kassa - Roaming storyteller of the entire Am erican continent\, modern day Canada to modern day Argentina\, the last of many peoples\, continuing a heritage of vengeance\; he rides a lemon-yell ow horse called Tecumseh\; his wife known only as Santana is mysterious\; he stockfon his rifle\, telling stories of his forebears. He is the Son of Yaha side Nili Accita\, born in the chaos of their lives\; his parents fo und each other through the period of the Trail of Tears \, and were in lov e at first sight\; they : found great connection after as two people who a re the endlings to many people\, hold earned distrust of all other peoples of the American Continent\, participated in more legends or folktales tha n any other figures in the American Continent before the nineteen hundreds \, share a heritage born from the mixing of First Peoples side Black Afric ans whether enslaved or free\, are a loving couple who a enjoy having fun and playing with their children and made legends of their lives beginning at the time of the war between the states their son\, Kassa \, sings of. H e is called a Jineteada in southern South America\, Llanero in northern So uth America\, Charrería in Mexico or Central America or Florida\, Wrangle r in the interior states of United States of America.\n \n \n Yaha- fathe r of Kassa. The son of a Black Seminole couple\, loyal to Jonas Caballo\, who were murdered in Florida in the Seminole Wars\; his parents were betra yed by First Peoples\, hounded by Whites whether soldiers or civilians\; h e was raised by Caballo and traveled on the trail of tears. He helped Caba llo settle their people in Nascimento Mexico but then traveled back into t he USA with his wife. He is known as a Vaquero in Florida or Mexico\, Cowb oy or Buckaroo in the interior states of the United States of America.\n \ n \n Nili Accita- mother of Kassa. The daughter of Peewaalia parents\, th e remnants of the ancient Inoka who by the time of the Peewaalia have mixe d with various peoples of Africa\, through former enslaved or enslaved to themselves\, or Europe\, whether French/Spanish/English descent from the t ime of New France onward. The lands of the Inoka are plentiful in lead whi ch was and still is necessary as a material for weapons\, from the French for New France in the English-French war\, commonly called French Indian w ar\, to the War of secession of the British colonies\, to the war of 1812 between USA and UK\, to the Seminole Wars and to the War Between The State s\, and onward. They have ancient knowledge of the land called by some Ill inois country. She is a legendary sniper. She is known as a gunwoman in th e United States of America\, pistolera in Mexico.\n \n\n\n\n Verb List\n\n \n\n \n Kassa- from Kacca of Muscogee word for cougar/panther/puma\n \n \ n Yaha- from Muscogee word for wolf\n \n \n Nili Accita- from Muscogee f or moon blanket\; Nili means moon\, accita means blanket\n \n \n Vindicad or- Spanish/Portuguese form of vindicator\, one who avenges /get revenge/w ants vendetta - vendetta a feud of violence\n \n \n Jali- a word with man y variations in West Africa or in\, referring to a person who is a blend o f storyteller+musician+historian.\n \n \n Endling- meaning last of a kind \n \n \n Nomadic- one who is a nomad\, nomad is one without a static home \n \n \n Jineteada- an equestrian of Argentina/Uruguay/Paraguay/Chile/sou thern states of Brazil.\n \n \n Llanero- meaning from a llano\, a plain\, in Venezuela/Columbia is a horse rider.\n \n \n Charreria- an equestrian of Mexico or Spanish lands circa Central America.\n \n \n Wrangler- a sp ecific horse trainer type cowboy.\n \n \n Vaquero- cowboy in Mexico or Sp anish lands circa Central America\, managing cows\, farmer of livestock.\n \n \n Cowboy- vaquero in the United States of America.\n \n \n Pistoler a- female form of pistolero\, one who wields a gun.\n \n \n Tecumseh- sho oting star in Shawnee\n \n \n Stockfon- fon means to play in Malinke\; st ock means a log\, like the wood used to make the part of a gun that attach es the barrel\, action [loading area]\, or trigger [ firing tool] of a gun .\n \n \n Peewaalia- phonetic spelling of peoria\, the remnant of the Ino ka.\n \n \n Inoka\, the name of the Illinois for themselves.\n \n\n\n\n I NFORMATION LIST\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Short Fiction\n\n\n\n Guy de Maupassant \n\n\n\n Translated by Ernest Boyd\, Storm Jameson\, Jeffery E. Jeffery\, Lafcadio Hearn\, M. Walter Dunne\, Henry C. Olinger\, Albert M. Cohn-McMas ter\, Dora Knowlton Ranous\, Bigelow\, Brown &\; Co.\, Inc.\, and Franc is Steegmuller.\n\n\n\n https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/guy-de-maupassan t/short-fiction/various-translators/text\n\n\n\n A Vendetta\n\n\n\n https: //standardebooks.org/ebooks/guy-de-maupassant/short-fiction/various-transl ators/text/a-vendetta\n\n\n\n epilogues afterwords appendices\n\n\n\n http s://www.writerswrite.co.za/epilogues-afterwords-appendices-whats-the-diffe rence/\n\n\n\n forward preface prologue\n\n\n\n https://www.writerswrite.c o.za/forewords-prefaces-prologues-introductions-whats-the-difference/\n\n\ n\n Tecumseh\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh\n\n\n\n Rifle\ n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle\n\n\n\n Balafon\n\n\n\n https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balafon\n\n\n\n Stock\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Stock_(firearms)\n\n\n\n Haitian Freeing 21 August 1791 – 1 Ja nuary 1804\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution\n\n\n\ n Seminole Wars 1816–1858\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole _Wars\n\n\n\n Trail of Tears 1830–1850\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Trail_of_Tears\n\n\n\n War Between The States April 12\, 1861 – May 26\, 1865\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War\n\n\n\ n French Louisiana and the Mississippi Bubble- a financial collapse\n\n\n\ n https://hnoc.org/virtual-exhibitions/money-money-money/money-and-why-the re-was-never-enough\n\n\n\n lead searching\n\n\n\n https://atnhayseed.blog spot.com/2018/07/grants-of-land-in-upper-louisiana.html\n\n\n\n lead histo ry\n\n\n\n http://www.oldmines.org/history.html\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260313 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wishing Wells Stamp DTSTAMP:20260307T225140Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:672-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Wishi ngwellsstamp-1307071478\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n For the wishing wells challenge\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/even ts/event/665-wishing-wells-challenge-in-color-me-club/\n\n\n\n My example lineart\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/660-preto-liberdade-wish ing-well/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260307 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now: WALL E DTSTAMP:20260306T005251Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:670-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/W ATN-Wall-E-1286566667\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n supporting story\n\n\n\n https:// aalbc.com/tc/events/event/667-silver-inspirations/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260305 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Silver Inspirations DTSTAMP:20260302T204720Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:667-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Story for the Where Are they Now Wall E challenge March 5 th 2026\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Silver-Inspiratio ns-1297071893\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Title: Silver Inspirations\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n A rustic looking couple with a wooden wheel cart filled with old BNL starliner parts is crossing their towns original road\; they see two elder s sitting content\, looking toward them\, the road\, the larger town beami ng positivity\; and they wave. The two elders wave back. And the couple co ntinue onto home.\n\n\n\n Hakim and Harriet\, two silver haired humans wit h chocolate colored skin\, sitting on a stone weathered into a bench after many years\, look on a simple walkway in a farming town on Earth. A blond -haired man with streaks of grey and light buff skin approaches\, his blue eyes watery: \"Grandmother\, grandfather\, are you alright?\" \n\n\n\n H arriet reply\, while Hakim smile: \"We are fine Roncar\, just looking at a ll our children and children's children and more generations\, lovely litt le plants growing happily in this part of home\" \n\n\n\n Hakim adds: \"W e went to where the Axiom landed and saw Wall-E and EVE\" \n\n\n\n Roncar interjected: \"Were they looking at their baby?\" \n\n\n\n Harriet repli ed: \"No\, they have a grandbaby \, very cute and little\, their baby is f ully part of the Earth now... but watching EVE and Wall-E be so attentive to the life or just being happy it is alive reminded us of why we were so inspired \, so many years ago\, to start this town around our compass post \, and sit here to watch it live\" \n\n\n\n Roncar cry: \"Thanks for watc hing us grow\" \n\n\n\n And Hakim taps the sitting stone\, and Roncar sit s next to his grandparents\, watching life continue. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from Richard Murray / @HDdeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Audio version\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/810019771872657408/written-by-r ichard-murray-hddeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardm urrayhumblr/810019771872657408/written-by-richard-murray-hddeviant\n\n\n\n \n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260301 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:It's a Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad March! DTSTAMP:20260302T203920Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:666-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n participate for prizes by march 26th 2026 but open foreve r to challenge oneself\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journa l/It-s-a-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-March-1296319921\n\n\n\n artistic example \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Yaffles-at-Yggr-or-Laugh s-at-Odin-1303027466\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260301 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wishing Wells challenge in color-me-club DTSTAMP:20260302T202246Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:665-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n participate for prizes by march 31st 2026 but open foreve r to challenge oneself\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journa l/Wishing-Wells-1286745083\n\n\n\n artistic example\n\n\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/Preto-Liberdade-Wishing-Well-1304264153\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260301 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Breakout singer from the Babur Tribe and the Regina Rabble DTSTAMP:20260228T204152Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:661-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/809 821403446722560/alien-queen77s-oc-deimyns-morning-blossom-by\n\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/8 09821456024371200?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Breakout singer from the Babur Tribe and the Regina Rabble Regina Rabble are my OC's On thumb Pian o\, the Hopping Twins. On Banjo\, Ser Slim. In the bowl horn\, Loverpuff t he seventh.\n\n\n\n Scene: A singer from the Babur Tribe is singing the th eme song from the old stage hit\, Which Sun Is Fun\, she was invited to si ng by the Regina Rabble who give new female singers a chance to shine. The club is empty as it is very late at night. Saddletear is flying home. But \, Wise Alek loves this new girls singing so much he wants to hop over her head. Edubrer\, ever the good guy\, is staying with Alek to make sure he gets home safe:)\n\n\n\n Coloring page- with either or you can place your image.\n\n\n\n USE LINK ABOVE\n\n\n\n Notes to the Scene Rabble means pack of nonhumans Regina is female form of Rex which menns of a queen The bowl horn uses a special horn which allows the sound\, resonating in the bowl in its water to emit through. Loverpuff plays a shakare on the sand. Male rabbits hop over female rabbits head as a sign of mating. If the female ra bbit doesn't jump herself it is a sign she accepts.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Cha llenge and referral fake collab comic (draw any character from my blog in your style) from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/ black-artist-on-tjambler/post/806921846778937344?source=share\n\n\n\n I ch oose this \, Babur Tribe\, an OC of @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumb lr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/808176317121118208?source =share\n\n\n\n tribeoftheday link\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communiti es/black-artist-on-tjambler?tab=recent&\;tagged=tribeoftheday\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NOTES\n\n\n\n to heritages/instruments/characters: video of Bab ur Tribe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwQkL5ohqYg\n\n\n\n \"Which Sun I s Fun\" the stageplay https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/WHICH-SUN-I S-FUN-1140924741\n\n\n\n Edubrer Rabbit https://www.deviantart.com/hddevia nt/gallery?q=edubrer\n\n\n\n Phillipe Saddletear https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/gallery?q=saddletear\n\n\n\n Wise Alek https://www.deviantart. com/hddeviant/gallery?q=wise+alek\n\n\n\n early banjo https://banjoroots.b logspot.com/2011/05/stedman-creole-bania-look-at-worlds.html\n\n\n\n instr uments https://slaveryimages.org/database/image-result.php?objectid=273\n\ n\n\n \"Musical Instruments of the African Negroes [of Suriname].\" From J ohn Gabriel Stedman's - pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41849012.pdf\ n\n\n\n white spotted pufferfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufferfish_ mating_ritual\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n PRIOR CHALLENGES OF Black Artist of Tumbl r\n\n\n\n Sexy Black Mermaid https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-arti st-on-tjambler/post/781817515543298048/draw-this-in-your-style-lmao?source =share\n\n\n\n Mermaid + Merman https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-a rtist-on-tjambler/post/782958066220023808/concurrently-from-aquasonic?sour ce=share\n\n\n\n for DTIYS mermaid challenge from @nostalgicmermaaiid http s://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/7795086891408 75264?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Deimyn's Morning Blossom https://www .tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/788516389145182208/a lien-queen77s-oc-deimyns-morning-blossom-by?source=share\n\n\n\n Alien-que en77's OC Deimyn's Morning Blossom by RichardMurrayHumblr\n\n\n\n Deimyn's Morning Blossom Colored page DTIYS Challenge page Coloring page I figured Deimyn wakes up in the early morning in her conquerin\n\n\n\n Tumblr\n\n\ n\n for the DTIYS challenge @alien-queen77 https://www.tumblr.com/communit ies/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/784824878525251584?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Goodbye Skype from @richardmurrayhumblr side @outsidethebeautyb ox https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/782953 486245576704/chili-skype-goodbye-chili-is-from?source=share\n\n\n\n Goodby e Skype\n\n\n\n Chili Skype Goodbye Chili is from @outsidethebeautybox Chi li is holding his skype pillow for late night skype sessions and watching his sky\n\n\n\n Tumblr\n\n\n\n for Goodbye SKype Art Trade from @richardmu rrayhumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/pos t/778766776139923456/goodbye-skype-art-trade?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n #blackartistoftumblr#banzaboiieatskilishi#richardmurrayhumbl r#tumblr#hddeviant#deviantart#richardmurray#rmaalbc#aalbc#kobo#kwl#dtiys#a lien-queen77#outsidethebeautybox#nostalgicmermaaiid\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Preto Liberdade Wishing Well DTSTAMP:20260228T203659Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:660-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/hddeviant/art/Preto-Liberdade-Wishing-Well-1304264153\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Preto Liberdade Wishing Well\n\n\n\n The Wishing Well in Preto Liberdade. You can see the hotel where a couple with a time trave ling element had a fateful dinner. The grand Elevador Oshun\, curling abou t the elevation of the island\; it is covered in copper. It has graffiti o n the side representing Krapa Musuyidee as a coin of cleansing from the an cestors plus the honey blood of Oshun which spells luck. A woman bakes a p ie and a man flies a paper airplane. An art work representing the mermaid of the well hangs on a wall. What will the plane write in the sky?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n for the Wishing Wells challenge in @color-me-club\n\n\n\n ?com ing march 1st\n\n\n\n Inspired by the following\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/art/A-JOURNEY-TO-A-FIRST-TIME-1015930061\n\n\n\n relate d illustration\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/New-Chapte r-image-1015927848\n\n\n\n Inks Gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com /hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n If you like my wo rk\, I do coloring page commissions\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdd eviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n Literature Gallery\ n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or- poetry\n\n\n\n Stageplay Gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevi ant/gallery/87407046/the-theater\n\n\n\n Jiausiku\n\n\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/hddeviant/gallery/90812819/jiausiku-2024\n\n\n\n Tip Jar\, it i s always a season to tip\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier /Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NOTES:\n\n\n\n About Wi shing Wells\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishing_well\n\n\n\n Ele vador Lacerda created in the 1800s\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E levador_Lacerda\n\n\n\n Bailong Elevator tallest elevator in the world\n\n \n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailong_Elevator\n\n\n\n Adinkira symbo ls\n\n\n\n https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/#gsc.tab=0\n\n\n\n braille\n\n\n \n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #wishingwell # wishingwells #hddeviant #colormeclub #richardmurray #kobo #kwl #richardmur rayhumblr #tumblr #coloringpage #lineart\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yaffles at Yggr or Laughs at Odin 02242026 DTSTAMP:20260225T181311Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:659-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Yolk Yolk Yolk yclept Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n Yean Yean Yean yc lept Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Yadda Yadda Yadda yahs Yob Yaffingales\ n\n\n\n Yuan Yuan Yuan yclept Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n Ye Ye Ye yeas Yob Yaffinga les\n\n\n\n Yo-mo Yo-mo Yo-mo yclept Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n Yo-ho Yo-ho Yo-ho y odels Yob Yaffingales\n\n\n\n Yank Yank Yank yclept Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n Yep Yep Yep yawns Yob Yaffingales\n\n\n\n Yield Yield Yield yclept Yggdrasil\n \n\n\n Yester Yester Yester yets Yob Yaffingales\n\n\n\n Yon Yon Yon yclep t Yggdrasil\n\n\n\n Yard Yard Yard yums Yob Yaffingales\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from @HDdeviant / Richard Murray\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/hddeviant/art/Yaffles-at-Yggr-or-Laughs-at-Odin-1303027466\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Mad Lemniscate March poem\n\n\n\n Poem's Story\n\n\n\n Yggdrasi l\, calls on the morning and then calls forth young woodpeckers. After a t ime\, the young birds come grudgingly\, tired of being called again and ag ain for the tedious preening of Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil tell them to circle a bout it. They tell it they know what to do. Yggdrasil tells the young bird s to put more effort. The young birds say they are going to do it. Yggdras il tells them to pull. And the young birds do but are tired. Yggdrasil tel ls the birds it is time to stop. The young birds say finally we can contin ue another time. Yggdrasil tells the birds to go back home. The birds say they will happily.\n\n\n\n WORDS LIST:\n\n\n\n Yggdrasil{ig-druh-sil\; ig as in big \, sil as in silly}- Yggr{igər}/Odin/The terrifying one + drasi l or Odin's Horse [ ancient tree in Norse mythology connecting all element s of existence ]\n\n\n\n Yaffingale{ya-fin-gale\; fin as fishfin \, gale a s in gail }- Yaffin+ gale or Yaffin + song \; Yaffin is from Yaffle \, the name of the European Green Woodpecker's laughing call [ the European Gree n Woodpecker ]\n\n\n\n Yolk{joʊk}- yellow of egg\, like the sun\n\n\n\n Y clept{iˈklept }- to summon\n\n\n\n Yean{yēn \; ē is long e}- bring fort h\n\n\n\n Yadda{yɑdə\; ə is miniscule or short e}- repetition\n\n\n\n Y ah{jɑ}- a yes referring suggesting defiance\n\n\n\n Yob{yäb}- a youth/yo ung\n\n\n\n Yuan {yo͞oˈän}- round\, coin [Chinese word]\n\n\n\n Ye{yē} -you\n\n\n\n Yea{yā\; ā is long a}- affirming yes\n\n\n\n Yo{yō}- effor t\n\n\n\n mo{mō}- short for more\n\n\n\n ho{hō}- departure or leaving as in sailrs for work\n\n\n\n Yodel{yōd(ə)l}- singing style \,fluctuations are strong\n\n\n\n Yank{yaNGk}- pull or jerk\n\n\n\n Yep{yep}- a yes\, ne utral or disbelieving\n\n\n\n Yawn{jɔːn\; yän}- to gape the mouth wide\ n\n\n\n Yield{yēld}- reward or pay for not modern surrender\n\n\n\n Yeste r{jɛstə}- other whether future or past\, not the modern next\n\n\n\n Yet {yɛt}- till now or at last\n\n\n\n Yon{yän}- something over there\n\n\n\ n Yard{yärd}- enclosure r home\, can be a garden\n\n\n\n Yum{yəm}- yes o f pleasure\n\n\n\n For the It's a Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad\, Mad March! by @HDdeviant developed by @WritingDD2R\n\n\n\n ?Challenge arrives MArch 1st in @CRLiterature\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Poetry Gallery\n\n\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/84827787/poetry\n\n\n\n Crliterature Con tent\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/97552463/crliter ature-content\n\n\n\n My Tip Jar for it is always a season to tip\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n \n\n\n #madlemniscatemarch #hddeviant #deviantart #crliterature #richardmu rray #kobo #kwl #rmaalbc #aalbc #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n NOTES \n\n\n\n European green woodpecker\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E uropean_green_woodpecker\n\n\n\n Yaffle comes from laugh of the green wood pecker \, Professor Yaffle in the the show Bagpuss is a yaffingale\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_green_woodpecker#In_culture [ http s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss ] \n\n\n\n Woodpecker cider\n\n\n\n htt ps://www.woodpeckercider.co.uk/ [ referral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W oodpecker_Cider ] \n\n\n\n Woodpecker Cider from Bulmers song\n\n\n\n Why do we drink Bulmers Woodpecker Cider?\n\n\n\n Yeah\, It's got a kick to i t!\n\n\n\n Yeah\, It's got a lick! to it!\n\n\n\n Wood-peck-e-r Cider\n\n\ n\n That's right\n\n\n\n It's got a kick to it!\n\n\n\n That's right\n\n\n \n It's got a lick\, to it!\n\n\n\n Wood-peck-e-r Cider\n\n\n\n https://yo utu.be/V0xyaiBGupM?si=tfj9dRAhUyaTjPdP\n\n\n\n Flag of Marche\n\n\n\n http s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Marche\n\n\n\n The infinite symbol is ca lled a lemniscate\, or ribbon\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemnis cate\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260224 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 DTSTAMP:20260218T135737Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:656-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Black -History-Month-Chinese-New-Year-2026-1300249299\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\ n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 \n\n\n\n While honoring Black history\, let's celebrate the Lunar New Year \, which originates from China.\n\n\n\n For Lunar new year\,\n\n\n\n To yo ur family\, people you love whom love you\, say\n\n\n\n Xīnnián h ǎo\" (新年好) which means 'New Year Goodness' in a series the symbols mean: new year good\n\n\n\n To strangers or those you do not love\, say\n\ n\n\n \"Xīnnián kuàilè\" (新年快乐)\, which means 'New Year happin ess' in a series the symbols mean: New Year Fast Joy\n\n\n\n As it is the year of the horse\, the symbol for horse is 马 transliterates to \"ma\" . Notice how similar it is to the symbol for question mark 吗 which is als o pronounced \"ma\". The horse is a beloved creature in China \, from the Manchurians to Mongols above them. China's capitol has been from its north most of its history where the people of the hills or steppe are one with the horse.\n\n\n\n The phrase 你好吗 or Ni-Hao-Ma can be interpreted as \"You Good?\"\n\n\n\n 你 = ni 好-hao 吗-ma\n\n\n\n If you know your Wu Xing (五行) \, the five elements : wood/fire/earth/metal/water \, then you know this is the year of a Fire Horse.\n\n\n\n The Fire Horse\n\n\n\n The Fire Horse is a significant element in the Chinese zodiac\, representi ng a rare combination that occurs only once every 60 years. The Year of th e Fire Horse begins on February 17\, 2026\, and is associated with qualiti es such as freedom\, enthusiasm\, intelligence\, and a strong drive for mo vement and progress. People born under this sign are often described as so cial\, adventurous\, and self-directed\, but they can also be prone to imp atience or impulsive decisions. The fire element amplifies the horse's nat ural dynamism\, making this zodiac sign particularly magnetic and high-ene rgy.\n\n\n\n The horse is known for : freedom\, enthusiasm\, intelligence\ , and a strong drive for movement and progress.\n\n\n\n Fire enhances all signs with: visibility\, passion\, momentum\, and transformation.\n\n\n\n Firemares!\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWpi-5TjFQ\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Now where does Black history and China blend?\n\n\n\n From my own research \, look at INFORMATION REFERRALS below\, the earliest historical figure is an Empress Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n \, from the Jin dynasty [ 266–4 20 AD ] the earliest mythological figure I can discern that is Kunlun or B lack is Mole \, a negrito person enslaved\, written in the Tang Dynasty [ 618–690\, 705–907 ] now I found out that chinese historians had sugges ted the Kunlun were described at the time of the Tang from what in moderni ty is called Cambodia or Vietnam\, which have Negritos in them. What you h ave to comprehend is that many from modern day India or China have migrate d into southeast asia\, leading to changes in the appearance of people in those regions as well as making new heritages. So with that I said\, let's see Mimada in the Jin Dynasty\, an assistant to the Empress Li Lingrong. Her shanqun has : a yellow/brown with spots/purple striped qun/skirt\, a b lack weichang/apron like on the skirt\, a champagne pink duijin/collar\, a cherry blossom pink shan or ru/jacket or coat\, a silver chanshan/shirt w ith Mimada in chinese symbols [pronounced Chu Tau]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Colo ring pages gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47 013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n Do you want a Coloring page made by me for your own use? Use the following link\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n Mimada Galler y\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=mimada\n\n\n\n Mi mada elsewhere\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/favourites?q=m imada\n\n\n\n #mimada #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #kunlun #fire #horse # 新年快乐 #2026 #coloringpage #blackhistory #hddeviant #deviantart #ric hardmurray #aalbc #rmaalbc #Kobo #kwl #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n INFORMATION REFERRALS\n\n\n\n early story of an indigenous bla ck Asian\, commonly called negrito today\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Kunlun_Nu\n\n\n\n It takes place during the Dali reign era (766-80) o f Emperor Daizong of Tang and follows the tale of a young man named Cui wh o enlists the aid of Mole\, his negrito slave\, to help free his beloved w ho was forced to join a court official's harem. At midnight\, Mole kills t he guard dogs around the compound and carries Cui on his back while easily jumping to the tops of walls and bounding from roof to roof. With the lov ers reunited\, Mole leaps over ten tall walls with both of them on his bac k. Cui and his beloved are able to live happily together in peace because the official believes that she was kidnapped by youxia warriors and does n ot want to make trouble for himself by pursuing them. However\, two years later\, one of the official's attendants sees the girl in the city and rep orts this. The official arrests Cui and\, once he hears the entire story\, sends men to capture the negrito slave. But Mole escapes with his dagger (apparently his only possession) and flies over the city walls in order to escape apprehension. He is seen over ten years later selling medicine in the city Luoyang\, not having aged a single day.\n\n\n\n A study of Blacks in Africa\n\n\n\n https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp122_chinese_afric a.pdf\n\n\n\n excerpt\n\n\n\n The lin shu \"it. (History of the Jin) descr ibes Empress Li\, a concubine of\n\n\n\n Emperor Xiao Wuwen (373-397): \". ..She was tall and her coloring was black. All the\n\n\n\n people in the p alace used to call her Kunlun.\" Was the term kunlun synonymous with\n\n\n \n dark skin? This anecdote comes from a history of the Jin dynasty (265-4 20)\, before\n\n\n\n African slaves had been imported into China and befor e the Chinese had made significant\n\n\n\n contacts with Southeast Asian c ountries. So when and why did the term kunlun take on\n\n\n\n this meaning ?\n\n\n\n excerpt\n\n\n\n The meanings ofthe word kunlun expanded during t he Tang to include the races\,\n\n\n\n countries\, and languages of Southe ast Asia. The Former Tang History describes the\n\n\n\n homeland ofthe kun lun people: \"The people living to the south of Linyi [present-day\n\n\n\n Vietnam] have curly hair and black bodies and are commonly called Kunlun. The\n\n\n\n description of the country of Zhenla (present-day Cambodia) a lso includes\n\n\n\n information on the kunlun: ~'The country of Zhenla is northwest of Linyi. It was\n\n\n\n originally a dependent of Funan. It is of the kunlun type. This appears to be the\n\n\n\n earliest Chinese indic ation of the kunlun as a racial group with a specific homeland.\n\n\n\n Re ferral\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Nu_people#Taiping_Guan gji\n\n\n\n Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Lingrong\ n\n\n\n Emperor Jianwen of Jin \, husband of Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jianwen_of_Jin\n\n\n\n Emperor Xiao Wuwen (37 3-397) son of Li Longrong\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xi aowu_of_Jin\n\n\n\n Tang fashion for women\n\n\n\n https://totallyhistory. com/tang-dynasty-clothing/\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_f ashion_in_ancient_China\n\n\n\n https://www.newhanfu.com/3116.html\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Jin fashion\n\n\n\n https://www.interactchina.com/blog/fashion-t imeline-of-chinese-women-clothing-/\n\n\n\n Batek People\n\n\n\n https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batek_people#\n\n\n\n image\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Batek_people#/media/File:Keluarga_suku_Bateq_167.jpg\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Clothing elements\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruqun\n\n \n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru_(upper_garment)\n\n\n\n https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Qixiong_ruqun\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02192026\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1300249299/526 7069631\n\n\n\n SpaceScholar\n\n\n\n  commented on Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 .19 mins ago\n\n\n\n Nice Jin Dynasty hanfu! Hanfu doesn't get enough attention in my opinion. The account of Empress Li was written in the Tang Dynasty\, and the text contains many anachronisms and inaccuracies with no contemporary evidence for her {though if she did inde ed exist\, I do doubt she was 'African'\, an the surrounding context impli es she was a local Chinese person}. However\, I find it useful for another reason- during the Tang\, the Kunlun- if you'll pardon the phrase- 'magic al negrito' was a popular trope\, and with the supernatural aspects attach ed to the account of Empress Li\, it was a familiar thing to put in this h istorical account as it would've been familiar in the popular literature o f the time. It's a fascinating reflection of the times!😉\n\n\n\n HDdevi ant\n\n\n\n just now\n\n\n\n Well\, the long shirt \, qibao \, meets the m odern fashion trends better than ensemble dresses like a shanqun. Yeah\, t he biggest issue is a lack of imagery. I tried to find an image of her son or grandson but I was unable\, that would give at least some notion. And that is why I used her for Black history. Black doesn't equal African in t he same way White doesn't equal European. African / Asian/ European / Amer ican are geographic designations. Each geography has black or white people s. If you look at the eskimo they have a white skin. If you look at the ar awak northern south america\, they have a black skin. In the same way the Mongolian peoples are asian\, but have a white skin. the BAtek \, in moder n vietnam have a black skin. Part of my purpose in this was publicizing my own personal views towards Black peoples. I am a Black person and I am of African descent. But\, too many peoples\, non blacks + blacks\, miscompre hend Black equaling African. The Aborigine of modern australia\, the indig enous sri lankans at the tip of the indian subcontinent\, they are not afr icans\, but they are black. And in asia + africa\, when you look at the in tersection of where northern peoples victorious in war interacted with sou thern peoples you see the mixed/arab/mulato/pardo/brown people. The wealth y people of Egypt/Sri Lanka/Indonesia/Malaysia/Morocco/Iraq are all whiter \, the majority of the peoples\,usually poor\, are blacker. That proves my point. you see this in south africa\, who are the coloreds? That is why I implied native black asian peoples\, not black africans.\n\n\n\n Yes\, co mmonly accepted media interpretations\, commonly called tropes/turns\, exi st. . No need to be pardoned. As a writer I don't create magical negritos to save the non negrito. In the same way Italians hate the mafioso trope. Blond haired white women hate the dumb blond trope. All peoples have negat ive tropes in literature. The key I argue is for any person who feels insu lted by a trope not to buy into that trope in their own creations. I can't tell or demand someone else what to do but I can control my own art. But I also feel the trope of the vile white slaver\, which was well known in t he late 1800s in the usa is also allowable. Do you get my point?\n\n\n\n S he is interesting. It is too bad I couldn't find an illustration\, I know china from its earliest times was illustrative so maybe somewhere is an il lustration that can make the history clear to her identity. But I think ev en if the empress is false in being described as Kunlun\, I can believe in the harem of the chinese emperor \, who was able to get women from mongol ia\, india\, japan\, that a Kunlun woman from south of china was in there. and if not the emperor\, there has to be Kunlun's in southern china simpl y by proximity. And as you say the popularity of the art form\, proves Kun lun's were known. It is like Othello. Yes\, the fiscally common person in england didn't see a black person on average. But all the wealthy people 1 00% knew Black people were real in seeing one or in illustrated books. ... Thanks for the dialog Happy to have it.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02202026\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/13002 49299/5267135978\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SpaceScholar\n\n\n\n Yesterday\n\n\n\n I see. Thanks for explaining your definition of 'black'\, as in skin tone \, and it does make sense. My only critiques of it would be by what standa rd of white/black do you go by? How dark does a person have to be to be bl ack or light to be white? My only other issue with it is these various 'bl ack' peoples have no genetic\, cultural or linguistic ties to each other s o it seems to be a mere physical descriptor. As for the class divisions in various places like Sri Lanka\, Egypt\, southeast Asia and such\, I perso nally wouldn't call these peoples 'white' for the same reason. Africans an d their descendants overseas themselves have various shades of skin- so wo uld that make some of them \"whiter\" than others? Perhaps white/black cou ld be see as a spectrum rather than a hard line binary with degrees within individuals.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n There's no nee to reply- I hope I didn't offend you. I was just curious and wanted to share my own thoughts on the matter. It's interesting either way.\n\n\n\n HDdeviant\n\n\n\n just now\n\ n\n\n My pleasure\, black is a phenotypical designation\, a phenotypical r ace. That is why it isn't cultural or linguistic. In the same way African\ , is many cultures or languages\, they are not linked. Iran and Japan are all on the asiatic continental shelf yet are they culturally or linguistic ally alike? they are both asian from a geographic perspective.\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n So to answer the question underneath the ones you asked\, the crit iques/judgements you gave\, my definitions of black or white or similar ph enotypical groupings or races are not mandatory for any other to prescribe to though i know some other humans besides me do and some other humans do n't. Viewing race isn't meant to be a science/something known. Race since the earliest humans who lived by traveling with the seasons\, differed the mselves by their mere groupings\, are all perceptions/ways of groups of hu mans to organize as they see fit\, for better or worse. They can be negati vely or positively biased. Can be enforced as a heritage/something carried in the home or through the whip. Can be made as a culture/something grown in a similar way. Can be considerate to all humans. Trying to make any ra cial system outside genetic ones is always open to interpretation. I resta te\, outside genetic labels[human/male/female/child of/parent of]\, any ot her labeling: black/white/european/asian/old/young/christian/muslim/ and t he many others are all defineable to each human in humanity \, can be adhe red to by many\, millions\, but it doesn't mean it has to be adhered to by all. It doesn't mean the lone person with another definition is wrong.\n\ n\n\n People who don't view Turks as Europeans. People who don't view fift y year olds as old. No need exist to convince either way. I have never bee n to china\, don't speak chinese\, don't have the most common appearance o f a chinese male. but if I go to china and say I am chinese now. Many will say I am not\, you will say I am not\, and give various reasons\, all bas ed on a definition to being chinese that I do not fit\, but that doesn't r eally matter. What matters is me. Maybe in ten years others you call chine se say I am chinese too. Does it mean those who say I am not chinese are w rong? no. The lesson is comprehend various racial schema\, as you did to m y and others definition of black. And whether you embrace a racial schema or not\, that is your choice at any time\, but all your choice. In india t oday\, cause I know people personally from india\, some humans believe tha t some other humans are of a race whose shadow can not be touched. Do I ut ilize said racial caste schema in india? no. Do my Indian friends? no. But I comprehend the racial schema.The people in india who believe that I am not going to try and regale from it. Nor do I think they need to change th eir mind. They will or will not change their mind when they are ready. Wha t matters is I choose to not use said racial schema\, while I accept other s doing likewise or other.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I apologize if I seemed to s uggest a hardline\, black or white or other phenotypical labels like mixed or colored are phenotypical ranges.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n All human beings h ave a genetic ties\, ala genus and species\, genetic races\, which are als o physical descriptors\, more internal than external\, not of appearance b ut of the cellular makeup. but genetic description is physical. not cultur al or heritagewise or linguistic.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ... Modern humanity h as a problem\, the technology of communication is so potent\, all human be ings know humanity is a racially complex species. But very few humans are used to living offline in a highly multiracial environment. I am from NYC\ , it is an ugly city in many ways\, arguably most\, but NYC has beauty as well\, beauty in many ways\, and one of the beautiful things about NYC is if you live in this city and engage in its street life\, be amongst its pe ople\, who come from all over the world literally\, you become accustomed to the other\, the stranger. I didn't say befriend or hate or love or disl ike\, but become accustomed/gain the habit of living by. The problem for s o much discourse online is offline\, most humans come from small towns or monoracial communities where everyone fits into one racial category. and s o they are not accustomed to the other\, the stranger\, the foreigner\, th e immigrant\, the migrant\, and online they express their discomfort with what they are not accustomed too\, a negativity in various levels of inten sity.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I am accustomed offline to talking about many top ics\, in a wide range \, but civilly. I think we did well\n\n\n\n Always b e creating!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02202026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1300249299/5267227904\n\n\n\n Spac eScholar\n\n\n\n 6 hours ago\n\n\n\n Thank you for elaborating! You made a good point about genetics being an internal physical descriptor. Still\, I personally wouldn't describe dark skinned peoples as all 'black' or ligh ter peoples 'white'. But I really liked that you made clear that your defi nition of 'black' is your own\, and not meant to be anyone elses. and you don't expect others to abide by it'. Civil discourse online is something l acking these days.\n\n\n\n Badge Awards\n\n\n\n HDdeviant\n\n\n\n just now \n\n\n\n my pleasure\, I admit it is easy for me to be this way cause I wa s raised this way. I have seen offline many people who were not raised by their parents to speak distinctly between truth and opinion. A mistake too many parents make. ... to your last sentence\, I wish to defend humanity ... I think the world offline is treated unevenly by many of us today\, in circa 2026. It is 2026\, but in the year 1926\, what was humanity at that moment? Did it make the earth an environment of peace? no. Was it an exam ple of family/loving ones en masse? no. Most in humanity in 1926 were cont rolled/enslaved/abused by one part of humanity\, that part being people of white european descent who forced all others to speak a tongue of western europe\, be christian\, abide by books written by those of white european descent absent consideration to any other peoples. Those who were not for ced were usually killed\, ala the native american in the usa. I argue civi l discourse \, throughout all humanity\, was far less present in 1926 than 2026. And leading to today\, how many wars occurred in humanity? Not just the wars that get tons of movies like the commonly called in english Worl d War two. But wars like the sino-indian war\, [I don't know what it is ca lled in china or india]between china and india over kashmir and tibet. No two may concur on the purpose or value of any war\, but one thing everyone knows \, wars are not civil discourse\, and humanity spent the entirety o f the 1900s in alot of wars. So the internet when it was started was confi ned to mostly the usa populace\, and various fiscally wealthy or universit ies about humanity. but as the internet has expanded its reach\, the large r truth of humanity's discourse offline has become reality online. I argue \, discourse online is merely matching the discourse offline because the i nternet is able to reach more than in its earlier days. The good news is t hat the internet is so large today \, anyone using it can find enclaves of civil discourse if they want it as you and I both show. The pertinent que stion is how can the majority in humanity offline + online have civil disc ourse? I don't know any guarantee to that destination.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mardi Gras GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T115933Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:354-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mardi Gras is 47 days before Easter\, since Easter can be from March 22nd to April 25th \, Mardi Grad can be from February 3rd to M arch 9th. \n\n\n\n \n Mardi Gras is February 25th in the year 2020. I as k you to make a journal of your day in New Orleans during mardi using ph otos from wherever you like to paruse  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 1 :  ht tps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-ne ws-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=885  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 : ht tps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-ne ws-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=886  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1 \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ba-bedee-debede-doo Bonjou Nouveau Orleans\, I have re turned. The morning is bright or magical\, as I step from the shore into t he city. The sound of horns audible even from this distance. I wonder if a nyone will remember when I was here last. If anyone will remember what I d id. Well\, I have to step forward to find out. Just follow the sounds\, as they get deeper. ba-bedee-debede-doo-boo-badoboop-ba Some people are cele brating\, and I see a krewe coming like a grass from a storm. Suddenly a w oman pops out.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n She is on a mobile float like a little isl and\, floating between the streets. A lovely glaze from her skin is given no interference from the sunlight\, the latter choosing to shine away rath er than muddy her complexion with its cloudy difference. I am in new orlea ns. I wonder if I can get to the old bar\, I wonder if it will be there. I awe at the spirit bird going away on her magical island\, like all the ot her men\, and as the island turns\, I turn back onto the road north\, to t he Treme\, to the storyville\, to my old grounds.  \n\n I wonder about th e families of my friends and I\, what happened from then to now. Could our stories have ended? I see\, a family dressed up.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n I Wa nt to ask them their names\, one looks familiar\, but I see no men. It is ungentlemanly to speak to women unaccompanied. They may take great offense . so\, I decide to keep it moving\, let’s not get startled.\n\n In my po cket is an old daguerreotype. I take it out and shed a tear.  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n Suddenly the beautiful collage of horns is no longer interesting. A ll I can recall are the chants of yore\, when instruments were too expensi ve\, when the priestesses still roamed the noir streets of the city. Gens de magique femme . I am amazed it survived the passage through time but I hope it will not be a memory discontinued.  \n\n It takes hours to get ba ck to my home\, ici le tempeste\, no longer here\, nowhere\, I remember wh en a storm passed through the city. Everyone’s shanty was destroyed but mine\, mine remained\, mine survived the storm. But that is cause it was a storm itself\, shaking uncontrollably absent proper supports\, leaking wi ldly absent a proper roof\, a collisions of sounds\, made it an orchestra for any who lived in it for any time. It taught me more than any human eve r could about sound. I see this small storefront where its porch stood and go to it. The cover over the window has a small gap and i see a woman dan cing inside.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n An angel\, like the one on the floating isla nd before\, but this one is in a room of cotton\, gently cushioning her ev ery move. Her face… her face look like my fofo\,  I love her most of al l. I wish the ancestors allowed me to take her too. I need to speak to thi s woman. I go inside\, the woman pays me no mind\, entranced in her own ro utine. I ask her\, can she tell me where to find the descendants of Madame Fofo\, my fofo. She does a pirouette and stops facing me. She seems start led by my old-style clothes\, the first in these future times\, but tells me to go to a party at the beach\, where her cousin is. She is the best hi storian she knows.\n\n So\, I travel back out and go back from whence I ca me\, back to the waters about my city\, back to the waters that can take y ou anywhere. And\, a party existed where I stepped out of. People drinking \, partying\, listening to music. I recall the description of the cotton a ngel and look about\, even get a free sausage from finely ground meat that is put in between a fluffy bread shaped similar. I imagine to myself\, i may never find the historian but then I notice a woman from afar who may b e her. I keep walking toward and I am certain she fit the description. I f ace the potential historian standing next to her friend I assume. The frie nd\, like an Incan princess\, notice me first and realize my stare. I appr oach and the historian turns to me.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n I ask the historian h er name and it matches what the cotton angel told me. I explain to her I a m looking for Madame Fofo\, my fofo. The historian looks to me in disbelie f\, and pulls a letter out of her pocket\, telling me she found it in the archives and keep it for inspiration. She tells me\, to read it.  \n\n I read the letter and it says: Mon amour\, mon corniste\, mon Tontton\, j'ai fait ce dont tu avais besoin. J'espère que vous trouverez notre avenir sûr. Je veux vous demander\, vous dire\, beaucoup de choses. Mais\, je ne peux même pas savoir si vous lirez ceci. En l'état\, je dirai ce que vo us devez entendre. Où est ta corne? C'est là que nous nous sommes embra ssés pour la première fois. la touche tape sur la perle blanche. La mél odie que nous avons faite ensemble.\n\n I comprehend instantly\, hand the letter back to the young lady and go to Bienville street\, and to where we kissed for the first time. The lamp is still there and I see at the base the bumpy surface and a white bump exists. Then I tap on the it with my sh oe. ba-bedee-debede-doo-boo-badoboop-ba-ba-badoboop-badoboop-bedee-debede- bedee-debede and a latch open. My horn! I play our melody on our horn and I can see it is all worth it\, as the world reverse before my eyes\, like an old movie\, Bienville street is going to the way it was in the past.\n\ n\n\n \n\n\n\n Past I do not know\, but past looking closer to my own. Now I know it is worth it\, now I know I was right to risk this. The priestes s said the Cardinal’s spell on our child needed someone to risk their li fe\, where only love can succeed. I trusted in my Fofo and she trusted in me\, and I am coming back. Better keep playing my horn. ba-bedee-debede-do o-boo-badoboop-ba-ba-badoboop-badoboop-bedee-debede-bedee-debede and on an d on and on\, I see her. STOP! It is the evening\, and My Fofo run to me\, and embrace me. But she isn’t alone\, someone is in a carriage next to her. Someone who look a little like us both.  Ancestres!  \n\n “Mon am our\, voici notre fils. L'annee est” I kiss my wife. I do not need to kn ow that. We have all the time in the world.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n I am walking alone\, far from bourbon street. Far from the sound of beads hitting bare breast\, drunken stammers acapella through th e krewes horns\, just a man alone with the moonlight looking down upon me. I see a small shop\, too small to have a sign\, only the merchandise in t he window provide any clue to the innards. Nothing particular I notice: ma sks/cloaks/old horns with stories to tell. But wait\, a small figurine cat ch my eye. A simple figurine ready for Mardi Gras in an appropriate outfit .\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n I hear a sound in my ear as I look upon the figurine. B ut I cannot decipher it. \"venez ici\": I hear clear while subtely. I shak e my head wondering why I am hearing french. \"come here\": I comprehend b ut I do not know from who. Again\, the voice repeat and I notice my attent ion to the figurine. She is not moving\, she does not seem mechanical\, an d yet I seem to know the voice is from here. I enter the shop. \"Bonjour\" : is the shopkeeper courtesy. I am surprised he think I know a lick of fre nch. I ask about the figurine in the window. He say\, she is very old\, ma de for a gens de colour libre woman. I ask him the price\, a gentle fiftee n dollars. I accept\, and he gathers the figurine and place her in a box w ith bubble pop for cushion. I leave thinking\, I have no wife or daughter and I am getting a cute figurine. Well\, at least I can tell people she is old. \"trouver ma peinture\": I sense from the figurine but I keep on wal king. \"find my painting!\": and I face the unchanged figurine\, holding i t high above my head\, and ask a silly question: \"where is your painting? \" I wait but no reply. I continue to walk finally satisfied this nocturna l magic is finished with me. \"North roman entre Beinville et Iberville\" I recall the two streets\, I think I know where she mean. I take out my ma p and recall I passed that location and I begin to walk there. My companio n stay muted even as I approach the methodist church at the locale. I look down to the figurine and wonder if this is alright. A light is on\, insid e. I walk to the door and knock. A cleaning man open the door. \"Why aren\ ": he stop speaking and seem in a daze. I wave my hand in his face. No cha nge. I decide to go inside foolishly\, not knowing if the magic I did not use will come again if more strangers find a stranger in their church. But I look about the nave or the walls and see no painting. I look behind a c olumn and see her.\n\n \n\n\n\n Somehow I know the figurine is happy. But then a question occur to me. This painting is you. I thought you were give n to a gens de colour libre girl\, not that you are a gens de colour libre woman. The painting then wink at me. I look up and she speak. \"Bon soir anglo\, I... need your help\": she speak simply. I ask her\, what can I do to help you. \"You need to face the woman who did this to me and then fac e me to her\, i can do the rest\": she speak surely. I have many doubts. \ "Whomever did this to you is way beyond me\, I am no sorcerer\": I say esc apingly. \"Y do not need to know how to wield the magic\, just know I need your actions to aidez moi... and the woman in question is located in La F ourche\, you will find here where three tree intertwine\": and then the pa inting became still. I look at the figurine and nothing. I go to the door of the church and the cleaning man is still quiet\, so I slip past him and close the door behind me. It can be unwise walking around new orleans or around cajun country at night\, even during mardi gras but I figure the fi gurine will help. I buy a sandwich from a local deli and a pack of cigaret tes. I eat while I walk\, figurine safely in her box\, and I keep walking. By the time I get to La fourche I am smoking cigarettes. A car with a con federate sign\, fill to the rim with white men who are looking at me\, dri ve but do not stop. I know I need to make this quick. I go by homes\, some literally at the river edge\, and look for the three entwined tree. I hea r a scream. I see a man violently moving and decide to hide behind a bush. I creep near the window and see a dangerous sight.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n I loo k down at the figurine and wonder if this little magic will not get me kil led. \"Sud\, sud!\": I hear in my head. Clearly my wavering got the attent ion to my master. I leave the scene\, and hope I can find this tree before I end up in a horror movie. I walk south and finally I see the tree. But no one else is there. \"Speak these words anglo...Je te donne mon cœur\, tu me donnes un objectif\, personne ne doit le savoir\": the figurine spea k hurriedly in my soul. I am hesitant but finally I decide\, all well what the hell. And\, after speaking the words\, nothing. \"PUT ME AWAY QUICK\" : the figurine speak\, I can hear her ceramic heart beating\, the black pr iestess soul underneath determined. Suddenly\, a half of a mask appear on one side of the three twined tree. The eye behind one half of the mask see m to be a fluid blue. I hear a loud sniff. and\, a woman appear from behin d the tree.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n A forked tongue hiss whisper from the mask: \ "You are pretty fonce to be down here\, anglo...now what is your goal\, if your coeur is not heavy enough\, I get the rest of the deal\". I reply fi rmly: \"alright ma'am\, though I already gave my heart to another\, though I cannot comprehend exactly why\": and I pull out the figurine quickly\, facing the masked woman straight away. A hiss is heard from all angles and I hear the figurine in my head:\"Vous devez m'avoir oublié\, imbécile. Joséphine vous l'a toujours dit\, pour faire attention aux vieux sorts qu e vous lancez.\" The masked woman\, writhing\, spit out in french:\"Anacao na\, mais je connais le sang de ta famille\, tu n'avais pas de descendants \, pas de clan pour t'entendre.\" The figurine spoke again:\"Imbecillia\, vous avez oublié que le membre du clan peut avoir n'importe quelle distan ce\, et l'esclavage de votre côté de notre famille a profité d'éclats faits dans mon clan il y a longtemps.\" And\, a flash. Something knocked m e down but someone not present helped me up. \"LEve! anglo\, leve!\": said a woman\, a black woman in the gown from the tree woman. Her hair pure wh ite. She kneeled down and looked at a figurine on the ground. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n Suddenly\, I realized where is my fifteen-dollar figurine. I hear a giggle from the stranger masked woman:\"it is me\, the figurine\" I am am azed. And then I realize the figurine on the ground is the woman formerly behind the mask. My figurine\, pick up her nemesis\, and say:\"retourne\, go back to new orleans\, and thank you\". My honesty perk up. I did not do anything. She smile and say:\"This magic was not really of spells but cir cumstance\, will a descendent of mine find me\, me living in a porcelain f igurine in a small shop in new orleans\, but you found me\, pure chance an d that was the magic that tipped the scales\, no spells\, no incantations\ ". I stand up and offer a hand\, and I notice her hand has age. \"aucun pr oblem anglo\, I have been dormir a while\": she lift up and give me a hug and continue:\" I will be alright\, I think I know where I can help myself around here\, and I thank you for that\". Before I can speak\, a sole hor n player\, standing aside a wall is playing\, while the rest of bourbon is empty. It is very late. I think to go back to the three entwined tree\, b ut I am tired\, and I need to get rest. For some reason\, I need to get re st\, and I do. ... Back in New York City\, I wonder if I had a dream induc ed by someone planting something in a drink or spraying me with something. I think on that for weeks. And then I get a postcard.\n\n \n\n\n\n I turn to the back and I see Anacaona Liber's name attached to that old churches address. Her message is:\" Figure I needed a new painting with a new styl e\, I will wait for you to decide about listening to your heart\"\n\n I re alize\, what may have happened but hesitate to confirm and when I turn the postcard back around\, the image wink at me.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ART\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/655-black-history-month-mardi-gras-20 26/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CELEBRATIONS\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Salvador\, Bahia\, Carnival 2026\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12468-salvadaor- bahia-carnival-2026/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250310 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month Mardi Gras 2026 DTSTAMP:20260218T071042Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:655-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/Black-History-Month-Mardi-Gras-2026-1300245780\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CO DE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Black History Month Mardi Gras 2026\ n\n\n\n Let The Good Time Roll!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n While honoring Black hi story\, let's celebrate Mardi Gras. No where does Black history plus Mardi Gras blend more than New Orleans. The cultural element is the headwrap.\n \n\n\n The first image is a coloring page of Poldinha \, bold feminity\, m y original character\, a black woman of New Orleans in a multitemporal dre ss representing fashions from different times in New Orleans\, with a tign on shaped like the Adinkra BiNkaBi\, or no one should bite the other. She has three flags representing Black history in the usa as part of her fashi on. She is holding a cornucopia\, a horn of plenty\, for the feast before Lent. The little boy next to her is playing a vest frottoir/washboard whil e sanding.\n\n\n\n The second image is a set of headwrap coloring images.\ n\n\n\n A little point\n\n\n\n The tignon at one time was enforced by the governor into law in Louisiana as a mark on free women of color so that th eir status as free women while black was visible in opposition to white wo men\, who filed complaints about the beauty of free women of color. The ti gnon as the referrals below prove show headwraps have a long history as dr ess wear for Black women\, that was started before enslavement to whites\, survived through enslavement to whites and exist today\, whether through the intricate hats worn by black women in churches throughout the southern usa states or various ceremonies from the lavagem or baths to yemoja plus other orisha in salvador\, bahia\, brasil and quilombo communities in nor thern south America or anywhere in the Caribbean where it is synonymous wi th the marketplace.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Coloring pages gallery\n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n \n\n Do you want a Coloring page made by me for your own use? Use the foll owing link\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Single- Coloring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n Mardi Gras Die craft challenge in @CRArtisan Crafts\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Mardi-Gras-Die -1286556302\n\n\n\n Mardi Gras Die\n\n\n\n Feb 3\, 2026\n\n\n\n Laissez le bon temps rouler or Let the good\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MArdi Gras 2026 Stamp \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mardigras2026gif-1295641 657\n\n\n\n Mardi Gras Die craft page\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/h ddeviant/art/Mardi-Gras-Die-1294084920\n\n\n\n Laissez le bon temps rouler \n\n\n\n #poldinha #headwrap #tignon #louisiana #Neworleans #mardigras #20 26 #blackhistory #coloringpage #adinkra #gele #hddeviant #deviantart #rich ardmurray #aalbc #rmaalbc #Kobo #kwl #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n INFORMATION REFERRALS\n\n\n\n Tignon\n\n\n\n https://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Tignon\n\n\n\n art from page\n\n\n\n A West Indian Flower Girl and Two other Free Women of Color c. 1769\n\n\n\n Agostino Brunias (1728 - 1796) – Artist (Italian\, active in Britain (1758-1770\; 1777-1780s))\ n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agostino_Brunias_-_A_West_India n_Flower_Girl_and_Two_other_Free_Women_of_Color_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n more information\n\n\n\n https://wams.nyhistory.org/colo nies-and-revolution/spanish-and-french-colonies/fashionable-rebellion/?utm _source=chatgpt.com\n\n\n\n Signare\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Signare\n\n\n\n art from page\n\n\n\n Negress of quality from the Island o f Saint Louis in Senegal\, accompanied by her slave. 1788\n\n\n\n https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hommes_femmes_et_scènes_du_Sénégal-Jacques_G rasset_de_Saint_Sauveur_mg_8495.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Negress of quality from the Island of Saint Louis in Senegal\, accompanied by her slave. Illu stration from Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus\, Paris\, 1788\, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810). Aquatint.\n\n\n\n 1890\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SignaresBal.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Un bal de Signares (mulâtresses) à Saint-Louis (Sénégal) (i llustrations de Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Colonel Frey - Pl. en dble page après p.11 [Cote : Réserve A 200 386]\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/File:La_Signare_de_Gorée_avec_ses_esclaves-Musée_de_la_Compagni e_des_Indes.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Français : La Signare de Gorée avec s es esclaves\, gravure polychrome d'Adolphe d'Hastrel. Musée de la Compagn ie des Indes (Lorient)\n\n\n\n Tignon Law\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tignon_law\n\n\n\n art from page\n\n\n\n Portrait of Betsy c. 1837\n \n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Betsy.jpg\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Portrait of a free woman of color (previously titled Portrait of Betsy) by François Fleischbein (1801/1803–1868)\, oil on canvas. This v ersion is following restoration efforts in 2017.\n\n\n\n more info\n\n\n\n https://www.ceeceesclosetnyc.com/blogs/news/the-tignon-laws-how-black-wom en-in-louisiana-turned-oppression-into-fashion\n\n\n\n Placage\n\n\n\n htt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaçage\n\n\n\n art from page\n\n\n\n c. 1867\ n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FashionableMarquisB.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from Edouard Marquis - New Orleans\, 1867. African American Cr eole woman in fashionable dress of the era and parasol\, with another woma n in working class clothing\, possibly her servant.\n\n\n\n Fashionable co lored women c. 1867\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Creole_wome n_of_color_out_taking_the_air\,_from_a_watercolor_series_by_Édouard_Marqu is\,_New_Orleans\,_1867.jpg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from a series of watercolor s by Edouard Marquis\n\n\n\n Marchande\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Marchande\n\n\n\n Zydeco music\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zy deco\n\n\n\n Vest Frottoir\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest_frot toir\n\n\n\n Adinkra\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adinkra_symbols \n\n\n\n Gele\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gele_(head_tie)\n\n\n\ n image\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMG-20230221-WA0012.jpg \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Flags\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africa n_flag\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth_flag\n\n\n\n https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_American_Heritage_Flag\n\n\n\n Mae Bernadet te\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mãe_Bernadete\n\n\n\n Bernadette is female of Bernard which means ber/bear nard/brave or brave as a bear\n \n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DNB heartoflove DTSTAMP:20260218T065951Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:654-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/DNB-heartoflove-1300244153\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n DNB enjoy If you color do tell.\n\n\n\n February contest: heart of love\n\n\n\n from @Sarramedjj in @color-me-club\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/sarramedjj/journal/February-contest-heart-of-love-1289384960\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n February contest: heart of love\n\n\n\n Feb 1\, 2026\n\n\n\ n ❤️ MONTHLY CONTEST: FEBRUARY 2026 ❤️ 💖 HEART OF\n\n\n\n Color ing pages Gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/470 13691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I can make a coloring page f or you\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Single-Colo ring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #coloringpage #heartoflove #color-me- club #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurray #aalbc #rmaalbc #Kobo #kwl #ric hardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:City of Fools 02/11/2026 DTSTAMP:20260211T161026Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:649-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n City of Fools\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/City-of-Fools-1297606363\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n TITLE : City of Fools\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The buildings read\n\n\n\n All Artists Creations Are Fool s.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The figures are\n\n\n\n Person coming onto shore fro m sea of passions\n\n\n\n Wheelchaired person\n\n\n\n Elder with cane\n\n\ n\n Child with puppy or cat\n\n\n\n Couple going up together\n\n\n\n Paren t with child on their back\n\n\n\n Person flying a fool\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The braille on the hill side reads a little poem\, with words delineated by flowers\n\n\n\n Grow wait\n\n\n\n Grab love\n\n\n\n Test how strong you joy\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n for Art Beyond the Curve\n\n\n\n from @moonbeam13 in @Community\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/moonbeam13/journal/Art-Be yond-the-Curve-1294691937\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW LARG ER VERSION\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My Calligraphy Gallery\n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/67560516/calligraphy\n\n\n \n My inks Gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47 013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n My poetry gallery\n\n\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/84827787/poetry\n\n\n\n If you like my ca lligraphy I have a commission available\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com /hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n #CreativeMomentum #calligraphy #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurray #k obo #kwl #rmaalbc #aalbc #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260211 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seasonal Beast Portal DTSTAMP:20260211T161246Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:650-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n URL\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Seas onal-Beast-Portal-1297648583\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Seasonal Beast Portal\ n\n\n\n for everything there is a season\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My totem is th e seasonal beast- the circle creature at the center where the other beast comes from.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n These are the beast who came out\n\n\n\n Ey e of last timing\n\n\n\n The floating squid\n\n\n\n The wild ciel dog\n\n\ n\n Horn player of Mashariki Nyota\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Where is Mashariki N yota? learn more at the following\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/sunse t-children-stories\n\n\n\n The floating squid is a relative of Octowofl? l earn more at the following\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ga llery/83646826/the-end-of-octowolf\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n for What's Your New Years Vibe for 2026?\n\n\n\n from @CatKandel in @Traditionalists\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/catkandel/journal/What-s-Your-New-Years-Totem-fo r-2026-1284213747\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #T otem #newyears #seasonalbeastportal #eyeoflattiming #floatingsquid #wildce ildog #HornplayerofMasharikiNyota #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurray #k obo #kwl #rmaalbc #aalbc #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260211 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:lovetoart profile badge + poem to tap the tap DTSTAMP:20260209T224834Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:647-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Title:  To tap the tap\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I wish to reme mber the milk\n\n\n\n Never got a swig\, never made a bulk\n\n\n\n The joy alone from an oneiroific gulk\n\n\n\n Is purer than Su Xiu mulberry silk\ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Stop! No worries\, said truth isn't a bilk\n\n\n\n Not having the best is no reason to sulk\n\n\n\n ... I wish to remember the mi lk\n\n\n\n Never got a swig\, never made a bulk\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Today a nd tomorrows\, what is better or thilk?\n\n\n\n The texture the tactile\, keep leading me as hulk\n\n\n\n I still have a chance to be the Great Caul k!\n\n\n\n And to a lucky suckler of fore and hindmilk\, I will write glor ious filk\n\n\n\n ... I wish to remember the milk\n\n\n\n Never got a swig \, never made a bulk\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from Richard Murray HDdeviant\n\n\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/To-tap-the-tap-1297023734\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n February rules to get the lovetoart badge from crliteratur e\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Love-of-Art-Februar y-Profile-Badge-2026-1296661871\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Word Meanings\n\n\n\n s wig- a drink\n\n\n\n bulk- a volume or swelling\n\n\n\n oneiroific- Oneiro i are spirits of dreams in Hellenistic/Greek mythology.. yes Morpheus. -ic is a postfix\, element added to end of a word to turn it into an adjectiv e\, having properties of root word\n\n\n\n gulk- onmatopoeia instance- sou nd of drinking heavily\n\n\n\n Su Xiu- embroidery style from Suzhou\, Chin a\, the silk center of china with thousands of years of silk crafting heri tage [ https://www.szsilkmuseum.com/#/ ] \n\n\n\n silk- natural made mate rial by various lifeforms\, in the fiscal industry from cocoons of moths\n \n\n\n bilk- term from cribbage card game\, an action when one spoils the points achievable by another by discarding certain cards [ https://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/Cribbage ] \n\n\n\n sulk- repel friendliness\n\n\n\n thilk - the same\, the whole word means \" the same\" \, ilk means same\n\n\n\n texture- structure\n\n\n\n tactile- touchable\n\n\n\n hulk- towed ship\, n o not modern sense of large person\n\n\n\n caulk- to fill cracks\, from li me which was used to fill up cracks in brickwork\; lime is the basis for c ement. Cement is the basis for concrete. lime is called calx in latin.\n\n \n\n foremilk-first milk produced in breast feeding\n\n\n\n hindmilk- milk produced after foremilk in breastfeeding\, very rich in proteins\n\n\n\n filk- fan written songs [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filk_music#History ] \n\n\n\n Enjoy my work\,always a season to tip\n\n\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n #loveofart #valentinesday #valentine #february #love #hddeviant #devian tart #richardmurray #kobo #aalbc #rmaalbc #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260209 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOK REVIEW: MILES OF STYLE: EUNICE W. JOHNSON & THE EBONY F ASHION SHOW from Lisa D. Brathwaite DTSTAMP:20250825T223806Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:470-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Miles of Style from Lisa D. Brathwaite\n\n Miles of Style February 6\, 2024\n\n Title: Miles of Style\n\n by Lisa D. Brathwaite &am p\; illustrated by Lynn Gaines\n\n\n\n from @Lee and Low Books\n\n REFERRA L IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10640-lee-low-spring-2024-titles -for-review-consideration/\n\n\n\n official buying page\n\n\n\n https://ww w.leeandlow.com/books/miles-of-style/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Martin Luther King jr. once said \"... to tell a bootless man to pick himself up by his bootstraps is\n\n\n\n a cruel jest.\" While the murdered leader referred to whites\, once the enslavers\, speaking to\n\n\ n\n blacks\, once the enslaved\, in the U.S.A.\, the basis from which any succeed is extremely plus\n\n\n\n rarely bootless. While \"Miles Of Style\ " functionally plus intentionally doesn't provide the most\n\n\n\n detaile d biography of Eunice Johnson\, founder of the Ebony Fashion Fair. Said bo ok\, written by\n\n\n\n Lisa D. Braithwaite\, shows in brief how having bo ots is not irrelevant\, unimportant\, or\n\n\n\n inexcusable in the abilit y to strive in life\, in the U.S.A. or anywhere else\, at any time. The bo ots\n\n\n\n Eunice Johnson had\, made by her parents plus community\, led to Johnson creating\, shepherding\,\n\n\n\n or growing the Ebony Fashion F air\, the main subject of “Miles Of Style”\, to a mandatory\n\n\n\n el ement of human history.\n\n\n\n Braithwaite's literature\, accompanied by illustrations from Lynn Gaines\, is truly chic\; they\n\n\n\n provide a fi nancially sparing while efficient biography of the Ebony Fashion Fair\, ce ntered on an\n\n\n\n incomplete while mandatory biography of a Black woman \, born surrounded by elegance or\n\n\n\n contemporary fashion from inside a blockaded Black populace in the U.S.A. The boots she was\n\n\n\n born i n supported her life path\, a branch of which led to her showcasing the fa shion she was born\n\n\n\n surrounded by to all outside her blockaded comm unity\, in the U.S.A. or beyond\, in the style of a\n\n\n\n modern-day inf luencer.\n\n\n\n The book is full of positive\, in color tone or compositi on\, pastel illustrations of Black people in\n\n\n\n the USA mostly plus o verwhelmingly\, not totally\, consistent in illustrative style or storytel ling\n\n\n\n flow.\n\n\n\n The book delivers on all the promises in its su mmary concerning Eunice Johnson: rearing\,\n\n\n\n education\, marriage\, Ebony Magazine\, Ebony Fashion Fair. A rough approximation is half of the\ n\n\n\n book concern Eunice Johnson before the Ebony Fashion Fair\, and fo ur fifths concern her life\n\n\n\n during and after the Ebony Fashion Fair .\n\n\n\n The Black populace in humanity\, the tribes native to each conti nent plus immigrant communities\n\n\n\n through enslavement or free will\, has many\, not all or most\, who adore stories about Black\n\n\n\n people who lived in no less glamour or peace than non-Blacks in times before the modern\n\n\n\n internet age. This book with its illustrations plus histor y delivers such a story.\n\n\n\n I am not six or eleven years old\; I cann ot say how a child will react while or after reading this\n\n\n\n book. Bu t as an adult who has read to children\, I think adult readers to children \, in homes as well\n\n\n\n as the secondary educational institutions call ed schools\, will have a chance to share Eunice\n\n\n\n Johnson's depicted story\, and along the way may learn from the book while the book never st ops\n\n\n\n trying to uplift the viewer or reader with positive\, creative \, energy.\n\n\n\n The book can inspire any child\, any phenotype or age o r location\, to color more or design more\n\n\n\n or imagine more beyond a ny perceived or real limitations. Said creativity is the road to the\n\n\n \n destination of being truly chic. This book\, if owned\, will be part of the boots one needs to walk\n\n\n\n said road.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250206 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mardi Gras Die DTSTAMP:20260202T062724Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:640-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n art\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mard i-Gras-Die-1294084920\n\n\n\n challenge Feb 3rd\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/journal/Mardi-Gras-Die-1286556302\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CO DE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For instructions to use these\, go to the follo wing\n\n\n\n ?Link COMING February 3rd\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Six one eyed mask are\n\n\n\n Rex\n\n\n\n Empress\n\n\n\n Princess-Regina-Prince\n\n\n \n Emperor\n\n\n\n The figured side ask the following questions:\n\n\n\n W hat is above the trees the Regina see?\n\n\n\n What is the face of the jes ter the Emperor see?\n\n\n\n What is the name on the map Rex see?\n\n\n\n Whose name is on the tombstone the Empress see?\n\n\n\n What is the color of the boat the Prince see?\n\n\n\n What is the name of the book the Princ ess see?\n\n\n\n The blank side is explained in the craft page above.\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n gif\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mardig ras2026gif-1295641657\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where are Danny and Sandy now?! example story DTSTAMP:20260130T051438Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:639-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n we more together\, written by me\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n for t he where are they now danny and sandy challenge\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Danny-and-Sandy-Grease-1284154671\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n TITLE: WE MORE TOGETHER\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is 1989 and the R ydell High School senior prom is commencing. The prom king and queen are s tanding on the center stage. The prom king Danny Zuko Jr.\, DZJ most call him\, has a crown like The Marvelous Magical Burger King. The prom queen F rances Facciano \, Marianne most call her\, wears a pink Phrygian cap with a cockade representing Rydell. DZJ tap the microphone: \"Hi everybody! Y ou know what time it is!\" \n\n\n\n All the children start to holler\, an d they move the tables and chairs to the back to make space centrally.  \ n\n\n\n Marianne yell:\" For the fifth loose dance off\, we have a special treat! All our parents and guardians helped us prepare dances from the 50 s but what only a few of us organizers knew was our parents would join in the fun!\" \n\n\n\n Outside the hall used for the prom\, multiple engines can be heard revving up.  \n\n\n\n The hall doors open strongly and Dann y Zuko and his loving wife Sandra\, both silver haired\, all clad in shiny black leather\, enter the hall using the Four Corners dance. They are sup ported by a host of other silver-haired folks. Rizzo in a Sondra Dee outfi t\, holding hands with Kenickie in a penguin suit. Frenchy waving to the prom queen. Eugene Florczyk as a Burger Palace Boy and Patty as a Pink Lad y enter. The children in the auditorium form a pathway to the center and surround their elders making thirty years dance together in the summer of 1989. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from @HDdeviant / Richard Murray\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n Text\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-are-Dann y-and-Sandy-now-1291061204\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Audio\n\n\n\n https://aalbc. com/tc/events/event/638-we-more-together-perchance-audio/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/80694369359568896 0/challenge-arrives-february-2nd\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260129 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:WATN Danny and Sandy of Grease DTSTAMP:20260202T221138Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:642-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n WATN Danny and Sandy of Grease\n\n Writing challenge open with prizes for entries submitted by feb 24th \n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Danny-and-Sandy-Grease-1284154671\n\n #watn # wherearetheynow #grease #danny #sandy #crliterature #rmaalbc #aalbc #richa rdmurray #kobo #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr \n\n  \n\n\n\n example story\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/639-whe re-are-danny-and-sandy-now-example-story/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.t umblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/806943693595688960/challenge-arrives-februar y-2nd\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260202 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Horizons Coloring Challenge Poll challenge post DTSTAMP:20260202T215553Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:641-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n New Horizons Coloring Challenge Poll challenge post\n\n f ree poll\, use your power\n\n https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv EotLCh3SDsH0Tk-Zv5N1uIsUrCB4o2dhwLAfiXfKzT4OFQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor \n\n #newhorizons #color-me-club #poll #coloringpages #lineart #rmaalbc #a albc #richardmurray #kobo #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #tum blr \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260202 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Romantic Compulsory Figures 01/31/2025 DTSTAMP:20250201T051723Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:169-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Black Romantic Compulsory Figures 01/31/2025\n\n https:// www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Black-Romantic-Compulsory-Figures-1153876 173\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Selected Work prompt\n\n\n\n glass sculpture of an AFRICAN AMERICAN ICE SKATING COUPLE making COMPULSORY FIGURES on ICE su rrounded by BUSHES\; COMPULSORY FIGURES shaped like a bouquet of roses \; ICE is made of lattimo or milk glass\; ICE has a reflection of an AURORA B OREALIS\; AFRICAN AMERICAN ICE SKATING COUPLE is cristallo glass\; AURORA BOREALIS is millefiori \; BUSHES are lead glass\n\n\n\n art style: dreamup \n\n\n\n aspect ratio: 16:9\n\n\n\n prompt strength 20\n\n\n\n negative pr ompt: multiimage\, dull\, poor lighting\, multiple images\n\n\n\n Figure s kating\, specifically compulsory figures is my winter sport of choice. I d epicted a Black couple doing compulsory figures. So many of these are roma ntic\, it was difficult to choose one I liked the most\, but I decided on the one complete. I do like Bandy\, Speed Skating\, Bobsliegh\, my parents love Skiing\, I will love to try wind sailing on ice water.\n\n\n\n CLICK LINK ABOVE FOR MORE PROMPTS\n\n video \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/art/WinterSportsJan2025SynthographyVideo-1153875415\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n the berry brothers\, you can't find better\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDixy-U_6Q\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250131 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:We More Together- perchance audio DTSTAMP:20260130T051239Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:638-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n story written by me\n\n\n\n ?Challenge arrives February 2 nd – @richardmurrayhumblr on Tumblr\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richa rdmurrayhumblr/806943693595688960/challenge-arrives-february-2nd\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260128 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MLK jr day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T121050Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:356-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n MLK jr was born January 15th 1929 on a tuesday but the ce lebration is on the third  monday of janaury by the uniform monday holida y act [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Monday_Holiday_Act ] \n\n \n\n \n His actual birthday is the fifteenth of january but the federal holiday is in a monday for three day weekends\, like others. It is ce lebrated on the third monday in the month of january in every year sin ce its inception in the Statian Empire. I ask you to share \, historic al fictions/prose/graphical artwork in any style concerning MArtin Luthe r King jr....I do wonder why Blacks in the U.S.A. can not come together and demand a true day off for this federal notice. And also share\, offic ials days in a country outside the usa for a black person in history?   \n \n\n\n\n \n In Amendment  \n \n\n\n\n \n Why the holiday is on his the third monday and not his true birthday?  \n \n\n\n\n \n https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Monday_Holiday_Act  \n \n\n\n\n \n ML K jr's views on Financial Accountability  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=RnKP__N7MNI \n \n\n\n\n \n  MY 2020 speech  \n \n \n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/194-richard-murray-creative-ta ble/page/7/?tab=comments#comment-820  \n \n\n\n\n MLK jr on Movies that Move We \n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?statu s=1785&\;type=status ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ON FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY PROSE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MLK jr day 1/20/202 0\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n Many presented videos or text concerning M.L.K. j unior today\, the twentieth of January. As a point of note\, Martin Luther King junior's birthday is on the fifteenth of January\, not the third Mon day of every January. I am not interested in trying to rewrite the legend of MLK junior. MLK junior like most other historical figures in the USA wa s made legend after doing legendary things by others\, not themselves\, by those with agenda. It is more important to change the message in current media than to try to change the influence of past media using current medi a.   \n \n\n\n\n \n My issue is ownership. Martin Luther King junior\, asked a simple thing to the black statian\, the black community in the US A. Do not use the ways of whites on the path to ownership. It may sound si mple but\, it is not\, historically the ways of whites have never been und one concerning ownership.  \n \n\n\n\n \n Comprehend a simple historica l fact. People of white European\, white is a phenotypical label while Eur opean is a geographic\, descent are not the majority owners in the united states of america based on positive merit\, or decency\, or any positive angle. Every inch of land in the u.s.a. today is owned or controlled by the u.s.a. government\, itself ranked mostly with whites\, or in privat e white ownership\, through various transfers after it was originally take n by killing native americans. Absent land how many firms will exist in t he USA? What will the banks or the agricultural firms be in the u.s.a ab sent slavery? For all the technological modifications by usa based agric ultural firms or investments in Silicon Valley in the stock markets\, wher e will any bank or agricultural firm be in the usa without their origina l fiscal activities involving slaveholders accounts or slave labor for gro wing produce. Notice I did not refer to an individual person. I am speakin g to the white community. The white community in the usa used negative mea ns to become owners and then become financially successful owners.  \n \ n\n\n\n \n Martin Luther King junior spoke to Black people\, grow\, be st rong\, become owners of your own community and beyond\; but don't kill ano ther for their land\, don't take another person's land\, don't enslave ano ther\, do not do for yourself\, your bloodline\, your community by harming others. This is the reality of ownership in the u.s.a. White people hel p themselves\, their community\, built on their forebears originally harmi ng others or themselves continuing to harm others. \n \n\n\n\n \n Martin Luther King Junior did not want black people to develop a negative charac ter\, a negative legacy\, to be unmerited while trying to help their own. He asked a very challenging thing. Martin Luther King junior once said\, i t is a crude jest to tell a bootless man to lift himself up by his bootstr aps. But he also felt the bootless man should not lessen his character by stealing another man's boots. He felt the bootless man should be strong en ough to merit his boots through craft\, labor\, or another's kindness. As a black kid growing up\, in a black community\, incorrectly labeled but wi dely labeled\, the black mecca\, I realized how little the black community in Harlem owned. And in parallel\, I knew how much various white communit ies in New york city owned\, more importantly how they owned them. What would the Irish or Italian or white Jewish communities be in new york c ity absent their mobs\, correctly glorified in constant movies. It was the white jewish\, italian or irish mobs\, the gangsters\, the rum runne rs\, the extortionists\, the thieves\, that had a largest or initial role in the development of ownership in those communities in New York city.   \n \n\n\n\n \n I end\, with a simple truth\, the Black community in Harle m\, a cultural district in Manhattan in new york city in new york stat e\, in the united states of america\, owns little to nothing in Harlem\, yesterday or today. The history of the u.s.a. proves all ownership in t he u.s.a. comes from those who were willing to negatively\, or through n egative actions\, earn it. MLK junior asked black people to reject that hi storical truth\, even when we own so little.  \n \n\n\n\n \n If the Bla ck statian can keep that hope of MLK jr. alive and one day exist in a  u.s.a. where Black people own more than all others\, or at least enough to not need another community. It will be a testament to MLK junior’s f aith. And make the Black community have a pride\, worth more than all th e years whites owned far more. \n \n\n\n\n \n https://youtu.be/RnKP__N7M NI \n \n\n\n\n \n  Poetry or more audiobook series https://www.kobo.co m/us/en/search?query=Poetry or More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesI d=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MLK jr on Mov ies that Move We \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Movies that Move WE- Selma \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n odd that this year\, ML K jr day is the same time as Marcus Garvey's birthday.. I think the contra st between marcus garvey's long term vision as opposed to the long term vi sion of MLKjr or his predecessors\, WEB DUbois when young or earlier Frede rick DOuglass \, concerning the relationship of blacks in the americas ame ricas  to whites  in the americas.\n\n\n\n\n Now to the video...\n\n 6:4 0 yes\, MLK jr was not a fool about being an advocate . He knew it wasn't financially grand nor had a great chance of true success. But\, the identi ty of a christian baptist preacher was important to regaling. \n\n 8:04 y es\, black businesses had a huge role in financing the civil rights moveme nt of the 1960s\, I wonder if they got their money's worth\n\n 9:01 black christian women have always been the backbone or the administration or com munal arrangement of the black church.\n\n 9:32 My home had people who wer e at the march on washington. I concur to Nicole\, having people who were in the home who experienced the history is key\, but only truly matters if they convey it\n\n 11:10 yes Nicole \, the disconnect is the communities fault. Every community in the usa\, from the embattled native american to the afghanistani's from the iraq war have to teach who they are to their c hildren and all who fail to get the proper results\n\n 14:14 good point\, Nike\, the illusion that the past is so far from the present. Like the rac ial is so far from the post racial\n\n 15:35 good dialog\, Nicole/Nike abo ut the progression of black history in the usa and how the black community has changed very fast while also very irratically for various reasons\n\n 16:47 You two offer the question many have asked before and many will ask after... how did the black community not maintain a highly serious collec tive tone from circa 1850 to circa 2022 ? \n\n 19:47 Nicole\, urgency fro m whom? How many black people\, who are in elected office\, are millionair es\, feel the sense for urgency seriously? they all will say urgency is ne eded. but\, how many truly feel that?\n\n 26:41 MLK jr is a legendary spea ker\, funny how Malcolm is also the son of a preacher man \n\n 27:55 the last speech from mlk jr in harlem was at the riverside church\, which has the largest carillon in the world\n\n https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/ 17/mlk_day_special_2022#:~:text=We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech%2C which he\,Copy may not be in its final form. \n\n where do we go from he re\n\n https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/where-do-we-go-here\n\n 29:35 ye s\, but history books in mass education generally soften history. Historie s details are by default\, not a quick thing. Histories details\, show how jews helped the naziz. How hong kong was the epicenter of domination by t he united kingdom over the entirety of china. Histories details\, show the good or supposed innocent are not that good or innocent\, how the bad or supposed hellish are not that sinful or devious.\n\n\n\n In conclusion\, y ou two made a lovely dialog\, but I will suggest you made one potent absen ce. All to often\, black people say\, what are we not doing? but answer in your own way\, what do we need to do?\n\n I know a number of black men wh o went to the million man march and the reality is\, black men showed up t o what the black organizers had planned\, but the black organizers had no plan whatsoever? Black men came from around the usa to be guided with func tionality or purpose not words or chastizement.\n\n I will give an example \, if a million black men came together\, and asked me what to do. I can s uggest\, make a credit union. Each man who is here put a dollar into a col lection and give each man a vote over how the money is used. Is it a brill iant plan? no. It is very simple. but it is function/purpose. It isn't a \ "do good fellas\" speech.\n\n What do you two black women want black peopl e to do specifically\, name one thing?   \n\n\n\n A last point\, Haile S ellasie offered land before his ousting by the communist party of ethiopia \, only a third of it was given by the communist government of ethiopia \ , but it went to rastafarians\, who grabbed the opportunity. I am doing re search to see how the black people of HArlem Selassie had originally offer ed the land did not know\, reject it or failed interest while black people from jamaica jumped on it. The town is called Shashamane. \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/15/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  hmmm\n\n\n\n @Pioneer1\n\n\n\n first thank you for stating where you think he went wrong. of the three co mments your the only one which means 33% I ponder how many black people ar e unwilling to question the likes of mlk jr in 2026 ? I have no way of get ting a statistic but by this simple post the potential is frightening. \n \n\n\n I know I haven't spoken on your judgment but it's funny in this com munity we can bicker with each other so easily and then some of us in here can't speak a judgement against dead leaders. It is a revealing balance.  \n\n\n\n Now you said you loved MLK jr so your critiques are not condemn ations. Just assessments all should have in the future to any past. \n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n now to your critiques\, \n\n\n\n \n On 1/15/2026 at 12:11 PM\, Pioneer1 said:\n \n\n \n \n He focused too much on integration in stead of empowered separation.\n\n He should have fought for the laws to be changed at every level to make sure we had equal access and opportunit y at every level in the United States and fight to make sure those laws we re enforce.  Outside of that\, the focus should have been on progressing our ethnicity and culture as AfroAmericans.\n \n \n\n\n\n Well what leade rs talked before mlkjr talked about empowered separation? they were the ex odusters[based on collective land ownership to make base black towns first \, not black people owning land in white towns]+ the garveyites[based on b usiness ownership initially\, then geographic distance{far east asia is th e farthest from western europe so the garveyites had a point about distanc e}]+booker t washington[black colleges which were extensions of the black education movement immediately started at the end of the war between the s tates]\n\n\n\n MLK jr was born in 1929. By 1929 all the strongest empowere d separation movements in the black populace had lost much of their moment um. None died\, arguably none are dead\, but their momentum wasn't what it was in the late 1800s. \n\n\n\n So MLK jr didn't have a reference growin g up of empowered separation. The only reference he had was integration in various forms. From atlanta\, to morehouse\, to the greater georgia integ ration was the system about him. \n\n\n\n Could he had focused on empower ed separation ? 100% yes. Would it been a bad choice? no idea\, but it cou ld had succeeded. Was an example around to compel him? no. He needed a suc cessful example. MLK jr like most leaders is thoughtful. The reason someth ing isn't present isn't because it can't work but because it will take mor e time or more effort to do.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The usa government has a very big problem in terms of federal application\, in equal access and opportunity. The power of states rights. It is the year 2026 and Schrumpt is the first president after circa two hundred and fifty years to try and actually impose the federal government on the states with the resources to actually do something.  Not merely cause of federal power but states in the usa are lower than they are ever been\, all are welfare recipients. th e original idea was states would never need the federal government. Andrew jackson\, Abraham Lincoln\, even FDR for all of their fervor\, didn't hav e the means to actually make a federal imposition on the states like Schru mpft today. What does this mean? states got away with a lot of federal cri mes within themselves\, because the constitution clearly gives states free dom to be themselves and forces citizens to take a state to court for chan ges.  This is why white people burned black people out of the south\, bec ause by deleting our voting power\, it meant we couldn't use the vote to c hange the states\, we could only use the legal system which is very slow c ompared to a state wide elections. The constitution is clear\, states are not to be ruled by the federal government\, which means what. If you are b lack in mississippi\, and white people have raped your wife\, burned your children\, put your elders in jail without due process or with laws that a re uneven in design. If all the actions are finalized within the legal des igns of the state of mississippi\, you can only take missisppi to court ov er each action toward the supreme court. That is the only nonviolent solut ion in the usa for any person from a populace with a minority in a state. The black populace in misssisippi doesn't have the numbers to push people into government and get laws to support it by MLK jr's time. MLK jr was a pastor\, third generation\, of a black church. No black christian congrega tion in the 1900s would accept preaching about collective violence. Protec ting oneself? 100% but being in a violent mob? no. \n\n\n\n So what your suggesting was doable by him\, but he would had to stop being a preacher t o do that. Because nonviolence in the usa means taking whomever your suing to the supreme court\,a very lengthy process \, one that is not guarantee d to get to the surpreme court\, and one most importantly\, that doesn't n ecessarily stop the person/entity being sued from continuing their actions . While the said black man in mississippi is suing\, white people are hara ssing or worse constantly. \n\n\n\n Your top down is doable\, but It isn' t impossible. The NAACP was full of lawyers for that reason\; their strate gy was take every federal crime at the state levels to the supreme court. But so many crimes at the state level occurred. The volume was i argue ins urmountable. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MLK jr didn't spend enough time on the h eritage/what is carried + culture/what is grown of DOSers. He clearly comp rehended the importance\, ala his plea to Nichelle Nichols. \n\n\n\n As a n aside \, I ponder your thoughts on the larger black church? from circa 1 865 to 1965 arguably\, the black churches in the usa\, all denominations c ombined\, are the center of black life. What hindered the churches from fo cusing on heritage+ culture? Chruches financed lawyers\, got food together \, helped make shelter\, churches did many things\, communally\, but when it came to emboldening DOS heritage + culture they didn't do much. They di dn't even make a book of negro spirituals standard in every black christia ns pocket. Cause\, the negro spirituals is the earliest and purest black D OS christian liturgy or public work. Before black descended of enslaved ch ristians had the bible they had negro spirituals.  Great point here. \n\ n\n\n \n On 1/15/2026 at 12:11 PM\, Pioneer1 said:\n \n\n \n \n . Him and the rest of the Civil Rights leaders at that time should have focused more on fighting STRICTLY for the rights of FBA/AfroAmericans and not othe r minority groups.\n\n They should have been very specific about the Civ il Rights bill making it for us alone.\n\n Not that other groups shouldn 't have rights in this nation\, but that they should have been the ones to fight for it themselves....not rely on us to do the fighting.\n \n \n\n\ n\n Your second part slightly answers the last segment of the first. I arg ue that MLK jr and others \, many others\, wanted the culturee of the blac k descended of enslaved populace to be as shepards to a better usa for all peoples\, this goes back to frederick douglass and the 1800s black church . they knew the heritage was of a people who survived white terror but I t hink their culture was as a people who made the integrated future nonviole ntly. and thus by 2026 would become the heritage. Which arguably it has. I F you look at media\, most non blacks in the usa view black people as the integrators in the usa. More than anyone else. \n\n\n\n They made that ch oice. And it even has precedent. Remember\, the first three black tribes w hen the usa was founded were: the enslaved black folks who are chained whi le whites in the usa are gaining freedom circa 85%\,the black freemen who are trying to stop the usa\, with the promise of freedom\, which oddly eno ugh\, most of them get even though england lost circa 10%\, and then the b lack separatist\, fighting alongside whites who publicly supported black e nslavement to whites\, who would circa 90% be reenslaved at the end of the war. The black separatist were circa 5% of the percent of black folk. \n \n\n\n So the black folk who fought for the usa to be born circa july 4th is the historical precedent for the pan human rights fighting of the 1960s . Arguably\, the black freemen have always existed\, whether called black loyalist who also fought in the war of 1812 or black legions fighting in f rench colors in the commonly called world war one\,  but during after the commonly called world war 2\, that for black alone became very small as a movement in the usa. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 01/16/2026\n\n\n\n citation\n\n \n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#f indComment-79387\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian\n\n\n\n MLK jr was a l eader\, not the leader of the civil rights movement. First the movement ag ainst Jim Crow started before MLK jr was born\, and ended after MLK jr die d so MLK jr was a leader\, as much of a leader as Fannie Lou Hamer\, or Fr ederick Douglass or Fred Hampton. Fred Hampton made the framework the enti re donkey party mimicked.  Madame CJ Walker and her daughter I argue were the two biggest civil rights leaders \, with only the black hotel owner w ho financed MLK jr as their peer financially\, cause those three people po sitively influenced alot of black people in ways very few other black peop le had or will\, take out marcus garvey and the garveyite movement\, becau se they had money. \n\n\n\n My question is why do black people say MLK jr was THE leader of the movement against Jim Crow when all black people sho uld know he wasn't. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\, aka Contrari an said:\n\n\n\n MLK didn't ask to be the leader of the Civil Rights move ment.\n\n\n\n No he didn't ask to be THE leader\, but he wanted to be AN a dvocate for Black people and he was ... What your talking about is the dif ference between one's media role and one's true role. \n\n\n\n MLK jr was like MAlcolm like Stokely like Angela Davis\, A leader. None of them were THE leader. \n\n\n\n Now in Media \, which I Argue is the problem\, MLK jr was posited in white owned media as THE Leader. And the Black Church at that time\, who again\, needs to be called out\, pushed MLK jr in their a isles because he wasn't an areligious student: stokely\, he didn't hold a gun : panthers\, he wasn't a non christian: malcolm\, he wasn't a non coll ege educated woman: fanni lou hamer. So Balck churches did emphasize MLK j r to their forever dishonor for their own media agenda of attracting black people to the black christian church. \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\, aka C ontrarian said:\n\n\n\n It was a responsibility thrust upon him because h e was so good at articulating grievances. It was like\, he woke up one mor ning during the Montgomery bus boycott and all of sudden he was its leader !\n\n\n\n no whites did that. Whites in media did that. The black church d id that. They both whites + the black church saw in MLKjr everything they wanted in black leadership. \n\n\n\n And the proof he wasn't THE leader i s he was never head of the southern black leadership conference. why does that matter? that post would had been better for him. But he was used as t he media front man\, as a leader.\n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\, aka Contrar ian said:\n\n\n\n He did not have time to map out a precise strategy or a long range grand plan\, he and his cobbleled-together posse just kinda ma de it up as they went along\, with Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent philosophy as their inspiration.\n\n\n\n But he wasn't alone\, the way your describin g this history is for me very false. If a black child reads your words\, t hey will think MLK jr was walking around alone doing everything. That is a lie. Others made plans like Ruffin. The truth is Ruffin was always about integration because Ruffin was \, like FRederick Douglass before him\, vie wing black empowerment as part of human empowerment. Ruffin was a faggot w ho knew very well most black people in the 1950s 1960s wouldn't accept his true self in public\, even though they talk of rights\, they woudl want t o curtail his rights\, same thing with frederick douglass who had a white mistress. both of them had lives that denied black in various ways and so they wanted black empowerment but they wanted black empowerment within a g reater human allowance in the usa. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\ , aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n The idea of making a lot of long-range\, multi-faceted demands was out of the question at that time. The movement j ust focused mainly on equal opportunities\, and King endeavored to appeal to the conscience of his oppressors.\n\n\n\n This is not true. Your forget ting the movement was not in a vaccuum. The movement against Jim Crow whic h was from 1865 to 1980 \, was being fought by black people absent weapons or an allowance of weapons aside whites with all the power. So\, black pe ople had to make everything as an arrangement with white desires and multi faceted demands were never going to happen in one whole phase with white p eople. \n\n\n\n For example\, white people knew other whites would terror ize black people in the former confederacy but that terror led to a falsel y incarcerated black populace rebuilding the south and kickstarting a fina ncial boom for white people that kept down white on white violence. White people knew other white  people were terrorizing black people in the west \, the exodusters\, but white people needed that land for new white immigr ants to increase the domestic market and didn't trust black people's posit ion toward native americans\, whom white immigrants killed in the bulkload . It is known Frederick Douglass  pushed black people on the underground railroad to not go to canada\, which was best for those black people. But why? because douglass wanted black people in the usa to be tied to this co untry\, he hated the idea of black people leaving the usa. So black people were definitely multifaceted\, but white people only allowed simple wins.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n In tegration was a counter to the separate but equal policy that was nothing more than subtle Jim Crowism. Integration represented fellowship and harmo ny where little black boys and girls would join hands with their white cou nterparts and partake of equality through tolerance. It was a dream\; henc e King's \"I have a dream\" speech. \n\n\n\n In retrospect \, cheap \, ve ry cheap retrospect\, years ago \, which I talked about in this very forum \, I oppose how people speak of integration in the usa. The people in the USA from 1492 to 2026 has always been integrated\, never separated. Jim Cr ow is a form of integration. Did Black people work for non blacks? yes. Di d black people buy from non blacks? yes. did non blacks buy goods from bla cks? yes. Did blacks and non blacks have two separate theaters ? no\, blac k people had to go to the theater white people owned. Did blacks and non b lacks have two separate bus lines? no\, black people had to use the bus li ne white people owned. Black people use the word segregated when they work for whites\, live in a mostly white town\, use a white owned bus\, buy fr om white stores who are the only stores in town. Most  Black people in th e usa live a totally integrated life with whites from 1865 to modernity\, but it is rarely an even life an equal life. The truth is the USA problem was never separate but equal\, ask the native american. The USA's problem was equal but uneven. Everybody is human in the usa\, from the european co lonial phase to 2026\, but the opportunities\, rights\, armed power\,  we re never even or equal. The USA was never in majority application segregat ory. Jim Crow was a form of integration. Enslavement before Jim Crow was a form of integration. The white massa in the house is not segregated from blacks pre 1865. Who cleaned massa's clothes? blacks . whose labor did mas sa profit off of? blacks. Who did massa fuck without payment? blacks. who cooked massa's meals? blacks. who cleaned massa's house? blacks. who playe d music and entertained massa or his guest? blacks. Massa say's he segrega ted from blacks while blacks are apart of every second of massa's life\, t hat is not segregation. That is integration. Inequal\, uneven? 100% but it is 100% integration. \n\n\n\n Integration isn't a dream. The form of int egration MLK jr championed in speeches\, or somewhat in appearance in fict ion is star trek\, is the hardest form of integration to acquire. Because that form of integration requires each individual to relinquish all biases \, positive or negative\, and that isn't easy. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n In hindsight\, it's easy to cr iticize him for not embracing the militancy of those like Malcom X and the Black Panthers. But MLK was a man of his times and he was just beginning to re-think his goals when he was assassinated.\n\n\n\n Many think his tak ing a stance against the Vietnam war was a mistake but his doing so was in keeping with his pacifism.   \n\n\n\n yes\, hindsight is always cheap b ecause one in a future can never know what they will do in the past. \n\n \n\n But\, hindsight isn't unwarranted. We all make mistakes. It is intere sting you suggest a negative judgement from MLKjr for not being militant. Though \, again I don't think MAlcolm or the Black PAnthers were ever trul y militant. They weren't warlike. MAlcolm + the Panthers were demanding se lf defense over the court room. That isn't militancy\, that is looking at all the black people who have been murdered by whites who flouted the law in the usa or the european colonies that preceded it. The law didn't and d oesn't protect black people from white violence. has it? If a group of whi tes are hunting me\, how can I protect myself? quote the constitution or t he declaration of independence? how can nonviolence save a black life? Has nonviolence ever saved one black life? did it save emmitt till? sean bell ? The brother chocked to death in NYC\, I can't breath? the brother int he train a white man chocked to death? Did SOnya MAssey get saved by non vio lence? Did yusef hawkins get saved by non violence? Did breonna taylor get saved by non violence? Did clifford glover get saved by nonviolence? \n\ n\n\n Malcolm + The Black Panthers were not telling black people to have a combined armed revolt. Stokely either. Did fred hampton get saved by non violence? \n\n\n\n Why do some black people think\, when another black pe rson says\, have a gun for these whites\, that infers some sort of plan to kill all the whites? \n\n\n\n Is it some desire by some blacks to deny t heir own true hatred of whites while condemning other black people for sim ply being honest about the black condition in the usa? \n\n\n\n As james baldwin said\, his father worked for whites his whole life\, was a christi an man\, and hated whites more than anyone. prayed to go to heaven to be f ree of whites. Heaven don't have to be happy. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The fun ny thing about MLKjr's stance is nearly all black leaders in his time were against the Vietnam war. Poor Sammy is a complicated thing. \n\n\n\n Mal colm/Martin/Stokely/The Panthers/Muhammed Ali... name me five Black leader s in the usa during MLK jr's time who were for the vietnam war? White peop le in majority\, thank you Ken Burns in PBS for the proof\, were in majori ty for the vietnam war. The vietnam war made billions per year. So MLK jr being against the  Vietnam war was a mistake in that the white people who placed him in an elevated media position in white media\, not equal to hi s functional position in the anti jim crow movement\, were publicly for th e war or profiting off the war.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   16 hours ago\,  aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n A cigarette-smoking\, scotch- drinking\, w omanizing King was not perfect\, but he fought the good fight\, and paved the way for those who eventually came to criticize him for not having more foresight. \n\n\n\n I lived through King's era\, and to me and my contem poraries\, he was a real live hero who died a martyr. \n\n\n\n My parents and a number of my blood relatives who i was able to learn of their exper iences during  Kings life\, older than king or younger than king\, all sp oke positively of him. None of them suggested any falsehood\, but each was able to admit problems. As well as admit a more honest environment than y ou suggest. \n\n\n\n And I oppose the notion of MLK jr as a womanizer. Ye s\, I speak now as a heterosexual male. Yes\, MLK jr like all heterosexual men gets a hard on for more than just the woman he loves with his heart. yes.  A man doesn't love a woman less because his dick gets hard for a wo man not his wife. Womanizer. MLK jr loved coretta scott king with his hear t. And it isn't a knock on coretta scott king that another black woman jus t might have a sexier ass than hers. \n\n\n\n And as for cigarette smokin g or drinking alcohol\, this was what nearly all adults did at that time \ , why is that a negative on MLK jr? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n AKA Contrarian\, if you have reached this far\, .. MLK jr was a great black leader\, who wa s human and made mistakes\, which we in the future should be able to admit to so that we can do better. But\, MLKjr  was never the leader of the an ti jim crow movement\, he was one of many great black people who made intr icate plans\, but had to deal with white power which limited all results.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @Pioneer1 \n\n\n\n just from a labeling perspective \, this goes back to my issue with people using the term communism. I said it already\, but communism is a form of fiscal capitalism. \n\n\n\n Comm unism isn't a form of socialism because of one party of governance under a government plus a government having a larger role as a fiscal operator. C ommunism is merely fiscal capitalism with one party having overwhelming ma jority and the government taking 80% or more of the fiscal operation. The usa in its very history had one party at one time\, the federalist.  Now the usa originally had a very financially impotent federal government who had very little of the fiscal operation \, but the federal government of t he usa today is without question the biggest fiscal operator in the usa\, so barring two parties whose dysfunction makes them one plus the financial role of the federal government of the usa today? is not the usa communist ? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is like I say with Troy\n\n\n\n race/class/rank/ order/classification/species/clan all have the same basic definition. Some arrangement of things  based on a factor. \n\n\n\n When black people or non blacks say\, race doesn't exist? how? do humans being not look differ ent? do human beings not have clan names? do human beings not call themsel ves by a religious label? race is ever present. Does this mean a consensus exist on race? no. \n\n\n\n No consensus exist on race. Yes\, you will n ever get consensus on race\, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. When you call yourself human\, that is racist? \n\n\n\n And as always \, for s ome reason\, many humans hate the term bias. They love talking falsely on race and never like to use the word bias correctly\, cause most instances of race is really bias. \n\n\n\n And that goes back to integration in the usa. White negative bias towards blacks mixed with white power means blac k people lived and most still live integrated while totally unequal or  u neven to whites based on white negative bias. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is 2 026. we have to stop using words falsely. \n\n\n\n Race is real\, race wi ll never have a consensus of definition\, nor should it\, but it is real\, and comes in more forms than just phenotype.\n\n\n\n Fiscal capitalism ha s been the system throughout all humanity  \, yes in variations with elem ents of other ideas but always fiscal capitalsm at heart.\n\n\n\n The anti jim crow movement\, was never led by one black leader because it lasted f rom 1865 to 1980\, the entirety of the jim crow era which came after the e ra of slavery from 1492 to 1865 and was followed by the era of the rainbow coalition from 1980 to today. But slavery\, jim crow\, and the rainbow co alition eras are all forms of integration\, with the levels of eveness or equality best in the rainbow\, worst in slavert.  And\, the limitations B lack people have in the usa were and always tied to the integration with w hites which is not even or equal but more positive in those two ways than ever before. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/to pic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79390\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Posted just now\n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian\n\n\n\n   20 minutes ag o\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n Be advised that I had no problem with K ing smoking and drinking and liking women because I'm not a prude.  And I was drinking Scotch and smoking his brand of Salem cigarettes myself.\n\n \n\n are you a film noir lover?:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   20 minutes ago \, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n To me\, his indulgences made him more h uman. And he also had a very droll sense of humor which I related to.\n\n\ n\n well said:)\n\n\n\n   20 minutes ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\ n I speak from the zeitgeist of my environment when I comment on his lead ership. I lived in the  Midwest\, not the Jim Crow South\, and from our p erspective\, as spectators\, he seemed to have just sprouted from nowhere\ , greatly helped by TV and his charisma.  You'd be surprised how much of a spectator many \"negroes\" were during the civil rights era inasmuch as we were not in the trenches but\, instead\, simply offering the activists our moral and financial support. To us\, the Movement was an idea whose t ime had come\, and we admired and supported both him and Malcolm. \n\n\n\ n I didn't know you were from the midwest\, I see:) No I wouldn't\, my eld ers said very clearly when we were watching malcolm x\, \, the film\, I pa raphrase\n\n\n\n \"that is a lie\, black people laughed at malcolm\"\n\n\n \n My elders were there. this country\, the usa \, loves near history rewr ites doesn't it. From the very beginning\, the european colonies made myth os out of themselves. In one generation from the mayflower\, white europea n invaders had created a false heritage of good peaceful folk trying to ma ke their way in the world beset by wild savages who dont't comprehend civi lization\, said wild savages supposedly all native americans. Hell\, most people supported the vietnam war. if you look at films\, you will think th e vietnam war was hated by most or at least opposed. but that isn't the tr uth. \n\n\n\n So the usa has a very negative heritage of lying about near history\, which tends to become commonly accepted in it. \n\n\n\n Not in AALBC of course:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/17/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citat ion\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in- 2026/#findComment-79431\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  @ProfD\n\n\n\n \n On 1/16/20 26 at 8:07 PM\, ProfD said:\n \n\n \n \n The question is how many folks today are doing an ounce of what Dr. MLK Jr. did for Black folks over 50 years ago.\n \n \n\n\n\n Well\, first MLK jr alone didn't do anything. Th e idoltry to him I am 100% certain he would oppose cause  MLK jr wasn't t he leader of the anti jim crow movement\, he was a leader. HE was part of a group of Black people doing many things\, often in concert to help the l arger village. So no matter what one black person is doing\, if they are n ot part of a group of people doing similar it will come to nothing.\n\n\n\ n where are the groups of Black people doing something together? Cause no one was a superman during the 1960s for black people. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I don't think MLK jr would praise his activities or status so greatly. An d not from modesty but honesty. How many black children have been killed b y whites  since MLK jr died? I count many. How many black peple have been assaulted by whites from no provocation of their own\, being nonviolent\, since MLK jr died? \n\n\n\n You speak of what MLK jr did and yet what he did wasn't enough to stop the millions of assaults on black people from h is death to now in the usa by whites. \n\n\n\n Mae Louise Walls Miller wa s freed side her blood relatives from enslavement pre jim crow style in 19 63. Malcolm was murdered 1965. MLK jr was murdered 1968. So Both men and m any other black leaders died less than five years from a known case of bla ck enslavement  to a white in the usa... MLK jr was a great leader but th e environment for the greater black people proved failures on the parts of those before him like boooker t washington or web dubois and the environm ent after mlk jr proved the failures on the part of MLK jr and his peers l ike malcolm.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n On 1/16/2026 at 8:07 PM\, ProfD said:\ n \n\n \n \n Based on credentials\,  Dr. MLK Jr. could have lived an a ffluent life like modern day pimps in the pulpit. He would have run Saturn rings these clowns as a salesman of the gospel.\n \n \n\n\n\n well so co uld MAlcolm\, so could medgar evers... the list is long. Your speaking of one man when a large group of black people in the time MLK jr lived warran ted as much or more than hime\, and  had as much or greater opportunity f or personal financial betterment. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/18/2025\n\n\n\n C ITATION\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th -in-2026/#findComment-79450\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n osted just now\n\n\n\n @Pr ofD\n\n\n\n   17 hours ago\, ProfD said:\n\n\n\n Nowhere have I writte n that Dr. MLK Jr. was Superman. Of course\, he was the spokesman for a mo vement.\n\n\n\n your correct\, but he wasn't the leader\, but a leader\, a nd the spokesman role was given to him by others. \n\n\n\n   17 hours a go\, ProfD said:\n\n\n\n Because Dr. MLK Jr. was not a Supreme Being\, t here's nothing he could have done about those realities. \n\n\n\n exactly \, but you presented a level of idolization to MLK jr that warrants anyone to state a less idolized opinion\, which I did.\n\n  \n\n\n\n I quote yo u\, I \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   On 1/15/2026 at 4:54 PM\, ProfD said:\n\n \n\n I dare not criticize Dr. MLK Jr.s non-violent approach\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n   On 1/15/2026 at 4:54 PM\, ProfD said:\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FBA/ AfroAmericans and ALL Black people on the planet  owe a huge debt of grat itude to him. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   17 hours ago\, ProfD said:\n\n\n\ n Again\, in hindsight it's easy to claim Dr. MLK Jr.'s efforts \"proved f ailures\". Civil Rights and affirmative action doesn't happen without his influence and effort. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I also mentioned oth er leaders\, it is interesting that you focus on the mentioning of mlk jr when i mentioned leaders before or after him with the same failures\, and said leaders before mlk jr were needed for the black collegiate movement/n aacp /garveyites and et cetera which was mandatory in the early anti jim c row era for the later laws to come into being. \n\n\n\n   17 hours ago \, ProfD said:\n\n\n\n Dr. MLK Jr.'s impact must have been significant f rom the number of schools\, streets and other institutions named after him .\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n again\, that is media\, not truth. The movement by Bl ack people made the impact\, white owned media + the black church created the myth of mlkjr as THE leader when he wasn't\, he was a leader\, among m any\, but he was the only leader that fit everything white media or the bl ack church needed. And as in all the schools named after george washington who was a leader not THE leader of the colonies freeing from the english empire. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   17 hours ago\, ProfD said:\n\n\n\n ther e's nothing anyone can say or do that will ever make me question or minimi ze the impact Dr. MLK Jr. had on ALL Black people up to present and future .\n\n\n\n so mlk jr is beyond questioning ? i question all peoples. I don' t have an idolization of anyone in that way\, though i wonder how many bla ck people similarly idolize bond. And\, I never minimize the impact of the movement of Black people. It is interesting you focus so much on mlkjr. h iding behind the theme of this post your own idoltry. which I oppose. \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @Pioneer1\n\n\n\n   11 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n \n\n I know very few human beings who are so far \"above\" even a philosop hical critique.\n\n\n\n no human being is\, because we are human being. Bu t the problem is that\, some people unfortunately\, think negative judgeme nt lessens the value of another\, or questioning another lessers said anot hers role. \n\n\n\n It is very jesus /pope/schrumpft like\, that thinking .\n\n\n\n   11 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n it seems he should h ave known how possible or impossible it would be for Black people to get a long with these people.\n\n\n\n well\, remember\, black people when the us a was started still were able to get along\, not all black people were ens laved. I am not suggesting\, that anyone black should assume a peaceful li fe aside whites in the usa\, but I Can see a black person coming to the co nclusion that a peaceful coexistence can be a goal. Nothing is easy\, but I can comprehend it. Would I have chosen it? no\, but neither did nat turn er\, or assata shakur... so\, I don't mind some black leaders having that path.\n\n\n\n   11 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n Federal law stil l always \"trumps\" (no pun intended) states' laws.\n\n\n\n Federal law su persedes state law like state law supersedes local law.\n\n\n\n right but this is why the congress is the only branch of government that can make la w. the congress  is born from the states. it isn't executive. even though schrumpft is part of a change started since abraham lincoln\n\n\n\n   1 1 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n Because there was no threat to Afro American culture to justify them doing so.\n\n\n\n hmmm \n\n\n\n I get yo ur demographic position. but since the black populace was minoirty to the white\, even before the 1900s immigrant waves\, wasn't the heritage or cul ture of DOSers always in need of attention. Maybe not danger\, but I don't think the black church built up what needed to be carried/heritage\, or t ended what needed to be grown/culture. It is interesting that sinners come s out one year before the usa's 250 year anniversary\, one of the messages in the movie is the black churches hindrance. \n\n\n\n The blues players father\, is a hater.  a knocker. he doesn't want to help\, he wants to k nock. \n\n\n\n We all know how many black churches criminalized black peo ple who didn't sing gods music\, before 1940\, as well as after. \n\n\n\n Your right\, their wasn't competition among minoirty quantities in the po pulace  BUT why did the black church not try to bridge booker t and wed d ubois/garvey and dubois/ garvey and booker t? why did the black church tre at blues and jazz musicians so negatively? why did the black church treat hustlers so negatively?\n\n\n\n the my way highway vibe of black churches before the immigrant waves came\, i argue was very detrimental to the larg er populace later. yes\, cheap hindsight but it is clear. And i argue with their role\, no excuse existed\, no excuse. \n\n\n\n   11 hours ago\,  Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n Capitalists AND Dictators by controlling the wor kers\, not giving them a real say-so\, and enjoying the fruits of the labo r of the masses.\n\n\n\n your wrong about china. China has an engaged bure aucracy. People vote\, I argue china has more involvement of its people in its government than the usa does or a western european country does\, not just in raws numbers but in percentage. Remember the current chinese gove rnment is a creature of the 19000s\, and one born from being enslaved to t he usa/japan/western union. Thsoe three groups taught china to dislike the media dysfunction of government. countries that have big songs and big fl ags that hide the ugliest realities. the usa calls itself the land of free dom\, while in truth has only destroyed many peoples. the usa is a white e uropean country trying to sell itself as it isn't. China is proud to be a chinese country\, who at least is more honest to the immigrant than the us a by a mile. I know your a statian\, Pioneer\, you have a pride about the usa from the black history that supported it. And china as a white asian c ountry\, is an enemy of the usa\, although why wouldn't china be when the usa at one time owned a piece of china. \n\n\n\n North korea is a monarch y. It isn't like china. And\, because I don't find any government system s inful I will say\, North Korea's has two problem. \n\n\n\n 1st is the usa \, who has put north korea\, like iran \, like cuba\, under a severe strai n on all fronts. The historically funny thing is iran + cuba+ north korea have one thing in common\, they each insulted the usa\, neither actually e ver committed a crime to the usa while the usa committed crimes to them. t he usa invaded cuba using cuban traitors and failed\, the usa's murdering europhile puppet in iran failed\, and the usa invaded korea when north kor ea had the whole peninsula but north korea survived. \n\n\n\n After 9/11 the usa talked about being invaded and axis of evil\, and lied about afgha nistan or iraq\, but\, based on the reaction the usa had to 9/11\, cuba+ir an+north korea have the right to bomb the usa. \n\n\n\n 2nd\, the kim jon g clan have to embrace a simple truth\, the usa took their fate\, absent u sa involvement all of korea is led by the kim jong clan\, but the usa as a country of power meddled. tehe kim jong clan have to find a way to end th e demilitarize zone. I know no koreans made the zone but that is the chall enge. \n\n\n\n   11 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n So next time m e and Troy get into a fight over the existence of multiple races\, I expec t you to answer the call and pull up to the scene for some back-up....LOL\ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   10 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n They should have started 30 or 40 years ago by vehently going after everybody....incl uding other Black people...who were openly promoting what once were whispe red rumors of his womanizing and cheating on Coretta.\n\n\n\n we all know the truth\, the panthers/naacp/baptist preachers/drug dealers\, the fbi an d cia had agents everywhere. in all organizations including white ones. \ n\n\n\n I have always asked that the old files be made public. I think all of humanity could use every single agent of the 1900s whether dead or ali ve exposed. cause I think that would explain a lot but....\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n @aka Contrarian\n\n\n\n   7 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n \n that his people laughed at Malcom\n\n\n\n I said my forebears saw black people laughing at Malcolm\, not that my forebears laughed.  But yes\, m any people in harlem laughed at malcolm in the street. And your surprise s hows the strength of media. media has created a myth of malcolm + mlk jr t hat is false. Two great leaders\, more alike than different. each wanting integration or peace. Both eloquent speakers. their only true difference a s leaders was mlk jr \, from the christian baptist heritage\, speaks throu gh hope\, while malcolm learned from his father\, not elijah muhammed but his father\, to speak through truth. white people in the usa historically hate any black person who speaks through truth far more than any other bla ck person. the native american is irrelevant\, the white american is a tru e sinner\, black dosers are cowards\, immigrant americans are foolish trai tors. IT doesn't mean each has to be that way forever\, or is that way in every single individual\, but it is the majority truth. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n   8 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n militant counterpart\n \n\n\n how do you define militancy? cause I have never seen malcolm as mil itant? I think he was a garveyite like his father\, I think he did believe in self defense which his father+ mother needed\, but so did mlk jr? is e xhibiting self defense a sign of militancy? or is not saying things to mak e others comfortable \, militancy? \n\n\n\n when I think black militancy\ , I think of nat turner/jean jacques dessalines/the black loyalists/the qu ilombos in south america/ann zhinga against the portuguese. I don't think of malcolm or the panthers. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/18/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n CITATION\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the -19th-in-2026/#findComment-79464\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian\n\n\n\ n   1 hour ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n you disagreed with my ca lling Malcom X \"militant\" and asked what I consider \"militant\". \n\n\ n\n Malcom was famous for the  response he'd give when questioned about h ow he'd combat white aggression. \"By any means necessary\,\" was his ad ament response. And the Black Muslim quasi-military Fruit of Islam group p resented the impression of being his back-up. This is a militant stance t hat  didn't align with King's passive resistance philosophy which is why I and a lot of others considered Malcom militant. He talked tough.\n\n\n\n Wasn't Malcolm's father murdered by whites? around your neck of the usa i n the midwest? He didn't talk tough\, he talked from experience. The exper ience of a Black child who witnessed his nonviolent preacher father be mur dered by whites for the crime of wanting black ownership and preaching to other black people to leave the usa if they are unhappy. A black child who witnessed his yella\, black mother\, be drove into a living prison by whi te power.  MLK jr's father was never murdered by whites even though Gerog ia is full of violent whites. MLK jr's mother was never drove into a livin g prison even though the bureaucracy of georgia has done so to many black women. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   1 hour ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\ n And I disagree with your implication that Malcom was in agreement with M LK on integration. He wasn't entirely opposed to white assistance but he w as iinitially a black separatist advocate until he broke ranks with Elijah Muhammad later on. \n\n\n\n Malcolm was born from parents who were exodu sters or garveyites or preacher folk? right? wasn't that malcolm's guidanc e as a youth. Exodusters aren't militant or segregated. yes\, they want se perate places in the usa for black people \, but they never advocated viol ence except in self defense. And isn't self defense eternally warranted by black people based on white actions? What year have whites not harmed a b lack person and gotten away with it in the usa? \n\n\n\n I argue MAlcolm \, pre during or post elijah muhammed \, always embraced that some black f olk need to leave white countries all together in a true segregation/garve y\, some black folk need to have their own seperate places in a white coun try/exodusters \, but malcolm learned that some black folk can live amongs t whites/integrated as in slavery or jim crow or now\, but that doesn't me an they should not have the protection his parents didn't have. \n\n\n\n   1 hour ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n And it should also be not ed that during the MLK and Malcom era\, TV talk shows were all the rage. T hese 2 black spokesmen were popular guest panalists on these airings and w hat came out of their mouths during these discussions was what defined the m. They made their positions clear on live TV and were very articulate in doing so.\n\n\n\n Malcolm never wanted to be a cult leader\, which is what elijah muhammed plus the other pastors of the nation of islam wanted by t heir actions. They used malcolm\, the same way the southern black christia n pastors\, who were also cult leaders\,  used mlk jr as a front man for their activities. as stokely carmichael said\, can you imagine a black bap tist preacher not accepting a cadillac. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n   1 hour a go\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n But their influence lives on and black Americans owe them a debt of gratitude.\n\n\n\n 100% true and I must add We black people in the usa and arguably all blacks in all humanity owe the whole movement of Black empowerment from the era of enslavement plus the era of jim crow \, a debt of gratitude. And I hope we can learn from MLK j r teachings as well as Malcolms and many others. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MAlc olm for me teaches a valuable lesson about early efficiency\, don't let yo ur idol ruin your plan. For me\, MAlcolm had the best leadership skills am ong all black leaders in the usa when he lived\, but he had one flaw he ne ver recovered from\, he allowed his idolization for an older black leader\ , in his case elijah muhammed \, to cloud or manipulate his larger plannin g. That was a mistake. \n\n\n\n MLK jr for me teaches a  valuable lesson in handling handlers\, \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n two questions AkaContrarian  with a setup and amendment\, and @ProfD + @Pioneer1  I ponder your th oughts to the three elements as well. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Here is the set up\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n when Sean Bell's father was asked in media what he f elt\, after his son was murdered by law enforcement in the new york city t hrough forty one bullet shots\, sean bell's father said he wanted the law enforcers dead. And al sharpton\, the white media\, the lawyers for the be ll family\, didn't have him around for anything afterward... \n\n\n\n It is clear the form of passive resisitance many blacks in the usa adhere to seems a complete form\, that doesn't accept violence in weapons or closed fists but also in discourse. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n my questions\, \n\n\n\n 1) has that interpretation of passive resistance broken up many black cla ns/homes? \n\n\n\n 2) do black people who adhere to passive resisitance c riminalize plus illegalize [both not just one\, meaning make a return of v iolence criminal while also have an unwritten black legal code that illega lizes black people who don't adhere by excommunication in various ways] ac tions by black people or black people themselves who don't adhere?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n in amendment\, \n\n\n\n I think of two things. 1. amiri barak a who said the bussers were crazy getting ice cream and assaulted while do ing nothing. 2. a black woman in texas\, a matriarch\, who told two nephew s to leave texas after whites had assaulted their home and they wanted to act violently in return. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I realize now\, the language I need to have. And thank you three Contrarian/pioneer/profd for getting me to this place.  When contrarian you said passive resistance\, it made me realize to what extremes you refer to. \n\n\n\n The words/phrase resis tance or nonviolence or passive or militant or violent keep getting used.  \n\n\n\n But the issue here is the faith in the rule of law. Not the \"r ule of law\" but \" faith in the rule of law\" as opposed to \"function ba sed on the life of black people\"\n\n\n\n I see the lines\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n from crispus attics\, the black people who embraced whites like george washington before during or after 1776 in the enslavement era + Frederick Douglass\,  the black people who fought for the union or confederacy +MLK jr\, the black people who nonviolently in all ways fought for black empow erment in the later years of jim crow era\, Barrack Obama\, the black peop le in the age of the rainbow\, a set of black people have a \"faith in the rule of law\" such that even if the law is designed against black people\ , even if the law allows non blacks to terrorize black people\, even if th e law can't protect blacks from being terrorized by non blacks\, each of s aid groups actions show a faith that the legal system\, the law\, in its p rocesses and eventual result is satisfactory\, even if the law fails durin g their lifetime to change for the better. They are willing to die in the courtroom\, even as tulsa burns and black pregnant women are being hung.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n In parallel\, \n\n\n\n from the black loyalists\, bla ck people who committed to vendetta against the whites of the colonies\, w hite people of england didn't enslave blacks in the colonies\, it was whit e colonist and colonialist before during or after 1776   in the enslavem ent era+ Nat Turner or Exodusters\, the black people who retaliated when t he law failed \, wanted self defense\, not isolation+ Malcolm who never fe lt black people should allow or invite harm from others which faith demand s\,  when the law didn't protect black people from white terror in the ji m crow era\, to Assata Shakur and the many blacks later who have left the usa in the age of the rainbow\, a set of black people have a \"function ba sed on the life of black people\" such that the historical facts of the la w working against black people\, law allowing non blacks to terrorize blac k people\, law not protecting blacks from being terrorized by blacks\, pro ve to said folks a need/demand/function to act outside the law which can n ot be denied for a truly free black peoples whether they have white neighb ors or not\, even if they know they are disadvantaged\, maybe inevitably\, or if nonlegal actions fail during their lifetime for the better. They ar e willing to die outside the courttoom\, even if non black power  or blac k allegiances to the courtrom give advantages. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I pond er if a bridge can be made between faith or function?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 0 1/19/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CItation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/1 2293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79482\n\n\n\n Posted  just now\n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \n On 1/18/2026 a t 10:06 PM\, aka Contrarian said:\n \n\n \n \n First of all\, nothing y ou said changed my mind about referring to Malcom as \"militant\". In fact \, you just provided a lot of reasons to justify his being militant\, a pe rfectly good word which you apparently consider a stigma. \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n As for your other questions. I agree wi th ProfD on the first two and disagree with him on the  3rd.\n \n \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n I am not trying to change your mind \,  I am trying to comp rehend from your point of view where militancy ends or begins with black p eople in the usa. \n\n\n\n I assume\, but you haven't been exact\, that a black person in the usa is militant anytime they have any action\, verbal or non verbal that is aggressive\, regardless of situation. \n\n\n\n If I comprehend you correctly\, then Sean Bell's father is militant for speak ing ill to those who murdered his son. Protestors who throw bottles in rea ction to being hosed or shot at are militant. I comprehend fully that Malc olm is militant from your point of view based on how i assume you define m ilitancy\, but based on your definition\, I assume\, you categorize many b lack people as militant. \n\n\n\n I don't view malcolm\,sean bell's fathe r\, protestors reacting to violent attack as militant. To me\, self defens e does not suggest militancy. Self defense isn't nonviolent\, but it isn't militant\, to me. \n\n\n\n But I want to comprehend your thinking better . \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n As for the first question\, and I speak to @ProfD  \n\n\n\n I wish I knew with the population of descended of enslaved  in the past or today how many in our homes have or have not schismed on the relationship on how to relate to whites\, before the usa or after the usa\ , as the usa doesn't really matter in this issue. This issue is really abo ut the white colonialist and their descendants and the black enslaved and their descendants. \n\n\n\n I wish I knew. IT would be very revealing. Ca use\, even if it is 40% or 30% that is a lot. Maybe it is 5% \, tiny. I wo nder when 1865 hit how was it? and it yields another question in my mind\, why doesn't this question come up more? Every single black person knows p ersonally\, offline a spectrum of black people who relate differently to w hites. Black comedians have a whole mountain of jokes on this topic. So wh y is it\, black churches\, black organizations\, rarely speak on this? it isn't a secret. I have many questions and no way to get answers. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The second question is in series to the first. I wish I knew t he truth. I guess more so \, you guys guess less\, but what is the truth? No one will know sadly\, unless someone has a time machine and a huge ledg er. \n\n\n\n And of course\, the problem is in the wording\, what defines a schism in the home? what defines criminalization or unwritten illegaliz ation? the details or definitions even with the same information can provi de various results...\n\n\n\n I don't know. I wish I knew \, cause it matt ers. I argue how black people relate to white people in the usa \, in blac k peoples own communal sphere\, is a big thing. And shouldn't be some priv ate issue or some shrugged issue because it is really an all black affair. Hell\, even Tyler perry has mentioned this issue a lot in his work. \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n As to the third\, at least on the issue of faith to rule o f law versus function based on black history\, a schism exist between you\ , aka contrarian and profd as members of aalbc\n\n\n\n And for me\, the is sue isn't about right or wrong but how important these stances are in the larger scheme of things.\n\n\n\n Black people who believe in faith in the rule of law\, are willing to be harmed and abused by whites\, rather than break the law. That is a big stance in our populace\, arguably globally. C ause black people globally are abused by non blacks. so black people anywh ere in humanity who are willing to be abused rather than break the law\, c an never relate to white people the same way as black people who function for self defense or revenge or vendetta [three different things but all ar e violent] based on black history .\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n And as you both kno w I think of what to do tomorrow? \n\n\n\n I don't know how to bridge tha t issue.  I never forget telling a friend of mine. If I was a pastor of a church and a white man entered the church I manage\, I would told that wh ite man to leave immediately\, and go to st patricks church down the stree t\, this is a black church. in the usa\, White people historically or mode rnly can not be trusted intermingling with blacks. whites will 99% of the time harm blacks. the quantity of events where whites harmed blacks proves this more than anything. Not 100% no\, not 100% but 99% yeah. Look at bla ck towns today\, black farms today\, black regions in white cities today? No\, do whites kill blacks and brand blacks today? no\, but harm still? ma ny times yes. \n\n\n\n Obama sang amazing grace for that church that whit e man murdered people in. And while I know that church is open to all phen otypes\, that nonviolent openness as closing based on phenotype is a form of violence based on how nonviolence is implemented by many\, that nonviol ent position is what got black people killed. and\, the law will not heal that\, the law didn't protect those people.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n So how can a movement exist among black people in the usa\, holistically in popul ace\, with such a divide of way of life? I argue near impossible. The usa is full of white peoples\, white people [white europeans/white asians/whit e latinos/white muslims/white women/white jews combined are the majority] compared to blacks. so\, any plan has to consider how white people fit. an d ... \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/19/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n h ttps://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findCom ment-79486\n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian \n\n\n\n   37 minutes ago\, aka Con trarian said:\n\n\n\n Just go with your assumptions. Why do I have to jus tify my sentiments to you?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n All of this is hypothetical . \n\n\n\n Assumptions are worthless\, comprehension has value and if I d on't comprehend someone else I ask them\, beginning with I don't know\, wh ich is wisdom. \n\n\n\n Comprehension has nothing to do with justificatio n\, a thing of justice\, meaning a thing determining right or wrong. I am not thinking in terms of right or wrong. I am not asking questions of you to be right or wrong\, but to comprehend. Now you may not want me to compr ehend you or may think another comprehending you is unimportant\, but I do n't live like that so I ask\, with no demands of an answer. But I will con tinue to ask anyone to comprehend more.\n\n\n\n all of this is under an id ea\, maybe\, the discourse in this post is about how black people relay to each other\, and it is proof\, at the least\, that black people in 2026 h ave a lot we don't comprehend about each other and more importantly\, the lack of comprehension makes collective action inevitably faulty. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/19/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.co m/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79495\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n ed just now\n\n\n\n @aka Contrarian \n\n\n\n   2 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n\n\n\n You are much too subjective. It's alw ays about you and your compulsion to be omniscient\, and ultimately omnipo tent.  You obviously want to solve all the problems of the world. \n\n\n \n  Good luck with that goal.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n no I don't want to solve all the problems in the world.\n\n\n\n first\, because some problems can' t be solved\, they have to be lived through. They have to be given their t ime\, even in full gruesomeness. I learned that a relative long time ago.  \n\n\n\n second\, because I know exactly what I want\, and comprehend th e prosequences plus consequences of any action.  I was fortunate enough t o have the time and space to learn that\, and what I want isn't what you s ay I want.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I don't want to know all\, oomiscient\, or h ave all power\, omnipotent. first\, because either is impossible. To know all you have to know not merely about all today\, but all yesterdays and a ll tomorrows... for any finite being\, that is impossible. And you can nev er have all the power unless you can become all\, and no finite being can become all. My rearing by my parents taught me that as a child.  \n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n I do enjoy communicating and learning through communication. And I was taught as a child to always expand my knowledge as much as I can . Limiting the value of nothing. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Thank you for the lu ck:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/20/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n END OF MULTILOG FOR 2026 \n\n\n\n At the end of the multilog for 2026\, discussing MLK jr an d non violence\, I thought about nonviolence effectiveness and came to a r ealization. The nonviolent movements problem isn't the absence of violence . The nonviolent movements problem is inability of admitting what is neede d to get results. \n\n\n\n The nonviolent movement says all acts are viol ence: verbal/tactile/financial/explosive or other are not permitted as act ions. But the question is how can one be effective nonviolently. Many sugg est turn the other cheek but if someone raped your sister\, killed your fa ther\, slapped you with metal knuckles. You turning the other cheek doesn' t generate punishment to the abuser. You turning the other cheek allows th e abuser to get away with abusing. \n\n\n\n And I thought about various v iolent actions:  a black girl flung to the ground by a law enforcer\, the mountain of domestic violence cases that the new york police department d oesn't try to solve but allows to stack\, my own personal interactions wit h law enforcement trying to intimidate or approaching violently to me abse nt any provocation from me. \n\n\n\n And I realized\, the NAACP probably never took to court even one percent of the cases of white violence[from t errorism to spitting] against black people in the united states of america . Alice \, the black woman enslaved in the 1960s means\, the number of cri mes by whites to blacks in the 1800s was astronomical. \n\n\n\n Nothing c an be done about the past\, but arguably half of the white populace in the usa and a higher percentage in the south\, never faced any legal proceedi ngs for their violence. \n\n\n\n And that impotency in results is the wea kness in nonviolent philosophical supporters. \n\n\n\n Responding by viol ence can come in many forms but responding nonviolently can only occur thr ough the court of law. But\, the usa will require millions of lawyers acti ng pro bono\, for good or absent pay\, to even get near 25% of the cases o f white violence to blacks. \n\n\n\n But now I know what to tell nonviole nt adherents. Because no idea is evil or good\, the only issue is implemen tation. MLK jr plus others felt nonviolence could change the usa for the b etter through changing laws. But I realize the flaw in that thinking. Chan ging laws doesn't change habits. Doesn't impose the rule of law in regions . \n\n\n\n The civil rights act of 1963 hasn't protected one black person from white violence. But if fifty percent or above of incidents between n onblack violent actors to black people in the USA was sent to court\, I ca n't be certain the usa will be better quickly\, but I am certain it is the only way\, nonviolence can lead to betterment. Fiscal capitalism will fai l black folk cause having money doesn't deter white violence\, ask tulsa. Being law abiding will fail black folk cause abiding by the law doesn't pr otect you from those who do not\, ask trayvon martin or sean bell or abner luima or many others. Turning the other cheek will fail black people beca use the person who needs to turn the other cheek is the white abuser/ensla ver/terrorist.\n\n\n\n The court room is the only place that will aid blac k people because the cost from verdicts in favor of blacks \, whether crim inal or civil\, allows white terrorist/enslavers/abusers to pay nonviolent ly. But it has to be at an unprecedented level in the usa. I read somewher e that the NYPD's criminal behavior costs New York City hundreds of millio ns of dollars. If I combine the reality of most cases of white abuse to bl acks not making the courtroom and the cost of verdicts in black favor bein g quite expensive to the government\, I see that taking white violent beha vior to court is the only way Black nonviolent people can plan to get resu lts from their philosophy\, in the usa. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/23/2026\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-d ay-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79554\n\n\n\n osted just now\n\n\n \n @Troy \n\n\n\n   3 hours ago\, Troy said:\n\n\n\n Race is purely a n arbitrary social construct with no basis in genetics.\n\n\n\n I will ch ange the adjective to inevitable. but even enough:)\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/2 3/2026\n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-da y-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79567\n\n\n\n osted just now\n\n\n\ n @Delano \n\n\n\n Before you can ask if one is free you must define free dom. \n\n\n\n So\, I ask you to define freedom and then I can easily answ er your question are Blacks\, whether descended of enslaved or not\, free.  \n\n\n\n But\, if anyone answer a question of freedom absent defining fr eedom first it will only give an uneven answer. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/23/ 2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293- mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79577\n\n\n\n osted just n ow\n\n\n\n @Delano\n\n\n\n   6 minutes ago\, Delano said:\n\n\n\n In e very conversation words generally have two meanings\, the dictionary and t he personal. Define it however you wish. @richardmurray\n\n\n\n You didn' t ask me the meaning of freedom. YOu asked me\n\n\n\n   On 1/23/2026 at 4:48 AM\, Delano said:\n\n\n\n Would you say US Blacks are free?\n\n\n\n And I replied\, when you ask whether anyone or thing is free\, define wha t it means to be free in the question and then I or anyone else  can easi ly answer. I didn't ask you\, you asked me. But you want me to define word s that you used in your question however I wish. No\, that is bad communic ation. You tell me how you define freedom and then I will answer your ques tion... I seek to improve how i communicate always. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1 /24/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12 293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-19th-in-2026/#findComment-79617\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n Posted just now\n\n\n\n @Delano \n\n\n\n how do you define freedom? \ n\n\n\n I will like to know. \n\n\n\n do you define freedom as thing for the living or a thing for the living plus the dead? \n\n\n\n no answer yo u make is wrong or right. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1/26/2026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n Citation\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12293-mlk-jr-day-is-on-the-1 9th-in-2026/page/2/#findComment-79744\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n sted just now\n\ n\n\n @Delano @Pioneer1 @ProfD \n\n\n\n nice trilog on the question of the quality of freedom when one is dead. \n\n\n\n It is full of thought\, as death plus freedom don't have universal definition\, nor is communicat ion to the deceased proven to those who never experienced it or comprehend ed  robustly enough to those who have experienced it to clarify freedom's quality to those who are dead. The living can only guess how freedom \, h owever defined for someone living\, is to those who are dead\, which isn't the dead communicating their position. A guess isn't wrong\, but a guess isn't right\, itis a thesis. In this case three thesis\, well done. \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250122 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Pitch Contest January 2025- 01/26/2025 DTSTAMP:20250127T005629Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:161-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Story Pitch Contest January 2025- 01/26/2025\n\n\n\n the three winners are picked for the \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdde viant/art/1151773450\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CONTENT IF YOU DONT CLICK THE LINK ABOVE\n\n\n\n Story Pitch\n\n\n\n The Other Immigrant is a 20\,000 word p hilosophical coming of age political fiction for adults about displaying t he variance between one's unelectronic self and their publicly recorded id entity using the journey of Marta told through epistle/narrative pairs in chronological order from her being a baby being held by parents crying at the termination of an immigration app to her election day success to becom e the president of the United States of America.\n\n\n\n Added information \n\n\n\n I had other ideas but a friend was discussing this and they conve yed the app and presidency to me. i thought it was a nice current event as pect\, which fits pitches.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Title: The Other Immigrant\n \n\n\n Gere: Philosophical coming of age political fiction\n\n\n\n Audienc e: adults\n\n\n\n word count: 20 \,000 words\n\n\n\n what story is about: Displaying the variance between one's unelectronic self and their publicly recorded identity using the journey of Marta told through epistle/narrati ve pairs in chronological order from her being a baby being held by parent s crying at the termination of an immigration app to her election day succ ess to become the president of the United States of America.\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n I argue\, Monsignor with Christopher reeves did better in going into a crisis of faith or the journey a catholic has with their faith\, and the side characters go into the various qualities of fa ith. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250126 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BGEDOV- Black Games Elite Deviantart Oembed Viewer - January 24th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250124T203624Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:159-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n BGEDOV- Black Games Elite Deviantart Oembed Viewer - Janu ary 24th 2025\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/480-bgedov-black-games- elite-deviantart-oembed-viewer/\n\n\n\n If you need links to test\, copy a nd paste the following\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/kiratheartist/ar t/Little-Friend-1113175550\n\n\n\n and to find more to copy and paste go t o the following \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/favourites\ n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Star Trek Deep Space Nine is the bes t written star trek series. Second best is Discovery. \n\n\n\n Deep Space Nine even had prescience\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/spockvarietyhour/ 738407716519870464/star-trek-deep-space-nine-past-tense-pt-1\n\n\n\n\n  \ n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250124 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Right After The Fork In The Road DTSTAMP:20260120T044633Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:630-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n Title:Right After The Fork In The Road\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Right-After-The-Fork-In-The-Road-128915805 5\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I am treading through woven mangling thorny bushes s imultaneously regretting not taking the path to the shiny city at the fork in the road. Old scratches itch very bad and I know I will need lots of a loe. Why I risked on the path in shadow at noon? Why I risked before or va rious moments in yore? Suddenly\, a break of light reach my eyes\, and I e nergize. I enter a glade\, bathing in light while imprison in arbor shadow \, hair of flowers completely over the skin\, mouths full of boiling hot m ineral water from somewhere. I think to myself\, I prefer this sight over that metropolis of light. I sit down\, and open my basket for a beef balon ey and brie on rye. A few gulps of milk and I hear a buzzing\, but no bees . I go back to eating and the buzzing grows\; I realize it is from the gro und. A few flowers bend at my hand and a rolled scroll arrive on a car. I take the scroll\, the buzzing goes away faster than it came\, which is a m ap to the forest plus directions where to step to leave the glade. I gathe r my things and leave this home to part of the forest I don't know. At the thorny bushes\, I ponder on the path I snubbed. I remember the quiet\, wo rse than quiet\, more a deafening silence\, that made audible my inner min d\, from the shiny city I chose not to go to.\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260119 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:December Acrostic Challenge Content DTSTAMP:20251128T070129Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:603-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Fate(Sol Fu do know)\n\n Some lyrics to welcome summer in the southern hemisphere\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Fate -Sol-Fu-do-know-1269063641\n\n #poetry #lyrics #summer #hddeviant #fate #r ichardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Kwanzaa Song\n\n Some lyrics to welcome winter in the northern hemisphere\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Kwanzaa-Song-1269062369\n\n #poetry #lyric s #winter #kwanzaa #song #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Mascots Summer 2025\n\n An illustration to welcome su mmer in the southern hemisphere\, coloring page available.\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Mascots-Summer-2025-1269060850\n\n #illu stration #themascots #summer #hddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr # richardmurray\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Mascots Summer 2025\n\n\n\n The Mascots at December Solstice 2025 Southern Hemisph ere\n\n\n\n LaPrimaTorte singing\n\n\n\n Fella playing the piccolo while d ouble dutching\n\n\n\n Biting Pear of Salamanca using the mouth harp \, he ld by the lips above the teeth with the prong internal struck by the tongu e\, while using a trampoline\n\n\n\n Hoofs playing the tambourine going in circles\n\n\n\n Llama using a bullroarer\n\n\n\n They are playing with Pr incess Candace plus Princess Menelik who are double dutching\, Mimada is r elaxing under the sun\, Kidowaum is playing with Mimada's cat\, 1960s fash ion dragon is blowing a fiery note at the Biting pear who is in danger? bu t from what?\n\n\n\n INSTRUMENT EXAMPLES\n\n\n\n Piccolo\n\n\n\n https://y outu.be/Dw-wheB4gcM?si=mo9eJsnY4Ek4HpUK\n\n\n\n Mouth Harps [alternative n ames gogona \, mukkuri]\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/EmNHs4L16uk?si=jVVgx4p1uV 0DMa8t\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/UZpBMXiFsks?si=GyswE0aL_YJI1s7s\n\n\n\n ht tps://youtu.be/9nfY6xz57Bk?si=mb6LwP_JBt4Uf6gf\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/ZQ jc3Agmjhc?si=O_DqFd1USXX_t6Hn\n\n\n\n Tambourine\n\n\n\n https://vimeo.com /21316295?fll&\;fe=sh\n\n\n\n https://youtu.be/Jcd63Ev7JXA?si=e-kx9IhHu PzxN3kd\n\n\n\n Bullroarer\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgveIjg BnYk\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n INSTRUMENT WIKI\n\n\n\n Piccolo\n\n\n\n https://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo\n\n\n\n Mouth Harp\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Jew's_harp\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogona\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukkuri\n\n\n\n Tambourine\n\n\n\n https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine\n\n\n\n Bullroarer\n\n\n\n https://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/Bullroarer\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CHARACTERS INFORMATION\n\n\n \n THE MASCOTS\n\n\n\n LaPrimaTorte - sister of Cake\, my OC this is her i ntroduction\n\n\n\n Fella\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gal lery?q=fella\n\n\n\n Biting Pear of Salamanca\n\n\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/gallery?qear\n\n\n\n Hoofs\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/hddeviant/gallery?q=hoofs\n\n\n\n Llama\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=llama\n\n\n\n PLAYMATES\n\n\n\n Princess Candace + Prince Menelik\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/810 75023/princess-candace-prince-menelik\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/h ddeviant/gallery?q=candace\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ga llery?q=menelik\n\n\n\n Mimada\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/gallery/95222615/mimada\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/fav ourites?q=mimada\n\n\n\n Kidowaum\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/gallery/95222352/kidowaum\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/favourites?q=KidoWaum\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/melonsaremelanc holic/art/Secret-Santa-2023-1005019885\n\n\n\n 1960 fashion dragon\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/95222581/1960s-fashion-drago n\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/favourites?q=1960\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW\n\n\n\n Torte\n\n\n\n https://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Torte\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Mascots W inter 2025\n\n An illustration to welcome winter in the northern hemispher e\, coloring page available\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/T he-Mascots-Winter-2025-1269059816\n\n #illustration #themascots #winter #h ddeviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBE D CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Mascots Winter 2025\n\n\n\n The Mascots at December Solstice 2025 Northern Hemisphere\n\n\n\n LaPrimaT orte on vocals as a tree with ornaments\n\n\n\n Fella on the vertical pian o as santa\n\n\n\n Biting Pear of Salamanca on the glass harmonica as a sn owman\n\n\n\n Hoofs on the couesnophone as rudolph\n\n\n\n Llama on the th eremin as a gingerbread man\n\n\n\n In the audience is Bosko side Honey at one table and at another Marian Michaels side a man only publicly known a s Lion Man\n\n\n\n NSTRUMENT EXAMPLES\n\n\n\n Vertical Piano\n\n\n\n https ://youtu.be/EHS1c333ubY?si=M8kLWfERGCZk291I\n\n\n\n Theremin\n\n\n\n https ://youtu.be/-QgTF8p-284?si=FleCkrLTFeFEP1Le\n\n\n\n Glass Harmonica\n\n\n\ n https://youtu.be/eEKlRUvk9zc?si=ekSP3bnLuLjHJVG4\n\n\n\n Couesnophone NO TE: getting time indexes\n\n\n\n https://bassic-sax.info/blog/2012/goofus- played-master/comment-page-1/\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQA R_6EBCk\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goEzaq3ZVVo\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n INSTRUMENT WIKI\n\n\n\n Vertical Pianos\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Victory_Vertical\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_pi ano\n\n\n\n Theremin\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin\n\n\n\ n Glass Harmonica\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica\n\ n\n\n Couesnophone\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couesnophone\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n CHARACTERS INFORMATION\n\n\n\n THE MASCOTS\n\n\n\n LaPrimaT orte - sister of Cake\, my OC this is her introduction\n\n\n\n Fella\n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=fella\n\n\n\n Biting Pea r of Salamanca\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?qear\n \n\n\n Hoofs\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=hoofs\ n\n\n\n Llama\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=llama \n\n\n\n AUDIENCE\n\n\n\n Bosco + Honey\n\n\n\n https://pdsh.fandom.com/wi ki/Honey_(Looney_Tunes) [ https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pdsh/images/3/ 3f/Hold_Anything_.webp/revision/latest?cb=20250429142304 ]\n\n\n\n butterf ly- Marian Michaels\n\n\n\n https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Butterfly\n\n\n\n [ https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pdsh/images/1/10/Butterfly.png/revisi on/latest?cb=20150619053152 ]\n\n\n\n lion man\n\n\n\n https://pdsh.fandom .com/wiki/Lion-Man\n\n\n\n [ https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pdsh/images /3/3b/Lion-Man.png/revision/latest?cb=20101027213045 ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW\n\n\n\n Torte is a type of cake\n\n\n\n https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torte\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251128 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Horizons 2026 stamp DTSTAMP:20260111T014441Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:629-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A stamp to use on entries for the New Horizon challenge o n Color me club in deviantart\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/art/New-Horizons-2026-Coloring-Page-Stamp-1285557484\n\n\n\n \ n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260110 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Horizons Coloring page and challenge DTSTAMP:20260109T005427Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:627-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n New Horizons coloring page\n\n https://www.deviantart.com /hddeviant/art/New-Horizons-Coloring-Page-1284759575\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CO DE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n New Horizons  color me club challenge\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/New-Horizons-1284003118\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260108 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fauxnuts + Where are they now charlie brown DTSTAMP:20260109T005306Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:626-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Fauxnuts  - click link to see all the comic strip pages and in color\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Fauxnuts-1-2-128 4754500\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Where Are They Now : Charlie Brown\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Cha rlie-Brown-1283864876\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260108 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetic Critique of Luthien and Beren by jjwinters - Jan 6th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250116T212747Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:130-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poetic Critique of Luthien and Beren by jjwinters - Jan 6 th 2025\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Around lovers the lines do swirls\n\n\n\n delee cate pairs to knobs as pearls\n\n\n\n about the scene the back is plain\n\ n\n\n a rouge\, a mauve\, i say is sane\n\n\n\n await! i know co-missh con trol\n\n\n\n J-Jee no prob! you made the goal\n\n\n\n her skin or his a te xture true\n\n\n\n the light is from above the two\n\n\n\n his hair a wild e brown affair\n\n\n\n her hair almond e worth a stare\n\n\n\n The clothe s of both is too even\n\n\n\n fabric of elf is not humen\n\n\n\n The white in lines is good so flair\n\n\n\n E yet is dark balance to pair\n\n\n\n n o need to see if suns inside\n\n\n\n perluminate! L and B glide\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n from Richard Murray / HDdeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n See the inspir ational image critiqued and more\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ art/Poetic-Critique-of-Luthien-and-Beren-by-jjwinters-1143440896\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n the rare fantasy\, based on 魔女 の宅急便\, phonetically Majo no Takkyūbin\, in english 'Witch's Exp ress Home Delivery written by Eiko Kadono. Kadono at the time of this rmne wsletter edition is ninety years old.\n\n\n\n The review focuses on one th ing\, that is why I am a Kiki fan. The film's story is uncommonly balanced \, not the good vs evil dichotomy\, but the total human existence. Like a number of Studio Ghibli films: \"Whisper of the Heart\" or \"The Wind Rise s\" for example\, the action is minimal\, and the Christian duopoly is non existent\, and I recall my own youth\, amongst black folk in this black pl ace in a white city\, the most.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250106 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetic Critique of Illumination by Chaosfive-55 DTSTAMP:20260105T073114Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:624-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n Poetic Critique of Illumination by Chaosfive-55\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Poetic-Critique-of-Illumination-b y-Chaosfive-55-1283450705\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Crux the light centrally\, th e focal projects the small scene\n\n\n\n Sancti perviously\, the aperture aid nature's ween\n\n\n\n Patris wee homily\, in human tilt or angled mean \n\n\n\n Benedicti rightly\, the motion in a day's serene\n\n\n\n Transill uminately\, all photos fail but this perbeen\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n critmas 20 25\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Critmas-2025-128018734 0\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260105 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Laprimatorte tutorial DTSTAMP:20260104T032317Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:623-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Laprimatorte tutorial for the Holiday-themed Resource Sha ring Contest of Stockandresources group in Deviantart\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/hddeviant/art/Laprimatorte-tutorial-1282966094\n\n #laprimatort e #tutorial #stockandresources #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhum blr\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260103 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Perihelion GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T121516Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:357-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Perihelion occurs between January 1st and January 5th \, The perihelion is the moment in the path the Earth make about the Sun \,elliptical orbit\, where the Earth's position is closest to the sun. T he Aphelion in June/July is when the earth is farthest away. Please provid e any art or text concerning  a sun coming closer\, and don't try the t wilight zone episode.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n EXPLANATION\n\n\n\n https://a albc.com/tc/events/event/607-perihelion-aphelion-explanation/\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n photo citation\n https:// www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/31614749540/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250106 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mimada Cheerleader Noddy with Nia-In-the-box DTSTAMP:20260102T035248Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:622-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mimada Cheerleader Noddy with Nia-In-the-box\n\n\n\n devi antart\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mimada-Cheerleader -Noddy-1282123367\n\n\n\n midnighthour tumblr\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.c om/communities/midnight-hour/post/804599842665021440/mimada-cheerleader-no ddy-with?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:What do you think makes a masterpiece? DTSTAMP:20260101T041610Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:620-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n What do you think makes a masterpiece?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My Answer\n\n\n\n Your prose makes the case for a piece\, but I argue wha t makes a master is first? A master originally meant a teacher\, not someo ne deemed skilled above all others. Why does that matter? If a master is a teacher\, then a master can be anyone\, sequentially\, a masterpiece can be any work or piece from anyone. If a master is a teacher than a masterpi ece is free to be any work as anyone sees it. \n\n\n\n But\, if a master is someone deemed skilled above all others. then who determines the skills \, through whatever measures\, required to be a master is more important t han the identity of the master\, for said identity is merely matching the skills. But\, who determines the skills? In modern human history\, all to often those in a populace in humanity  who have a financial or militarist ic power over other populaces dictate the skills required to be a master. Sequentially\, the identity of a masterpiece is always doubted\, questione d. Because if a master is someone deemed skilled above all others which ca n only be determined through a limited perspective only a set in humanity have \, then all others have to doubt it\, because they don't see the mast er as legitimate because they don't accept the requirements to master. \n \n\n\n So\, I accept a master is merely a teacher. And as I have learned a nd continue to learn from many artists \, in said moments of learning\, I have been taught and said artists have been teachers\, thus masters for a time and the works or pieces they taught me with are masterpieces. \n\n\n \n SEE WHOLE ANSWER\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/What-do-y ou-think-makes-a-masterpiece-1281553724\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wirt and Greg see's Nef's phone DTSTAMP:20260101T041245Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:619-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Wirt and Greg see's Nef's phone\, it has a coloring page\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Wirt-and-Greg-finding-Nef-s-p hone-1281686935\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nicky\, cheered by Mimada DTSTAMP:20260101T040833Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:618-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Nicky\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Nicky- 1281677723\n\n\n\n \n\n mimada cheerleader singing Nicky\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mimada-Cheerleader-1281675393\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n CHEER\n\n BEGIN REFRAIN 1\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky ! you're my kind!\n\n\n\n You're my kind\, you made me bli!ng\n\n\n\n Come Nicky\, come Nicky\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky! you're my kind!\n\n\n\n You're my ki nd\, you made me bli!ng\n\n\n\n Come Nicky\, come Nicky\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky! you're my kind!\n\n\n\n You're my kind\, you made me bli!ng\n\n\n\n Come N icky\, come Nicky\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky! you're my kind!\n\n\n\n You're my kind \, you made me bli!ng\n\n\n\n Come Nicky\n\n\n\n END REFRAIN 1\n\n\n\n Com e Nicky\n\n\n\n You show only one night! but go farther than all \n\n\n\n You know you have the tools! and you proved! you've got all\n\n\n\n You n ever stay till light!\n\n\n\n I pray for your return \, Nicky!\n\n\n\n Cau se when you say you do! it always means you will\n\n\n\n A year's worth of flutters\, daddy\, please\, daddy\, mill\n\n\n\n Every night I will\, onl y dream of you \, Nicky\n\n\n\n BEGIN REFRAIN 2\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky\, it's so pretty\, thank you from this lamb\n\n\n\n You reach into my mind\, when y ou give me what I am\n\n\n\n Oh Nicky\, love your ditty\, you warm up this lamb\n\n\n\n No one's like you\, Nicky\n\n\n\n Ooh will you come Nicky\, come Nicky\n\n\n\n Prove certain love\, Nicky\n\n\n\n END REFRAIN 2\n\n\n\ n Come Nicky\n\n\n\n Now if-you-need-my-little purse! s'like a little box\ n\n\n\n Fill it like a stuffer! Ya\, pleasin'-plump-ol fox!\n\n\n\n I said you had the tools! so just\, go \, on!  Nicky\n\n\n\n And thank you- for everything! the years end in glam\n\n\n\n The years end is not till minut es! One more gift\, sweet clam!\n\n\n\n Oh please daddy\, please\, thank y ou for all your bam! Nicky\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAIN 2\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAIN 1\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAIN 2\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAIN 2\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAI N 2\n\n\n\n REPEAT REFRAIN 2\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Critmas 2025 DTSTAMP:20251228T041442Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:617-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Critmas is a challenge where artist critique other artist . I am a team leader this year\, I hope I helped. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Critmas-2025-1280187340\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n THE FOLLOWING IS A RAW COPY FROM THE URL ABOVE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n C ritmas 2025\n\n\n\n done for Critmas 2025\n\n\n\n organized by @BeckyKidus of @CRLiterature\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/beckykidus/journal/Cr itmas-2025-Briefing-and-kickoff-1279368822\n\n\n\n Critmas teams\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/beckykidus/journal/Critmas-2025-The-Teams-127909 1695\n\n\n\n Critmas galleries\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments /1/1270451437/5252055832\n\n\n\n\n Critiques I made to others\n\n\n\n Crit ique my own team + Abecedarius letter M + Scavenger hunt : Stars\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/298541115/5255491459\n\n\n\n Critique my own team + Abecedarius letter B + Scavenger hunt : Present\n\n\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/867978483/5255495328\n\n\n\n Critique m y own team + Abecedarius letter Z + Scavenger hunt : Fire\n\n\n\n https:// www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1069156158/5255499076\n\n\n\n Critique my ow n team + Abecedarius letter H\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/ 1/560512559/5255523158\n\n\n\n Critique my own team + Abecedarius letter G + Scavenger hunt : Secret\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1 043499852/5255547063\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n All in CIA team are finished outsi de self\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Critique another team\n\n\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/comments/1/742657828/5255562759\n\n\n\n Critique another team\n\ n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/872557968/5255565737\n\n\n\n C ritique another team + Scavenger hunt : Sunglasses\n\n\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/comments/1/1078426439/5255568189\n\n\n\n Critique another team \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1264628930/5255574259\n\n\n \n Critique another team + Abecedarius letter S\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/comments/1/1220863795/5255576764\n\n\n\n Critique another team + Abecedarius letter T\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1113798 882/5255582181\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did all of NSA team\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n C ritique another team + Abecedarius letter C\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/comments/1/632578248/5255586793\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did 12 critiques\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Critique another team + Abecedarius letter A\n\n\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/864945646/5255589034\n\n\n\n Critique a nother team\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/969398955/525559 0484\n\n\n\n Critique another team\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comm ents/1/1200635811/5255595540\n\n\n\n Critique another team\n\n\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1275185019/5255600879\n\n\n\n Critique anot her team\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1243609650/52556031 91\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did all of FBI team\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Abecedarius l etter D\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/662909989/5255605394 \n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter E\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/ 1/967618985/5255605861\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter F\n\n\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/comments/1/718856426/5255607826\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter I\ n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1095257376/5255610023\n\n\n\ n Abecedarius letter J\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/10808 97669/5255611357\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter K\n\n\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/comments/1/374361199/5255613795\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter L\n\n\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/708674589/5255735569\n\n\n\n Abece darius letter N\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/945801319/52 55737411\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did 25 critiques\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Abecedariu s letter O\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/918549346/5255739 283\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter P\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/commen ts/1/109961340/5255740869\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter Q\n\n\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/comments/1/831091519/5255742190\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter R\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/770496711/5255745566\n\n\ n\n Abecedarius letter U\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/476 94199/5255747216\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter V\n\n\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/comments/1/125070764/5255748744\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter W\n\n\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1242287357/5255750532\n\n\n\n Abec edarius letter X\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1111966821/ 5255753143\n\n\n\n Abecedarius letter Y\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com /comments/1/1104253748/5255755660\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did all of Abecedariu s\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Scavenger hunt : Briefcase\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/comments/1/415086489/5255768211\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Did all the Sc avenger hunts - briefcase took a minute to find one that spoke to me\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n CRITIQUES CONTINUED?\n\n\n\n\n Folders of deviation I critma sed 2025\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/favourites/104233040 /critmas-2025\n\n\n\n\n Critiques Given To Me During Critmas 2025 \n\n\n\n If any critmas'd me that I didn't acknowledge \, I apologize\, please tel l me so I can correct\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n from @BrightWatcher37\n\n\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1008259482/5255514042\n\n\n\n for\n\n\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/December-Secret-Santa-2023-for -melmuff-1008259482\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n from @the-stuepp\n\n\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1255339028/5255657160\n\n\n\n for\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/THE-PROMOTION-1255339028\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n T\n \n\n \n Literature\n \n\n \n THE PROMOTION\n \n\n \n TITLE: THE PROMOTION An officer sit in his office\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n Notes To Me General Pro cess \n\n\n\n ?\n\n\n\n\n Critique list from others\n\n\n\n ?\n\n\n\n\n Cr itmas 2024\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Cri tmas-2024-1144042031\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n if you like my activities and wa nt to support me\, tis the season\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-9027700\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251227 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Wonderland selection 12/19/2025 DTSTAMP:20251220T022740Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:616-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Winter Wonderland selection 12/19/2025\n\n CITATION\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1268663599/5254103765\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n CONTENT\n\n The Master of Winter Crafts from @tashashu\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/tashashu/art/The-Master-of-Winter-Crafts-197692315\n\n \n\ n\n\n \n\n It is functional. Leather made from tanning is durable\, and th e scene is of the \" Master of Winter Crafts\" about a small village. Pret ty. \n\n She has a gallery of leatherworks \n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/tashashu/gallery/26858165/leather-bags-with-felt-print\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251219 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Wonderland selection 12/18/2025 DTSTAMP:20251218T201224Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:615-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Winter Wonderland selection 12/18/2025\n\n CITATION\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1268663599/5253851923\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n CONTENT\n\n The Snow Queen from @dmorehead\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/dmorehead/art/The-Snow-Queen-1270331944\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n The Snow Queen is from Hans Christian Anderson. It is beloved being mad e into many films. But this interpretation is very rare. Made out of a boo k itself. \n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen\n\n\n\n Film Variations\n\n The Snow Queen (1957)\, a Soviet animated film by film stud io Soyuzmultfilm and directed by Lev Atamanov\,\n\n https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=9aCmyYsUuJ8\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n The Snow Queen (1967)\, a live-action adaptation from the Soviet Union\, directed by Gennadi Kazan sky.\n\n https://youtu.be/zokeEf_fc5A?si=I-RUS05Uk_B585wx\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Snow Queen (Finnish: Lumikuningatar) is a 1986 Finnish fan tasy film directed by Päivi Hartzell\, trailer\n\n https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=kaR4t8Rq75I\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Snow Queen (1995)\, a British animated adaptation\, directed by Martin Gates\n\n https://www.y outube.com/watch?v=VUwDrlBez48\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева\, romanized: Snezhnaya korolev a\, lit. 'The Snow Queen') a 2012 Russian animated fantasy adventure fil m directed by Vladlen Barbe and Maxim Sveshnikov.\n\n https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=aMUxVSPyZ9A\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251218 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Comprehending Euler Forward DTSTAMP:20251215T073908Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:614-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n a pdf \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/ 1275510340?action=published\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\ n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251215 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Escarp Into The Unknown - Where Are They Now- the unknown fr om Over the Garden Wall 12/102/2025 DTSTAMP:20251210T204559Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:613-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Escarp Into The Unknown - Where Are They Now- the unknown from Over the Garden Wall 12/102/2025 \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n WATN: The Unkn own - Over The Garden Wall\n\n\n\n The Unknown is an entity or a place bey ond the confines of time or space. \n\n Travelers through various zones w ant to know \, where is the Unknown now? You can use your imagination or u se any of the various references in the challenge to be inspired.  \n\n L ast date to enter for rewards is Dec 22nd \n\n https://www.deviantart.com /hddeviant/journal/WATN-The-Unknown-Over-The-Garden-Wall-1267662687\n\n #w atn #wherearetheynow #intothegardenwall #escarpintotheunknown #wirt #greg #theunknown #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #hddeviant \n\n \n\n Illu stration\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Escarp-Into-The-Unkn own-illustration-1273873023\n\n Text \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdde viant/art/Where-Is-The-Unknown-Now-1273876913\n\n Audio\n\n https://www.tu mblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/802571111918419968/escarp-into-the-unknown-il lustration-by-hddeviant\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr /802571111918419968/escarp-into-the-unknown-illustration-by-hddeviant\n\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:December solstice 2025 acrostics challenge+ stamp DTSTAMP:20251202T045802Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:606-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n December Solstice Acrostics challenge\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/December-Solstice-Acrostics-C hallenge-2025-1267664759\n\n\n\n content for the acrostics challenge\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/603-december-acrostic-challenge-conte nt/\n\n\n\n the stamp\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mimada fade gifs DTSTAMP:20251129T002003Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:604-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mimada fade gifs - have to clicks to see gifs\, the image s are stills from the gif modulations\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/hddeviant/art/Mimada-giffade-1269321710\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\ n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mimada-Gr een-Dress-giffade-1269324529\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251128 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ororo Munroe Coolbeaniebabez gif DTSTAMP:20251125T042539Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:601-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Ororo Munroe Coolbeaniebabez gif\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/OroroMunroeCoolbeaniebabezgif-12680084 42\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251124 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Native American Kindness Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T111245Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:345-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Native American Harvest Art \n \n\n\n\n \n  Thanks giving is the final thursday in November share photos of art OR text of fi ction \n \n\n\n\n \n  The photos can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or s ewing/graffiti/tattoo concerning Native Americans enjoying food only -can include Black seminoles- no colonists from europe \n \n\n\n\n \n  The text can only be fiction based on the following: Native Americans communi ties around harvest - black seminoles allowed- no colonist from europ e  \n \n\n\n\n \n    https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-native-ame rican-harvest-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment& amp\;comment=961\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n I remember when I saw Hialeah after waking up. The members of the rai ding band cautiously behind me. She was cooking food for all.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n I knew few english words\, my name being John\; but she didn ’t mind. I met her eyes and she already knew mine. We fell in love\, and I joined her raiding party. We survived tons of gunfire as colonist numbe rs grew and grew. We even got through a pregnancy in a winter woods in the MicMaq lands now called New England. Aponi\, our little treasure\, skippi ng in the snow. Hialeah’s feet after the pregnancy always needed extra c omfort. I had to make special shoes for her.\n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n Then \, the colonists in 1775 finally wanted to not be english. We talked about what we should do. She reminded all of us\, her people were assaulted by the colonist and had to flee. The colonists fable of being aided is their version of saying they stole from native people. Her people of the Powhata n Confederacy had to protect our food from colonists\, who eventually raid ed across the Tsenacommacah and made it Virginia. She will never forgive t he colonists\, whether they call themselves english or american. And the p ersistence of their myth of friendship\, sickens her very soul.\n\n \n\n I agreed\, some others joined me and her\, but most chose to go farther w est. I didn’t know about my people across the great water\, but I will n ever forgive the colonists\, no matter what they call themselves either. A nd\, we few went south. We were at the battle for Jersey. I even saw a fla mboyant soldier defend against the colonists.  \n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n After meeting Richard Freeman\, he told me that Ethiopia is a place across the big water. Since I never heard of a place across the great water wher e I came from before\, I called myself John Ethiopia.  \n\n \n\n And th en\, the war got worse. My beautiful land was shot during a raid\, I held our butterfly\, as her mother sung her last song to her.   \n\n \n\n A nd\, in 1783\, the war ended. Me plus our daughter\, the last of our band\ , were sent to Nova Scotia. The cold was too much for the little butterfly and she died.  \n\n \n\n Alone\, cold\, my memory of her with our litt le life losing color or definition in the last thoughts in my life.\n\n \ n\n \n\n \n\n My spirit now gives thanks not living under the colonists \, as their kingdom grew. A kingdom full of thieves. I give thanks for bei ng eternally free from its lies\, side my loving wife and child. Beyond th e confines or the reach of the eagle.\n\n \n\n Thank you for reading\, i f you want to read more of my work read below\n\n Poetry or More\n\n htt ps://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.boo kbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n \n\ n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251129 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nursery Rhyme Collaboration 05 DTSTAMP:20251122T070616Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:594-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Nursery-Rhyme-Co llaboration-05-1266929940\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251122 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nursery Rhyme Collaboration 04 DTSTAMP:20251122T070610Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:593-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Nursery-Rhyme-Co llaboration-04-1266928580\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251122 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BETTERING AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY entry 11/14/2015 DTSTAMP:20250524T213846Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:282-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n BETTERING AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY entry 11/14/2015\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n Title:Harlem - June to November 2015\n\n\n\n I am a child t o Earth\n\n living side my peer\, in a concentration\n\n in a night\, I se e...\n\n not from the Sun\, many moon\, shining\n\n ... many voice yell in the sky\n\n no horn or four horseman ride\n\n remind\, a faint glimpse to a god\n\n kicking a free moon by\n\n know why\, not I\n\n\n\n Out from th e quiet Harlem\n\n Where the trees recall yesterday\n\n South from the mod ern\n\n Where the lights shine away... from the old song in the street\n\n Is a raccoon family\n\n Waiting for sapiens to segregate\n\n Tis a wait i nsane\n\n Waiting for: fish fry\, jass\, or roof... parties\n\n Them can n ot survive: mixing\, security\, or real estate\n\n But a darkling notice t he scene\n\n He provide a path in the shade\n\n Just to a few from Harlem past... to find the Black Bath\n\n\n\n Walking outside\, I ponder\, where is wisdom\,\n\n when the Sun can not wake me to see it\,\n\n and...\n\n wh at can be seen from apartment 2B?\n\n concrete sequoia\, surround every pa ne\,\n\n even the baby thrush\, needing parental sustenance\,\n\n can't be known\, and...\n\n we all ask\, where with all is hope?...\n\n can I know in 9C?\n\n can enlightenment be\, where no butterfly roam\,\n\n even if I live or write every poem?...\n\n may I live near 2B... only down the hall \,\n\n where you live in 4U\, and maybe you can see or know\,\n\n if you o wn\, a pane or more from hope...\n\n will it sing\, to my craft\, as I wal k...\n\n apartmentless\, in the public dark\n\n\n\n The Trees or the Churc hes\, are all that will stand\n\n Where is the tree that remember the land \n\n Does a church know where\, the skulls from the first\, was planted\n\ n The collages from modern mancraft is disorganized\, most ignorant\n\n I heard from one collagent\n\n ... The Pigeon who climbed a whole hill\n\n d o not forget a sky\n\n never needing\, to walk to one again\n\n ... do not forget an earth\n\n while sleeping to fly\n\n truly fly... to a rose beyo nd any sky\n\n do not forget a time\n\n when two sunflower \, grow at firs t glance\n\n for one grow a short... distance\n\n yet\, the shades them ca n not see prove:sky\, earth\, or time in chiaroscurhyme\n\n and!...this du mmy still stand!\n\n pondering a turncoat dove ponderance\n\n I am comfort ed in knowing their finiteness\n\n though\, I know a clear sadness\n\n for the collages everborn\n\n pretelling I will never know\n\n where stand th e skulls\, or the land\n\n\n\n What if a green speak to you one day\n\n do you think\, it will speak to Giants colored grey\n\n or multicolor dirt f rom an annual day\n\n I say they are not signs... from the urban green\n\n not like those southern trees who know the bloodiest luxiery\n\n A salvad oran Rose\, through my mind\, once spoke to me\n\n We look at each other t hrough a lens that is the moon\n\n after in the afternoon\, a bluejay hope to find\n\n hopping up the fire escape to the top floor\, why?!\n\n a rai nforest on the third\, or higher than Everest on the roof\n\n or maybe a q uery from the terrace fleur\n\n How do you find a place beyond time\, is i t galaxy wide\, or smaller than an eye?\n\n Does a green\, the Moon\, or a n avian know where it hide\n\n\n\n In a deep autumn night\n\n I think\, wh at deep thought\n\n from those once cargo\n\n or more than likely\, threw off\n\n did they saw life as hope\, or a wrought\n\n did they trusted in n ature\, used her time\n\n as I have\n\n born in summer\, a plethora from l ight...\n\n this fall beginning\n\n I was unwised\, lived on the obvious p rismal abuse\n\n suddenly pondering\, why I suddenly dream to you\n\n you are not in a thought yesterday\n\n think yesterday has nothing from you?\n \n now nearest to the future\n\n what will winter be\, these questions\n\n do you feel the sunlight when i do\n\n do you feel the rain\n\n are you s urround between the night stars\n\n do you block their speak\n\n ... or th e mirror to chaotic reality...\n\n silent fantasy\n\n\n\n from Richard Mur ray 2015\n\n\n\n Check out my ebooks- the free one is noted\, please read/ enjoy/give me your response:\n Sunset Children Stories: https://www.kobo. com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories  \n Looking West and West: http s://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/looking-west-and-west  \n Janidogo: https: //www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-janidogo  \n The Gospel of Joseph: https ://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gospel-of-joseph  \n The Nyotenda FREE :  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-nyotenda   Includes a comic. The fo llowing link is an excerpt LINK\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you are willing to support me with $1 a month\, that is $12 a year\, I have a subscription on Deviantart. Deviantart is a website for artists but anyone can use it lik e Patreon or Onlyfans \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/ Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n oriignal post\n\n\n\n ht tps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/113-bettering-american-poetry-anthology-ent ry/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151114 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now sent stamp DTSTAMP:20251107T212945Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:582-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Where Are They Now sent stamp\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/hddeviant/art/Wherearetheynow-sent-stamp-1261591227\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251107 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now\, Duckie-PRetty In Pink DTSTAMP:20251107T200302Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:581-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Calling All Creatives!\n\n\n\n Duckie from Pretty In Pink needs your help. Remember\, you don't need to know the film or the charac ter\, you can make up a story absent any references. But\, if you want ref erences or examples\, they are provided in the post. \n\n Have fun inform ing all of us\, Where Is Ducky Now!?\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevi ant/journal/WATN-Duckie-Pretty-In-Pink-1218962894\n\n #watn #wherearetheyn ow #duckie #prettyinpink #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray \ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Where is Duckie Now? \n\n Answered in a some short fic tion. Remember to follow @Crliterature \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hd deviant/art/Where-is-Duckie-now-1226898688\n\n A Man Groweth\n\n https://w ww.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/799111449124405248/written-by-richard-mu rray-hddeviant?source=share\n\n\n\n \n\n #hddeviant #crliterature #watn #w herearetheynow #duckie  #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #prettyinpin k \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251107 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mytime at the Deviantart Launchpad Live Meetup in NYC 11/06/ 2025 DTSTAMP:20251107T200151Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:580-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mytime at the Deviantart Launchpad Live Meetup in NYC 11/ 06/2025\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Mytime-at-the-Dev iantart-Launchpad-Live-Meetup-in-1261442026\n\n #launchpadny25 #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray \n\n\n\n Video\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/art/Dllenyc1106202507-1261316731\n\n Stills\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Dllenyc1106202501-1261316760\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Dllenyc1106202502-1261316755\n\n\n\n  \ n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251107 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stamp fella thank you for crliterature birthday 2025 DTSTAMP:20251105T212343Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:579-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Stamp fella thank you for crliterature birthday 2025\n\n\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/FellaThanksYouCRliteratureBda y2025Stamp-1260807896\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251105 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shoebox collab finished! charity for 2025 Harvest season DTSTAMP:20251104T020835Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:577-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Shoebox collab finished!\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/g oldenemotions/journal/Shoebox-collab-finished-1260130015\n\n my comment\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1260130015/5245022705\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n MY RANT\n\n\n\n ... only 26 artist came through... you know what bo thers me about the charity drives is\, the people who organize them get so meone to pay based on activity. The payment isn't money. The payment is yo ur art. Artists paying for something with their art in my view is the ulti mate currency for any artists. And yet\, even though I shared this in so m any places. Only 26 came through\, so only eight boxes. Only eight boxes. That isn't even a classful of children. \n\n\n\n And all the bullshit arg uments from various artists really come into my mind. \n\n\n\n ... I don' t like deviantart\, it is too much porn\, I don't like the messages\n\n\n\ n BULLSHIT\n\n\n\n ... oh the SEO I need to see a better environment\, I a m uncomfortable with \n\n\n\n BULLSHIT\n\n\n\n These charity drives are t he only things I do in my art where my art literally pays for the action a nd it is to a total stranger I will never see or know of personally. And I don't mind at all. I can comprehend issues aiding an adult stranger\, but any adult who has issues aiding a stranger child when what they are being asked to do is something they do every day ... I have an issue with that adult... it is the holiday season. In my mind I Was hoping \, alot \, I wa s hoping\, we artist would break the bank and get a whole big school of ch ildren little boxes to brighten their spirit... \n\n\n\n Damn\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n and... so many people I share their artwork\, their financial agen das\, with no negativity\, with hope. I know some of those people saw my c harity post and just moved on. Couldn't even share it. Damn... \n\n\n\n y eah ok. \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nursery Rhyme Collaboration 3 DTSTAMP:20251103T212641Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:576-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n entry\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Nu rsery-Rhyme-Collaboration-03-1260121903\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/94686018/nursery-rhyme-colla boration\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Man Groweth - Where Is Duckie Now? DTSTAMP:20251102T223036Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:575-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Where is Duckie Now? \n\n Answered in a some short ficti on. Remember to follow @Crliterature for the coming challenge in Where Are They Now! \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Duckie- now-1226898688\n\n A Man Groweth\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayh umblr/799111449124405248/written-by-richard-murray-hddeviant?source=share\ n\n\n\n \n\n #hddeviant #crliterature #watn #wherearetheynow #duckie  #ri chardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #prettyinpink \n\n\n\n https://www.tumbl r.com/richardmurrayhumblr/799111449124405248/written-by-richard-murray-hdd eviant\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251102 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Loctober2025 DTSTAMP:20251102T035459Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:572-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Space Pirate Queen \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/Space-Pirate-Queen-Loctober-2025-1259419435\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Warrior Riding Direwolf \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/Warrior-Riding-Direwolf-Loctober-2025-1259420226\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I had to add this\, my design principles were on the mone y see:) and I learned this the day after i posted my art. \n\n Question a nd Answer\n\n https://answers.khi.co.jp/en/mobility/250411e-06/\n\n\n\n EX CERPTS\n\n\n\n Exploring mobility solutions to fulfill the human impulse t o move\, the project team decided to pursue a two-track approach centering on systems for personal and mass transportation. After reviewing a host o f suggested design candidates\, including ideas for an amphibious train fo r mass transportation and a portable parachute for personal mobility\, the team made their selection. One of their choices was eventually developed into CORLEO (CONCEPT 01)\, a novel means of mobility directed at motorcycl e enthusiasts.\n...\nCORLEO could be described as something like a “high -mobility multilegged machine.” The highlight of its design lies in the adoption of legs. This was the answer to our quest to offer a novel ride e xperience\, something that would be impossible if we had used wheels\, as that kind of design has been too overdone to allow for any sense of novelt y. Moreover\, existing two-wheelers have strong off-road capabilities for getting air and powerfully traversing rugged mountains\, but riders need t o have high maneuvering skills and the risk of taking a tumble is almost u navoidable.\n...\nWhat could be controversial is the misleading impression created by the vehicle’s appearance. Due to its structure of four legs supporting a body\, the thing inevitably looks like an autonomous robot\, which it is not. Rather\, CORLEO is a means of mobility and is distinctive ly characterized by its function of enabling the rider to derive enjoyment from actively engaging in its maneuvering. We redesigned the styling repe atedly to make it look more like a piece of transportation equipment.\n... \nCORLEO is also unconventional in terms of the maneuvering system. By des ign\, the vehicle is maneuvered by the rider shifting their weight\, so co ntrols like accelerator and steering grips have been omitted. Instead\, it is equipped with a handhold and stirrup-like structures.\n...\n\n\n\n\n\n ENTIRE QUESTION AND ANSWER\n\n\n\n Fulfill Your “Impulse to Move”! Be hind-the-Scenes Story of Kawasaki’s Futuristic Mobility Concept Showcase d at Expo 2025\nBeing predisposed to derive happiness from kinetic activit y\, humans desire to fulfill an “Impulse to Move.”\n\nThis term encaps ulates the theme selected by the Kawasaki Group as an exhibitor at Expo 20 25 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan (Expo 2025). Under this theme\, the Group will s howcase two models of sustainable mobility: the off-road four-legged perso nal vehicle CORLEO and the innovative ALICE SYSTEM for public transportati on. Life-sized examples of these personal and mass mobility solutions will be presented at an exhibition space dubbed “Impulse to Move Lab: Kawasa ki Future World.”\n\nKawasaki has created these futuristic vehicle model s by applying the latest robotics and hydrogen technologies while also dra wing on its proven capacity to offer mobility solutions to the land\, sea and air transportation sectors for more than 125 years. But how did it all come about? To answer this question\, three representatives of the EXPO 2 025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Section shared the behind-the-scenes story.\nManager\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Section\, Cor porate Communication Group\, Kawasaki Heavy Industries\, Ltd.\nKeisuke Mur akami\nPROFILE\nHead of the EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Sec tion. Responsible for overall management of the section and negotiations w ith the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition and other organiza tions.\n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nManager\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai \, Japan Promotion Section\, Corporate Communication Group\, Kawasaki Heav y Industries\, Ltd.\nYusuke Amatatsu\nPROFILE\nEXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Project Leader. Responsible for all exhibits\, videos and other works created for the project.\n\n\n井上 健輔 氏\nAssistant Man ager\, Global Marketing &\; Sales Department\, Advanced Smart Mobility Supervisory Department\; concurrently\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan P romotion Section\, Corporate Communication Group\nKensuke Inoue\nPROFILE\n Previously engaged in the design of railroad vehicles before taking the cu rrent position involved in the planning\, marketing and sales of service r obots. Also assigned to the EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Sec tion to take charge of the ALICE SYSTEM.\nHow can humans fulfill their “ Impulse to Move”?—Key to Kawasaki’s future mobility vision\nHaving d ecided to participate in Expo 2025\, held under the theme of designing the future society\, Kawasaki began to think about what kind of vision of the future it should present. With this question in mind\, a special team was formed in 2021\, gathering mobility professionals like Inoue from across the different segments of land\, sea and air transportation to discuss the possibilities of future mobility\, with additional members\, including Mu rakami\, the overall manager of the exhibition project\, and Amatatsu\, jo ining later.\n\n\n井上 健輔 氏\nInoue\nThe Company began to think abo ut participating in Expo 2025 at a time when people around the world had b een experiencing the inconvenience of the behavioral restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background\, a decision was mad e to enter the “Transportation and Mobility” showcase category\, and d iscussions began with an exploration of the possible key features of trans portation apparatus able to support a sound future society.\ n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nToday\, traveling even a relati vely long distance is an ordinary activity for many people\, unlike the ha zardous venture it was during the Age of Exploration. Recently\, it has ev en become possible to choose not to visit the target destination physicall y at all but to have a similar experience from home\, and to do so for mor e and varied purposes. That said\, many people continue to go on trips see king thrills and enjoyment\, and we seemingly never lose the desire to go traveling somewhere. We took notice of this apparently irrationally persis tent and universal desire to move\, began to look for explanations\, and e ncountered the key term “impulse to move.” We also learned about the s cientific theory stating that humans are predisposed to derive happiness f rom the act of moving.\n\nWhile studying the term\, we noticed the possibi lity of approaching the impulse to move\, which is essentially never fully satisfied\, by offering a completely new mode of transportation. That was how we began to consider plans to organize the exhibition with the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Move.”\nNovel four-legged off-road veh icle―distinguished new embodiment of Kawasaki’s “Fun to Ride” phil osophy\nExploring mobility solutions to fulfill the human impulse to move\ , the project team decided to pursue a two-track approach centering on sys tems for personal and mass transportation. After reviewing a host of sugge sted design candidates\, including ideas for an amphibious train for mass transportation and a portable parachute for personal mobility\, the team m ade their selection. One of their choices was eventually developed into CO RLEO (CONCEPT 01)\, a novel means of mobility directed at motorcycle enthu siasts.\n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nCORLEO could be describ ed as something like a “high-mobility multilegged machine.” The highli ght of its design lies in the adoption of legs. This was the answer to our quest to offer a novel ride experience\, something that would be impossib le if we had used wheels\, as that kind of design has been too overdone to allow for any sense of novelty. Moreover\, existing two-wheelers have str ong off-road capabilities for getting air and powerfully traversing rugged mountains\, but riders need to have high maneuvering skills and the risk of taking a tumble is almost unavoidable.\n\nAs a motorcycle manufacturer with a long track record\, we looked at taking an unconventional approach to overcome such limitations of two-wheelers by removing their defining fe ature―the wheels―in order to expand the possibility for offering a “ fun to ride” experience. And we considered employing legs instead\, whic h could at least make the vehicle look more stable.\n\nOur exploratory end eavors regarding the overall concept resulted in the four-legged off-road vehicle CORLEO\, which avoids using wheels by adopting legs as a way to im prove the general safety of its off-road performance.\n\nAfter deciding to go with four legs\, we then. looked at the design in terms of speed capac ity and reviewed a number of suggestions. One was to try and achieve the w orld’s fastest performance\, a record we set for the motorcycle\, using the world’s fastest land animal\, the cheetah\, as a model. Rather than the cheetah\, however\, we eventually settled on the lion as a performance model\, determining that it was better suited to allowing the rider to ma intain postural balance as well as also evoking the image of barreling acr oss the landscape astride the king of the jungle.\n\nWhat could be controv ersial is the misleading impression created by the vehicle’s appearance. Due to its structure of four legs supporting a body\, the thing inevitabl y looks like an autonomous robot\, which it is not. Rather\, CORLEO is a m eans of mobility and is distinctively characterized by its function of ena bling the rider to derive enjoyment from actively engaging in its maneuver ing. We redesigned the styling repeatedly to make it look more like a piec e of transportation equipment.\nCORLEO is also unconventional in terms of the maneuvering system. By design\, the vehicle is maneuvered by the rider shifting their weight\, so controls like accelerator and steering grips h ave been omitted. Instead\, it is equipped with a handhold and stirrup-lik e structures. This system thus represents a uniquely innovative design con cept that combines functions of the motorcycle with those of horse riding\ , for which we have filed multiple patent applications.\n\nTo determine th e riding position\, we conducted an experimental survey with cooperation r eceived from the equestrian club of Kobe University. Survey participants r ode the full-size mock-up and reported their feelings about the experience . Furthermore\, we adopted a sort of swing arm mechanism that is similar t o the standard function on a motorcycle in order to allow the rider to enj oy a broad range of motion and maintain a stable riding posture.\n\n \n村上 敬祐 課長\nMurakami\nThe name CORLEO is coined from the wor ds “Cor Leonis\,” another name for Regulus―the star Alpha Leonis― \, which is a name associated with the lion\, the key inspiration for the design of the form. It is thus also suggestive of the ancient practice of travelers using stars as a guide to find their way\, and reflects the team ’s shared sense of commitment to creating mobility solutions for fulfill ing the human impulse to move.\nAiming to create more passenger-friendly a nd stress-free systems of mass transportation\nThe ALICE SYSTEM (Concept 0 2) is our second answer to the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Mov e.” This is a futuristic mass transportation service model featuring ind ependent passenger cabins able to dock with different means of transportat ion\, including trains\, ships and airplanes\, and to be carried along by them. This interconnected mobility system eliminates the need for passenge rs to transfer\, thereby removing the personal stress associated with the process.\n\nWe began by looking into issues associated with ongoing mass t ransportation service systems with the objective of identifying factors th at inhibit the impulse to move. Major issues identified as likely to occur were related to stressful situations like changing trains during rush hou r or with bulky luggage or strollers and mobility-impaired passengers taki ng long-distance trips involving a transfer\, as well as difficulties with arranging work schedules to take leave for multi-day travel.\n\nThe ALICE SYSTEM is designed to resolve all these issues in a single stroke. Our pl an is to create mass transportation systems that eliminate the need to eng age in stressful transfers and to provide a stress-free\, comfortable pass enger experience with the aim of enabling people to fulfill their impulse to move\, no matter what their personal attributes or background. We are p roud of this outstanding concept\, which has only been made possible by ca pitalizing on the expertise Kawasaki has developed while engaging in the t hree mobility sectors of land\, sea and air and is the result of a compreh ensive examination of practicability.\n\nALICE is an acronym for “Access ible Linkages for Innovative and Comfortable Experiences\,” an expressio n of our thinking about a mass transportation system that is universally f riendly and able to give passengers an experience that is both thrilling a nd fun.\nOne of the key characteristics of the ALICE SYSTEM lies in its ab ility to support the overall travel experience. The system recommends appr opriate plans in response to user requests\, such as wanting to go on a bo at trip or explore scenic routes by rail. This can also provide users with a bit of a push\, particularly the less-experienced travelers.\n\nSeats i n the passenger cabin are equipped with robotic concierge programs develop ed by applying industrial robot technologies to provide finely tuned custo mer service. The robot concierge can prepare drinks and offer other forms of hospitality. Network connection and videotelephony are also a standard feature to provide a comfortable environment to passengers who need to wor k remotely.\nPossibility of hydrogen technology to support future mobility systems\nCORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM are both powered by hydrogen. For th is purpose\, Kawasaki has adopted its hydrogen power generators\, an embod iment of its vision for a hydrogen-based future society.\n \n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nFor power supply\, we have emplo yed our hydrogen power generator O’CUVOID\, which can be refueled by sim ply replacing the hydrogen tank. In the ALICE SYSTEM\, the power supply sy stem has been designed to have O’CUVOID connected to multiple units to b e able to augment power output while also allowing each unit to be removed in case of a problem to enable easy maintainability.\n\nKawasaki’s Grou p Vision 2030 describes the vision the Group is aiming to realize in 2030\ , with a focus on the three fields of “A Safe and Secure Remotely-Connec ted Society\,” “Near-Future Mobility” and “Energy and Environmenta l Solutions.” The key technology for each field is related to robotics f or remote control\; mobility for enriched lifestyles\; and hydrogen as a h ighly anticipated clean energy source.\n\nFor Expo 2025\, the target year of the envisioned future society is set as 2050\, which is 20 years ahead of that set in the Group Vision. By that time\, we anticipate that hydroge n-powered robotic and mobility functions will be an essential part of publ ic infrastructure\, so we have decided to express the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Move” by leveraging the unique strengths of Kawasaki i n implementing technology in the three fields of robotics\, mobility and h ydrogen.\n\nUnleash your “Impulse to Move” at Expo 2025!\nKawasaki’s exhibition space is designed to evoke the image of the laboratory of a sc ientific genius\, in line with the name “Impulse to Move Lab: Kawasaki F uture World.” The exhibition will be presented in both physical and virt ual settings\, offering visitors opportunities to see CORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM using full-size mock-ups in the physical venue (in Yumeshima\, Osa ka) and experience each of them through avatar images in the virtual space .\nOne of the most important policies of our showcase is to use life-size displays. CORLEO as well as ALICE Rail and the ALICE Cabin will appear in full-scale dimensions to produce a sense of reality. As one of the up-clos e experience opportunities offered in our exhibition\, visitors can look r ight inside a cabin docked to a train car.\n\nMoreover\, we have prepared a set of downloadable “Impulse to Move” logos\, which are available fo r free from the dedicated site. We hope that lots of people will download whichever image they like and customize it by itself or by combining with other images and thus have a positive experience with our “Impulse to Mo ve” project even if they don’t attend the Expo 2025 venue. We believe CORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM\, two distinctive creations that only Kawasaki could produce\, will leave their mark on the history of the world exposit ion movement. We invite you all to visit our exhibition and check out our offerings first hand. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Articles\n\n https ://kawasaki-corleo.com/kawasakiscorleo/\n\n https://www.kawasaki.eu/en/new s/2025/april/CORLEO--concept-unveiled.html\n\n Video\n\n https://kawasaki- corleo.com/answers-osakakansai-expo2025-professional-trail-runner-ruy-ueda -meets-corleo-🇺🇸🇬🇧-2/\n\n Learned about the Corlea from the fo llowing\n\n https://ameblo.jp/pocopan/entry-12942360989.html\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Vampire Queens Feast\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Vampire-Queens-Feast-loctober-2025-1259420960 \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fella 2025 Yearbook Challenge DTSTAMP:20251102T052149Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:574-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Fella 2025 Yearbook Challenge\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/hddeviant/journal/Fella-2025-Yearbook-Challenge-1257798445\n\n\n\n  \ n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tittober 2025 DTSTAMP:20251102T035526Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:573-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Gremlin Bridesmaid\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevia nt/art/Gremlin-Bridesmaid-tittober-2025-1259422202\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Janet Marrom\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Janet -Marrom-tittober-2025-color-1259424732\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Cl audia Lasalle\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Claudia-Lasalle -tittober2025-1259425520\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fella 2025 Yearbook Photo DTSTAMP:20251029T010135Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:571-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Fella 2025 Yearbook Photo\n\n November 1st come by @CRlit erature on Deviantart for the party \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/Fella-2025-Yearbook-Photo-1243113767\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CRLiterature 2025 Birthday Banner DTSTAMP:20251029T005915Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:570-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CRLiterature 2025 Birthday Banner\n\n November 1st come b y @CRliterature on Deviantart for the party \n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/art/CRLiterature-2025-Birthday-Banner-1243115929\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Abyss border adoptable DTSTAMP:20251027T074555Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:568-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Abyss Border Adoptable\, buy it for variants of the borde r one for any occasion\, and you can color on your own.\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/Abyss-Border-with-example-1257177882\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n The following is an example with an image in the border\n\n\n\n \ n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251027 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Postvitanihilism view DTSTAMP:20251026T040410Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:567-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n I was asked what I feared the most. I don't fear Postvita nihilism but for all artist it is the most potent fear.\n\n\n\n My Postvit anihilism Prose is linked in the post below. \n\n https://www.deviantart. com/hddeviant/art/Postvitanihilism-view-1256742093\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251025 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:What would I do if I was a ghost? DTSTAMP:20251026T040137Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:566-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n What would I do if I was a ghost?\n\n Can you tell from t he image? It is a coloring page as well. \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/ hddeviant/art/Winning-The-Lotto-1256740844\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251025 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Postvitanihilism   DTSTAMP:20251026T035851Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:565-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Postvitanihilism  - After life nothingness\, something I thought of which some fear\, after explaining the most frightening thing in my youth\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Postvitanihilism- 1256275254\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251025 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Relaxing Sudowoodo for Shoebox Charity 2025 DTSTAMP:20251022T072243Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:552-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Relaxing Sudowoodo for Shoebox Charity 2025\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Relaxing-Sudowoodo-for-Shoebox-Charity-202 5-1255345616\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The following is only the front image\, th e coloring page\, the colored page\, as well as the image for the charity is within\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE PROMOTION  DTSTAMP:20251022T070534Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:551-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n THE PROMOTION \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ art/THE-PROMOTION-1255339028\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY: Giant Pseudozombie Manual Mobile Fortress for #ghostsofgal leriespast DTSTAMP:20251022T061646Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:550-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Giant  Pseudozombie Manual Mobile Fortress for #ghostsof galleriespast\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Giant-Pseudozom bie-Manual-Mobile-Fortress-1255330430\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Original Image\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Never Really Sucked at THis DTSTAMP:20251022T055700Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:549-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Never Really Sucked At This challenge is to take the earl iest work you have in deviantart and redo it. The earliest work I did is a graphite\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Never-Really-Sucked -Pea-In-The-Pod-1255327428\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Ori ginal\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Machine Stories - completed DTSTAMP:20251022T053418Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:548-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Machine Stories is about my view towards machines/robots/ programs/true artificial intelligence/androids.  How they exist from thei r own truth and align to humans in various settings. I think of lot of fic tion assumes the machine is merely a metal mirror to humanity and I oppose that position. \n\n\n\n A prequel was this stageplay. It isn't a machine story but the machine character was one of the initiators of this path.\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Onto-the-53rd-Annual-President -s-Play-950123510\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The five works are\n\n\n\n Trilog Nat ivity- Three machines each with a common logical pursuit are about a nurse ry of machines\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Trilog-Nativit y-1139317762\n\n Steps To The Heart - A machines desire for a rare logical pursuit involves a human man\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art /Steps-To-The-Heart-1255316447\n\n It's a Wonderful Future- A solitary mac hine embracing its species evolution. \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdd eviant/art/It-s-a-Wonderful-Future-1255317599\n\n A Dialog Of Extrasolence - A machine protects humanity from itself\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/h ddeviant/art/A-Dialog-Of-Extrasolence-1255318839\n\n The Asteroid of Dr Ma kup- In a remote place a test awaits for humanity\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/art/The-Asteroid-of-Dr-Makup-1255323268\n\n  \n\n\n\n   \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Receptrix DTSTAMP:20251015T052730Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:542-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Receptrix initial 10/15/2025\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/art/The-Receptrix-1252765499\n\n fictional prose inspired by an image\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251015 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Charity Coloring Book 10/14/2024 DTSTAMP:20250524T212215Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:279-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Charity Coloring Book \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n This is for th e coloring book project from the charity guild group on deviantart\, mine is at 1:48+5:27\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIn og0-EqE\n\n if you are in deviantart \, join the charity group i have felt very good about all the projects I have been apart of... many people talk about doing good\, well here is a group that literally gets artists to do good. These coloring books will go to a bunch of kids who need all the po sitivity they can muster\;  https://www.sickkids.ca/\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/goldenemotions/journal/Colouring-Book-Wrap-Up-1112011528\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n My image\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Co louring-page-for-charity-sickkids-of-canada-2024-1054223177\n\n\n\n \n\n E MBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241014 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Omnitard  DTSTAMP:20251010T204159Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:538-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Title: The Omnitard \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdde viant/art/For-A-HINT-OF-DARKNESS-2025-1251034394\n\n For a challenge to ma ke a story with 25 words or less\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251010 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Zero's Unfolding Adventure in Literature/Coloring Pages/Audi o DTSTAMP:20251004T144832Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:531-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Zero's Unfolding Adventure  \n\n\n\n LITERATURE\n\n Zero 's Unfolding Adventure\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Zero-s -Unfolding-Adventure-1242313656\n\n\n\n \n\n ART\n\n Amate of Yabu\, Mui\, and Zero\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Amate-of-Yabu-Mui-a nd-Zero-1243104279\n\n Zero sleeping after adventures with Yabu Nda\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Zero-sleeping-after-adventures-with -Yabu-Nda-1243106596\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Audio version\, text is coming at 3pm today on schedule in deviantart \n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmu rrayhumblr/796480634913767424/written-by-richard?source=share\n\n Join CRl iterature in Deviantart for his challenge \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/e vents/event/537-where-are-they-now-zero-a-nightmare-before-christmas/\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n AUDIO POST\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumb lr/796480634913767424/written-by-richard\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IMAGES\n\n\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FORUM POST\n\n\n\n https:// aalbc.com/tc/topic/11937-zeros-unfolding-adventure- audioliteratureillust ration/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251004 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now: Zero - A Nightmare Before Christmas DTSTAMP:20251008T222218Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:537-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Zero-A- Nightmare-Before-Christmas-1242380366\n\n\n\n \n\n Zero our beloved ghost dog from Nightmare before Christmas needs your help in continuing his gran d adventures \n\n Enjoy the ongoing fun in the Where Are They Now series! \n\n Coloring pages\, example stories in text or audio are all available t o help you create or just to enjoy \n\n\n\n \n\n EXAMPLE OR ASISSTING CON TENT calendar post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/531-zeros-unf olding-adventure-in-literaturecoloring-pagesaudio/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251008 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Review of Invisible Raptor DTSTAMP:20250920T130554Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:512-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n My Review of Invisible Raptor\n\n\n\n Invisible Raptor 20 23 directed by Mikey Hermosa and written by Mike Capes and Johnny Wickham sets the tone for any viewer with its opening scene. That tone is one of f un. Any ticket holder or streamer who demands a science fiction film with a serious tone from beginning to end\, ala sphere 1998\, or a comedic film with high budget special effects\, ala hitchikers guide to the galaxy 200 5\, will be upset. But if a viewer is content for a fun science fiction co medy with a tight story and unashamed while functional ensemble cast\, ala Tremors 1990 or Sharknado 2013\, this will be one they visibly giggle and laugh with. \n\n\n\n The ensemble cast all delivers what is needed. Davi d Shackleford's Denny binds the majority of the film. He is sometimes a he ro you cheer for\, sometimes a clown you laugh at\, sometimes a fool you c hastise\, sometimes a wildman needing imprisonment\, but his heart is alwa ys in a positive place. The appearances of most in the cast\, are short bu t purposeful\, not mere cameos to say they wanted to be in the movie. JJ N olan\,Luke Speakman \, Richard Riehle\, Larry Hankin\, Vanessa Chester\,Da ve Theune\,Bunny Levine\, and others all serve a function as a person in t he town we need to know about to defeat the raptor or someone we need to s ee the raptor kill on its path of town domination. Sean Astin character is the Scheherazade\, framing the film. Sandy Martin takes over the last act with heroic hilarity to be remembered. Capes and Caitlin McHugh have hard jobs playing the straight characters who also fill all the tropes that wa rrant audiences amusement\, but they succeed. Couples may be frustrated at their teasing at times. \n\n\n\n Ciolca's score is appropriate. Supports small changes in tone while allows the sound of the environments to do th eir work. He didn't hear that unique theme that one remembers\, but it was n't needed. Koss keeps the camera level\, the images crisp\, and allows th e unrealness of night light. Too many films today\, from all ranges of bud get like to make dark scenes really hard to see and that is uncomfortable. I am glad he didn't. Grady Holder\, Dorian Cleavenger and the effects squ ad\, had a challenge with the invisible raptor but they made it work. I ca n only recall one time the beast didn't convince me of its danger in that accidental serial killer sort of way. \n\n\n\n Now I admit\, I personally prefer a more serious tone in general. Yes\, I am one of those who will c hoose to watch Solaris 1972 over Battle Beyond The Stars 1980. But\, I don 't demand it. Battle Beyond The Stars is fun and the Invisible Raptor is e qual to the task with a smaller budget and a smart premise and a professio nal cast. There is no shame in wanting to see a film to get you to laugh a nd relax.       \n\n\n\n https://discord.com/channels/1238281346833715 283/1418802814582521967/1418943622107365406\n\n https://discord.com/channe ls/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967/1418943658560065578\n\n https:/ /discord.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967/141894367129 3710466\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22090684/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ALL REVIEWS\n\n https://discord.com/channels/12382813468337152 83/1418802814582521967\n\n  \n\n\n\n A SHORTENED REVIEW\n\n\n\n Use HDDev iant : Invisible Raptor has a tone of fun which is sets out from the openi ng scene. A viewer who is content for a science fiction comedy with a tigh t story and purposeful  direction will not be disappointed. The each of t he cast in tandem deliver what the film required scene by scene. The speci al effects are functional and effective. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event /512-my-review-of-invisible-raptor/\n\n\n\n referral\n\n\n\n https://disco rd.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1425217764632821980/142524948292003440 6\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Siberyaki DTSTAMP:20251007T213615Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:536-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Siberyaki\, a story inferred from an image in heavy m etal\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Siberyaki-124997 4403\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251007 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Examples Listing #RMPLCEL initialized 10/05/2025 DTSTAMP:20251006T221656Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:534-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Examples Listi ng #RMPLCEL\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/richard-murray-s-publ ic-literary-challenge-examples-listing-rmplcel\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A an eve r-growing list of examples\, as long as I am alive. Currently the examples stem from my activities at the CRLiterature group in Deviantart\, where I am known as HDdeviant. Each example from each public challenge will be ad ded to this work. Enjoy listening to the examples. The voice is not mine. The voices are automated/synthography/AI/computer generated. If you want m y listen to my voice you can enjoy any of the tip jar audios for pay\, whe re I also provide excerpts for free.\n\n\n\n This is a companion work to\n \n\n\n Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Listing #RMPLCL \,\n\n\n \n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-s-public-literary-chall enge-listing-rmplcl\n\n\n\n which list the example stories aside the liter ary challenges they were designed to promote.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CALENDAR POST For Ebook\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/532-richard-murra ys-public-literary-challenge-listing-rmplcl-initialized09282025/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FORUM POST\n\n\n\n \n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11945-richar d-murray-public-literary-challenges/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251005 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Listing #RMPLCL i nitialized09/28/2025 DTSTAMP:20251004T200442Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:532-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Listing #RMPLC L\n\n A an ever-growing list of couples\, Literary Challenge aside Example of Challenge Entry\, as long as I am alive. Currently\, the couplets\, I call Dualations\, stem from my activities at CRLiterature group in Deviant art\, where I am known as HDdeviant. Each public challenge will be added t o this work. Enjoy reading the examples or taking part of the challenges.\ n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-s-public-literary-chal lenge-listing-rmplcl\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A an ever-growing list of couples\ , Literary Challenge aside Example of Challenge Entry\, as long as I am al ive. Currently\, the couplets\, I call Dualations\, stem from my activitie s at CRLiterature group in Deviantart\, where I am known as HDdeviant. Eac h public challenge will be added to this work. Enjoy reading the examples or taking part of the challenges.\n\n\n\n If you want to listen to the exa mples the following audiobook is available\n\n\n\n Richard Murray's Public Literary Challenge Examples Listing #RMPLCEL\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/audiobook/richard-murray-s-public-literary-challenge-examples-listi ng-rmplcel\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Audiobook Calendar Post\n\n\n\n https://aalb c.com/tc/events/event/534-richard-murrays-public-literary-challenge-exampl es-listing-rmplcel-initialized-10052025/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FORUM POST\n\n \n\n For this and the companion audiobook\n\n\n\n \n\n https://aalbc.com/t c/topic/11945-richard-murray-public-literary-challenges/\n\n\n\n for just the epub\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11940-richard-murrays-public-l iterary-challenge-listing-rmplcl /\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250928 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cento Series End 09/27/2025 DTSTAMP:20251004T021952Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:530-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Cento series has gone on for a very long time. \n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n The cento series was because I love to write poetry and sha re other artists work. So with centos I could create artwork I like and fe ature other artists in the same. Field. It was a joy being on this creativ e journey. From May 28th 2023 to September 7th 2025 is circa two and a hal f years. Fifty two weeks in a year so\, 52+52+(52/2)  = 104+ 26=130 weeks . At two poems each week that is 260 poems. Not bad:)\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n C entos in overblog are from May 28th 2023 to November 17th 2024- sadly the results are not temporally aligned\, unlike AALBC. \n\n https://rmnewslet ter.over-blog.com/search/Cento/\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry from November 23rd 2024 to September 27th 2025 \n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/sear ch/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;update d_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos in ebook form\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-202 3\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n AND HERE IS A GOING AWAY PRESENT\, the last of the Ce nto's I had listed. Enjoy\n\n\n\n Maybe\nthin walls\nprotect\nunwanted ene rgies\nas a rock.\nwith ease.\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/mysticalpoet/art /Permeable-1042307846\n\nYou don’t want to be too good at what you are d oing.\nSince it is probably just a discount brand anyway.\nEspecially for those working low-salary jobs.\nEspecially when one is constantly being bo mbarded\nSome people can handle it\, others cannot\nhttps://www.deviantart .com/princeoffire/art/Rat-Race-1042162559\n\nAnd laughing in the\nWinter's icy clutch on me\,\nWhispering of distant wonders\nhttps://www.deviantart .com/midn1ghtink/art/Anywhere-With-You-NaPo24-15-1042367171\n\nlife is\na butterfly wing\;\non my leg\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/lucienrising/art/B ruised-1042271257\n\nit is easier to tell myself that I just\nbeen too qui et when the thing I want the most is right in front of me\;\ncannot touch me\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/starrystarrysky7267/art/all-that-I-have-104 2258562\n\nI'm a puddle\; but...\nI'm able to breathe...\nFor quite a long time\nI'm so scared -\nOf a total meltdown...\nInto that deep\, dark wate r...\nI think I'm finally\nOn the shore\, and...\nI've found myself\nhttps ://www.deviantart.com/faythe1900/art/Tiny-White-Flower-103-1040755252\n\nI see the clouds overhead\nWhere man would soon build\nI know what's coming next\nTo cleanse my body and soul\nWhy dread what nature gives\nhttps://w ww.deviantart.com/shouron/art/Stormy-Memories-1040951737\n\nsince our last argument...\nThere's talk of\nme\ntalking with you.\nhttps://www.devianta rt.com/mysticalpoet/art/Two-Weeks-1042693009\n\naccept defeat before anyth ing could start but\nyour rose perfume will one day become\nheavy promises that hang in the air. I think for me\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/starryst arrysky7267/art/clairvoyant-1042811951\n\nIt feels so nice against the ski n and\nShowing off a dapper look and\n\n\nKilling it with style.\nhttps:// www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Silk-Shirt-Acrostic-1042785245\n\nSing le body melts and reforms\,\n And give me my true name.\nI can sense th e world around you\,\nOf the stars living between us.\nhttps://www.deviant art.com/midn1ghtink/art/Shadow-Dancing-NaPo24-18-1043402404\n\nIt is becom ing a nice time of year.\nLike back during pandemic times.\nTime to enjoy a nice walk outside\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Sunny-Day -1043783427\n\nwords will come someday\, a beautiful\nand artifice -- never beauty\;\nso beautiful\n I have no bricks to lay\nhtt ps://www.deviantart.com/maggotsx/art/Creator-1043492968\n\n\nin her tiny c are\nit wasn’t you\n(tiny\, innocent\,\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/ink-s inger/art/thief-1040279547\n\nLord knows I could\nsolve\nstars.\nto remind me\nfate\nas planned...\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/mysticalpoet/art/Revi siting-Music-1043567941\n\nwhat has been\nthe seeds\nover men:\nmany paths \nhttps://www.deviantart.com/lucienrising/art/Perpetual-1043507694\n\nMayb e this is just part of the tale\,\nBut you wanted sleep.\nWhile I'm wrappe d up in thorns.\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/midn1ghtink/art/Sweet-Dreams-N aPo24-19-1043621741\n\nbut as i stare at my reflection\nso i know that eve n within the darkest hour\nwith no lies\, no mimicry\nhow do we find our c larity\nwe search our whole lives for a promise we are never told\nhttps:/ /www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/PFP-Open-Theme-My-Truth-1043993797\n\n je leur enlèverais leur masque de miel\nsi j'étais de retour à la maiso n\,\npendant que les moissonneuses faucheraient\nme soufflent les fleurs écrasées sur le trottoir\nque la campagne et son silence pesant\npasser sous des arcs-en-ciel sans trésors\n\n\nI would take off their honey mask \nif I was back home\,\nwhile the harvesters mow\nthe flowers crushed on t he sidewalk blow at me\nthat the countryside and its heavy silence\npass u nder rainbows without treasures\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/whiteplumfragr ance/art/Le-champ-de-tournesols-875941852\n\nI agree i can be quite a bore \nyou crumble at the littlest\, slightest touch\nfighting to stay happy bu t the world says no\nso why do i still keep going?\nhttps://www.deviantart .com/dazzlinraven/art/I-am-broken-1042194680\n\nWith nary a ship or a soul \nOur bodies had agreed upon.\nWith every slow\, labored beat.\nhttps://ww w.deviantart.com/midn1ghtink/art/December-NaPo24-20-1044466476\n\nwell\, c hild\,\nwould you believe\nas you work hard\nthat one is out of order\nand my job\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/kirihearts/art/bones-napo-5-1044549373 \n\nShe says\, to God I suppose\, but not our bodies.\nWe are supposed to be here for praying\nmy head\, a brief nod of gratitude\, before\nhttps:// www.deviantart.com/maggotsx/art/Calvary-1045141850\n\nBreath and body\nHav e nowhere to go\nToo many holes\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/sicariusalatum /art/Old-Clothes-1044579391\n\nmy poetic response\n\n\nTitle: The Griot re plies to Troubadour PrinceofFire\n\n\nYour song is part\, while not too l ong\nFor Nimue\, said\, at a kong\nWhere the griot\, I sing of\, sat\nWait ing while in a mudcloth brat\n\n\nShe spoke of a former knight\, now king\ nEarn'd from four and one\, to live fae-bling\nWhite hair'd he dream'd\, o f one thing to be\nTo end the false legend\, after he\n\nHe mourn'd after he was whisk'd away\nThe innocents burn'd or metal-slay\nAll the task was for a love felt far\nNot from evil or deceptive tar\n\nYet\, all he could do was shed tears\nYear after year\, from faulty fears\nHe earn'd one way into faelan'\nNone left in years or none human\n\nTill the queen's sister saw a griot\nA wise traveler and not a sot\nShe spoke to him of the faekin g's fright\nAnd his request before he lost sight\n\nThe griot laugh'd and accept the quest\nA worthy addition to his jest\nThe Sky-king's court he w ill join one day\nTo join his loving hene and play\n\nAnd\, the griot left the sweet fae shores\nTo tell a foreign people true lores\nAnd add to his own king-quest some tales\nTo sing a journey through all the vales\n\nfro m hddeviant/richard murray\nhttps://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Th e-Knight-and-the-Faerie-Princess-979999142\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you want more poetry from me\, consider. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\ n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series it i s in has more than poetry\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-mu rray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series is mostly poetry but not all\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard -murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n If you enjoy my craft and would like t o support me with $1 consider using my tipjar\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251004 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:If I Only Had DTSTAMP:20251002T230839Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:529-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A lyrical poetry\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant /art/If-I-only-had-1248257724\n\n\n\n If I only had\, a stem I could use\n \n\n\n If I only had\, I would step right in\n\n\n\n If she didn't want! w hy is her skin smooth\n\n\n\n And what makes my pulp\, boil to sauce\n\n\n \n while my seeds sing sooth\n\n\n\n ... if I only had\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n inspired by \n\n\n\n If I didn't Care by the Ink Spots\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n + \n\n\n\n  under the full moon from rechtsanwalt\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251002 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Roller Coaster Promptibilities DTSTAMP:20251002T230211Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:528-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Roller Coaster Promptibilities\n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/art/PRollercoaster-1248211029\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \ n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251002 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Heavy Metal Magazine Free Voting Booths RESULTS for Loctober 2025 DTSTAMP:20250919T210941Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:511-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n POLL LIST\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/498-heavy -metal-magazine-free-voting-booths-for-loctober/\n\n\n\n DEVIANTART\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/poll/Pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want- me-to-draw-I-will-add-a-small-story-loctober-heavymetal-8672618\n\n\n\n pr oof of winner SPACE PIRATE QUEEN\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1 4/8672618/5236016128\n\n\n\n TUMBLR\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurr ayhumblr/794514088027996160/pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want-me-to-draw-f or?source=share\n\n\n\n proof of winners- ended in a draw- WARRIOR RIDING A DIREWOLF and VAMPIRE QUEENS FEAST\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurr ayhumblr/794514088027996160/pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want-me-to-draw-f or/replies/795151199251939328\n\n\n\n BLKTALES \n\n https://discord.com/c hannels/1082791769701363742/1087756593845772338/1416228013913280602\n\n\n\ n proof of winners- yes make story\n\n https://discord.com/channels/108279 1769701363742/1087756593845772338/1418704528621965382\n\n\n\n AALBC\n\n ht tps://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11863-pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want-me-to-dra w-heavymetal-loctober/\n\n\n\n proof of winner COSMIC ENTITY AWAKENING\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11863-pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want-me-to- draw-heavymetal-loctober/#findComment-76205\n\n\n\n So\, in October\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n SPACE PIRATE QUEEN illustration + Story will be posted on my DeviantArt profile. \n\n Story shared to CRliterature/Dreadful Tales\n\n Illustration shared to Color-me-club/inkblot splatter/dreadful tales\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n WARRIOR RIDING A DIREWOLF + VAMPIRE QUEENS FEAST will each h ave three illustrated versions in tumblr and one story version in blktouch \n\n Clothed illustration for blackartistoftumblr\n\n Noddy illustration f or midnighthour + story for blktales\n\n filmnoir illustration for filmnoi rpigeons\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n COSMIC ENTITY AWAKENING illustration + Story i n AALBC African American Literary Book Club\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250919 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where is Ione Sykes Now? The Last Grave DTSTAMP:20250917T161638Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:510-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Deviantart post\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevi ant/art/1223566226?action=published\n\n\n\n Deviantart Challenge\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-They-Now-Ione-Sykes- The-Grave-1216944947\n\n\n\n Tumblr Audio\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/r ichardmurrayhumblr/794962948912300032/written-by-richard-murray-hddeviant\ n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/794962948912300032/writ ten-by-richard-murray-hddeviant\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250917 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Heavy Metal Magazine Free Voting Booths for Loctober DTSTAMP:20250912T231109Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:498-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Vote in each booth below for the options above. I will on ly do three\, but you can vote for each:)\n\n\n\n All will be shared on He avy Metal Magazine's discord\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Pick one\, The one with th e most votes will be made on deviantart and I will add a small story for c rliterature\n\n\n\n ALIEN WAR MACHINE\n\n SPACE PIRATE QUEEN\n\n MECHA GRA VEYARD\n\n CYBERPUNK ASSASSIN\n\n TIME RIFT EXPLORER\n\n FLOATING CITADEL BATTLE\n\n DEMONIC SORCERESS\n\n DRAGON'S THRONE\n\n FLOATING CITADEL BATT LE (Part 2: Battle Progression)\n\n CURSED FOREST SPIRIT\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/poll/Pick-one-of-these-themes-you-want-me-to-draw- I-will-add-a-small-story-loctober-heavymetal-8672618\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Pi ck one\, The one with the most votes I will make three versions: clothed f or black artist of tumblr\, nude for midnighthour\, film noir for filmnoir pigeons\n\n WARRIOR RIDING A DIRE WOLF\n\n UNDERWATER SORCERER\n\n ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE RUINS\n\n VAMPIRE QUEENS FEAST\n\n ALIEN PARASITE HORROR\n\n HA UNTED ASTRONAUT\n\n GRAVEYARD DUEL\n\n POSSESSED MECHA PILOT\n\n GORGON QU EEN\n\n KRAKEN'S WRATH\n\n ODIN'S FURY\n\n PHOENIX REBIRTH\n\n https://www .tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/794514088027996160/pick-one-of-these-theme s-you-want-me-to-draw-for?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Pick one\, the o ne with the most votes I will put in the Literature forum of AALBC with a story.\n\n\n\n CELTIC WARRIOR SPIRIT\n\n MINOTAUR IN THE LABYRINTH\n\n WAS TELAND RIDER\n\n RUINED METROPOLIS\n\n RADIOACTIVE MUTANTS\n\n DYSTOPIAN E XECUTIONER\n\n FALLEN AI TITAN\n\n BIO-ENGINEERING PREDATOR\n\n COSMIC ENT ITY AWAKENING\n\n DREAMSCAPE DUEL\n\n FRACTURED REALITY\n\n TRAPPED IN INF INITY\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11863-pick-one-of-these-themes-you-wa nt-me-to-draw-heavymetal-loctober/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Warmth from Hajime S oriyama\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Loctober 2025 image\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n If you want to support me for my endeavors financially\, use the following subscription service\, a $1 a month subscription\, that is 3 cent a day or $12 a year \, technically 00.03(28) cent a day:)\n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My substack post\n\n\n\n https://open.substack.com/pub/rm newsletter/p/free-vote-poll-the-themes-for-heavy?r=xit0b&\;utm_campaign =post&\;utm_medium=web&\;showWelcomeOnShare=true\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOK REVIEW: ADAM AND EVE MAKE A BIG\, BIG MISTAKE BUT GOD F IX' IT from Jean Ann Field-Ridley DTSTAMP:20250825T224617Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:471-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n ADAM AND EVE MAKE A BIG\, BIG MISTAKE BUT GOD FIX' IT fro m Jean Ann Field-Ridley\n\n ADAM AND EVE MAKE A BIG\, BIG MISTAKE BUT GOD FIX' IT September 15\,2023\n\n by Jean Ann Field-Ridley @JenanFR\n\n REFER RAL IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10622-racial-and-cultural-repr esentation-in-biblical-storytelling-the-caribbean-experience/\n\n\n\n Buy The Book\n\n\n\n https://www.am*zon.com/ADAM-EVE-MAKE-BIG-MISTAKE-ebook/dp /B0CH5S5KZ5\n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n \"Elenchos kai anatrope tes pseudony mou gnoseos\" is the title of a book by a Christian\, defined in\n\n\n\n t his review as someone who has faith in Jesus Christ in some form or fashio n\, named Irenaeus\,\n\n\n\n of Hellenistic ancestry who lived in Lugdunum now commonly called in modernity Lyon in\n\n\n\n France\, who lived circa 130 to 202 years after the birth of Jesus. The title translates\, Control and\n\n\n\n overthrow the falsely named Knowing. The message in this old book is to suggest one thing\, no\n\n\n\n option available. Orthodoxy\, st raight opinion\, is superior to heresy\, choice. The Gnostic\n\n\n\n movem ent at its historic core opposed the idea that Christianity has one line o f thinking\, a\n\n\n\n straight road. Throughout the course of Christian h istory Christian groups through schisms\, like\n\n\n\n the split between t he Christian Church centered in Roma side the Christian church centered in \n\n\n\n Nova Roma\, or groups protesting a new way\, like the Church of J esus Christ and latter-day\n\n\n\n saints\, publicly support heresy.\n\n\n \n \"Adam And Eve Make Big Mistake\" by Jean Ann Field-Ridley is a modern book\, while its\n\n\n\n purpose reflect the literary heritage of Irenaeus plus the Gnostics\, through a Christian making a\n\n\n\n book to a need i n the Christian community of the literature's time while emphasizing a cho ice\n\n\n\n that is against a standard presentation of Christianity.\n\n\n \n Field-Ridley is a Black woman of the Caribbean and has publicly stated she feels in the\n\n\n\n Caribbean Christianity is viewed by many as a rel igion for whites of European descent or whites\n\n\n\n of anywhere. Sequen tially\, many Blacks in the Caribbean don't see a choice in being Christia n\, if\n\n\n\n they also wish to be true to themselves.\n\n\n\n The book i s geared towards children of the Caribbean\, using literature that when sp oken\n\n\n\n resounds culturally to the Caribbean. While I comprehended im mediately the stories within the\n\n\n\n book\, reflecting Christian bible stories\, the flavor of the text was unfamiliar to me\, as for\n\n\n\n ex ample the book of Genesis covered in the book.\n\n\n\n In the spirit of ea rly Christian literature this book does not interpret each book of the apo stles or\n\n\n\n all books of the Septuagint\, the predecessor of the Old Testament. The illustrative border style is\n\n\n\n elegant or beautiful w hile the images are incoherent in storytelling approach.\n\n\n\n Christian parents may need to make adjustments to what they say while they read bas ed on their\n\n\n\n faith in Jesus. But the book totally embraces or never betrays through language or imagery\n\n\n\n aracial unity in humanity. Wh ich is a prerequisite in the goal of the author or the agenda in the\n\n\n \n book\, to get a populace of humans who have lived under the power of an other populace to\n\n\n\n embrace a culture delivered by slave chain when they are no longer enslaved. It is in the spirit of\n\n\n\n heresy\, choic e\, that Jesus\, born a Jew and surrounded by Jewish clergy testing or cha llenging\n\n\n\n him\, chose to lead a new way open to all\, which became Christianity. No book can guarantee an\n\n\n\n affect on a reader. But aft er an attempt\, if it can increase\, by any measure\, a human child\n\n\n\ n choosing to embrace or hold onto something from humanity they opposed or doubted\, the\n\n\n\n extended family of Eve and Adam is better for it.\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250915 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Calligraphy Mirror - Angelique Noire 09/08/2019 DTSTAMP:20250524T215515Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:287-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Calligraphy Mirror - Angelique Noire 09/08/2019\n\n\n\n C alligraphy Mirror - Angelique Noire\n\n\n\n I placed the two images below but\n\n\n\n Here is my calligraphy\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hdde viant/art/Calligraphy-Mirror-Angelique-Noire-812616098?ga_submit_new=10%3A 1567983274\n\n\n\n if you want your own \, I do commissions \n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-14 87995\n\n\n\n she is on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/the_ange lique_noire/  her birthday is July 15th https://aalbc.com/tc/events/even t/497-angelique-noire-birthday/\n\n\n\n This is her original tumblr post\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://thepinupnoire.tumblr.com/post/183195910761/lolit a-part-3-littlebootysmatter-photo\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n pho tograph from Alonza Photography\n\n https://thepinupnoire.tumblr.com/tagge d/alonzaphotography\n\n\n\n mslala presents\n\n\n\n https://thepinupnoire. tumblr.com/tagged/misslalapresents\n\n\n\n Original Post in the creative t ables\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/194-richard-murray-creative -table/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-678\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190908 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2025 CRLiterature August Deviantart Birthday Challenge DTSTAMP:20250902T003659Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:484-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n ALL Entries for the CLOSED August Birthday 2025 Literary Challenge from @Crliterature on DeviantArt\n\n Voting will commence and aw ards will be given\, but give all the writers a congrats!!!!\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-1222 529726\n\n\n\n MY EXAMPLE\n\n\n\n PDF\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/h ddeviant/art/Biround-Mornings-1229347827\n\n\n\n Regular Text or Audio\n\n \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/August-Birthday-Writing-Chal lenge-Example-1223660370\n\n\n\n Reader which do you like\, did you enjoy?  \n\n LIST\n\n from @meedrowh The birth of a legend - Aria Brinn\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/meedrowh/art/1225203000\n\n from @twomig Rebirth\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/twomig/art/Rebirth-1222276045\n\n from @super sader9 Misfits High: A New Year\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/supersader9 /art/Misfits-High-A-New-Year-1230787578\n\n from @aland1w Cinderellas Litt le Glass Shop\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/aland1w/journal/Cinderellas-L ittle-Glass-Shop-1230687958\n\n from @night--bloom Short Story Contest Ent ry: Upon a Tiny Girl\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/night--bloom/art/Short -Story-Contest-Entry-Upon-a-Tiny-Girl-1232661524\n\n from @ope1ativ3 MIRRO RS - A Tale of Tomorrow's Past\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/ope1ativ3/ar t/MIRRORS-A-Tale-of-Tomorrow-s-Past-1231908594\n\n from @sunlits Party Ani mals: A Deviantart's Tale\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/sunlits/art/Party -Animals-A-Deviantart-s-Tale-1234417855\n\n from @peeepod TIME\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/peeepod/art/TIME-1235928763\n\n from @oboltus208 Not W ithout a Reason\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/oboltus208/art/Not-Without- a-Reason-1236392167\n\n from @princeoffire Vampire Confrontation\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Vampire-Confrontation-1236508270\n\ n #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #deviantart \n\n\n\n  \n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250901 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where is Norma Rae now? DTSTAMP:20250902T004043Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:485-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Where is Norma Rae now?\n\n MY EXAMPLE STORY\n\n https:// www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Norma-Rae-now-1223570786\n\n THE CHALLENGE- only a 250 word comment to enter by September 31st 2025\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-They-Now-Norma-Rae-No rma-Rae-1216944037\n\n AUDIO\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black- artist-on-tjambler/post/793533276775235584?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/793533249354940416/where-are-t hey-now-norma-rae-norma-rae-by\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250901 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Extended Reply to \"Who will solve Black cinema’s marke ting crisis?\" from Maya S Cade DTSTAMP:20250829T205145Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:482-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n MY SUMMARY REPLY\n\n\n\n There have been a slew of modern Black box office failures. Who (or what) will solve Black cinema’s (mar keting) crisis?\n\n How many film productions are following Sinners guidel ines? \n\n\n\n What is up with all the trauma in Black film/media?\n\n\n\ n I ask anyone Black who feels to much trauma is in Black media\, what boo ks with stories with Black heroes in mythical or fantastical ways written by Black people were available in their home as kids growing up? \n\n\n\n Why do we need sex on screen?\n\n\n\n The question I always have to any w ho question allusions to fornication is\, what is wrong with allusions\, i ncluding lustful ones\,  to fornication? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n URL of summ ary reply\n\n\n\n https://open.substack.com/pub/blackfilmarchive/p/who-wil l-solve-black-cinemas-marketing?r=xit0b&\;utm_campaign=comment-list-sha re-cta&\;utm_medium=web&\;comments=true&\;commentId=150489193\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n MY EXTENDED REPLY\n\n\n\n There have been a slew of modern Black box office failures. Who (or what) will solve Black cinema’s (mar keting) crisis?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Well crisis? In the art world no film i s guaranteed success. I know many writers/illustrators/musicians say some formula works\, some formulaic path works\, but I have never seen any vali dity in that. For every film that succeeds being processed one way from pr eproduction to production to post production\, another film failed doing t he same things. Now looking at the most financially example in the most re cent context for Black Films [films I say are produced/directed/written/mo stly starring Black people ] Sinners is the reply. For other films [not pr oduced/directed/written/or mostly starring black people] called Black by m any black people I have nothing to say. I don't consider said films with s ignificant non Black participation Black films. \n\n To me\n\n Antoine Fu qua's King Arthur isn't a black film.[and I like that film]\n\n Black Pant her produced by Disney isn't a black film. [and I like that film]\n\n Shaf t from a white writer isn't a black film. [nice soundtrack and love Gordon Parks or Richard Roundtree rest their souls but not my cup of tea]\n\n Th e Foxes of Harrow written by Frank Yerby is not a black film [it is a blac k book\, yes\, but it isn't a black film\, as a writer if I write a story with mostly white characters that is black fiction\, alongside Devil in a Blue Dress or A Raisin in the Sun but a film from my theoretical book is n ot a black film to me] \n\n So to what I call Black films\, what do we le arn from Sinners? \n\n A movie needs to have a large but accessible budge t [100 million budget returned 300 million]\n\n Having a number of up and coming or well known or brightest thespians to the Black populace who are known outside the black populace doesn't hurt [Michael B Jordan /Hailee St einfeld/Wunmi Mosaku/Jayme Lawson/ Omar Miller/Delroy Lindo ]\n\n Having a one and done focused story [No Sinners 2 is coming\, the story was comple te from beginning of the film to the end\, Black Nightclub in early 1900s southern USA is attacked by vampires\, all characters accounted for ]\n\n Having a genre black people + non black want to pay ticket prices for [how many saws/aliens/movies get made a year\, horror films are a safe genre t o reach all audiences\, must keep the budget wise or danger\, ala Tom Crui se's the Mummy]\n\n How many film productions are following Sinners guidel ines? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n What is up with all the trauma in Black film/me dia?\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Growing up I remember the People Could Fl y\, High John the Conqueror\, Black Fable collections my parents had\, Sun Man\, Milestone comics\, Daughters of the Dust. And as I got older and Os car Micheaux and Alice Dunbar Nelson and Zora Neale Hurston works\, plays by August Wilson [I have all but Michaeuz in my literature library ] and o thers I have never felt trauma is overwhelming in the Black fiction. I thi nk too many Black parents didn't do what my Black parents did and made sur e a wide array of Black literature was available. Yes\, no shame in having Brother Malcolm's and Nkrumah's words on the shelf for Black kids to see. But also have High John the Conquerer\, and Fables from the Caribbean. I think many black parents simply fail black children in making sure a wide array of media content from black people is present in the home. \n\n\n\n My parents were not rolling in dough or diving in coins\, but they made s ure. Make the effort. Black writers have always existed with uplifting tal es. If OScar Micheaux proves anything\, he proves that. He went from Black door to Black door presenting his stories all with happy endings for blac k characters after only some of those black characters had antagonistic sc enarios from all sorts of antagonist. Black writers have always made uplif ting positive work absent slave whippings by whites or mass rapings by whi tes  or mass destruction by whites. Find them\, show them to black childr en. No excuse.\n\n I ask anyone Black who feels to much trauma is in Black media\, what books with stories with Black heroes in mythical or fantasti cal ways written by Black people were available in their home as kids grow ing up? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Why do we need sex on screen?\n\n\n\n Do we need fornication on screen? I have to step back and admit. The United Stat es of America\, cross phenotypical lines\, is very religious  in a negati ve way to the issue of fornication. \n\n Lets say for example\, start com merical\, Fade in\n\n Jennifer Lopez/Beyonce/Taylor Swift/Michelle Yeoh st and side to side bare breasted and start shaking their torsos as hard as p ossible and say simultaneously \"Bare Breasted\" \n\n Fade out and on the black screen two hashtags in white positioned side to side #barebreasted #barebreasting \n\n End of commercial \n\n The media world will go crazy . All of these women have fans throughout humanity\, are millionaires\, co ntrol their lives. But if they show their breast many will say slutty \, u nwarranted \, some negative. But\, is it because they are women or because this alludes to a fornicative desires to women?\n\n When Monica Bellucci said while married that she can't promise to only sleep with her husband t hat was a media uproar. Again it isn't that she is a woman but that fornic ation with women in many religions is not equal in openness to men. \n\n Lot slept with his own daughters\, this gets read by many christians of al l ages every year with acceptability. Lot isn't considered a bad guy\, no metoo for his daughters. Samson who runs around killing people with the ne cks of animals hasn't broken any jewish farm girls hearts in the tale but Delilah is a great sinner cause she is beautiful and Sampson is enthralled to her\, not that she is enthralled to him\, even though they slept toget her. It is the inequality in fornication that is the key and it is a human thing. \n\n In Islam women can only be to one man but a man can be to mu ltiple women. \n\n When married male thespians go naked\, women googling at them is acceptable. The desired fornication of a woman running after a male stranger is acceptable. But if an unmarried woman has her nipples sho wing through her dress\, men googling at her is unacceptable. The desired fornication of a man running after a female stranger is unacceptable. \n\ n Both genders or sexes are criminalized when a female stranger is enticin g to a male stranger. While both genders or sexes are accepted when a male stranger is enticing to a female stranger. \n\n\n\n And in such an envir onment\, all fornication is poorly crafted. \n\n The Tan magazine shared has questions: love life of a midget [which is a criminalization of the fo rnication of midgets]\, will hollywood let negroes make love [will hollywo od let anyone make love?]\n\n\n\n I argue that many Black people have to f irst find a more positive place with fornication in their lives before the y start asking about it in films. And I can say the same for the non black as well. A Warm December\, Buck and the Preacher\, Queen and Slim\, if Be ale Street Could Talk\, Mississippi Masala\, Claudine\, Oscar Michaeux's s wing all have scenes in various grades of intensity or style showing love absent nudity or lust. But lust is not evil\, and male lust to the body of a female is not evil. At the end of the day Carmen\, [and I have seen qui te a few variants of Carmen over the years] is a multiculturally embraced story in modernity. Where the men who lust for carmen for her beauty and c armen herself for being beautiful and unbound to any of the men lusting af ter her are criminalized through the fate of the play. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n \n\n\n\n The question I always have to any who question allusions to for nication is\, what is wrong with allusions\, including lustful ones\,  to fornication? \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Saidiya Hartman’s curiosities in “S cenes of Subjection\n\n\n\n James Baldwin's review of Carmen Jones are cit ed in the post\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n URL of Article\n\n\n\n https://open.subs tack.com/pub/blackfilmarchive/p/who-will-solve-black-cinemas-marketing?r=x it0b&\;utm_campaign=post&\;utm_medium=web&\;showWelcomeOnShare=fa lse\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n Who will solve Black cinema’s marketing crisi s? by Maya Cade\n \n\n \n … and other questions in my inbox on the 4th anniversary of Black Film Archive.\n \n Read on Substack\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Reply to \"Permission to Stop Burning Out\" from Alicia M cCalla DTSTAMP:20250829T162256Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:481-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n I think every writer finds out their rhythm eventually cause they have to. The more you write what yo u find out is you let out alot of imagination. And you start seeing repeat ing ideas which means you need to embrace what you have created. \n\n I g ive as an example\, Edgar Allen Poe. I have his complete works of fiction\ , poems stories everything in one big book . If I look at my own fiction. I have a larger book \, even before the age poe died. And like Poe or ever y other writer I have more sketches and similars. So\, you have to embrace what you have created. And spend more time being honest about new roads o f imagination if roads have closed. \n\n Keannu reeves and the director o f the John Wick series  \, who collaboratively wrote the stories/screenpl ays\, were going to stop at chapter 3\, because they didn't see anything e lse. It was done. But they saw a story for four and thus did it. But it to ok some time\, because they had made a huge world. And the studios said\,a fter four\,  where is five now\, and they said\, they have to wait and se e. If John Wick five happens it will be some time. \n\n The lesson is the same thing I said\, part of writers gaining a schedule is admitting when they have written their imagination out. When I look at some movies for ce rtain manga like Ghost in the shell with johanssen or the Statian\, Avatar the last airbender movie from shamalah. The problem the movies have is bo th shows/books covered everything. They did everything you could do. No ho ur and a half movie was going to do something new that hadn't already been done in the show with the main characters. So\, they both needed to go to uncharted places. Back to John Wick\, when you look at the Ballerina film \, the coming Kane film\, that proves my point. John Wick has been complet ely done. But the world created for John Wick has space for other characte rs to be born and grow.  \n\n And that relates to all writers. If you hav e burned out\, and I am lucky to not have\, look back at your work and rea lize its worth. You may find more than you realized. Have patience and rel ax\, you earned it based on volume\, even if you don't have million dollar book deals or contracts to write screenplays. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n COMMEN T URL\n\n\n\n https://substack.com/note/c-150400293\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n POS T URL from Alicia McCalla\n\n\n\n https://aliciamccalla.substack.com/p/per mission-to-stop-burning-out-the\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n Permission to Stop Burning Out: The Rhythm That Saved My Writing Life by Alicia McCalla\n \n\ n \n How I Stopped Chasing Word Counts And Started Building A Sustainable Author Empire\n \n Read on Substack\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Two Statians DTSTAMP:20250828T233853Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:480-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The government of the USA is at a time demanding change. The population in it\, requires changes not merely in personel\, but in th e structure of the bureaucracy. In times like these for any government all the agendas/powers/impotencies/attempts/failures to manipulate the system will lead to a result most \, whether they like it or not\, will have to live with. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n  @aka Contrarian\n\n\n \n \n On 8/28/2025 at 1:27 AM\, aka Contrarian said:\n \n\n \n \n This country needs to stop trying to rescue and preserve Democracy and just le t the red and blue states go their separate ways. The USA no longer exists .\n \n \n\n\n\n Well\, historically the union you refer to arguably has n ever existed outside of the law. \n\n\n\n The southern states only embrac ed independence from the british empire on condition that enslaving would be untouched and thus they saw it as a way to make more money\, not for an y human equality or egalitarian reason \, so from the beginning the two bl ocks of states existed. The war between the states prove from cessation fr om the british empire to said war\, the two blocks existed. Jim crow's var iance\, from the end of the war between the states to the late 1970s prove two blocks\, from the northern block where black people were herded into cities that were then cut off from funding while whites went into northern suburbs to the southern block where black towns were terrorized to never be able to grow ever beyond an impoverished place\, forcing black people a way even leaving loved ones to die by lynch mobs. Now from the 1980s to 20 25 you have a traditional southern white populace voting/planning to prese rve itself in the southern block while the traditional northern white popu lace has integrationed itself unlike any time in usa history which has pre sented a multiracial component to northern states life that makes it forei gn to southern states which are tribalized internally. \n\n\n\n The probl em militaristically is the usa has the largest horde of nuclear weapons of any government in modern humanity\, the largest military operation of any government in modern humanity\, and with a split\, who controls those wea pons? and yes\, that matters and yes even if both blocks of states were fu lly engaged\, both will want that control. \n\n\n\n Now\, legally\, one w ay exists for the usa to split. \n\n\n\n So you have a set of states\, me ant to be self sufficient\, in a federation for collective defense with a complete history of abrasive variance in heritage or culture. A military o peration that is the largest in the world and will be fought over if a bre ak up occurs. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n What is the solution? \n\n\n\n The dec laration of independence + the amendment process. The declaration of indep endence clearly states\, that any form of government is acceptable if the populace want it. People in the usa talk of voting but the truth is\, the declarations words show that a monarchy can return as long as the people t ruly support it. The rule of the people from the declaration isn't about v oting or elected office\, it is about a more abstract idea of people power making any government style or form possible. To restate \, the declarati on of independence isn't saying a monarchy is undemocratic. it is saying a monarchy the people don't want is undemocratic. \n\n\n\n So\, a splittin g of a federation into two isn't against the spirit of the declaration of independence. \n\n\n\n And the amendment process literally allows for any law to become instilled. An unchangeable law that breaks the usa into two federations is completely possible by the amendment process. Congressiona l law or Supreme court rulings or executive orders all have limitations or impotencies. but the amendment process alone adds to the constitution wit h no manipulation\, afterward or during. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n So the quest ion is what is the wisest law to make an amendment to the us constitution to you get the states to split ? \n\n\n\n The military and the financial power of the usa are the impediments. A white sheet wearing\, confederacy cross tatoo having white man from an all white mississippi town will not a ccept the \"southern block\" not having the us military for protection or the financial clout of the dollar operating in his life. A kente cloth wea ring lgbtq+  flag tattoo having  white transexual woman from San Francis co will not accept the \"northern block\" not having the us military for p rotection or the financial clout of the dillar operating in her life. \n\ n\n\n Now once you take those two things away \, it is doable. So what can this hypothetical proposed amendment be?  \n\n\n\n The federal governme nt will remain as a protector to two federations but modulated. The consti tution remains in tact\, but on freeze\, until the two federations unite.  \n\n\n\n The congress is frozen\, abolished until reunion. The supreme c ourt is frozen and abolished until reunion. The us military remains in tac t protecting all the states\, but now the president has only the district of columbia+ territories of the usa as places the president is privy to. N o camp david. All military bases in the fifty states need to be evacuated by the us military to not show favoritism or influence. The territories of the usa: guam/Puerto rico /virgin islands/various pacific ocean islands w ill have to be fitted for military bases. Guantanemo in cuba as well. The federal reserve must remain. \n\n\n\n Both the \"Northern Block\" + \"Sou thern Block\" have their own judiciary + their own congress. Some sort of arrangement on federal funds [nitty gritty] will have to be decided. South ern block will not want population to decide and want some weight scale. W hile Northern Block will want a wider range of residents to allow for fede ral funds. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is impossible to see\, but here is the problem. The people of the USA are little peoples really. Always have been . The First Peoples aren't powerful enough. The DOSers aren't communal eno ugh. The Whites are not honest enough. The immigrants aren't realistic eno ugh. They all will reject anything like what I just said\, even though it fits legal parameters\, is nonviolent\, and embraces giving the three hund red million plus strangers a little of the space\, most have always wanted from some other. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The problem aka contrarian is the s ame thing that plagued the war between the states. General Beausejour tlre d Robert Lee or dreamy jefferson davis the simple engineering truth. Put u p a fence\, on the mason dixie\, focus the military south to mexico to get a trade outlet and were done\, success the confederacy exist. But\, Lee \ , an old white man who like so many white people in the usa\, remembers th e good old days for whites while doesn't consider how terrible said days w ere for others\, wanted to prove he could take the whole country\, a last horah for the silver haired general\, very napoleonic\, who also acted as stupidly in his european conquest. Jefferson Davis who clearly envied Linc oln wasn't happy with his slice of the pie and wanted to one up. But Lee + Davis were not alone. The generals of the Union including Grant as well a s Abraham Lincoln were guilty as well. Lincoln could had ordered the same line be drawn but didn't for pride. He goaded Lee and Davis \, knowing the m well\, and while some suggest incorrectly\, he preserved the union\, wha t he did was betray his role as the commander in chief. The role of the co mmander in chief is the safety of everyone in the usa. If Lincoln was seri ous about that safety he would had placed a fence\, since the north had ma ritime control very early on and thus all the sea trade advantage and embr aced the two state solution. The president's job is the safety of all peop le in the usa\, even if the people don't want to be together. All those de aths in the war between the states are Lincoln's fault and are not forgiva ble for the constitution through the amendment process allows for complete government flexibility through the law+ the declaration of independence a llows for complete government modulation. If brothers are tired of brother s then let them split. why fight the will of the people Lincoln? The answe r is pride. And Lincoln's pride cost more than the white community\, Jim C row and the never ending waves of assault on First peoples\, commonly call ed native americans\, is lincoln's fault as well\, because in forcing the union\, he forced the dislike that led to the war between the states in th e first place to mutate into various other things\, whether he lived or wa s assasinated. The generals of the Union pre Grant\, were clearly envious of Lee and wanted to best him thus their foolish zeal\, which led to the n eed to get black troops which mean those generals had literally made the p rimary error of any commander in war by not assessing your army properly. to make a plan that forces your army to change is the sign of the utmost m ismanagement. I end with Grant. Grant inherited a problem. The war was at a stalemate. William Tecumseh Sherman correctly realized the stalemate aft er all the bloodshed would never end in peaceful resolution as long as the confederacy could fight. The time for that was at the beginning of the wa r with General Beauregard's plan \, which lincoln\, lee\, davis earlier ge nerals of the union all wasted with their agendas. Sherman allowed Grant t o not be the bad guy and go for the throat. Grant did and it was over. The north always had trade supremacy. The south never figured out how to impr ove trade\, which is why Beauregard told them to do that. \n\n\n\n And th e point of this is\, regardless of people who have wisdom\, the usa then c irca 1865 and now circa 2025\, have a populace of people who are like Lee\ , Lincoln\, Davis\, they love telling another I told you so\, making them see \"The Light\". This is not restricted to the U.S.A. It is very human a nd always when you have abrasive groups who share a heritage but have a di fferent heritage as well and especially a different culture. If North Kore a would had not needed to have the entire peninsula and let south Korea be a little city state at the south of the island circa May 1950 North Korea would be most of the Korean peninsula today\, absent any intervention by USA or China or Russia or Europe. If Ireland would just let Northern Irela nd go no talks of continuing troubles will persist. If the Yoruba/Igbo/Hau sa can accept they don't want to be Nigerian\, they can grow freely better from each other. The anglophiles in Jamaica and the Rastafariansin Jamaic a can realize that their two paths can never make one Jamaica... \n\n\n\n As in this little community\, African American Literary Book Club\, in th e massive world wide web proves in its forum daily\, the ability of Statia ns to \"I told you so\" is so strong\, they love to do that offer acting f unctionally to the causes they say they want. \n\n\n\n And so what I say will not occur in the USA\, which is the functional answer to your call.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n URL REFERRAL\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11814- another-mass-shooting-national-guard/#findComment-75721\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  @aka Contrarian\n\n\n\n Well I am going to defend your original position and not because your birthday recently passed:) \n\n\n\n You didn't make a mistake at all. What you sa id originally wasn't simple\, it was the truth. The truth doesn't have to be an essay\, or speech\, nor should it be expanded or contracted in verbo sity. It can be one sentence. My entire reply simply supported your one se ntence\, so my reply wasn't needed. Is it not true the first peoples\, com monly called the native american\, warrant their own country? Is it not tr ue DOSers warrant their own country? Is it not true Whites have killed and enslaved nonwhites to their benefit in their country\, the USA? Is it not true\, immigrants come to the usa for the impotency under the governments they left? If all of the prior questions are true how is what you said no t the truth? \n\n\n\n The problems aren't complicated either\, the proble ms are the truth. Whites don't know how to lose. Centuries of winning does that. First people and DOSers don't know how to win\, centuries of losing does that. The immigrants don't want instability. They came because the u sa is stable. A break up of the usa is instability\, shaking things up. Th e one thing immigrants fear more than anything cause instability reminds t hem of the countries whose flags they wear in the usa. \n\n\n\n The probl ems are simple\, the people of the usa are the problem. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n And you have never suggested prescience \, you are too wise for that.  \n\n\n\n \n 5 hours ago\, aka Contrarian said:\n \n\n \n \n Time is th e only hope. It brings change but as we know\, it is gradual. \n \n \n\n \n\n I will amend\, time plus life is hope. Change is usually gradual but not always. And the truth is\, the choices people make determine the futur e. Even if they think their choice is unimportant.  Cause every life touc hes another even after a passing. \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250828 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sudowoodo at the Library in the poster DTSTAMP:20250827T124002Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:479-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n My Sudowoodo  do you see him in the poster below?\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sudowoodo-at-the-Library-submi t-to-charity-1214090375\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Library Project P oster\n\n from @goldenemotions\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/goldenemotio ns/art/Library-Project-Poster-1233375459\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n Here i s the library\, the goal of the charity\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://discord.c om/channels/619731511716872205/972156466511355914/1410328199308771339\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250824 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Review: A Gardin Wedding from Rosey Lee DTSTAMP:20250826T011222Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:477-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A Gardin Wedding from Rosey Lee @Rosey Lee\n\n A Gardin W edding May 13\, 2025\n\n A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel\n\n Boo k Cover Images image of A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel\n\n by R osey Lee\n\n BOOK REVIEW IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/book_review/978059 3445518\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n “When we really fell for each other\, the rules we were playing by changed.” These wise words from Martha\, a character in A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee\, encap sulate the novel’s emotional depth. As the second book in the A Gardins of Edin series\, it explores growth in a premarital environment through characters spanning various adult age groups. The theme of personal and re lational development forms the core of the story.\n\n\n\n Lee employs gent le comedy and elegant\, illustrative descriptions of fashion to shift the novel’s tone. The two main characters\, a couple introduced in the first book\, find their love intertwined with a broader cast than before. While Lee guarantees a happy ending in her preface\, any reader will likely que stion that certainty at some point.\n\n\n\n A Gardin Wedding retains the stylistic elements and framework of the first book but expands its scope\, presenting dramatic love across two clans instead of just one. Unlike man y authors' sequels\, Lee refrains from heavy exposition—a skill often la cking in follow-up novels. She beautifully portrays the love of Black peop le through belle couture\, bringing richness and sophistication to her des criptions.\n\n\n\n Malcolm X once said\, “I was going through the hardes t thing\, also the greatest thing\, for any human being to do: to accept t hat which is already within you\, and around you.” Every couple in A Ga rdin Wedding is navigating distinct phases of accepting what is already b etween them and around them. That environment—a thriving\, mature\, and financially successful Black community—made for an immensely joyful and rewarding read.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250513 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Review: Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out o f Slavery from LEah Schanke DTSTAMP:20250825T233335Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:476-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery from LEah Schanke @Leah Schanke\n\n Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voy age Out of Slavery Apr 10\, 2025\n\n Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Vo yage Out of Slavery\n\n Book Cover Images image of Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery\n\n by Leah Schanke\, Illustrated by Obo h Moses\n\n BOOK REVIEW IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/book_review/9780807 524282\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n Frederick Douglass once said\ , “The American Government and the American Constitution are spoken of i n a manner which would naturally lead the hearer to believe that one is id entical with the other\; when the truth is\, they are distinct in characte r as is a ship and a compass.” (The Constitution of the United States: I s It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?\; source) This statement came two years and two months before Robert Smalls sailed a steamboat\, carrying his wif e\, children\, and peers in its belly\, successfully using a compass to fr eedom during the inescapable Civil War on May 13\, 1862.\n\n\n\n In Freed om at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery\, the historical ficti on by South Carolinian descendant Leah Schanke\, the narration comes from Lizzy\, the daughter of Robert Smalls. Lizzy’s voice provides unbroken\, honest grammar and a slightly geographic but accessible style for modern U.S. readers. Her narration maintains the pace and tone of the escape adve nture in the title\, crafted for four- to eight-year-olds. Lizzy’s story conveys the fear and consequences of failure without delving into the mos t gruesome pains of slavery—details that would be difficult for children to comprehend\, inconvenient for adults to explain in today’s context\, or too vast for a book of this size to contain.\n\n\n\n While the Civil W ar serves as the backdrop\, Lizzy’s narration avoids suggesting that eit her side in the war was primarily concerned with the enslaved seeking free dom. This nuance emphasizes that escapes to freedom were driven by the ens laved themselves\, unbound to the motives of any army or navy. It’s a su btle but vital message to convey to children—one that many adults may no t even know. Schanke’s story concludes with peace after adversity\, and her author’s note provides additional context about the fate of the Smal ls family\, satisfying the curiosity of parents\, educators\, and readers alike.\n\n\n\n The illustrations by Oboh Moses are vibrant digital const ructs\, blending the textures of oil and watercolor. The colors shift to m atch the text’s mood and tempo\, enhancing the narrative’s dramatic ef fects. Lizzy and the other characters are depicted with authenticity\, and Moses’s illustrations often suggest that Lizzy is recounting the story to her younger self\, a heartwarming touch.\n\n\n\n If you appreciate the works of Ezra Jack Keats—his illustrative forms\, colors\, and narrativ e focus—the combination of Schanke and Moses in Freedom at Dawn will u ndoubtedly satisfy you.\n\n\n\n Frederick Douglass remarked in 1867\, five years after Smalls’s escape\, “It is by comparing one nation with ano ther\, and one learning from another\, each competing with all\, and all c ompeting with each\, that hurtful errors are exposed.” (Our Composite Na tion\; source) This book exposes the error of slavery through a child’s lens\, set between two governments fighting over destiny.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250410 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOK REVIEW: The Gardins of Edin from Rosey Lee DTSTAMP:20250825T231030Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:474-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Gardins of Edin from Rosey Lee\n\n The Gardins of Edi n Jan 09\, 2024\n\n The Gardins of Edin\n\n Book Cover Images image of The Gardins of Edin\n\n by Rosey Lee @Rosey Lee\n\n BOOK REVIEW IN AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/book_review/9780593445495\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n \n “What if I’m not too old to have a happy childhood now?” is a po ignant line from the character Ruth in The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee\ , a novel that begins with apprehension and confusion but ends with a sens e of fulfillment. The book explores modern relationship dynamics\, with a central theme of personal growth: healing from the past\, being steady in the present\, and not seeking perfection in the future. Not every characte r in the book learns or desires this lesson\, but it lies at the heart of each of their stories.\n\n\n\n The story is driven by four central charact ers: Ruth\, who manages a family business that has long been a pillar in t he local community\; Naomi\, the emotional center of the family\; Mary\, a n aspiring restaurateur\; and her sister Martha\, a doctor. These four Bla ck women from the south are each on a journey of self-discovery\, while al so grappling with the evolving dynamics of their family and community. The novel\, which spans roughly 300 pages\, has two main plot arcs that delve into their personal and shared challenges.\n\n\n\n While some characters may evoke frustration with their negativity\, the book never suggests that their futures will be entirely bleak. Instead\, it’s a feel-good drama that features flawed\, realistic characters whose weaknesses are neither e xaggerated nor overly moralized. For fans of well-crafted\, character-driv en stories with genuine emotional depth\, this book is a great fit.\n\n\n\ n Although the back cover hints at larger conflicts\, the story isn’t ab out grand battles over empires\; it's more about the internal struggles an d infighting within a close-knit community. The characters wrestle with co ncealing painful pasts\, and the hidden scars of that past pose real threa ts to their relationships. These conflicts are handled with sincerity\, ne ver veering into melodrama or caricature\, but they do create the possibil ity of lasting damage if left unresolved.\n\n\n\n The novel doesn’t posi tion itself as a guide on mental or physical health\, but it does offer in sights into both. Through the characters' struggles\, the value of mental and heart health is subtly highlighted\, adding another layer of depth to the story. I found myself learning more about these topics without the nar rative losing focus or becoming preachy.\n\n\n\n The readers’ guide at t he end of the book revealed something I should have noticed right away—i f it had been a snake\, it would have bitten me! While The Gardins of Edi n may seem like a clear reference to the biblical Garden of Eden\, the bo ok doesn’t feel like a Christian allegory or preach to the reader. The C hristianity of some characters is important to their individual stories\, but it doesn’t dominate the narrative or alienate readers of different b eliefs.\n\n\n\n Finally\, this book sets up its characters in such a way t hat a sequel could easily follow\, though it’s not necessary. By the end \, The Gardins have found peace\, and the story feels complete as it is. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250109 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOK REVIEW: I wrote you 37 letters from Dee Miller DTSTAMP:20250825T230637Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:473-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Title: I wrote you 37 letters\n\n\n\n Authors: Dee Miller @Dee Miller\n\n\n\n Reading Age range: \n\n\n\n ISBN: 979-8-218-09319-8\ n\n\n\n Published: 12/2022\n\n\n\n REFERRAL IN AALBC\n\n\n\n https://aalbc .com/tc/topic/10016-i-wrote-you-37-letters-book-review-request/\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Phillis Wheatley said:\" The world is a sev ere school master\, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries\"\; said danger comes in what is inspired. Wheatley comprehende d a flattery from an enemy may inspire short term glee while inspire long term resentment.  \" I wrote you 37 letters\" is a tool in the form of an epistolary to aid in a reader inspiring themselves through their own writ ing\, motivated by Miller's letters which cover an extensive set of mental or spiritual states. No book can ever cover the infinite states of the mi nd or infinite states of the soul. The honesty in each letter \, discardin g the selling or advertising style may writers will choose \, is purposefu l\; said purpose is to convince the reader that these letters are not mean t to be sermons or meant to be self righteous. Even if the variance in len gth of letters\, yes 37 in total \, will negatively alarm some readers. Th ose who want help getting to hear their own: honest<\;Dear Moment In Tim e>\;\, confessional <\;A Letter To My Big>\;\, at times praising<\ ;Dear Mommie>\;\,  unashamed to what is deemed shameful <\;Dear Secre t Lover>\; voice have a chance to be convinced to do so before they reac h the end of this book. The book offers a path way for a reader to share t heir voice to a larger audience but it needs polishing to read like a more secure request in the age of lawsuits that is modern USA. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOK REVIEW- Soil Sisters Magical Garden Adventure: Savoring the Soul of Mother Earth from Bobbi J Simmons \, Thomas Simmons DTSTAMP:20250825T225515Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:472-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Title: Soil Sisters Magical Garden Adventure: Savoring th e Soul of Mother Earth\n\n\n\n Authors: Bobbi J Simmons \, Thomas Simmons @Jean2021\n\n\n\n Illustrator: Blakely Frederick\n\n\n\n Reading Age range : \n\n\n\n Publisher: BlackGold Publishing (May 1\, 2023)\n\n\n\n Paperba ck: 39 pages\n\n\n\n ISBN-10: 1953130267\n\n\n\n ISBN-13: 978-1953130266\n \n\n\n REFERRAL IN AALBC https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10407-book-reviews\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY REVIEW\n\n\n\n John Boyd Jr \, founder of t he National Black Farmer's Association said: \"I'm owning land that many o f my forefathers worked when it was scotch-free. You know - slave labor ma n\" The relationship that Black people whose forebears were enslaved have to the land that compose the states of the U.S.A. is older than the U.S.A. itself\; it is a relationship that introduced the yam\, varieties of rice \, introduced the okra into the cuisine of the entire populace of the U.S. A.\; it is a relationship full of blood\, from black bodies after exposure to white whips\, white laws\, white guns nourishing the soil. A relations hip most of said blacks want to forget for obvious reasons. But\, Bobbi J Simmons side her husband\, Tommy Simmons\, compose a loving Black descende d of enslaved couple who don't want the relationship forgotten. Not to den y the painful shedding of blood but to keep alive the pride in the craft\, the heritage of loving nature\, that exist alongside the painful blood in said relationship. In their book\, Soil Sisters Magical Garden Adventure\ , they focus their efforts on the children\, the youngest descendants of t hose enslaved in the U.S.A. \, who in majority have been denied learning o r knowing of said relationship for said negative reasons. The Simmons weav e a simple tale of love\, love of growing things\, as pure as Bilbo Baggin s love for the shire in \"the hobbit\". The goal\, the road\, the prize ar e all the same\, watching something in nature you nurture spread joy throu ghout your life. The illustrations from Blakely have functional color tone s\, and usually reflect the prose the authors set. Some parents or adult r eaders may be offset or opposed to certain word choices but I argue the la nguage is appropriate to the audience of young children who should be forg iven as well for a few emissions of their dialect or a few slip ups of the tongue. All readers: child\, parent\, teacher will enjoy the historical p ages\; each give a key factor plus visage of a historical figure but said readers will also want more of them. The most important aspect in the book is what can not be read. It is the seeds that come with the book\, which surprised me. The little packet of seeds provide children or parents or te achers an offline chance to do more than be inspired from or enjoy reading a story about black youth loving to grow things\, supported by their loca l community while supporting their local community\, even with spiritual h elp when need be\; it allows all who buy the book a chance to do offline a s the characters in the book\, on land they own. And even if said land is only a small pot\, the heritage of love to the land Black people grow in t he USA: the Simmons prose speaks of\, Blakely's art visualizes\, Boyd jr. organizes for gains another Black person on an adventurous path to embraci ng. That is a worthy cause and the only way to lessen the growth of the ne gativity from the past is to grow another tree that emphasizes the positiv ity from the past.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sudowoodo at the library for charity 07/03/2025 DTSTAMP:20250703T184737Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:372-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Sudowoodo at the library for charity\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n R eading a relaxing book on Rock Types on his custom BentWood Rocking Chair\ , designed by Hddeviant inspired by Thonet\, while a bonsom sleep on his l ap and two other Bonsam happily listen on the floor. Two Bonsam are readin g their own book\, about fire and ice type interactions. \n\n\n\n On the shelves\, is a golden book on pokemon\, a complete history of Team Rocket\ , Oracion jazz variations\, a vase with meowth's koban coin and a energy f rom a time flower\, a book on the ALola Islands\, and a princess key encyc lopedia with Couriway princess key on the spine. \n\n\n\n The coloring pa ge and fully colored\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sudowood o-at-the-Library-submit-to-charity-1214090375\n\n\n\n My Pokemon for chari ty \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=sudowoodo\n\n  \n \n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250703 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coffee and Coloring with DeviantArt DTSTAMP:20250820T234542Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:467-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Coffee and Coloring with DeviantArt\n\n Friday August 29\ , 2025\n\n 6PM - 9PM Pacific Daylight Time\n\n @\n\n Red Window Coffee\n\n 13365 Ventura Blvd. \n\n Studio City\, CA 91604\n\n One can get the FREE limited-edition DeviantArt 25th Birthday Coloring Book!\n\n thank @vagran tscout in @color-me-club from @team \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/team/ journal/In-LA-Grab-a-FREE-coloring-book-at-a-mini-devmeet-1231669362\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n My most recent inks - tell me if you color them\n\n Message in a bottle moments\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Message-i n-a-bottle-moments-1223287568\n\n Alien-queen77's OC Deimyn's Morning Blos som\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Alien-queen77-s-OC-Deimyn -s-Morning-Blossom-1215980699\n\n Sudowoodo at the Library submit to chari ty IT IS INCLUDED\n\n\n\n event [ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/372-s udowoodo-at-the-library-for-charity-07032025/  ]  \n\n\n\n link [ http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sudowoodo-at-the-Library-submit-to-ch arity-1214090375 ] \n\n Draw Me Again Duo color\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/art/Draw-Me-Again-Duo-color-1213279251\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Between The Tide DTSTAMP:20250819T001513Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:466-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Between The Tide\n\n from Richard Murray / @HDdeviant / @ richardmurrayhumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Somewhere\, between the tide\n\n So mewhere\, waiting for life\n\n My idol grasps\, on cocoa sands\n\n And wai t for the bliss\, that come playing\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Somewhere\, between the tide\n\n She's there\, waiting for life\n\n Since I can't hide\, like snails will try\n\n Then straight\, to her arms\n\n I'd come playing\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n It's long\, between the swerves\n\n It's deep\, between the shades\n\n I know\, between my thoughts\n\n My heart\, will lead me there soon\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n We'll meet\, between the tide\n\n We'll kiss\, sh e pledge one time\n\n Happy we'll be\, between the tide\n\n And never agai n\, I'll come playing\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n [Your musical choice for thirty s econds]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I know\, between my thoughts\, ow!\n\n My heart \, will lead me there\, soon\n\n We'll meet (I know\, we'll meet) between the tide\n\n We'll kiss\, she pledge one time\n\n Happy we'll be\, between the tide\n\n And never again\, I'll come playing\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n No mo re\, playing\n\n So long\, playing\n\n Bye bye\, playing\n\n She my captai n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n More information: inspirations\, musical variants\, a nd more\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1231698571?action=pub lished\n\n If you enjoy my craft and would like to support me with $1 cons ider using my tipjar\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar -to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n  \n\n\n\n PRAISE\n\n\n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/comments/1/1231698571/5229615989\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250818 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 123 DTSTAMP:20250705T011622Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:387-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 123\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n but in the en d\,\n\n I have begun to give up\n\n the hours of dark serve no purpose\n\n to me\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/ink-singer/art/bogyman-1040938443\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n You think you're tough rattling the bars\,\n\n A ravenous hunger\n\n Never still\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/midn1ghtink/art/Hey -There-Fella-NaPo24-13-1041828314\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n If y ou enjoy my craft and would like to support me with $1 consider using my t ipjar\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-9 02770076\n\n\n\n Cento List - 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I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. L ike alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of t imes\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray 's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/downloa d/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\; key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calend ar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member =6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key= 9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250927 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Nyotenda 08/20/2014 DTSTAMP:20250524T221822Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:294-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Nyotenda 08/20/2014\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Nyotenda\n \n\n\n A continuation of an 80s adventure classic\n\n\n\n by Richard Murr ay\n\n\n\n Book 2 - JIHI\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n An adventure of Ethel\, from an Ethiopian village a small distance from Addis Abeba barely known\ , starting with a simple old arcade game through dangers in space ending b eyond the aspirations found in any game.\n\n\n\n Complete Screnplay plus c omplete storyboards are inside.\n\n\n\n A version to the story is written by Camille Wanliss Ortiz inside.\n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.co m/us/en/ebook/the-nyotenda\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ series/jihi\n\n If you enjoy my craft and would like to support me with $1 consider using my tipjar\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Ti p-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140820 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Interpretations of the Black experience aren't divisive or m ultivisive but honest DTSTAMP:20250812T160942Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:454-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n All human populations in humanity have the problem of gro ups inside said populations having dissimilar interpretations of the past. The black populace in the usa\, second only to the first peoples of the u sa \, have a very hard time with this\, and it is expected. It isn't easy coming to a consensus when you are dominated by another people or have dif fering views on moving forward. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n @Pioneer1\n\n\n\n   On 8/3/2025 at 8:29 PM\, Pioneer1 said:\n \n\n\n I don't believe they TRULY want a \"Whites Only\" nation or even ci ty.\n\n Then who would they have to oppress and look down upon?\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Most wise and elite White people know that for racism to really w ork you need atleast 2 races in the environment.\n\n One to rule and the o ther to subjugate.\n\n You take away the people of color\, soon you'll hav e a situation like Nazi Germany or Russia/Ukraine where you have White fol ks just warring against eachother ove who's the \"whitest\".\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n   On 8/4/2025 at 2:02 AM\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n White folks NE ED Black people for sex\, artistic Creativity\, cheap labor\, ect..\n\n\n\ n All this talk of separation and \"Whites only\" is usually coming from s ome jealous poor White trailer trash who is insecure about having his sist er or mother or daughter around Black men\, lol.\n\n\n\n HE ain't got shit and don't mind living separate from Black people...unless he finds some d umb ass Black woman who loves him and then HE forgets all about it\, lol.\ n\n  \n\n\n\n But the wealthy elitist Whites do NOT want us living separa tely from them.\n\n They know better.\n\n They want to live with and near us\, they just want to be ON TOP.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Well\, you suggested a number of things to others I ponder to. \n\n\n\n First you s uggest you believe\, you are not certain\, of the majority philosophy of w hites in the usa. And that is fine\, no one can know the future. If you ar e correct then your following stratagems hold wisdom BUT if your wrong\, i t can spell the greatest disaster for black folks in the usa at least. \n \n\n\n Second \, I don't know what determines a white person is wise or el ite\, but your allusion to Nazi Germany is interesting. In NAzi Germany th ere was no problem with whites warring each other. the christian white ger mans put the jewish white germans in camps without much fuss. Modern Media makes it more dramatic than it was for the christian german populace to t errorize the jewish german + other white minorities. I wonder how many whi te jewish germans in germany couldn't believe what would happen in world w ar two after world war one. \n\n\n\n Third\, I am not certain any fiscall y poor people are needed. You assume whites need blacks for their egos or leeching ways but I am not certain of that. \n\n\n\n Fourth\, when you sa y \"usually coming from\" what percentage ? in the Jim Crow era\, by my as sessment most financially wealthy whites were talking separation and white s only. Now you suggest that most fiscally wealthy whites lied about wanti ng blacks separated or away from them to sate fiscally poor whites. While I can't prove or disprove I can definitely say the argument can be made fo r or against that on even footing today or yesterday\, the question is whi ch is the majority and I can't say that can be proven easily. \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n @ProfD \n\n\n\n Above explains Pioneer's basis to his thinking. As I always say in this forum. Various black people tend to have philosoph ies that lay the basis to their thinking that other black people have to f irst embrace before they can share their thinking. When Pioneer speaks to anyone else black\, if said black person doesn't believe whites  in major ity want an integration with blacks where whites are superior \, they can' t embrace his larger points\, so you get proselytization or just restating positions over and over as various black people with various beliefs tend to do. My one point about history is humans do change. He uses Nazi Germa ny\, but that is an example of change that was unexpected and yet happened . I think the Schrumpft era presidency is a change presidency\, one all ha ve to live through even if we don't believe. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Now the following is his reply to me straightly and I will reply to him after\n\n\ n\n   On 8/3/2025 at 8:29 PM\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Don't let them.\n\n Fight back.\n\n\n\n Historically\, when we've actively oppo sed racism by whatever means at our disposal...we've won.\n\n\n\n ONLY whe n Black folks psyche themselves out into not fighting back or begin to arg ue with and turn on eachother\, did they lose.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n There ar e not only towns but ENTIRE REGIONS of the United States where it's almost all non-White Latinos and even a few nearly all Asian regions.\n\n They a ren't White....but White folks haven't stopped THEM for grouping together and doing their thing.\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n First\, my knowledge of h istory is lacking\, when have black people in opposing white terrorism in the usa won at the end of the day ? I don't recall. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n S econd to demographics in the usa. In NYC did you know while black people w ere being enslaved to whites\, white asians + white/mulato/mestizo whites were owning business and participating in NYC as free individuals absent h aving to worry about slave catchers. For me white and light asians + latin os are white. I know you see them differently\, but being white for me isn 't about being european or speaking english. I argue that non black latino s + non black asians from the founding of the usa were allowed by white eu ropeans who speak english\, their cousins\,  far more than black people.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Third\, to the answer to my question. \n\n\n\n You already said you feel when black people have actively opposed white terror we have won\, I don't recall that in the united states of america\, thoug h I do recall in the usa many black people fighting in the past. so the on ly question I have left is\, what do you mean by \n\n\n\n Actively Oppose ?\n\n\n\n Please define exactly what you mean by actively oppose and pleas e state an example of this in the usa?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n comment referral \n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11752-whites-only-planned-communities/#fin dComment-75446\n\n\n\n prior point\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/4 32-what-is-the-heritage-of-the-black-descended-of-enslaved-and-what-cultur es-does-it-allow/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n @Troy \n\n\n\n 7 hours ago\, Troy said:\n\n We will either live in a utopia or dystopia.  The tech will make one of these outcomes possibl e.  I doubt there will be anything in between.\n\n\n\n \n\n  I think th e future will be just like the past\, always in the middle\, some winners some losers\, but most in the middle. In my view\, the technology like all tools in the past and far in the future never lead to the various extreme s people in the past as well as far in the future tout as coming.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n @Pioneer1\n\n\n\n 2 hours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n do you belie ve that White people support a \"white supremist\" system in which they TH INK they are supreme over others?\n\n\n\n \n\n I don't know. That is the w isest plus honest answer to your question. I can state white\, as I define them\, groups acting to the communal benefit of all white people\, someti mes interwoven in time\, but i can also say when white individuals do for their own benefit which harms others including white people. As an enginee r\,  a system of supremacy isn't worth much when it allows the people wh o are supposed to be supreme to be harmed.  Cause being harmed or kill ed  doesn't make one the highest. Do i think many whites think they are better than those not white? yes. but I have been fortunate enough to know various people who think of their particular race based on phenotype or g ender as the best. so I don't know. I know you have things defined in your mind in such a way that you know \, but I don't. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 2 h ours ago\, Pioneer1 said:\n\n Who said that was how \"I\" defined Whitenes s????\n\n\n\n \n\n even enough I made an ass out myself. I don't know how you think intimately\, nor do I know your mind\, only the trickles that yo u share. Maybe you have the same definition of white is me\, maybe you don 't. but in your statement I quoted\, below some of whom you suggest are no t white I suggest are.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n On 8/12/2025 at 11:54 AM\, richa rdmurray said:\n\n There are not only towns but ENTIRE REGIONS of the Unit ed States where it's almost all non-White Latinos and even a few nearly al l Asian regions.\n\n They aren't White....but White folks haven't stopped THEM for grouping together and doing their thing.\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n And I see. I wonder what frederick douglass/mlk jr/web dubois when younger would say to you. So many black people have followed their teachings and today in the usa black people individually while less so but still in a fe w cases collectively have betterment taking the nonviolent\, integrated st ances those leaders suggested. I am not saying I concur to Douglass or Kin g but I do comprehend that many other black people to adher to that philos ophy which is one of many in the black populace in the usa. so\, I think t hose that share your view Pioneer and you need to come together\, and do s omething to functionalize that energy.\n\n\n\n REFERRAL\n\n\n\n https://aa lbc.com/tc/topic/11752-whites-only-planned-communities/#comment-75484\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250812 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:August Birthday Writing Challenge Example 08/01/2025 DTSTAMP:20250802T003307Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:430-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n August Birthday Writing Challenge Example\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1223660370\n\n\n\n audio\n\n\n\n https://www .tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791603876662001664/written-by-richard-murr ay-hddeviant-biround\n\n\n\n pdf\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevi ant/art/Biround-Mornings-1229347827\n\n Crliterature challenge\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-12 22529726\n\n\n\n forum post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11753-where-are -they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles-deviantart-august-birthday-literature -challenge-winners-will-get-prizes/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr. com/richardmurrayhumblr/791603876662001664/written-by-richard-murray-hddev iant-biround\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250801 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where is Farmer Ted now? 08/01/2025 DTSTAMP:20250802T004545Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:431-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Where is Farmer Ted now?\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/h ddeviant/art/1223573348\n\n\n\n Audio\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richa rdmurrayhumblr/791612681299869696/where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-ca ndles\n\n CRliterature challenge\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ journal/Where-Are-They-Now-Farmer-Ted-Sixteen-Candles-1216942649\n\n\n\n f orum post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11753-where-are-they-now-farmer-t ed-sixteen-candles-deviantart-august-birthday-literature-challenge-winners -will-get-prizes/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayh umblr/791612681299869696/where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250801 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2 DTSTAMP:20250612T171452Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:329-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Ok fellow writers\, let's have some fun\, and answer the most important questions\, the most challenging mysteries... Where Are The y Now !!  First up\, a little lady some of you may have heard of \, but w e all must wonder after her dire predictions. Where Is Elaine from Ghostbu sters 2 Now!?\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-T hey-Now-Elaine-Ghostbusters-2-1205470051\n\n\n\n Audio\n\n\n\n https://www .tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791591797465956352/where-are-they-now-elai ne-ghostbusters-2-by\n\n\n\n Prose\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevian t/art/Where-is-Elaine-Now-1208602076\n\n\n\n The challenge with Ghosbuster gallery art\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/status-update/Ok-fel low-writers-let-s-have-1205775525\n\n aalbc forum post\n\n https://aalbc.c om/tc/topic/11673-where-are-they-now-elaine-ghostbusters-2/\n\n\n\n aalbc status post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=28 62&\;type=status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurra yhumblr/791591797465956352/where-are-they-now-elaine-ghostbusters-2-by\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250612 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Are They Now: Salvadore - Jaws 07/04/2025 DTSTAMP:20250704T231824Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:374-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Where Are They Now: Salvadore - Jaws\n\n\n\n In a comment in the deviantart post linked below in 250 words or less\, in your own wo rds and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools\, w rite a short fan fiction detailing the continuing story of Salvadore from Jaws and his fishing or non fishing exploits after that fateful July 4th s eason in Amity Island. Help Jaws aficionado's solve the mystery of this re sident! \n\n\n\n Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiterature ac tivity: \n\n\n\n All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Servic e\, Fair Use rules for submissions\, and the group rules for CRLiterature\ ; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed.  \n\n\n\n Share you r entry as a comment to this journal for reward considerations.      \n\n\n\n Only submit one (1) comment for this engagement that is your ve ry best work\; all entries must be original concepts and human-written\, n o AI-assisted entries are allowed and will be removed.       \n\ n\n\n Comment with your entry by the end of the day on Thursday July 31\, 2025 for rewards consideration for this activity.  \n\n\n\n Winners selec ted at the sole discretion of CRLiterature group admin\; all decisions are final and non-negotiable. We will select four (4) winners by Friday Augus t 8\, 2025\, to receive the following rewards::\n\n\n\n Each winner will g et 500 points and a quartz badge\n\n\n\n One of the four will get a hype b adge\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-They-Now-S alvadore-Jaws-1210527648\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n the standalone story \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Salvadore-Now-121698824 8\n\n\n\n Audio\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/7915942 97330892800/where-are-they-now-salvadore-jaws-by-hddeviant\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791594297330892800/where-ar e-they-now-salvadore-jaws-by-hddeviant\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250704 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Malhwie the image scrambler DTSTAMP:20250805T043051Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:442-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Malhwie the image scrambler\n\n\n\n My reasoning was to h elp the adult art group. \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/493-ma lhwie/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250805 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A little descriptive for qtcomicsblog Original character- a smoking female troll captain DTSTAMP:20250802T231416Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:435-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Rewrite:) She says \" I am smoking the sweetest mullein f rom the subfarthing\" \n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist -on-tjambler/post/790534296765071360/stone-protectors-troll-sea-captain/co mments/790539006596235264\n\n\n\n post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communit ies/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/790534296765071360/stone-protectors-trol l-sea-captain?source=share\n\n\n\n I chose mullein cause it can grow in ca ves easier than the others \, which is where troll species lives. \n\n\n\ n List Herbs you can smoke\n\n https://tripsitter.com/herbs-you-can-smoke/ \n\n\n\n Herbs that you can smoke that are sweet not narcotic are\n\n Cinn amon: Adds a rich flavor to the smoke\, but can be harsh\; mix with other herbs for a milder effect. \n\n Chamomile: Known for its soothing propert ies\, it can be blended with other herbs for a pleasant smoke. \n\n Marsh mallow Root: Offers a sweet flavor and is often used in herbal blends. \n \n Mullein: A soothing herb that can be mixed with other herbs for a uniqu e smoke experience. \n\n\n\n Herbs that you can smoke which are savory no t narcotic\n\n Calendula: A bright yellow flower that can be smoked for it s uplifting scent. \n\n Rose Petal: Known for its sweet\, floral aroma\, it can be a pleasant alternative. \n\n White Sage: Offers a light smoke w ith a neutral flavor and is often used for relaxation. \n\n Dania: A herb that can be smoked for its calming effects. \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250730 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:What is the heritage of the Black Descended of Enslaved and what cultures does it allow? DTSTAMP:20250802T175458Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:432-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n My entire life I always heard a complaint from many black people whose forebears were enslaved to non blacks which sums up to \, al l or ninety nine percent of Black people need to do this one thing. And I thought and still think that absolute communalism\, that catholicism\, mis ses what our enslaved forebears went through or what gifts they gave us. T he heritage is one where we are not bound to any land\, the beautiful land s before the boats or the new lands after. The cultures from such a herita ge are not about preaching or proselytizing but allowing all of us to go o ur own way with love from each other\, no matter where any way leads. We B lack DOSers often miss said heritage or said relationship to each others c ultures. And  I comprehend the main reason. PEer pressure. When you live in the usa where most people talk about a forebear who made a journey of t heir free will to betterment. Being  descended of the indigenous who had everything taken or the black descended from enslaved who wanted no part o f it\, makes you honest outcast. So one can lie to themselves\, start rete lling their own ancestors stories to fit their peers. All of a sudden\, a Black person whose forebears\, in majority over ninety percent\, died over the ocean and whose forebears didn't die over the ocean and survived\, le ss than nine percent\,  spent from the fifteen hundreds to the nineteen h undred and seventies \, in majority over ninety percent\, surviving non bl ack terrorism/assault/murder with no protection places the presence of a v oting pro statian fought in world war two black grandma as more relevant t han the majority of their ancestors. Clearly imbalanced or inequal. But ma ndatory when you want to relate to your peers who have a whole generation of ancestors devoted to a better life in the usa. But I oppose peer pressu re. I argue it is better to be the only person in the college classroom wh ose forebears in majority hated the country the classroom is in. I say it is better to embrace the absence of allegiance warranted by ones forebears . Will people including other black people who have fallen for peer pressu re call you crazy/deluded/foolish? yes. But that is ok. The truth isn't me ant to be common or good or accepted. It is meant to be the truth.\n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n The Exodusters tried that\, but had resistance from tw o groups. \n\n\n\n first whites from north /south/east/west who burned/ki lled/terrorized their towns out of existence\n\n\n\n second blacks who wer e more willing to suffer the challenges of integrating with whites in the south or north to make mixed towns than the challenge of segregating from whites[their plantations/their cities/their states in the south or north] to the territories of the west that would become states.   \n\n\n\n And it wasn't a divide and conquer scheme from that split blacks\, our enslave d forebears were never united in the first place\,  it was the problem bl ack people had before the usa or brasil or haiti or mexico was founded. Bl ack people whose forebears were enslaved by whites to the american contine nt original relationship to the americas doesn't provide a positive founda tion to the americas.  and that is a heritage black people of the america s have alone. But it is a heritage that yields to different cultures. \n\ n\n\n whereas whites (of europe or asia or elsewhere)have a unity based on the fact that over 90% of whites forebears came as willing people. So the ir is a collective idea of making a new home for yourself that binds into one culture. \n\n\n\n but black peoples enslaved forebears didn't want to come and most didn't\, the reality is\, black people enslaved forebears w ho made it to the american shoes are an extreme minority of their populace who was forced to leave africa. To restate\, 90% of our enslaved forebear s home is the atlantic ocean\, from those who died on the boats which is m ajority plus those who jumped off the boat which is another minority. So i f you me or anyone whose forebears were enslaved want to truly know where a majority of our forebears final residence was\, it isn't the usa or hait i or brazil \, it is the atlantic ocean. Become a citizen of the atlantic ocean. \n\n\n\n Now of course\, most humans can not become citizens of th e sea\, our bodies are meant to be on land BUT\, what this means is all pa ths we descended of enslaved choose beyond the atlantic ocean are merely a cceptable options. Black DOS want to be president? fine. go to live in afr ica?  fine. go to live in a black country in the caribbean ? fine. make a black city in the usa? fine. all are acceptible\, for the only true home of black dosers forebears is the atlantic ocean. so.... \n\n\n\n you stat ed what blacks should have concentrated on doing? \n\n\n\n Do you see? ou r forebears situation made us the only peoples in the american continent u nattached\, unbounded to these lands. This hurts our unity but also allows for our individualism. This is what I try to convey in this very forum\, that so many of you guys don't see. You each want a culture\, something gr own\, that is a  complete communalism that isn't justified based on our h eritage\, what we carry. \n\n\n\n Black DOSers are a people who have a un ique heritage in the usa or the greater americas or including asia. Our fo rebears mostly died before they could land on new shores\, so none of thes e new shores: brasil/usa/india are truly our homes. And sadly\, the mother land\, africa isn't our home because time never keeps a place the same. No where in africa is what our forebears were forced from. \n\n\n\n I end w ith something I tend to do in this forum\, ask black people why don't they find like minded black people and go their path.\n\n\n\n @umbrarchist wh y don't you live in a black town in the usa? you don't know anyone else bl ack willing? I can't believe that. You can't find anyone else black willin g? I can't believe that. \n\n\n\n I accept Black people whose forebears w ere enslaved are free to truly do what they want based on our forebears un fortune\, and though it has taken years\, I accept it as a positive. I tel l my friends offline who talk about being american so much\, why don't you run for office? why don't you become a member? \n\n\n\n I will repeat wh at I have said here many times. \n\n\n\n When I hear a black person offli ne say\, we need to kill the whites. I say to them\, find the other black people who also want to kill the non blacks and I hope you kill them all.   \n\n\n\n When I hear a black person offline say\, we need to embrace o ur citizenship to the usa . I say to them\, find the other blacks who want to embrace the citizenship of the usa\, and I hope you guys become presid ents/ governors /mayors/ and unite all the humans in the usa in a function al plus honest peace.\n\n\n\n When I hear a black person offline say\, we need to have our own towns in the usa. I say to them\, find all the other blacks who want to make their own towns in the usa\, and I hope you guys m ake new towns/cities/and eventually becomes states with a level of self su fficiency or prosperity better than any can imagine. \n\n\n\n When a blac k person says they want something support them\, if through nothing else b ut encouragement. You are not obliged to follow them or join them cause yo u may want other\, and that is a heritage of Blacks. But stop preaching\, stop debating\, stop arguing\, stop proselytizing. \n\n\n\n If a black pe rson is suggesting something push them to do it\, find other blacks that a re willing to do the same\, and if you are willing to do the same join in\ , but if you are not willing encourage. \n\n\n\n That is what we lacked c irca 1865 and now. We Black whose forebears were enslaved keep trying to b e other blacks or the non blacks. They are not us. A majority of our foreb ears who were enslaved are in one place\, the oceans. We have no ties from the past to any of these places\, so we are free to make them ourselves. Let's embrace that challenges\, but let us also enjoy the advantages of it . Our forebears will not mind us being happy \, no matter what we do. \n\ n\n\n THE URL\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11752-whites-only-planned -communities/#findComment-75320\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250802 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Message in a bottle moments DTSTAMP:20250728T073849Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:426-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Before and after\n\n\n\n Coloring pages and examples of t hem colored. The bottom illustration is one of the coloring pages.\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you like my work\, I wouldn't mind a tip \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/subscriptions?tier=82-90 2770076\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My Gallery of Inks\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250728 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Making an Antagonist DTSTAMP:20250717T032926Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:406-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Example\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/My-A ntagonist-for-part-3-of-the-4-part-challenge-1218771253\n\n Extended Examp le\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part -3-Extended-antagonist-1214202381\n\n Challenge\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-3-Antagonist-1212132850\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n PRAISE\n\n\n\n from Remivan [ https://www.deviantart.com/re mivan ]\n\n\n\n Thank you for this incredibly detailed and helpful \"tutor ial\" on crafting antagonists! While I’m unable to participate in the ch allenge (as I use AI in my writing process\, which goes against the rules) \, I found the insights truly invaluable.\n\n\n\n You’ve given me a new perspective on my story analytics. Some pieces reach tens of thousands of views\, yet engagement (likes/favorites) remains quite modest. It made me wonder: could the lack of a strong\, well-defined antagonist-driven confli ct be a factor? Honestly\, I rarely use this trope intentionally—even in real life\, I don’t tend to see clear-cut ‘villains\,’ just complex human motivations.\n\n\n\n But your breakdown—especially distinguishing an antagonist’s goal (their core desire) from their role (actions taken to achieve it\, including opposing the protagonist)—was revelatory! I ’ll consciously integrate this technique into future stories and tune my LLMs to craft deeper\, motivationally grounded antagonists using your gui delines (tying them to the setting\, profession\, and personal aims).\n\n\ n\n A question for the tutorial creators or community: Are there specializ ed frameworks\, system prompts\, or best practices for writers like me who use AI assistance? Anything to help weave character-building techniques ( like antagonist development) into collaborative human-AI workflows to stre ngthen narrative conflict? I’d deeply appreciate any tips or resources!\ n\n\n\n Thanks again for this installment—immensely inspiring\, even as a non-participant!\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/121213285 0/5224464795\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250716 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:COMMUNITY STORIES 001 PART 4 DTSTAMP:20250724T012413Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:412-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n FOR AALBC\n\n\n\n SCENARIO\n\n\n\n Habshi 89 was tasked b y a Leader to send a message to another in an Urban Command outside\, risk ing the Untouchables (mutant humans/plants/insects/fish) + Roamers outside . A logister confirms the farming can survive his absence. His wife\, Sant os 45 is already a Rearer to another and Habshi 89 will be on his journey so another \, Hippo 21\, will be the Rearer to their eldest male child. Th e protagonist meets in the antagonistic environment outside potential anta gonist: a Courier looking to make his utility a failure\, a Courier acting as a Rearer to a child ( unprotected ) acting as an Initiate\, a Roamer m erry and kind who has a secret life in the environment\, a Mutant Human tr ying to restart their life after a tragedy\, a mutant girl who can swim in water\, plus various others\, through various trials to reach the other U rban Command in the Untouchable World.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n forum post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11738-a-story-for-aalbc-part-4/\n\n\n \n Challenge post\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/drthomasstockmann/journal /Writing-Challenge-Part-4-Short-Story-Scenario-1219372706\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n FOR Black Artist Of Tumblr\n\n\n\n SCENARIO\n\n The Harlem drug dealing outfit\, led by the Black Swede\,  has to survive attacks\, spies\, coer cion \, from illegal lords of the Genovese Crime family\, law enforcers fr om the NYPD\, private agents from giant pharmaceutical firms Pfizer plus J ohnson and Johnson\, and a deadly secret opponent bent on retaining their privacy or secrets. He is only aided by his small but effective group of a llies or friends who don't want to give up this industry\, for various rea sons.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/commun ities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/789913236685438976/a-story-for-black-a rtist-of-tumblr-04?source=share\n\n\n\n Challenge post\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/drthomasstockmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-4-Short-Story -Scenario-1219372706\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR MidnightHour\n\n\n\n SCENARIO\ n\n After ruckus in the House of Representatives a film is shown with curr ent events. Sergeant Erica battles Socialist Ama\, two burlesque swordwome n\,  in a burlesque battle royal\, winner take all\, both representing tw o dominant sides in the city. One wins and their legal framework dictates city law per the rules\, and then the reality of their path comes to fruit ion and their fate meets a turn.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n post\n\n ht tps://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/789913371381235712/a-s tory-for-midnighthour-part-4?source=share\n\n\n\n Challenge post\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/drthomasstockmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-4-S hort-Story-Scenario-1219372706\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Film Noir Pigeons\n\ n\n\n SCENARIO\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  He has past experience with a woman\, black\, late thirties to early forties\; she is a female courier from Bras il who needs his help on a transaction of crypto currencies she is handlin g. An unknown has duplicated a crime of five years ago but the suspect bac k then is currently dead.  Who did it? \n\n  \n\n\n\n post\n\n https:// www.tumblr.com/communities/filmnoirpigeons/post/789913501940514816/a-story -for-film-noir-pigeons-part-4?source=share\n\n\n\n Challenge post\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/drthomasstockmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-4- Short-Story-Scenario-1219372706\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Part 1\n\n\n\n https:// aalbc.com/tc/events/event/403-community-stories-001-part-1/\n\n\n\n Part 2 \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/407-community-stories-001-part- 2/\n\n\n\n part 3\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/408-community-stor ies-001-part-3/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250723 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:COMMUNITY STORIES 001 PART 3 DTSTAMP:20250717T043634Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:408-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n FOR AALBC\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ANTAGONIST\n\n\n\n The Untou chable World\, the overwhelming majority of the world. It is sparsely spec kled by Urban Commands. An expanse that has developed in unknown ways to t he Urbaners and because of that has unknown dangers. An expanse that is th e home to Untouchables\, lineages of many species plant or animal or fungu s mutated by the Tactile Virus\; said Untouchables are now immune to the T actile Virus through herd immunity and sometimes make up the landscape\, s ometimes live in it. The awareness or purpose of Untouchable species are n ot catalogued\, listed\, or usually comprehended by Urbaners. The Tactile Virus is carried by all in the Untouchable World and thus makes the Untouc hable World dangerous to any who have not been infected which is most Urba ners and every Urbaner of Urban Command 259. The Untouchable world has Roa mers\, mysterious figures whose identity\, allegiance\, purposes are usual ly unknown to Urbaners or Untouchables alike making them a danger to both.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-3-Antagonist-1212132850\n\n\n\ n forum post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11729-a-story-for-aalbc-pa rt-3/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Black Artist Of Tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ANT AGONIST\n\n\n\n An unknown middle aged European individual\,who is very co ncerned about exposure\,  is watching the events in HArlem for their own agenda. They will use and manipulate or hinder the following set of antago nist to achieve their goal.\n\n The Genovese crime family that governs mos t of Manhattan\, including Harlem\, wants control of the new drug from Har lem. It is led by Eboli\, the current capo. Eboli has put Lombardo in char ge\, Lombardo worked his way from soldier to a junior capo. Lombardo has e xperience working around Harlem. \n\n Pfizer has a new CEO in John Powers jr and he has constructed a new office downtown Manhattan. Pfizer has tak en an economic hit recently and  he wants to regain momentum lost.  He w ants everything about the illegal drug in Harlem for Pfizer.\n\n Johnson a nd Johnson in New Jersey have a new CEO Philip B Hofmann who has started h is tenure with success and wants to squeeze pharmaceutical rivals. He want s everything about the illegal drug in Harlem for Johnson and Johnson.\n\n The NYPD have suffered a blow with the end of Tammany Hall by mayor Rober t Wagner jr and want a greater cut of the new illegal drug market in Harle m. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-3-Antagonist-1212132850\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black -artist-on-tjambler/post/789290107159134208/a-story-for-black-artist-of-tu mblr-03?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR MidnightHour\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n ANTAGONIST\n\n\n\n Sergeant Erica \, a burlesque swordswoman. Uses the N YC code of conduct to battle burlesque to acquire the adoration of the mos t people sequentially\,  winning the right for her laws to be implemented . In her sixties\, she is very experienced in managing the biggest conting ents of fans in the city\, from the financial well to do or law enforcemen t. She uses a foil. Is a standard performer. Performing to retain the laws she won in a prior Battle Royal. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Pa rt-3-Antagonist-1212132850\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://w ww.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/789290513756979200/a-story-fo r-midnighthour-part-3?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Film Noir Pigeon s\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ANTAGONIST\n\n\n\n An unknown has committed a crime. The potential culprits are:\n\n Someone at the exchange\, the only exchang e where cyptocurrency can be exchanged for dollars. A teller or the manage r. \n\n Father Pedro\, a catholic clergyman who publicly protests the sec ond non proliferation treaty as inhumane. \n\n A former realtor for the C orcoran group who never recovered the losses from the abrupt move to the S NDT and lives indebted with anger.\n\n A doctor just back from a profitabl e vacation in the \n\n The female courier from brazil\n\n the cryptocrack er from nyc\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-3-Antagonist-12121328 50\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communitie s/filmnoirpigeons/post/789291414477471744/a-story-for-film-noir-pigeons-pa rt-3?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Part 1\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/e vents/event/403-community-stories-001-part-1/\n\n\n\n Part 2\n\n\n\n https ://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/407-community-stories-001-part-2/\n\n\n\n par t 3\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/408-community-stories-001-part-3 /\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250716 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:COMMUNITY STORIES 001 PART 2 DTSTAMP:20250717T040123Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:407-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n FOR AALBC\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n PROTAGONIST\n\n\n\n Unknown name is a married midde aged man\, of the Utility Farmer\, many consider t he best cook in the command\; his wife is a multiutility Farmer+Entertaine r\, she makes street art. His wife side him have two children. One\, a boy \, is an Initiate\, while the other\, a girl\, is in the Kindergarten. The ir male child's teachers say he is talented in all utilities. While the te achers say their female child has a comforting touch of a healer. He has n ever ventured outside the Command\, nor is he a great fighter. Loyal to th e chain of command.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-2-Protagonist -1212132548\n\n\n\n forum post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11728-a- story-for-aalbc-part-2/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Black Artist Of Tumblr\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n PROTAGONIST\n\n Unknown name is a Black Swede\, in his thir ties\,  who runs a drug dealing outfit in Harlem in Manhattan in NYC in t he 1960s. It operates in the domain of the  Genovese crime family of the Five Families. The outfit is making so much money\, they have an arrangeme nt with a former local rival\, Copeland's gang \, to run all the numbers a nd dice and other gambling in Harlem if they support the outfit when calle d. The Black Swede know English/Swedish/German/Latin. Fully trust his lieu tenants because he has to regardless if he wants. Has ambitions for the ou tfit but doesn't let ambition deny a modern situation or create a faulty s trategy. \n\n His lieutenants are\n\n A white Swedish former maid he has known for years. Don't know her relationship to Black Swede yet.\n\n Tex a nd Sug\, an old black couple\, Tex does accounting for the outfit while Su g is a school teacher\, hired by Richard Green\, the first Black school ch ancellor of NYC \, hired by Robert Wagner.\n\n Stephanie and Bump- two for mer rulers of Black underground life in harlem\, now silverhaired and a re united coupe\, but financiers to the outfit\,and are positively connected to all the churches or other places of worship in Harlem alongside all the community advocates from Garveyites to NAACP members or Black Panthers fo r Self Defense. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-2-Protagonist-1 212132548\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/com munities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/789288537445089280/a-story-for-blac k-artist-of-tumblr-02\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR MidnightHour\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n PROTAGONIST\n\n\n\n Socialist Ama \, a burlesque swordswoman. Uses the NYC code of conduct to battle burlesque to acquire the adoration of the mo st people sequentially\,  winning the right for her laws to be implemente d. In her early thirties\, she is ready to fight. She uses radical burlesq ue techniques which are fan favorites for the youngest voters. Flamboyant in all things. She uses a foil sword. Performing for socialist causes to f inally get their due in the city. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Pa rt-2-Protagonist-1212132548\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https:// www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/789288897647673344/a-story-f or-midnighthour-part-2?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Film Noir Pigeo ns\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n PROTAGONIST\n\n\n\n Unknown name is a cryptocracker\ , a private detective for crypto cases in a Universal Basic Income (UBI( c ountry. He lives in New York City (NYC) the only city in the world where c rypto currencies can be exchanged for dollar currency.  Black man\, betwe en late thirties to early forties\, unmarried. He lives with his parents i n an apartment. He has past experience with a woman\, black\, late thirtie s to early forties\; she is a female courier from Brasil who makes transac tion of crypto currencies into us dollars. His secretary is a woman\, blac k\, mocha complexion\, married to a scholar who is an ardent supporter of the second non proliferation treaty SNPT for the advantages it will give t heir children. He drinks tea. For alcohol he likes Hot Sex from Bartender' s Trading. He rides a custom Citroen DS Décapotable Cabriolet d'Usine Ele ctrogenic.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-2-Protagonist-12121325 48\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communitie s/filmnoirpigeons/post/789289180915204096/a-story-for-film-noir-pigeons-pa rt-2?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Part 1\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/e vents/event/403-community-stories-001-part-1/\n\n\n\n Part 2\n\n\n\n https ://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/407-community-stories-001-part-2/\n\n\n\n par t 3\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/408-community-stories-001-part-3 /\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250716 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:COMMUNITY STORIES 001 PART 1 DTSTAMP:20250712T194309Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:403-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n FOR AALBC\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SETTING\n\n\n\n Long after t he fall of the Constellamperor\, the last ruler of the whole world\, who l egend says began the Tactile Virus plague. The planet is broken up into tw o things. Second \, The Urban Commands\, self isolating city states\, born from a heritage of surviving the ever mutating virus with walls plus fire plus suits. They are self sufficient in purpose\, socialist in racial ran king \, militaristic in communal structure\,  merit based in human relati onship. Consummation has a space\, Leaders have a space\, everywhere else are barracks. All children\, Initiates\, are raised together. All Initiate s get a rearing to gain at least one Utility. A communal structure maintai ned out of successful habit.  First\, The Untouchable World\, the lush fe rtile lands or seas or skies the Urban Commands are dotted in. Where few a re mysterious figures who are only known through legends or myths or gossi p to Urbaners or Untouchables. Where most are Untouchables\, the descendan ts of species infected by the virus who gained herd immunity but can still spread it with a touch. Most Untouchables live unknown to the Urbaners. A few Untouchables from plants to insects live just beyond the walls of Urb an Commands are flow seasonally to said walls.  In this landscape exist U rban Command 259 whose comrades have to maintain their growing city\, cont inue their way of life\, defend from the seasonal threats in the Untouchab le World.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/drthomasstockmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-1-World-Building-12 04683561\n\n\n\n forum post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11724-a-sto ry-for-aalbc-part-1/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Black Artist Of Tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SETTING\n\n It is 1960's Harlem(Black Mecca)\, New York City. Most businesses in the Black Mecca are white owned. Adam Clayton Powell jr will lead protests to get them to hire black people. Robert F Wagner jr e nded Tammany Hall's dominance over the city\, Lindsey would witness the mu rder of Malcolm + MLK . The Five Families had ten years before the RICO ac t to run the underworld absent federal intervention. Johnson and Johnson i n New Jersey and Pfizer downtown Manhattan dominate the pharmaceutical ind ustry. But\, a drug has arrived from the underworld of Harlem that has bec ome the drug of choice in the city\,generating growing number of tourist. Rich or poor\, black or white\, twenty somethings or silverhaired\, love t he drug. The Black Drug Dealers who produce it want to keep the business\, but they don't have the resources to expand it. Their local rivals want t o help them lose it\, but can't afford to sell out. The government through the NYPD wants a bigger cut of the profits\, but has to keep it away from the courts. The mob wants to manage its operation\, but the family that c ontrols the region hasn't been able to uncover the operation even through bloody means. The pharmaceuticals want to know everything about it\, and a re willing to spend untold sums to get any services needed to accomplish t heir task. Those who created the drug want to disconnect the trail to them and remain anonymous\, but have to risk being exposed to do so. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/drthomassto ckmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-1-World-Building-1204683561\n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjam bler/post/788894036062879745/a-story-for-black-artist-of-tumblr?source=sha re\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR MidnightHour\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SETTING\n\n The house of representative floor of the USA. The president of the USA will ma ke a speech\, interrupted. \n\n Then a dancer will introduce a film the h ouse will watch. The film will play. \n\n The film involves a chivalric v ariation of modernity where Burlesque performers battle each other for the votes of the people among two competing crowds. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n refe rral to contest\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/drthomasstockmann/journal/W riting-Challenge-Part-1-World-Building-1204683561\n\n\n\n Community Post\n \n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/78889436353514700 8/a-story-for-midnighthour?source=share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FOR Film Noir P igeons\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SETTING\n\n The technological capability of mach ines led to the USA providing Universal Basic Income (UBI) to maintain fin ancial balance with the new technology. China followed. Nuclear Powers: US A/China/Russia/England/India/Pakistan/Israel/North Korea and the European Union(EU) all became founding signatories to the Second Non Proliferation Treaty (SNPT). \n\n The treaty: allow only the nine nuclear powers[ Franc e through the EU] the ability to have UBI\, \n\n demand the EU put an int erminable block on new membership\, \n\n make immigration to or fro plus cryptocurrency activity in the nine founding signatories illegal\, \n\n d emand all non founding signatories make UBI illegal in their law\,  \n\n accept cryptocurrencies only if pegged to the USA dollar or Chinese Renmin bi\, \n\n demand any and all accepted cryptocurrencies are legal to signa tories who are not founding signatories\,\n\n NYC+ Hong Kong became the on ly two cities in the world where legal cryptocurrencies by the SNPT can be converted into a currency\, no other cities are allowed. Hong Kong can on ly do Renminbi while NYC can only do US Dollars. Mexico/Saudi Arabia/Singa pore/Brazil all became signatories followed by most governments barring Cu ba/South Sudan/East Timor. In the founding states\, people no longer have to work\, real estate/utilities/food are stabilized plus affordable\, heal thcare is universal.  Government Agent/Athlete/Prostitution/Scholars (The GAPS) are the only official human professions left. In the second signer states\, a complex web of cryptomarkets replaced all stock or bond or futu res markets. Resources or fortunes are won or lost every second. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n referral to contest\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/drthomassto ckmann/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-1-World-Building-1204683561\n\n\n\n Community Post\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/filmnoirpigeons/post /788894707885473792/a-story-for-film-noir-pigeons?source=share\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Part 1\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/403-community-sto ries-001-part-1/\n\n\n\n Part 2\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/ 407-community-stories-001-part-2/\n\n\n\n part 3\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/ events/event/408-community-stories-001-part-3/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250712 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thoughts to SPike Lee's work DTSTAMP:20250711T042831Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:402-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n I am not an overall fan. Where many black people like his work or respect the body of work\, I do not. I am happy he has financial support making films\, I hope he makes more films. But I am not a fan of h is collection overall. That is more than I can say to Tyler perry whom I d on't care for at all. \n\n\n\n These are the four spike lee films I will show others and say I like at least with no question. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n I love four little girls for me Spike's best work\n \n \n I like Mal colm X though the cast does brillianlty\, and I think his cameo hurts the film\n \n \n I like get on the bus\, ozzie davis i am a fan of\n \n \n I like inside man but he didn't write it\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I admittedly am not a fan of the black black urban drama:) Here is my complete take qu eried by a member of the community. Pioneer1\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/ topic/11705-sinners-evil-cannot-happen-without-your-consenttrue-or-false/# findComment-75027\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\ n\n I add\, when the levees broke\n\n\n\n the huey p newton story\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250711 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Making A Protagonist DTSTAMP:20250708T041738Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:392-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n My example of making a protagonist\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-2-Extended-Protagonist-1 214202211\n\n the official contest will be on July 8th 2025 3pm eastern st andard time\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Writing-C hallenge-Part-2-Protagonist-1212132548\n\n\n\n The first part is on\, and will be till july 12th \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/drthomasstockmann/ journal/Writing-Challenge-Part-1-World-Building-1204683561\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250708 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alien-queen77's OC Deimyn's Morning Blossom 07/08/2025 DTSTAMP:20250708T153522Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:393-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n I figured Deimyn wakes up in the early morning in her con quering rose dress. The head of someone dripping blood on her vines\, whic h help lift her \, hold her mirror\, yet also comes from inside her mind.  \n\n Black Artist of Tumblr page\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/ black-artist-on-tjambler/post/788516389145182208/alien-queen77s-oc-deimyns -morning-blossom-by?source=share\n\n\n\n deviantart coloring page\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1215980699\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\ n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250708 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BGEDWS- Black Games Elite Deviantart Watching Search DTSTAMP:20250707T153936Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:390-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n BGEDWS- Black Games Elite Deviantart Watching Search\; BG EDWS- is a tool that allows a search of Deviantart users HdDeviant is watc hing\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I like to feature other artist but the reality is\ , i don't have time to sift through\, this allows a sifting:) \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n This is the black games elite page\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/b logs/entry/486-bgedws-black-games-elite-deviantart-watching-search/\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250707 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Male Whitephilia 07/05/2025 DTSTAMP:20250705T192051Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:388-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Moments with Mani said\n\n\n\n I have a question for any black man who reads this:\n\n\n\n You guys have a tendency to talk about p ossibly falling in love with a white woman or making statements like “no t all white women are racist”. My question to you is\, do you believe wh ite women will go out of their way to defend you and show the world that y ou’re a good man to their racist/ignorant counterparts?\n\n\n\n I’m no t throwing shots\, I’ve been commonly seeing black men pedestalize white women while downplaying black women over anti black stereotypes for the p ast few years and now I have questions…\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.t umblr.com/momentswithmani/788197731691839488/i-have-a-question-for-any-bla ck-man-who-reads?source=share\n\n\n\n MY ANSWER\n\n\n\n I will be blunt\, no black man I know of offline \, whom I have talked to\, ever talked to m e saying they will possibly fall in love with a white woman or said not al l white women are racist. I have heard black men offline say not all white people are racist. So offline I haven't been privy to the tendencies you have. As online communication is mostly strangers but with a larger popula ce it can not be compared to offline. but in my online life among many mal e black artist I have not read the tendencies you describe.  Now to answe r your question. I have no experience with a white woman at any level of i ntimate and only as distant colleagues. So I have never been in a position to warrant or need a white woman to defend or present me to the greater w hite populace. having said that\, I have seen in NYC\, not all of the USA\ , just NYC\, various individuals from one type of a race defend another in dividual from another type of the same race from a larger populace. I have seen a jew defend a muslim against those in the jewish community suggesti ng said muslim is anti jewish. I have seen a white man defend a black man from claims from many in the white community that said black man is bad. W hat is my point to conclude my answer. I have no reason based on my person al life or what I have seen to believe a white women will defend a black m an's character from various in the white populace claiming otherwise. Is i t possible for a white woman to defend a black man? yes. It is positively probable a white woman will defend a black man's character\, something to bet on\, something  common? no and I argue never. My black environment of fline or online luckily doesn't have a large number of black people who ar e whitephiles.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250705 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 122 DTSTAMP:20250705T011150Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:386-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 122\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n capitalism\n\ n and pent up\n\n preparation\n\n is for\n\n alarm\n\n and drudgery\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/lucienrising/art/No-Life-1041546840\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n we'll see once they all disperse\n\n feathers dancing in the skies\n \n a radiance that sought by everyone\n\n watch and wait\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/psto1464/art/Falling-Feathers-1041423869\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/t c/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\; updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https:/ /www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short- story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo .com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginnin g. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Mu rray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/dow nload/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\ n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&a mp\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Ca lendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?me mber=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n htt ps://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\; key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 121 DTSTAMP:20250705T010252Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:385-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 121\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n and i'm not t errified\, i'm just a puddle\n\n down where the sadness accumulates\n\n an d gray endless clouds\n\n that runs in the family and lacks a proper diagn osis\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/pineliquor/art/it-rains-on-the-dark-si de-of-the-moon-1041047198\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you sit too long and stew\ n\n Getting cussed out by imaginary rabbits\n\n Take your rave\, and the h eck ou\n\n Otherwise\, I won't get anywhere\n\n Please stop\, make it stop \n\n Call the church\, set up the cross\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/pst o1464/art/Dust-Bunnies-1040791098\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento& \;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any& \;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/e book/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n ht tps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\ n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-l ast-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/ric hard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the i nternet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I hav e to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\ n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&am p\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.c om/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939fae a9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://a albc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b 0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/eve nts/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5 408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250913 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 120 DTSTAMP:20250705T005746Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:384-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 120\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Both financia lly and mentally.\n\n I have been in that place before\,\n\n However\, one may not be aware\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Getting- a-Move-On-1040426378\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Vile demons smashing Heaven\,\n\n And Gathers to it\n\n Impossible\,\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/artbymor gancmorgan/art/It-Is-Not-Poetry-and-Art-1020087988\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN A MENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/se arch/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;upda ted_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www .kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epu b series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-stor y-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you real ly want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. L ike alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of t imes\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray 's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/downloa d/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\; key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calend ar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member =6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key= 9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250906 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 119 DTSTAMP:20250705T005622Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:383-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 119\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n thaw out my h eart\n\n you’d better be warned:\n\n Have I appeased you?\n\n https://ww w.deviantart.com/enzymedevice/art/2024-Day-7-It-s-a-Spa-1040247335\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n wishing to drink the sun\n\n cherubins hidden in the rusty spo kes\n\n gathering dust and sprinkles of night\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/lorian-aindal/art/The-Wheel-1040629339\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\ n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=c ento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after =any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub l ink\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series  \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collec tion\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiob ook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/s eries/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with ma ny I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, w hat I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?membe r=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https: //aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0d bd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n w ebcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&am p\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.c om/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd49 39faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250830 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 118 DTSTAMP:20250705T005519Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:382-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 118\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Me\n\n in the sky\n\n For a few minutes\,\n\n a midday night\,\n\n of the sun.\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/mysticalpoet/art/Eclipse-1040341342\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n the fruits of your wickedness as\n\n my broken\, patchwork soul and\n\ n all but you was dead\n\n because\n\n insidious little lies\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/ink-singer/art/liar-liar-liar-afire-1039215153\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https:// aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;no des=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\ n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or -more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-mu rray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://ww w.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https ://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my ca lendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from t he beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkc alendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\ n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?me mber=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's C ommunity Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/d ownload/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\ n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member =6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250823 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 117 DTSTAMP:20250705T005420Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:381-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 117\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n shall\n\n raz ing\n\n my stones\n\n turns\n\n my rot\n\n coiled about\n\n nightmares\n\n moonlight\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/lucienrising/art/What-Didn-t-Kil l-Me-1039938337\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n i must say goodbye\n\n inside the utter center\n\n my pen in the other hand\n\n in the cathedral\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/anthony-ryan/art/letting-go-988791480\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/ search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;up dated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://w ww.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n E pub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-st ory-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us /en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.c om/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you re ally want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wi sh I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, li ke with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murr ay's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/downl oad/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\ n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477& \;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Cale ndar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?memb er=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https ://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;ke y=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250816 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 116 DTSTAMP:20250705T005220Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:380-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 116\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n motionless ho rror\n\n covering the wall\n\n made of decay and desire\n\n your love\n\n in  the emptiness of silence\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/lorian-aindal /art/Honeycomb-Delight-1039551796\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n blooming in me with b eautiful tenebrae\n\n I drag it out to commit atrocities\n\n swallowing th e light with toothed jaws\n\n selection from  ivers of misguided paths\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/lorian-aindal/art/Tenebrae-1040045927\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;n odes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry- or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard- murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https:// www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n htt ps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearl y when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n \n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmwor kcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\ n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/? member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar /download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n o r\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?memb er=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250809 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 115 DTSTAMP:20250705T003241Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:379-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 115\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n But a monster I am\, let it not be said.\n\n So a vigilant statue I remain\n\n Warm and full of dreams.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/midn1ghtink/art/The-Import ance-of-Being-Jack-NaPo24-7-1039850067\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n wishing I am not in the very town I had\n\n none of my seventeen-year-old worries seem to\ n\n wished to escape.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/starrystarrysky7267/a rt/departure-1039901996\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1& amp\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=n ewest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richa rd-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://ww w.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www. kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\ n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murra y-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calen dar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started u sing. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say i s repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal ://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0 dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/even ts/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174 d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/t c/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939fa ea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmco mmunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d960 1d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250802 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 114 DTSTAMP:20250705T003135Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:378-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 114\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n they don't un derstand\n\n the inevitable\n\n and never quite\n\n the inevitable\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/writingbubble/art/NaPo2024-2-1039619236\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n 'Love' is coming out of my mouth\,\n\n as we both see just where this goes.\n\n or pull you from other men.\n\n the neglect just made you w etter.\n\n Hungry\, like I’m the main course.\n\n https://www.deviantart .com/xyron7777777/art/Trysts-1039922151\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\ n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cen to&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=a ny&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/u s/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub lin k\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \ n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collectio n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook /the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/seri es/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would ha d used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Cal endar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6 477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://a albc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4 939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webc al://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\; key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/ tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939f aea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250726 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 113 DTSTAMP:20250705T003014Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:377-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 113\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Watching chir ping robins\, and drinking chai.\n\n Men of science understandably dismiss \n\n The lonely dead barely see through the veil\,\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/white-rose-brian/art/Night-of-the-Lonely-Dead-1039093444\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  I’m cured by what kills\,\n\n while alone with my thoughts\ ,\n\n My alleviation?\n\n You called me malicious\,\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/xyron7777777/art/Inconsistency-1039624776\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN A MENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/se arch/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;upda ted_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www .kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epu b series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-stor y-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you real ly want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. L ike alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of t imes\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray 's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/downloa d/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\; key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calend ar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member =6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key= 9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250719 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 112 DTSTAMP:20250705T002849Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:376-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 112\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n With promises of\n\n Your preferred apology\n\n To unlock inside each other\n\n https:/ /www.deviantart.com/whiterosewhispers/art/Fire-and-Ice-1032411242\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n when that hush of the universe\n\n for the coming and the depar ted\n\n present myself a garden of irony\n\n eons will pass so inevitably\ n\n ...\n\n between the lines of my favorite poem\n\n all the lines you tr ace on my skin\n\n of everything i thought was true\n\n is finally enough to make time\n\n of all the times i twisted into you\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/zoeweems/art/eulogy-of-the-willow-tree-1038699808\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc. com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5& amp\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n ht tps://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more- 1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-s hort-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo .com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www .kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendar s. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beg inning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I start ed\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richa rd Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalenda r/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6 477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Communi ty Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/downloa d/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477& amp\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250712 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 111 DTSTAMP:20250705T002710Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:375-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 111\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n like the drea m of a wretch\n\n until death do us part.\n\n it’s nothing. hear nothing .\n\n you love me.\n\n has thresholds.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/enzy medevice/art/2024-Day-4-nugatory-object-being-struck-1038783934\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n I water both wasteland and weed\n\n Doubting all promises of like lihood\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/squibblyquill/art/Showers-1036882554 \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=ca lendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n En joy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-ce ntos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/u s/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/ en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audioboo k series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-au dios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing pleas e subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool wit h all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't reall y think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats fr om yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com /tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9 d5408174d9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkc alendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\ n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-r mcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d 9601d576\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalen dar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250705 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My only and maybe first Scam Post DTSTAMP:20250703T041919Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:370-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A Contest With Prizes - Best Fake Scam\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My Entry\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I really love your artwork. 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Draw America Great Again!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1213837071/5219835412                                                       \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250702 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Granting to Evil \, circa the film Sinners from Coogler DTSTAMP:20250702T130257Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:369-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n someone asked\n\n\n\n Sinners - Evil Cannot happen withou t your consent...true or false\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n the following is my reply\n\n\n\n Well... as a writer...\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n when I look at Coogler + Peele\, the two most commercially successful black writer-di rectors in the last twenty years [commercial success defined as profit ear ned from films\, not creative assessment] both make one and done films\, n o sequels. Both don't go into deep public analysis of their films\, let au diences make assessment videos. Both tell stories dealing with the black e xperience having global implications but from a personal space. They remin d me of August wilson's plays where the outer world is present\, potent bu t the plays setting is a small black space.\n\n\n\n Get Out- Black man tak ing white woman to see her clan.\n\n\n\n US-Black family on a vacation to country house\n\n\n\n Nope- Black siblings on a ranch\n\n\n\n Sinners- Bla ck blues joint in the south\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Booth Peele + Coogler's mov ies have aspects of spirituality[ The sunken place\, the doppelganger\, th e horse whisperer\, Hoodoo] . Religion by name is a spirituality tied to a   book. Spirituality is anything involving the spirit of a person \, rega rdless of whether that involvement is technological [ psychological tools\ , cloning]\, a skill[communicating to nonhumans\, horses or aliens] \, a s pecific tradition passed down[ hoodoo] \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n When I think of \n\n\n\n Within our gates from oscar micheaux [ written and directed]\ n\n\n\n blood of jesus from spencer williams [ written and directed] \n\n \n\n Ceddo + Emitai from Ousmane Sembene [ written and directed] \n\n\n\n Daughters of the Dust from julie dash [ written and directed] \n\n\n\n T he reality is most Black writer-directors tend to make historical fictions or historical dramas [Malcolm/Boyz in the hood/Black girl/Superfly/dead p residents/down in the delta(I can't believe maya angelou didn't edit or ma nipulate it) or similar]. But the works of Peele + Coogler follow the lea st traveled road of said list of artist using worlds with fantasy elements .[ may it be science fiction or spiritual heritage] And that harkens back to the classic Black descended of enslaved storytelling or heritages from before the war between the states\, championed by Zora Neale Hurston. \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Now to answer the question you asked  \"Evil Cannot happ en without your consent\" in the context of the film sinners. \n\n\n\n We ll\, one thing \, we don't know how the white vampires were made? The film doesn't go into in great detail nor does it need to. All we know is the l ead white vampire is old\, their are rules. But as the black twins prove\, the goodness of ones actions is not bounded to humanity. Vampires can be good as his twin proves at the end\, if you define goodness by non verbal actions and not race[whether race is defined as a categorization or rankin g or order based on religion/language/gender/blood lineage/phenotype or ap pearance/age/philosophical adherence/ or other determinant].  To restate Vampires are not inherently evil in the film\, thus their entry into a pla ce can not be deemed welcoming evil\,  if you take the whole story into a ccount. In parallel\, in the film humans are not inherently good. And the KKK are not coming with the consent of the juke joint.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n So from my point of view\,  in the film itself\,  your question is n ot answered.\n\n\n\n And what is the contrapositive to your question. Good can happen with your consent? Well define good. Are humans good while vam pires evil? is goodness defined by non verbal action. but can't one action be deemed good or evil based on its specifics. \n\n\n\n OR about the opp osite. Good cannot happen without your consent? again define good \n\n\n\ n and in my view Coogler isn't offering viewpoints but not being ironclad in opinions. Steinfeld some say is yella\, some say is white\, by one drop is black\, but their is a long heritage of blacks in the usa who are visi bly white ala Charles W. Chesnutt. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Away from writing. ...\n\n\n\n Your posiiton as a black christian\, i find thought provoking. I am not christian\, but my views on black christianity are various. If I have one wish for black christians\, it is for black christians to accept the many branches of black christianity\, which I don't think black chris tians tend to do. But to your question\, Evil Cannot happen without your c onsent\,  I think based on your definitions\, the answer is yes. \n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n For me\, away from writing\, the first question for me is alw ays elements in the question. What is good? what is evil? what is consent?  \n\n\n\n I comprehend positivity or negativity. I know what can be mostl y positive or mostly negative\, but nothing in my mind is all negative or all positive. and for me what people refer to as good is a supposed all po sitive\, or evil is a supposed all negative. And I prefer to use the word grant over consent. What is granted is complicated. Sometimes one is grant ing things absent their knowledge or awareness\, the raising of children p roves this. \n\n\n\n Philosophically or spiritually\, I  can only answer your question\,   Evil Cannot happen without your consent\, once it is restructured with more definition to what is evil or what is consent.\n\n\ n\n If you ask me\, Vampires cannot interact to non vampires absent non va mpirical grant? I will say no because Vampires I define as any creature th at absorbs leechlike from another. Do the gnomes who suck souls require gr ants? Do the succubi require grants? I don't think so to either. Some type s of Vampires do but not all. \n\n\n\n If you ask me\, those with negativ e intent cannot happen absent anothers grant? I will say not usually. Nega tive intent can be from many and rarely requires the targets permission.  \n\n\n\n If you ask me\, can human blood craving Vampires enter the home o f others absent a grant? I say both. historically from ancient times\, som e of said vampires have been blockaded from entering the homes of others \ , not all but some\, arguably many. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n URL\n\n\n\n https ://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11705-sinners-evil-cannot-happen-without-your-consen ttrue-or-false/#findComment-74893\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250702 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Fulgurantess fighting DJ Komax DTSTAMP:20250701T205551Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:368-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Fulgurantess fighting DJ Komax\n\n\n\n Prior Fulguran tess\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Fulgurantess-mix edmedia-1172385423\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Prior DJ Komax\n\n\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/hddeviant/art/DJ-KOmax-Color-me-club-kaiju-1210712704\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n for the The Draw It Again Improvement Contest\n\n\n\n \n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Draw-Me-Again-Duo-color-1213279251\ n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Fulgurantess in ancient kemet see DJ KOmax 07/01/2025 DTSTAMP:20250701T205243Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:367-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Fulgurantess traveling back to ancient Kemet see DJ K omax causing trouble in the distance.\n\n\n\n Multi image work\n\n\n\n 1. Fulgurantes viewing Completed work\n\n\n\n 2. Fulgurantes viewing color ve rsion\n\n\n\n 3. Fulgurantes viewing Black and white version\n\n\n\n 4. Wh at Fulgurantess view whole\n\n\n\n 5. DJ Komax color\n\n\n\n 6. DJ Komax b lack and white\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art /1213276520\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:what do I think of what is commonly called A.I. ? DTSTAMP:20250630T183729Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:366-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Troy [ https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/9056-troy/ ]  asked the following\n\n\n\n @richardmurray What do you think about the prolife ration of AI generated art and content?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY ANSWER\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n @Troy\n\n\n\n Well... I will break up your question first\, because the ever growing use of synthography \, from corporate or personal use\, influence ranges. \n\n\n\n So \, I restructure your question\, wha t do I think about the ever growing use of synthography in the following e nvironments or scenarios: leisure artistic activity \, tool to assist huma n labors\, fiscal artistic activity\, human artistic output overall\,human communication overall?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n In terms of leisure artistic ac tivity\, I think synthography has been a blessing for many. Now without ne eding to pay an artist or without needing to learn a skill of illustration \, one can get emulations  that satisfy what they want to see. many of my fellow artist have suffered a financial blow because of this and hate syn thography but I don't see it that way. And I will be blunt\, synthography today is what the photograph was. Not every black person could paint or co uld afford to hire a painter but when the photograph became more commonpla ce \, for many black people who saw daily illustrations of black people th at were some form of negativity\, the photograph was a blessing. Black peo ple still learned how to paint or paid for paintings/sculpture but the pho tograph meant you didn't need the illustrator to see yourself while also h aving an affordable tool to do it and that is what synthography is today. I see how many black people especially black women get to create positive/ flattering depictions of black women free from the white owned media or bl ack owned commercial media's creations. Have i created less since synthogr aphy's recent growth in use? no. I am still creating[illustrations/literat ure] quite a bit.  Are some artist disheartened? yes. But the key is how you approach being an artist. I don't need people to buy my work or for my work to be considered some quality level for me to like it and embrace it . The most popular comic book is sponge bob which most artist have the ski lls to draw right now. The artist who cognize the illustrations non artist can make with these computer programs in synthography have to realize the ir self worth better and embrace people\, in a humanity where media is own ed by a few people or groups\, get to see made what they want. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n As a tool to assist labors\, it has been a blessing for many. S ynthography tools are helping elders who are alone in this world have aids to remember. It is helping children who will never be the fastest of mind or foot have tools to aid them in learning or movement. It is helping the impoverished/poor/upper poor to have tools to aid them that they don't ha ve the money to afford. For filing tedious or complicated paperwork\, to m aking graphics for their websites\, to making essays it is helping aid peo ple. No one is forced to use. I only use deviantart dreamup. I have never used chatgpt\, or google synthographic system. I used the microsoft system to manipulate the most recent book reviews I made because it was necessar y to fit your demand. It had nothing to do with me. If I owned a magazine I would use my own grammatical + syntactical interpretation for whatever I wrote.   I have never used various synthographic tools and i only use d eviantart dreamup because as a senior member I get a monthly usage for fre e so I want to use it up as I hate waste and they don't collate the uses. Sadly while honestly\, I rarely have used up a months uses and iti s going on over two years old\, but\, I am no synthographer. So people are free t o use what tools they want. I am content with my mind\, my abilities\, my comprehension. if I need to I will use synthography to adjust my work tobe accepted by those that demand. I don't see it as a problem. I am not chan ged. I think some people are easily peer pressured into doing things. I am not. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For fiscal artistic activity\, people still buy vinyl records and more and more are getting made or sold. Some artists ha ve already realized what I said years ago and create whole works in the pu blic view . So\, making money making art is going strong in many sectors. The real revenue stream being hurt by synthographic tools are literary or illustrative commission work for unknown artist. Big time artist arguably have risen in value. I know an artist who makes beautiful work in the cont inent.. africa\,  and she makes a living\, but she is known she has clien ts. they know she will make something by hand and that is enough \, she do es. and the challenge is for artist to find different venues\,and they exi st. Use your imagination.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For human artistic output ove rall\, synthography hasn't damaged anything and added the synthographer to the list of artist. The reason people play fewer instruments today is bef ore recorded music\, the only way to hear music was if someone played so t heir was a financial labor involved and so many played instruments\, but w hen recorded music came in and even in the earliest time where it was scra tchy or expensive\, the ability to play at any time was huge and as the qu ality improved\, people chose the recording over the live for most. Again popular folk were fine and making even more money with recording of them. But\, nothing demanded horn players throw their horns away\, nothing. Huma n beings poor rearing tells them to throw away that which isn't making mon ey\, as if they lost value cause no one was paying\, and this is the same challenge today. Find ways to make money not using your art + keep creatin g art. That was the challenge of musicians in the late 1800s with musical recordings and the various artist today with returns from computer program s. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For human communication overall\, the flaw is huma n beings. During the sars cov 2 lockdown\, France gave each french child t hree hundred euros which is like four hundred and fifty dollars then to pa y for artistic content\, the money couldn't be used to buy jewelry or clot hes but books/music and what did most french kids buy? manga. \n\n\n\n Wh at is my point? the usa heritage \, what it carries\, or culture\, what is grows from the declaration of independence to two thousand and twenty fiv e has always been negative in majority. yes\, the usa has a positive indiv idual heritage that gives freedom for an individual to act freely of a col lective. Yes\, the usa isn't inherently tied to one heritage or culture wh ich is what many \, maybe most whites in modernity\, are fighting to prove not true. But overall the usa has a negative heritage or culture and in t erms of human communication\, the usa tops the negative list. The usa has many parents\, and mostly not black ones\, who inundate children into elec tronic technology. I will be blunt\, when I went to college no one cheated more than asian students\, regardless of their phenottpye [white far east asian\, mulatto south east asian\, black south west asian]\,  and asian children are usually tech addicts beyond black non asian[africa/caribbean/ D.O.S.] children. i have seen asian children in the usa. the media treats them differently than they are on average. But the tech addiction parents\ , of all races [phenotype/religion/language/ or other] I have seen in NYC put on children is parents fault. You teach children not to think and then get angry when they rely on the crutch you told them to use\, you pushed them to use. As for the internet\, again\, whose fault is it that people r eact to everything they see or hear. Stop reacting\, calm down\, check sou rces. I bet the people who are being born today will use the internet so d ifferently. I have three main sites: aalbc/deviantart/tumblr and I use ema il for communication where I have many filters\, which many people foolish ly never did with their emails. deviantart is all arts: illustration/writi ng/photography/synthography/sculpture/fractals/ and more whether not safe for work or where the whole clan can view without unsettling. aalbc I have my groups each with an agenda\, programming/calendrial existence/old lite rature \, I sometimes chime in on the forum to discourse. tumblr\, have so me small communities of black artist and I have a soccer blog. the only th ing I do that relates to the larger media is soccer. and I rarely share me dia posts that are unconfirmed. so I am content online. I have been from t he beginning but it goes back to rearing and habits. I don't follow others \, nor do I feel I have to do what everyone else does\, but that comes fro m my rearing by my two black happily married  parents. I like myself. \n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11658-what-my-google-dashboar d-just-taught-me-from-aliccia-mccalla/#findComment-74839\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250630 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 110 DTSTAMP:20250629T085258Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:365-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 110\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n what do you s ee?\n\n by the brilliance of our own stars\n\n here  with all our tears\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/ink-singer/art/all-that-glitters-isn-t-gold- 1038502453\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The groove\n\n of yours of knots and tugs an d shame\,\n\n right now will save today\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/mid n1ghtink/art/Cat-s-Cradle-NaPo24-4-1038586302\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\ n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=c ento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after =any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub l ink\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series  \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collec tion\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiob ook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/s eries/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with ma ny I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, w hat I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?membe r=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Comm unity Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/down load/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250628 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DJ KOmax DTSTAMP:20250625T060353Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:362-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n DJ KOmax\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/DJ- KOmax-Color-me-club-kaiju-1210712704\n\n\n\n status update\n\n\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2863&\;type=status\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250625 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CBL Juneteenth 06/22/2025 DTSTAMP:20250603T002923Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:320-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CBL Juneteenth 06/22/2025\n\n\n\n PHOTS AND EVENT INFORMA TION HERE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Presented by Sunday School Zine\, The Bevy is a visual and sonic exhibition featuring live musical performances from La mbkin and J Words\, record selections from Niyah West and the SLICK DOWN c rew\, and a myriad of visual and projector installations from LA to NYC. T he Bevy\, an expansive word meaning both “gathering” and “prey”\, is an opportunity for artistic synergy. Guests can expect costuming from Q ween Jean\, large-scale paintings from BUMBAKiNi\, and a small-scale insta llation from Devanté married to musical excellence + projected art until sunset.  More importantly\, we can expect connection. As we take in the s enses\, empanadas will be served and CWW’s vinyl store will be open to f or record shopping. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Event Overview:\n\n The Bevy is a visual exhibition featuring your art\, the physical pieces of a few more artists\, and live music performances and DJ’ing. The full list of the artist can be found on @SundaySchoolZine’s Instagram page along with a full description of the event. The Sunday School is a forthcoming c ulture and music zine that produces ceremonies\, like the Bevy\, about dan ce + performance art archiving. \n\n\n\n Event Information:\n\n Where - C WW Radio Shop\, 1132 President St\, Brooklyn\, NY 11225\n\n When - Sunday\ , 6/22\, 2pm - 8pm\n\n How - “How will my art be displayed?” We will b e projecting a slideshow of all of the works during the whole event\, incl uding during the performances. The organizers will be providing QR codes t o a webpage that will have all of your artist names and links to your webs ite and exhibited work. Our host\, Angela Folasade\, will also be facilita ting any questions that guests have and that folks are accessing your work and listening to any accompanied audio on their own\n\n  \n\n\n\n ARTIST I MET THERE\n\n\n\n The host Choya I couldnt find the other host Lena. \ n\n https://x.com/mayonnnnnn_/status/1936970368943546735\n\n\n\n JWords\n\ n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBc7FKGgYM\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n or\n\n https://youtu.be/CBgVkjx5V3k?si=j0wDngK_DSw15XLG\n\n\n\n or\n\n htt ps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDfbzZtmQzMC3LxYCXCtWeNqRtp1T6zO\n\n\ n\n Treyvis\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yvJuS593-0\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n Kneaku Ashae\n\n https://vimeo.com/715830112\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n or\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TKSDJjhxoo\n\n\n\n Liobumba\n\n https://www.instagram.com/liobumba/\n\n\n\n Niya West - newsl etter\, she is a cool DJ\n\n https://gmail.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u =63a3bf8fb410883731687e7d2&\;id=ebc6219c14\n\n Lina Cintron\n\n https:/ /www.instagram.com/lena_bayna_cooks/\n\n\n\n DJ tara- she djed \"the last poets\" really cool\n\n\n\n at Museum of modern art\n\n https://www.tiktok .com/@djtaranyc/video/7361880983127248170\n\n\n\n \n @djtaranyc It wad gr eat to return to MoMA for anotyer First Friday where admission is FREE. Ev ery day should be free admission! Anyway check out a clip featuring a tune by Honey Dijon &\; Sam Sparro and the OG Danny Tenaglia jam that inspi red the hook! Check my bio for the link to all my #mixes! #DJ #NYC #itallb lendsperfectly ♬ original sound - djtaranyc\n \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n or\n \n\n\n https://www.deejaytara.com/about/\n\n about her\n\n https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=FXPOuC97MOg\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n or\n\n https://ww w.instagram.com/djtaranyc/p/DHq5-6OukjW/\n\n\n\n or\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n @djtaranyc\n\n \n  \n \n ♬ original sound - djtaranyc\n \n\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250622 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Juneteenth cross 250 years of USA : Literary Verite DTSTAMP:20250621T232546Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:361-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A Juneteenth crossing 250 years of USA aalbc project : Li terary Verite\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/1 1690-a-juneteenth-crossing-250-years-of-usa-aalbc-project-literary-verite/ \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250621 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Freeman's Complaint \, a late response to the Slave's co mplaint 06/19/2025 DTSTAMP:20250619T184731Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:359-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Freeman's Complaint \, a late response to the Slave's complaint 06/19/2025\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A poem for Juneteenth\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n The Freeman's Complaint \, a late response to the Slave's complain t\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Forever!\n\n was wrote by my forebear long ago\n\n a dreamy exaltation\, to know\n\n to reach where our ancestors sew\n\n befor e unwanted immigrant woe\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n However!\n\n I ponder unsure f rom where I lo\n\n no shackles \, white heritage tow \n\n to embrace the easy Aquilow \n\n forlease my black blood 's coveto \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n However! \n\n time give far more than the past can kno \n\n Black modern s have freedom to grow \n\n to other plus our old blood's mow \n\n Forev er! is not for most one ro\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n However!\n\n I can see a wis dom's cando\n\n my forebears want stars unsow\n\n to accept failed plans b ut trow\n\n and be past vowfree to any pro\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Nowever!\n\n I wish all skinkin good fortuno\n\n even if path's differ in glow\n\n or I doubt success while a said tow\n\n Now to happiness \, Forever! so\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n from Richard Murray\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n NOTES:\n\n\n\n To my poem\n\n \"forever\" meaning for eternally \n\n \"exaltation\" meaning a rising\n\n \"to know\" meaning toward knowing\n\n \"immigrant\" meaning on e who moved permanently away\n\n \"however\" meaning how eternally\n\n \"p onder\" meaning to think \n\n \"unsure\" meaning not safe\n\n \"lo\" mean ing to look \n\n \"heritage\" meaning that which is carried \n\n \"Aquil ow\" cognate meaning Aquila latin for eagle and low\, ala low eagle\, a re ferral to the USA\n\n \"forelease\" cognate meaning fore- before lease to loosen  \, to loosen before \n\n \"coveto\" meaning to a little while po tent covet \, covet meaning extreme passionate desire\, -o postfix meaning smaller in size while same in value\n\n \"kno\" meaning know\n\n \"modern \" meaning of the now\, the time of this publication\n\n \"mow\" meaning t hing to be cut down\n\n \"ro\" meaning road\n\n \"cando\" meaning illumina tion\, light from\, short of candor [said  can-dough]\n\n \"stars\" meani ng descendents\n\n \"unsow\" meaning not sow\, sow meaning put in a place\ , [ say sow like sew] \n\n \"trow\" meaning have belief or faith in \n\n \"vowfree\" meaning free of vows\, vow is a verbal pledge\, an attestatio n\, \n\n \"pro\" meaning toward \, a way forward\n\n \"nowever\" meaning now eternally \n\n \"skinkin\" meaning kin of the skin \, phenotype\n\n \ "fortuno' meaning good fortune\, in particular good luck or good fortune\, fortune can be negative\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n LAST LINES \n\n first line fr om the last line of  The Hope Of Liberty\, page 10 \, THE SLAVE'S COMPLAI NT.[  Forever! ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MORE INFORMATION\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Forum post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11687-juneteenth-poetry-the -freemans-complaint/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n From DEviantart\n\n\n\n The Freema n's Complaint \, a late response to the Slave's complaint\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1208702353\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Community Post\ n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/338-juneteenth-good-news-cale ndar/ ] \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250619 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Juneteenth GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105001Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:338-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Juneteenth is July 19th \, a day celebrated as the d ay when all black people in the usa knew that the slave system had been destroyed\, not legally abolished\, which is the 13th amendment.  State t ext or graphics depicting Juneteenth to you.  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aa lbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-juneteenth-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-b log/?do=findComment&\;comment=908  \n \n\n\n\n Juneteenth books liste d on AALBC thanks @Troy\n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/books/category.php?nam e=Juneteenth ] \n\n\n\n Juneteenth Poetry\n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/tc /events/event/359-the-freemans-complaint-a-late-response-to-the-slaves-com plaint-06192025/ ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n A twenty something female is playing GloboVans\, trying to r each the upper percentile users in life viewers. Her grandparents see her and chant in unison: “Put that game down Karema\, we want to spend time with you”.  \n\n “I can’t you two\, I am still on the clock”: Ka rema reply\, linking the television in her room to the computer screen\, d isplaying her Juneteenth town built for her life viewers to watch her avat ar\, where various firms can advertise or sell products inside.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n “come on Nicodemus”: say Karema’s grandmother. The two elders smile and go toward the door.  \n\n “Wait”: say Karem a\, can you two come back with some family photos about Juneteenth. “O k K”: reply the grandmother.  \n\n …\n\n “Ok everyone in the Kver se\, we have two new members of the village\, Nico and Eucy\, here to expl ain these photos” Nicodemus and Euclaire sit with two cameras in front o f them\, a screen behind the camera offering their visualization. Karema s peak offline: “ok guys\, just tell the stories\, to the members\, like w e talked about”\n\n Karema’s grandparents nod their heads and begin. Euclaire start off.\n\n “The following photo was taken in 1900..”. Th e number of residents grew by one thousand.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire continue: “The woman with white hair was named Sister May\, sh e led the local church of freeville texas\, near the border of Louisiana. The woman on her right was Jude\, she was married to Robert Six Pistols\, the legendary gun fighter who defeated the Bones of Davis gang that terror ized black towns from Wyoming to Missouri\, The man behind sister May wa s…”\n\n “Jacob Farmer\, the last original cowboy”\n\n “yes\, t hank you my love\, and next to him with the cane was Ol’ barrel Williams \, he was involved with Sherman’s march\, and the one farthest left was Youn’ Boulder Williams\, they say he made reconnaissance trips in the co nfederacy\, but he never told anyone\, it all came as hearsay from friends around drink\, the last was my great grandfather\, Toby Tim\, the master of the Coon can\, my grandfather would only play Conquian because of him. He always sang\, whenever family time was… many tried to be the best\, f rom northern Virginia to southern Texas\, many came on road or followed th e blues\, to seek out Toby Tim and the crown he used. Not made of gold or very old\, but pure white with a black soul\, many a man or wo-man thought the crown will be theirs but didn’t comprehend the first lesson\, the c oon plays the can\, but the king knows conquian\, all hail”\n\n Euclair e and Nicodemus say in unison:“ Toby Tim!”: and they laugh. The number of residents grew by two thousand\, shares by ten thousand.  \n\n Eucla ire continue: “Some of you may wonder where is Toby Tim’s hat these da ys\, well\, I can tell you\, but you have to play a hand of conquian with me to make me”: and Euclaire stop.\n\n Nicodemus begin: “the followin g photo was taken in 1905\, actually near where I lived as a baby in 202 0”. The number of residents grew by eight hundred.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Nicodemus continue: “if you look at the trolley you will some men in white there\, in the mix they faced a lad y was present\, that lady was my great grandmother. Her name was Ludmilla L'Aventure. She owned the store in the center\, of the dark colored buildi ng. She actually met Frederick Douglass in 1887\, we still have the ledger to prove it\, and he wanted a special dress made with a mocha boned shoul der strap bodice over the hips\, and a red white and blue threadcount tart an dress with thirty eight ruffles around the dress with red white and blu e threadcount tartan pattern but larger values hemlined just over the floo r\, if enough of you want I will share the photo with you later” . Two t housand shares are made.\n \n\n \n Nicodemus continue:“ My great grandm other\, even met King T.T. \, after he defeated a man by the name of Sally the rough\, Lady L'aventure sewed a mulberry silk rim but you have to pla y with my wife for more” The number of residents grew by three thousand and Nicodemus end.\n\n Euclaire look to Karema and Karema make gestures a nd Euclaire begin:“ We will share the following photo with you all for a post Juneteenth quest”\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire continue: “We happen to know the two women in the carriage but we will like all of you t o do research and find them for us. Whomever succeeds after placing their findings in the mail box will receive a thousand credits to use anywhere\, in any village in GloboVans courtesy of Kverse’s mayor\, QueenK! ”\n\ n Euclaire end and Karema begin the next phase of her online activity. Ni codemus and Euclaire look to each other and smile. They wave to Karema as they exit her room.\n\n …\n\n After supper\, everyone in the house hol d\, Euclaire\, Nicodemus\, Jonas their son\, Lukwana Jonas’s wife\, Kari m Lukwana’s father\, oleone Lukwana’s mother\, Karema the daughter of Jonas plus Lukwana\, her little brother Nat adopted at ten and now twelve\ , all cleaned the kitchen and enjoyed the parlor. Karema went next to her grandparents playing Cubecule and showed them a video.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire erupted in laughter.  \n\n “Can you still do the dance grandma?”\n\n “That little girl is long gone”\n\n Nicodemus lean over in a public whisper: “she still can”\n\n “Nicodemus Charl es Lattimer shame! ”  \n\n Nicodemus smile and lean back.  \n\n “P lease grandma”\n\n “No\, no way… well\, don’t give me that face … alright\, if Nicodemus can defeat me in the game of Cubecule\, I will do it”\n\n  \n\n I hope you enjoyed the story\n \n\n \n …If you en joyed this tale check out the others utilizing the links below\n\n Bookbu b\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-b f5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richar d-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/u s/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;series Id=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https ://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Se ries&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story C ollection\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20 Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c 4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250619 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marcus Garvey's Birthday GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T122657Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:358-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Marcus Garvey Birthday Jan 17th [ https://aalbc.com/tc/p rofile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1780&\;type=status ] \n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n \n Happy Birthday to Marcus Garvey\n Considering Marcus Garvey saw th e caribbean or north america during his life as places that Black people n eeded to get away from\, when you think of the struggles/challenges/unhapp iness in Black Americans <\;Blacks or Negras \n  from Canada/USA/MExic o/JAmaica/HAiti/Dominican Republic/Puerto Rico/Trinidad/Colombia/Venezuela /Brazil/Chile/Argentina or any other land in the American continent>\; i n the American Continent\, was MArcus Garvey proven right about the ineffi cacy of Black people living side Whites? Side the best efficacy of Blacks when they live mostly around Blacks? \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250217 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Valentines Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T120403Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:355-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Richard Murray Valentines day album 2020 LINK  \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Black Hearts Day or Valentine's Day good news 2020\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ALBUM\n\n\n\n Richard Murray Valentines Day Album\n\n\n\n \n Dawn- beginning of twilight before sunrise\n\n And soon\, both of us\,Learned to trust\,Not run away\,It was no time to play\ ,We build it up\n\n Twilight-sun invisible but atmosphere illuminated\n\n and now\, I’ve got a song\, to sing\, tellin the world\, about the joy you bring\n\n Sunrise-sun going above equator\n\n And all the while\, i nside\, I knew\, it was real\,The way you make me\, feel\n\n Morning- sun rise to noon\n\n I\, can open\, your eyes\,Take\, you wonder\, by wonder\ ,Over\, sideways\, and under\n\n Noon-temporal middle of the day\n\n Ain ’t\, no second chance\,You got to hold on to romance\,Don’t let it sli de\n\n Evening- end of noon to the beginning of night\n\n Let me hear\, you tell me\, you love me\,Let me hear\, you say\, you`ll never leave me\n \n Sunset-sun setting beneath equator\n\n As soon as I\, get you\, out m y head\, I’m in\, your car\, again\n\n Twilight - sun invisible but atm osphere illuminated\n\n Pour the wine\, light the fire\, Girl your wish\, is my command\n\n Dusk- darkest phase of twilight\n\n I won’t pretend \, that I intend to stop living\, I won’t pretend\, I’m good at forgiv ing\n\n Night- darkness between sunset and sunrise\n\n Love them\, and l eave them\, that’s what I used to do\,Use them and abuse them\,Then I la id eyes on you\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250214 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:March Equinox GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T114700Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:352-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n  The March Equinox is always between March 19th and March 21st  in the year 2021 it was on is March 19th 11:49 pm EST UTC -5 \, it is the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere\, fall in the southern hemisphere \n \n\n\n\n \n  share photos of art OR text of fic tion \n \n\n\n\n \n  The photos can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or se wing/graffiti/tattoo or any craft depicting Black people in fall in the so uthern hemisphere\, any country <\;south america/caribbean/africa/sout h asia/australia>\; OR  Black people in spring in the northern hemis phere\, any country <\;north america/europe/northern asia>\; \n \n\ n\n\n \n  The text can only be fiction based on the following: Black per son or peoples at the first day of spring or fall  \n \n\n\n\n \n AALBC STORY  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-march-equin ox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=87 8  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre- art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=890    \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 3 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre -art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=891   \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n AALBC\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n VERNAL EQUINOX TALE 20 20\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://flickr.com/photos/kanaristm/29353776801/\n\n\n \n It is the beginning of Spring in a small southern town in Mississippi. A home older than one hundred and fifty year\, made to be a tombstone to a n old world but used to bloom a new one\, glisten in the light.  As movem ent abound in the house\, floor boards creak. The man in the house awaken\ , with noise or confusion. The people in the house notice the noise and se arch for it. An axe break through old wood and light shine on the man in t he house\, for the first time in one hundred and twenty-four year. A stron g male hand offer itself and the man in the house take it. The man in the house is fatigued\, facing a clan in shock.\n\n\n\n \"Who is this?\": a si lver haired black woman ask.  A little boy and a teenage girl take a phot o and post it online.  \n\n\n\n \"Stop that you two... I don't know grann ie\": a heavy-set man ponder what to do and ask: \"who are you?\"  \n\n\n \n \"...Jonas\": The man formerly in the house reply.\n\n\n\n \"Where do y ou come from\, how can we help you?\": The heavy-set man ask.  \n\n\n\n J onas look at the house and reply: \"This is my home\, at least 124 years a go\" All but one in the modern clan laugh or giggle. Grannie tell them all to shush and she think\, and ask a question.\n\n\n\n \"Are you the Night warrior?\"\n\n\n\n Jonas look toward Grannie\, incredulous. Grannie contin ue:\"Our family have a tradition. One that was taught to me by my mother\, it is of the telling of the Night warrior\". Everyone look to Grannie. Sh e begin to hum.\n\n\n\n \"Oh be a McDowell\,  \n\n\n\n oh run on the road \,  \n\n\n\n the ghosts are coming to kill you\n\n\n\n don fret my girls\ , don fret\n\n\n\n The Night Warrior will save you\n\n\n\n waiting under t he step\, waiting under the floor\"\n\n\n\n waiting till one hundred and t wenty four\"\n\n\n\n Jonas ask her: \"Was more said?\"\n\n\n\n \"No\, but I never forget asking my mother the same thing\, she said her mother told her\, the same thing she would tell me\, the Night warrior will know\"\n\n \n\n Jonas ponder the words from Grannie. Grannie gesture to everyone else with her hand and they all obey.\n\n\n\n \"Wait Chelle\": she grab her gr and neice:\"help him get set up in the attic ok\"\n\n\n\n Chelle smile at Jonas.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://www.blackplanet.com/riprene2002/photo/2000 455418\n\n\n\n She escort him to the attic and hand him toiletry and other items and tell him: \"take it easy\, grannie will be up here to explain m ore things\"\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Jonas worked all morning on the farm outs ide the house he was in\, doing what he know how to do: till the land\, wo rk the land\, be the land. It is the afternoon and Jonas ponder the world he is in. He ponder what became of his community. Grannie filled him in: d isappearances\, hangings\, pain\, fights he didn't agree with\, fights he is sad were lost. He confessed to Grannie why he was put to sleep. He was meant to be a tool in a future that never was. A blooming that never becam e. A priestess from New Orleans asked the spirits to plant him the home\, the house be his shell. He wanted an all-out fight but his sister said no. She had lost her husband and daughter and was not about to lose her niece \, Grannie's mother. After one hundred and twenty four year he can arrive and start the fight. But Jonas realize\, he has no one to fight alongside. The modern Black want to battle absent a physical blade. What does a warr ior of the blade do? He see the heavy set relative to Grannie outside the Horse bin.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://www.blackplanet.com/AyeDrayDray/pho to/2000434450\n\n\n\n \"Josh\, I will take Mamba out riding\": Jonas infor m Josh.  \n\n\n\n \"ye ok\"\n\n\n\n The horse has one mind with Jonas and come to him. Jonas get on and gallop gently away. Josh shake his head\, n ot knowing where this will end.\n\n\n\n Jonas and Mamba are casual near th e river when Jonas see a riverboat. The name strike him:\" Cassie's Cry\". He remember Cassie was the name of the priestess. She told him\, he would have to look for her in the future. He only told his sister about it. Jon as tell Mamba to go home and jump into the river and intercept the riverbo at. Two crewman guide him on the ship. He asks\, do they know who this riv erboat was named after. The two crewman do not answer\, but take him to a sitting area\, with some people gambling. Jonas sit patiently\, alone\, li stening to odd machines. The door open and a hippy woman step in\; she wal k over to him and lean over\, smiling in his face.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https: //www.blackplanet.com/sexy_shyjade/photo/1101583505\n\n\n\n \"Interesting\ , leave us\": she wave her hand and crew man leave\, only a few customers present\, and she continue: \"well \, Jonas\, it is you \, isn't it\"\n\n\ n\n Jonas is excited and start to be inquisitive\, but is interrupted.  \ n\n\n\n \"I am not Cassie\, she is my mother\"\n\n\n\n Jonas look surprise d and the daughter to Cassie continue: \"After what she did for you\, do y ou doubt her abilities?... I can take you to her\, but you will have to wo rk on the riverboat\, small labors\, you may even enjoy the kind of world on this boat\". Jonas accept and shoveled some coal and waited on customer s\, black or white on the way to Baton Rouge.\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n The Daug hter to Cassie\, escort Jonas from her riverboat to a simple house. She le ave him waiting in a second floor room for Cassie. After a time\, Cassie a rrive.  \n\n\n\n \"Bonjour Jonas\, it has been a while\": Cassie sit next to Jonas and continue:\"... yes I look a little younger than when you saw me last\, it happens when you're a priestess\"\n\n\n\n \"... It was a was te of time... a total waste\": lament Jonas.\n\n\n\n Cassie smile: \"A was te\, your wrong\, if you had died\, a rare person would had been killed to soon\"\n\n\n\n \"Yes\, but why didn't you save others\": yell Jonas.  \n \n\n\n \"Everything in nature has rules\, and the natural side unnatural a re in nature\, thus all have rules\"\n\n\n\n \"So... what am I to do\"\n\n \n\n \"Live your life\"\n\n\n\n \"WHAT! I am told black children were foun d burned alive\, not too far from here and your reply to me is Live Your L ife\"\n\n\n\n Cassie snap her finger.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n https://www.blac kplanet.com/Skyyee44/photo/2000440967\n\n\n\n The room go colorless and Jo nas is unstable at the sudden change. Cassie snap her finger and normal vi sion return.  \n\n\n\n \"... I just don't see what to do\"\n\n\n\n \"My d ear Jonas\, bloom\, you must bloom\, a one hundred and twenty four year bl oom\, your bloodline still own that house\, make it more\"\n\n\n\n Jonas i s not convinced but he spend the day at Cassie's before he head back up ri ver on the riverboat.\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Days later  \n\n\n\n Jonas is t illing the land\, being one with the land. Grannie ring the bell for every one to come inside for breakfast. Jonas bump into Josh\, Chelle\, side oth ers. Everyone is hungry.  \n\n\n\n Grannie ask Jonas to bring something f rom the refrigerator. Jonas acquire it\, but is intercepted.  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n https://www.blackplanet.com/Chocc115/photo/2000270158\n\n\n\n \"You are not boring\, old man\": the interceptor press against him slightly.  \n\n\n\n \"I need to bring the lemonade in\": reply Jonas calmly.  \n\n \n\n \"what is wrong?\": question the interceptor.  \n\n\n\n \"Nothing\, but I realized I am a seed\, I don't need to rush my growth\, and your ado pted mom\, will not like you messing around with me\"\n\n\n\n  CAST\n\n @ Skyyee44 Cassie\n\n @sexy_shyjade daughter to Cassie\n\n @AyeDrayDray Josh \, heavy set relative to grannie\n\n @Chocc115 adopted daughter of grannie \n\n @riprene2002 as Chelle grand niece of grannie\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If y ou like more of my stories check out my Short story collection series\n\n\ n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short%20Sto ry%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e -ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n And I am on Bookbub\n\n\n\n https://www.bookbub .com/authors/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Deviantart\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal /Vernal-Equinox-2020-tale-834328255\n\n\n\n Tumblr\n\n\n\n https://richard murrayhumblr.tumblr.com/post/613000215536992256/most-times-when-the-spring -come-i-know-it-by-the\n\n\n\n Tumblr Stories\n\n\n\n https://richardmurra yhumblr.tumblr.com/tagged/submission\n\n\n\n DeviantArt Stories\n\n\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/?catpath=/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n S TORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Most times when the Spring come\, I know it by t he trees. Many colors\, many flowers\, vibrantly coloring the world. It is a common arrangement. But\, this spring \, it is worse. It is one hundred and twenty-four days since the arrival of the first elf. Let me show you on my phone.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n She just popped up surrounded by this w hite light. Did she drop into the white house? no. Did she drop into the U nited Nations\, perhaps with a powerful electronic or mechanical assistant \, perhaps even boss? no. Did she make herself known anywhere the televisi on people or movie people alluded to in the past? no.  She made herself k nown in the women’s bathroom at the local park\, at Riverside. Police an d some three-letter people arrived but she seemingly had no worries or nee d to worry.  It took a while but someone asked her a simple question\, wh y is she here?\n\n She said it is a secret\, and then disappeared\, reappe aring and disappearing per her desire throughout the one hundred and twent y-four day. Now\, whenever you go outside you may see something like this stranger.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n I could had asked\, did you know\, flowers are growing around you\, blossoming more by the second. I did not ask. At least like so many of the others\, he seemed content with the magical gre en flung all over the city. But I forgot his plight quick\, when I saw her . This big chocolate orange leaf floating around little orange leaves.  \ n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n She paid me no mind\, and was totally focused on pla ying with her fellow leaves. I pushed myself on her and asked her name. Sh e said\, Onluleon. I loved the way she sounded it better than the way I th ought it. Onluleon I watched for hours playing with the leaves\, never tir ed or concerned with any other. I left my bench and went back over to her\ , asking. You know it is the beginning of spring. She looked at me dumbfou nded. But\, she didn’t ignore me\, and took me by the arm. She went to a purple tree where a songbird was grabbing nectar.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\ n She asked me: “isn’t she lovely”\n\n “The tree”: I replied.\ n\n “No\, the tree is a he\, I meant the songbird”\n\n I guessed she w as right. I was happy just getting this time in. The songbird suddenly fel l onto the ground and bloomed into a woman. The purple leaves coating her\ , with some sticking to her hair.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n I asked the former songbird\; how does she feel. She simply stared at me and whistled away. I tried to go after her but I felt stiff. Too stiff to move fast. Onluleon \,I bet an Oriole at one time in her life\, started sniffing me and I rea lized I had a flower growing out of me. I hobbled back to where I saw that guy and I realized he was no longer there\, but a small blossomed tree sa t in his general location. I wondered if he even comprehended me and how l ong did I have to be comprehended. I called for Onluleon and shook her fai ntly. I was frightened as I saw my vision covered in leaves. It all occurr ed to me\, that spirit was going to turn the human into the plant\, and th e non-human into the human. One hundred and twenty-four days to bloom\, an d we all missed it. I missed it. If I can no longer think like before I se ttled my mind knowing that I will have time as a tree to bloom into someth ing else later. A cardinal\, turned into a ballerina for my last sight. \ n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Once lon g ago\, a beautiful forest bloomed in spring.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n But what fe w humans knew back then and fewer know now is that the trees can make the fairy folk bloom. But it cannot be any fairy\, it has to be the one hundre d and twenty fourth fairy in line from the last one bloomed. Meaning\, if a fairy bloom\, only her 124th descendant in line can bloom after her and so forth. Fairies are tiny and thus sometimes\, a bloodline end and only s pecial magic can force a blooming. But that special event is for another s tory. This story is about Asukume\, and how her bloom survived. Asukume wa s the 124th descendant of the last fairy to bloom with the beautiful fores t and she was very happy.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n She imagined all the great thin gs her blooming can do. Unlike most fairy folk born from the flowers in a forest\, when a fairy bloom\, that child is not a fairy but a umoyuswi. Th ey can make fairies even stronger and thus lie the danger. Some fairies be trayed their parents and seek to control nature\, not serve her. One is Qu een Itshe. Normally in stone.\n\n \n\n\n\n She is no bigger than a walnut\ , safe from human eyes but kept hidden by her allies the squirrels. She pl aced a spell on herself to rise every 124th blooming to acquire an umoyusw i. When she rises she is a deadly grey color. \n\n \n\n\n\n But her inten t is clear. To take a umoyuswi's power\, energy\, and use it to not only r evitalize herself\, but extend her control. Forcing more to be here allies in the red-blooded tribes: humans\, bears\, et cetera.\n\n Asukume knew t he danger\, and always kept moving to make sure she was never in one spot long enough for Itshe or her squirrel spies to find her. Fortunately\, Asu kume had her baby. And in time it grew and blossomed into a fine umoyuswi.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Her butterfly wings glittering everywhere. But she was still young. In her newness\, she wanted to talk to everyone and forgot t he warning her mother gave about talking to squirrels\, and she talked to one. The squirrel informed Itshe and she came floating in. Asukume daughte r was scared at the dull white sight of Itshe\, but the squirrels held her down and Itshe began to absorb the energy of Asukume daughter. \n\n \n\n \n\n Itshe was reveling in getting her color back\, intoxicated with a suc cess that had to wait thirty thousand year. In her hubris\, she forgot one key weapon\, a name. Asukume daughter had not given herself a name\, per the custom of umoyuswi. Asukume did not know the rule but a flower did and it spoke to Asukume daughter while being drained. It told the child to ch oose a name. The squirrels were to slow in chopping the flower down and As ukume daughter chose a word she heard her mother use\, dodging through the expanse of the forest. Her mother always called the forest an ocean. And so\, Asukume daughter named herself Ulwandle. With her name\, she could do more and since Itshe had stolen so much color\, she figured she needed to keep it and she turned her into a flower\, a carnation. She turned her sq uirrel servants into one being\, a dog. And after that Ulwandle\, butterfl y wings flapping\, flew high up and promised her mother a safe return from the school in the moon.\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250322 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:April Fool's Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T114235Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:351-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n April Fool's day April 1st  \n \n\n \n Click the L ink and learn something\n \n\n\n\n \n http://houyhnhnm.github.io/aprilfoo l/index.html  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Easter GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T113925Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:350-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Easter is always between March 22nd and April 25th .Easte r was April 12th in the year 2020\, the name is derived from Ēostre the real or unreal germanic goddess but the date and most modern traditions refer to Pascha which roughly translates to passover\, the Jewish holi day. But\, I want to focus on  Ēostre. For easter\, include the real or unreal traditions attributed to Eostre\, like rabbits\, or make your o wn.You can show photos of art OR text of fiction \n\n\n\n \n  The phot os can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or sewing/graffiti/tattoo or any craf t depicting Eostra real or unreal traditions \n \n\n\n\n \n  The text can only be fiction based on the following: Real or unreal traditons of Eostre. Orthodox catholic easter comes a week after roman catholic easter .  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre- art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=892   \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-a rt-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=893   \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n It is April 12th 2020\, Ess Mae M urard walk by her Easter painting aside her grandchildren.  \n\n \n\n\n\n The boy ask: “I never seen that painting before”\n\n “No you have n ot Hakim\, it is one I did a while back but I only present it for Easter ”: gently replied Ess Mae.  \n\n “Why grandma S?”: reply a girl.  \n\n “I was going to ask that Shaniqua!”: cut in Hakim.\n\n “No n eed to shout Hakim\, it was a good question anyway right?”: Grandma Ess tickle Hakim and Shaniqua\, either laugh.  \n\n Grandma Ess continue: “ to answer the question you both want to know\, I must go back to earlier d ays”. She take a photo off a desk.\n\n \n\n\n\n “Grandpa Clay!”: rep ly both children in unison.  \n\n “yes\, your grandfather with me befor e church\,1947\, I was a little sad\, a commission I was hoping to get was obtained by D. Scott\, made me quite mad”: recall grandma Ess\, and she continue: “We went to church\, your grandpa Clay had to do some work in a white man’s house\, So I chose to go to St. Nicholas park and sit to gather my thoughts and that is when I saw her…”: the children are atte ntive:“Eostre”:the children interrupt Grandma Ess.\n\n “who is Eos tre”:ask Hakim.  \n\n “yes\, please tell us grandma S”: Shanique pu ll on her grandmother’s arm.\n\n Grandma Ess continue: “… hmmm\, wel l\, at first I did not know who she was and I said\, nice hat\, she found that amusing and seemed interested in what I had to say… I learned she w as the Earth”: the children look confused and Grandma Ess continue: “w ell\, the spirit of the Earth who once every turn around the sun makes an appearance as a human to humans”\n\n Grandma Ess look to the children wh o are still confused\, and smile. She continue: “think of it like this\, we live on a planet\, called Earth\, and she is living so\, she has a spi rit\, but her spirit is special\, not like a humans\, her spirit can inhab it many kinds of bodies.”\n\n “why grandma Ess”: ask Shaniqua.  \ n\n “The earth is very old and powerful\, I can not explain all in why E arth reacts the way it does in any way… but we talked about many things\ , and when she was done she offered me a chance to paint her”\n\n “So that is her\, the spirit of Earth”: ask Hakim.  \n\n “hmmm rather\, t hat is the form the spirit of Earth took”: reply Grandma Ess.  \n\n “ but why only show it during easter”: ask Shaniqua.\n\n “well”: a car horn cut off Grandma Ess\, and she speak to the matter: “you two\, lets go \, we can talk about it later \,lets go outside”: she take a photo.\ n\n The three leave the house and meet a woman waiting by a wall.\n\n \n\n \n\n “come on Ma!”: speak the woman.\n\n “coming chile\, now go on y ou two\, go to your mother”: suggest Grandma Ess\, but Hakim shake his h ead and Shanique tighten her grip.  \n\n “So you two want to bother you r grandmother about something\, alright\, but just get in the car\, ok”: and after the mother speak\, the grandchildren usher into the car quiet a nd wait for grandma Ess.\n\n …\n\n while driving to church Grandma Ess w as active on her tablet and asked the children: “you two ready to learn why that painting can’t be shown”.\n\n “I see now what is going on ”: the children’s mother smile.\n\n “Don’t say anything mommy”: request Shaniqua.\n\n “yeah\, we want to hear it from grandma”: demand Hakim.\n\n “ok ok\, may I listen to”: ask the mother\, and the childr en nod.\n\n Grandma Ess smile and say: “take a look at the image on the tablet”: and she hand the tablet to the children in the back seat. Hakim plus Shaniqua look at the image.  \n\n \n\n\n\n Grandma Ess begin to fin ish her story: “well… once long ago\, great birds existed\, these bird s could be ridden like a horse. Humans lived well with adult ones but coul d never breed children\, but it didn’t matter for they continued to be b orn in the wild\, until one day…”: the children gasp in preparation an d grandma Ess continue: “the earth changed. These birds had only one nes ting ground\, and it was destroyed in a great earthquake\, that burned the sky so none could fly away… the humans who used these birds was very an gry cause these birds was the only way they could reach some of the remote locations where they lived. They asked the Earth to make more of the bird s to restart their bloodline… but the Earth refused. The humans who rode these birds\, became very angry and cursed all our mother… do you have an idea why the painting can not be seen now?”\n\n Hakim think\, but sha ke his head. Shaniqua think and say:“ the eggs? ”\n\n “Yes\, Shani qua”: smile Grandma Ess\, Hakim cry out in agony\, their mother laugh.  \n\n “But\, those little eggs in the painting are the eggs of those hu ge birds”\n\n “no\, but they are the map… The Eostre made a map of e ggs\, utilized correctly\, which I will not say how\, they provide a map\, the painting gives clues to those who know\, thus the spirit of Earth dem anded I not make that publicly shown… and I have kept my promise\, and a s your mother has kept it \, I demand you two”\n\n Shaniqua plus Hakim s mile: “yes grandma Ess”\n\n “Ok guys\, we at church your”\n\n “Daddy!”: yell the two children in unison cutting off their mother’s instruction. The mother open the car doors and the children are out\; she blow a kiss to her husband.\n\n “You know my sweet Roe\, you can make a few more eggs for me to tell my story too”: explain Grandma Ess to her daughter.  \n\n “Momma \, I am not going to be laying tons of eggs\, I know you and Rick been talking and plotting\, now enjoy your church\, I wi ll be back to take us all to Black Fort for lunch”: say Roe\, as she wat ch her mother exit the car and meet up with the husband plus kids.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Each child from Earth is part in a community and between each perihelion the Earth must speak to each child's community at least once\, per the agreement with the Sun. In the oldest s wamp from Earth the human season come again\, the time of Eostre\, when th e spirit in Earth take a humanoid form to speak to her human children. She slowly form the body deep in a swampland so thick\, the morning sun seem a sunset.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n It is said if you are lucky to witness the spir it of the Earth before she settles her form\, the Earth will allow you to take a piece from in her. But\, I myself have never been able to witness s uch a thing to prove it myself. \n\n The spirit of Earth\, after forming the body\, begin to walk out from the swamp to speak to the humans. She me ets a hare\, basking in the sunlight.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n The hare turn to lo ok to her and cognize her immediately. It hop to her feet and ask:\" what can I do for the earth Spirit\". The Eostre ask the hare:\" please take me to the human tribe\". The hare bow and escort The Eostre out the swamp\, out the wood and into a human roadway. A human man turn a sharp corner nea r the wood exit and is astonished at the figure before him. He ask The Eos tre if he can take a photo of her. She nod her head. He ask her to take a look at it.\n\n \n\n\n\n He ask her name\, and she look down at the Hare\, who head shake in disagreement. The man sulk off looking at the photo. \ n\n The Eostre look down at the road and ask the hare: \"how far are the h umans from their.... road\"\n\n \"Not far earth spirit\, about ten thousan d hops\, but beware humans wearing odd smelling metal clumps\"\n\n And The Eostre leave the hare\, at the side of the road. \n\n \n\n\n\n The Eostr e walk and walk\, observing the humans in cars going by. In the late morni ng\, she observe a small human girl carrying eggs in one hand\, picking up an egg in the other. The Eostre go over to the girl and ask: \"why did yo u take that egg and have an egg basket?\"\n\n \"Its easter\": the little g irl reply.\n\n \"YEs\, I know but egg is meant to be cared for not\, throw n about\, you never know what kind of life it may bring\"\n\n The little g irl stand confused or bored. The Eostre ask her to sit the egg she just fo und down. After the little girl did\, the Eostre tap her foot once and the egg grow\, and grow\, wiping away decorations and a small dragon pop out. \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The little girl is very happy\, even though the b aby dragon tried to snap her finger off\; she place the baby dragon in her egg basket. And\, grab The Eostre hand and say: \"Please\, come home\, my parents will love to meet you\, my dad does magic and my mom loves dragon s\"\n\n \"you think it is wise for your mom to see a dragon\"\n\n \"yes\, lets go\": and the little girl drag The Eostre to her home. The little gir l ask The Eostre to notice the eggs on the table and say: \"my dad made th em\"\n\n The Eostre look at the eggs and smile. You know\, it will be good to talk to your parents. And The Eostretime happened successfully\, albei t an initial shock of nudity from the parents to the little girl.\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250426 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Aphelion GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T112727Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:348-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Aphelion is between July 3rd and July 6th in 2020 it was on July 4th 11:04pm in 2020\, the Aphelion for earth is when the earth is farthest from the sun\, in its eliptical orbit. If you consider the Perihelion the beginning of a year\, then the Aphelion is the trust midyea r point. Every planet around the sun has an aphelion. Earth's moon like al l other moons has a similar action\, called an apogee to a planet\, where a moon is farthest from the planet it rotates around\, by having an ellipt ical orbit.  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/2 61-aphelion-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&am p\;comment=923  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entr y/261-aphelion-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment &\;comment=924  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\ n\n\n \n It is afternoon\, a day on earth\, a black woman sit in solace\; Kalima look toward her photo of a prior penumbral eclipse\, made in a roa dtrip across the usa.  \n \n \n\n \n She continue to ignore the yells fr om her sanguine downstairs\; they are ready to go to the July 4th Firework s parade.\n\n “COME ON!!!… I know you can hear me K! We are now in ph ase three and I want us to enjoy being outside\, none of us have been out in months! PLEASE!”\n\n Kalima lay back on her bed and put on a video o nline.  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n She can hear shuffling feet leaving the f ront door of the brownstone while she watch. She whisper: “see you soo n” and continue to watch.\n\n At the end of the video she sit at her wr iting desk and take out paper and pencil and ruler\; she compose a poem us ing looped cursive penpersonship on clear paper using the ruler she crafte d as a guidetool.  \n\n A male red winged blackbird sitting on a tree br anch outside watch Kalima and see the following on the page\, Kalima finis hed.\n\n  \n \n\n \n I know I’m free\, while in an unfree place  \n\ n To live in a free place… I must rally  \n\n Against Time’s steady pace\, mortality  \n\n What certainty? The best finishing place  \n\n \n\n Choices I see? Bliss be the unfree place  \n\n Bliss out the unfr ee place\, which choice is me?  \n\n History state no case… I must ral ly  \n\n Blind gamblin’ me\, both length may eat my race  \n\n \n\n A bird yell free! I wingless… stall my race  \n\n Wait in the unfree place\, one day for me  \n\n I see Time with it’s pace\, safe while I see  \n\n I will rally\, to live in a free place  \n\n \n\n The small uncaged passerine fly away\, singing. Kalima look to the window and go to her bed\, and lay thinking\, and sleeping.\n\n …\n\n A gentle nudge a nd a wet kiss on the cheek\, wake Kalima up\, from a figure unknown of bod y while familiar in voice.\n\n “Come on K\, we are all back now\, we wa nt to tell you about our trip\, especially little Bee”\n\n “Oh\, he y Ma”\n\n Kalima plus her mother embrace.  \n\n “Here is some choco late bars\, colored like the flag\, I know! but Mister Mohammed made them and I know you support Black business”\n\n Kalima took a whiff of the c hocolate\, and smiled with yummies.  \n\n Her mother pass her a photo of the clan\, taken by uncle george.  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n And\, Kalim a’s mother pass Kalima another of a firework by uncle george.\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Kalima’s mother continue: “Fun…We will meet you downsta irs and you can tell us about tonights eclipse ok”\n\n “It’s late\, little Bee will want to stay up\, so we need to get the hammock out for h im”\n\n “ok”: Kalima’s mother leave\, and Kalima look to the moon .\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Kalima place her chocolate in her minifridge and open her door to the sound of laughter and joy. She smile in the night\, f or another day.\n\n …\n \n\n \n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.com /profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry o r More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry%20or% 20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06 360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?q uery=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e 13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https://www.kob o.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short%20Story%20Collection& \;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\ n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"It is really hot today\ ": say a woman\, chocolate skin sweating under an early June sun\, her han d attach to another\; she continue: \"you need water raspberry pie\"\n\n\n \n \"No mommy\": say a little girl\, same kind of skin\, sweet or moisture \, her frizzes capping her head.\n\n\n\n The two keep walking on a simple dirt road\, green trees adorning either side.\n\n\n\n \"Momma\, Grandpa on ce said Tinkerbell was American\"\n\n\n\n \"Of course\, what did he say ex actly\": the mother giggle.\n\n\n\n The little girl smile and imitate her grandfather's gestures: \"An American Tinkerbell is like a woman\, like Ti nkerbell with a red white and blue bikini on\, don't mind seeing that all out Raspberry... yeah\, Tinkerbell on the beach\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The mother shake her head gently and say: \"Your grandfather\, called everything\, like a woman\, Fr ance\, Joy\, The spirit of America\"\n\n\n\n \"How did he describe the spi rit of America Mommy\": the daughter giggle.\n\n\n\n The mother smile and imitate her father's gestures: \"The Spirit of America is like a woman\, l ike a woman with a luscious afro with decorative hairpins like stars float ing around her hair\, she sits on a bed of fifty stars connected to the co smos\, and has a cape\, like superman\, but grander with the red and white stripes\, feet bare and dangling like godiva chocolate statues waiting to be eaten...yeah\, stylin spirit of America\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The mother continue: \"I know he was referring to your great gran\, she had the best afros\"\n\n\n\n \"I love GG\": say a stoic little girl.\n\n\n\n \"I love her too baby\": equa l in solemnity\, say her mother.\n\n\n\n The two walk and finally reach th e house. Suddenly a man appear from behind a bush.\n\n\n\n \"You too need a glass of lemonade\, try this homemade blend\"\n\n\n\n The little girl lo ok toward her mother who release her arm\, and she lunge for the lemonade and start to drink. The man patiently wait while he get a kiss on the chee k from the mother who take her glass of lemonade.\n\n\n\n The little girl finish and the man inquire: \"well...\"\n\n\n\n \"It's a little tangy\, no t perfect Uncle\": and the little girl smile. Her uncle throw down his hat in disgust and she continue: \"You will get there uncle\, we believe in y ou\, you will make the perfect lemonade one day\"\n\n\n\n \"Ahh... thanks Raspy\, come on and help me with the cooking for the party later\"\n\n\n\n And the uncle and niece go to the back of the house\, while the mother he ad to the far side. She soon notice her father's old car sitting in shiny glory\, being taken care of by her brother Nicodemus.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The mother sit in the car and remember when she showed her parents\, her first paid commission\, the spirt of america. They made a cake for her and celebrated. She rememb er her father said: \"I knew I was right\, I may have not gotten the descr iption incorrect\, it seems the spirit of america is like lady liberty in her teenage years\, no crown or lamp\, hair flying\, wearing wonder woman' s clothes\, wonder woman wouldn't mind and she needs the vibranium\, can't imagine the skin getting cracked and she being chosen to stand before new york city\, but\, she is still\, like a woman... yeah\, the badass spirit of america\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The mother hyper ventilate and start to cry. She think to the day after when her father no longer said anything was like a woman. Betwee n the heat side her sadness she fall asleep.\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n \"Mommy!. .. mommy... MOMMY!\": speak a little girl to her mother.\n\n\n\n \"hey my sweet Raspberry\": the mother gently waken.\n\n\n\n \"Daddy say you need t o eat... and here\": the little girl kiss her mother.\n\n\n\n \"Ohh... tha nk you\, give him this for me... and I want you to have fun with the firec rackers\, with all your cousins and everybody\, ok\": the mother after tak en the plate\, hug her daughter tightly.\n\n\n\n \"Ok mommy\, I love you\" \n\n\n\n \"I love you\"\n\n\n\n \"Don't be sad mommy\": the little girl sa y walking away.\n\n\n\n \"I am not my little light in the sky\, just remem bering... go on now\"\n\n\n\n The mother eat a little food and place the p late on the dashboard\, and lay back in the seat\, back to sleep.\n\n\n\n \"Nzinga...why aren't you eating Nzinga\": a gentle voice speak to the mot her. Nzinga open her eyes and is in amazement.\n\n\n\n \"Pa...\"\n\n\n\n \ "Hey \, surprised huh\, do you know some people where I now live visit lov ing ones during the aphelion\"\n\n\n\n Nzinga is still in shock looking at her father.\n\n\n\n He continue: \"... you know\, when the earth is farth est from the sun\, but it seems to only work when one is missed a lot... a nd I am not even like a woman\"\n\n\n\n Nzinga lunge and embrace her fathe r in the driver's seat.\n\n\n\n \"I miss you papa\"\n\n\n\n The spirit emb race his daughter and say: “ I know Nzinga\, but no need\, I am here jus t for a short while for a chance to get you not to miss me so much\"\n\n\n \n \"How long?!\": energetically state the daughter.\n\n\n\n \"Maybe only an hour\"\n\n\n\n \"What will we do?\"\n\n\n\n \"Drive around of course\": Nzinga's father clip the seatbelt\, and she smile\, and he continue: \"th is is my car\, that is a pretty special moon there\". Nzinga look to the m oon as her father stare at it.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n Nzinga's father say while she look to the moo n: \"It will be nice having the penumbral eclipse escort us for our short time\"\n\n\n\n Nzinga become stoic: \"why won't you come back...\"\n\n\n\n \"I am having too much fun with your mother\"\n\n\n\n Nzinga burst a laug h.\n\n\n\n Nzinga's father continue: \"oh and she told me to give Raspy a message\, she loves telling her stories in her dreams\"\n\n\n\n Nzinga's f ather start the car\, and Nzinga look back.\n\n\n\n He say: \"Don't worry\ , let the magic happen\"\n\n\n\n \"Death has not seemed to stop your sense of wit papa\"\n\n\n\n \"Well\, my little light\, let me tell you somethin g\, ok\, Death\, is like a woman...\"\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Hope you enjoyed reading\n\n\n\n If you like more of my stories check out my Short story c ollection series\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%2 0Murray%20Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;series Id=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n And I am on Bookbub\n\n\n\ n https://www.bookbub.com/authors/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-4 5c7d458ce49\n\n\n\n My blog\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-ric hard-murray-hearth/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250707 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June Solstice GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T113402Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:349-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n The June Solstice is between June 20th and June 22nd \, in 2020\, is on the 20th\, it will be in the moment 5:43 PM on Saturd ay \n \n\n\n\n \n  In the northern hemisphere summer begin\, in the  southern hemisphere winter begin. \n \n\n\n\n \n  The sun will appear to be at its highest point in the sky in the northern hemisphere\, the low est point in the sky in the southern hemisphere. \n \n\n\n\n \n  In par allel\, during the December solstice\, in the northern hemisphere it begin s winter\, in the southern hemipshere summer \n \n\n\n\n \n  The sun will appear to be at its lowest point in the sky in the northern hemisphe re \, while the highest in the southern hemisphere  \n \n\n\n\n \n EQu inox\, the path of the sun crosses the equator of earth extended out into space or the celestial equator.  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 1 https://aalbc. com/tc/blogs/entry/261-june-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-bl og/?do=findComment&\;comment=909  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aa lbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-june-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-new s-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=910  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n It is a day all the green blood ed know well. It is when the light shine highest above for those who live above earth’s waist. A sunflower look up and wonder what it’ s life wi ll be.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Will it get to grow old and watch se edlings make good on their journey or will it be other. It can not be cert ain. Suddenly\, it feel torn from the earth. Someone blindsided it. The su nflower yell out\, who.\n\n The rapist turn it and give a smile. The sunf lower is not amuse. The rapist place the sunflower in a glass basket. The flower protest to no reply\, after being walked around by this abuser\, fo r a seeming eternity. Then the sunflower is present to a human woman.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n The human woman is not happy at the first encou nter\, the sunflower is not either. What does this human want with me\, it thought? The human woman eventually accept the imprison sunflower\, calli ng it beautiful. The sunflower notice the light off her face and recall st ories from the butterflies about the sides of mountain ranges on clear day s. The butterflies said to the sunflowers\, if you ever see a glint of lig ht brighter than the sun off a mountain\, that glint is the sign of a moun tain in love. It makes a glint so that the mountain it is in love with can notice.  \n\n One butterfly said she saw another mountain reply under a deep blue clear sky\, a brown mountain\, glittering with various minerals \, made two glints in reply. The butterfly said it crossed a big ocean to see this. When a sunflower asked\, how can the mountains meet\, what babie s can they make? The butterfly said\, they meet through the distance. Moun tains are so sensitive they can make connections across great distance and as for children. They ask a midwife\, usually a volcanic mountain\, to ta ke their love in the earth’s blood and make a new mountain for them. The sunflower thinking on the oldest mountain clans stopped as it notice it i s alone in a human kitchen. It enjoy facing the sun\, highest in the sky. Suddenly\, someone turn it to face them.  \n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n The sunflower is not amuse. But when the interloper smile the sunflower r emind itself to what a mountain lion said. A mountain lion said it was cha sing wild sheep one time. A beautiful baby black sheep was separated from the pack and facing the mountain lion went off a cliff. The baby sheep fel l in mud. And had so much fun it was smiling and giggling\, not noticing t he mountain lion\, smacking its lips. The mountain lion checked the ground to make sure it evaded the mud\, for slippage or a loose area. When the m ountain lion made a run for the meal\, some mud reached out from the groun d and smacked it. The mountain lion realized the mud had become the protec tor\, the skin\, of the black sheep. A beautiful powerful skin that can no t be defeated easily. And the mountain lion left. The sunflower thought on the location of that sheep and its clan\, who put on the mud\, distinguis hing them from other black sheep. But\, a discussion between the two human women broke the sunflower’s train of thinking.  \n\n The human woman it was given to is upset with the interloper\, and point to her watch. The interloper make some gesture of hands\, sunflowers never comprehend human movement. Suddenly\, the interloper grab the sunflower\, the sunflower te ll her to stop. The sunflower want more sun. But the interloper does not h eed her. And\, she carries the Sunflower about for a seeming eternity. The sunflower dour mood was interrupted by a sudden feeling. The ebbing sun\, it ask the woman to turn it to the sun\, but to no avail. The sunflower i s turn to a woman\, the ebbing sunlight crowning her head.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n The sunflower is too angry to speak. But the waiting woman is gentle and give the sunflower a kiss. The kiss is so wet or succulent\ , it remind the sunflower to a story a baby snake told. The baby snake sai d it grew up around a brown river\, brown since ancient times. After the b aby snake was born it was told by mama snake to make its way in the world\ , crossing the brown river. Mama snake told all her babies\, trust the riv er\, it is our clans friend. The baby snake trusted naturally and went on its journey. A wicked fox\, notice the baby snake\, and leap from the gree n to pounce. Luckily the baby snake was close enough to other green to sli p through the fox’s paw. The fox did not give up and leap into the ancie nt brown river after the baby snake. The baby snake remember the chant mam a snake always sang while she was pregnant.  \n\n “G ⁠r⁠e ⁠a⁠t ⁠ ⁠a ⁠n⁠c ⁠i⁠e ⁠n⁠t ⁠ ⁠b ⁠r⁠o ⁠w⁠n ⁠ ⁠r⁠i ⁠v⁠e⁠r⁠\ ,⁠ ⁠p⁠r⁠o⁠ te⁠c⁠t⁠ ⁠me⁠ \,⁠ ⁠li⁠k⁠e⁠ ⁠m⁠y⁠ ⁠a⁠ n⁠c⁠e⁠s⁠t⁠o⁠r⁠\,⁠ ⁠First⁠ ⁠s⁠na⁠k⁠e⁠.” And the ancient brown river\, swirled the fox who leap out after\, and the ba by snake go through the river gaining a brown color that it has ever after \, a power gain through the ancient river’s kiss.\n\n The two face the sunflower to the sunlight off the moon which waken the sunflower from memo ry. And the sunflower relax having one high flying day.\n\n …\n\n Than k you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below\n\n Bo okbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-45 9e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-ri chard-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.c om/us/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;se riesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n h ttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfiel d=Series&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Sto ry Collection\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murra y%20Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014 c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n An old sunflower\, waken with the high sunlight.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n It know that today is the day the prisoner of the light is allowed to exit her prison. The s unflower watch as the prisoner take full form over a pool of water. The pr isoner look at her reflection in the pool.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The woman pull down and off her 1 960s miniskirt\, place the love beads gently on top\, and run. The sunflow er watch her leave out of sight\, and retain the view to the sun. The woma n run to the shore\, smelling the great sea. Noticing the coast after two mile\, she keep going\, knowing time is of the essence. She stop on the ed ge of the land\, the sea fronting her.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n She dive into the water and swim\, go ing farther and farther south. She inhumanely\, go to depths where the sea greens grow large or free from human involvement. She search for somethin g in the green sea.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n Searching and searching\, knowing time is not on her sid e. She suddenly swim to a place and take something from the sea. She swims northward and northward to the substrate of sky plus sea. A small boat\, a lone fisherman\, see the female. She does not move but the man seem plea sant and greet her in a human language she know. She wait and the boat arr ive. The fisherman help her out the ocean. He is very old and say\, he alw ays prepare to meet a mermaid. He hand her a red dress and she smile at hi m\, but say nothing. She point to the shore and he comprehend. While on th e way\, he tell her that none of his drink mates will believe he met a rea l mermaid\, and she smile. When they reach the shore\, he tell her to be s afe\, while he go back out to catch a late fish. He promise to come by thi s coast when he is done to make sure she is safe. The woman take a lock of her hair and give it to the fisherman who smile. After the fisherman is o ut of sight\, she sit and open up what she find in the green sea. It is a book and she read as the sun go to setting.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n Before the Sun finish setting sh e run back to the pool\, and grab her other clothes and love bead necklace \, with tears rolling down her face and a bright smile.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you like more of my stories check out my Short story collection series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short% 20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d -584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n And I am on Bookbub\n\n\n\n https://www.bo okbub.com/authors/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n\ n\n My blog\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hear th/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Equinox GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T112213Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:347-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n September Equinox is from september 20th to september 24th it was in 2021 september 22nd 13:31 UTC equate to 8:31 utc-5\, it is the beginning of fall  in the northern hemisphere\, spring in the s outhern hemisphere <\; http://www.astropixels.com/ephemeris/soleq2001.h tml  >\;  \n \n\n\n\n \n  share photos of art OR text of fiction \ n \n\n\n\n \n  The photos can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or sewing/gr affiti/tattoo or any craft depicting Black people in spring in the souther n hemisphere\, any country <\;south america/caribbean/africa/south asi a/australia>\; OR  Black people in fall in the northern hemisphere\, any country <\;north america/europe/northern asia>\; \n \n\n\n\n \ n  The text can only be fiction based on the following: Black person or peoples at the first day of spring or fall \n \n\n\n\n \n  Story 1 htt ps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-para de-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=948\n \n\n \n Story 2 htt ps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-para de-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=949\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n I remember the autumn gatherings when I was a girl\; sparkling gala’s where my pare nts dressed me plus my siblings in glittering attire. I loved it. I felt a lways like a princess.\n\n The pumpkin pie\, the cranberrry sauce\, the r ice pudding\, the apple custard\, the watermelon slices\, the corn bread … I loved it all. A peaceful rearing for me\, the magic was in merely b eing alive\; I had no need of unicorns from mystical worlds gated in fores ts or aliens from beyond the sky or anything unearthly.\n\n I had a brill iant summer\, and now my Autumn.\n\n \n \n\n \n My autumn is simple and in continuity\, a life from a woman alone. My job I like to do while it pa y the bills\, allow me to save\, and give me time off. I am unmarried\, bu t I have all sorts of comforts: masculine\,friendly\,inhuman\; I am not al one. I am the autumn\, and I am at peace as when I was the summer.\n\n \n \n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below \n\n Poetry or More\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28 -459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29 -richard-murray-hearth/\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n An autumn wind speak this morning. It speak that the autumn is here for good\, until the winter wind come. Let me boil some syrup. I need to get the wood\, give me a moment. <\;Sniffle>\; I rem ember when I came here. The tantalum rush was amazing. Can you imagine a s tream of automated vessels\, frozen bodies inside \, risking fate\, betwee n harvested body parts to raided goods to slavery on an A.B. hideaway \, s treaming from the spaceport in Addis Abeba to Beijing2 on Europa. I recall viewing it\,nightly\, with my ElectronMacroscope\, from here on Titan. Fe w of those brave travelers made it here\; the terraforming of this moon wa s the last initiative of the United Nations before the fall. But\, million s came to this moon for the Tantalum. I worked my way here: a labor ticket to the moon from Earth\, thirty years serving Senor Quetza who is still a lunar lord\, paid my way to the graneries of mars for thirty years of ove rseering the self-automates\, then enough money to take a long arc frozen trip around the AB and the battles of Jupiter. From out of my mother's wom b to Titan took ninety one years. At seventy-eight I was content. I never found a woman on the way who wanted eternity with me or likewise. I helped a few people become mature. But\, I just wanted to reach this place. Took me five years but I found this little enclave between mountains\, no Tant alum\, but everything I truly wanted. Some place to rest after a life live d.\n \n\n \n I hear something. I am getting dressed to go out. Sometimes my fellow minors lose themselves in their depression. <\; creeeeek>\; I don't see anyone. ... I hear it again. Let me check the ri ver. Ahh....\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n The Autumn Deer is looking at me from the frozen mist down the mount ain in the nearby wood. Amazing how the deer evolved here. \"Hello Friend! \" Ahh\, he is going into the ice blue mist. Enjoy life my friend\, as I h ave. If anyone find my audiorecordings this land is in your caretaking. Th e tantalum can not be mined forever. And the beauty here can not outlast t he dying sun\, but will last longer.\n \n\n \n  \n \ n\n \n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my w ork read below\n \n\n \n Poetry or More\n \n\n \ n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n \n\n \n Bookbub\n \n\n \n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/rich ard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n \n\n \n AALBC\n \n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard -murray-hearth/\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250925 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:December Solstice GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T111714Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:346-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n The December Solstice occurs between December 20th to December 22nd  in 2021 was December 21st 11:19 pm EST or UTC-5 \, it is the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere\, summer in the southe rn hemisphere \n \n\n\n\n \n  share photos of art OR text of fiction \ n \n\n\n\n \n  The photos can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or sewing/gr affiti/tattoo or any craft depicting Black people in summer in the souther n hemisphere\, any country <\;south america/caribbean/africa/south asi a/australia>\; OR  Black people in winter in the northern hemisphere\ , any country <\;north america/europe/northern asia>\; \n \n\n\n\n \n  The text can only be fiction based on the following: Black person or peoples at the first day or summer or winter  \n \n\n\n\n \n    STO RY 1 : https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-december-solstice-art-or-text -craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=963\n \n\n \n S tory 2: https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-december-solstice-art-or-tex t-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=964\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n “Look up mommy”: sp eak a voice\, looking up\, in the night.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “I see t he conjunction\; do you remember the planets?”: speak an older voice\, l ooking down at her daughter.\n\n \n\n “umm yes\, Mshtari and… and\ , don’t say it! Zohari”\n\n \n\n “Very good… do you want to hear a story about them?”\n\n \n\n “yes”  \n\n \n\n A blanket cover s the two as a third sit down next to his wife in the blanket\; he says no thing while looking up.\n\n \n\n The mother clears her throat.\n\n \n\n “Once many\, many\, moon turns ago the planets\, who were young then\, made forms to travel beyond their bodies and record experiences\, Zohari chose a form and wanted to experience the ability to play find and seek wi th the Sun”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “While the avatar to Zohari was on a way to Ra\, Mshtari made an avatar. ”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “Mshtar i wanted to play shadow evasion with the Sun. And the avatar of Mshtari in tercepted the avatar of Zohari.\n\n \n\n The two avatars need not speak\ ; they knew their intentions and they began to fight.\n\n \n\n The avata r of Ra noticed the battle while waiting in its crown. ”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “The avatars fought with so much passion\, they brightened all o f space. That grabbed the attention of Hathor\, of the old divinities. She appeared about Ra.”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “She spoke to Ra and sugge sted a solution. Since the two are fighting over hiding in the dark or sta ying in the light\, why not make it where they both can have fun.  \n\n \n\n Ra did not know how. Hathor answered\, what if you use a planet. Wit h Zohari’s avatar on the side not facing you and Mshtari’s on the side facing you\, you can search for Zohari while dance with Mshtari.  \n\n \n\n Ra liked the idea and flew to the fight. The two battling avatars ag reed and their spirits soon separated\, dimming the heavens. And all three ended up playing on every planet they can find.  \n\n \n\n Till they r an out of energy and needed to go back to their sources.”\n\n \n\n And the two parents\, sandwiching thier child\, cuddled tighter and looked up to the old light.\n\n \n\n If you enjoy my stories and want to read mor e consider the following\n\n Illustrated fables\, from a city near you\n\ n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/concrete-fables\n\n The Goods News through the year- stories throughout the calendar\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/ entry/261-december-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/\n \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is the shortest night in Av are\, in Sao Paulo in Brazil\, a farmer walk to a simple orange tree\, gro wing away from the grove. The sun sets and the stars brighten as they get their chance to gather. The farmer begins to grab stars and place them int o the tree\, where they can talk and gossip the news across eons.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n The farmer listen into a faint star dangling low near the base of the tree.\n\n\n\n \"I recall the Lonely Man\, the two Weepers and the Three Brothers of the Rim\, looking a cross my universe...the glare of our light never allowing him to see anyth ing ahead\, his back eternally fixed\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \"...He was still looking out\, when I came here\, b itter\, angry\"\n\n\n\n The farmer walk out to the edge of the tree and gr ab a star\, and it speak to him.\n\n\n\n \"I am a member of the Golden Lad le... my cousins\, the dippers\, tell me many sailors find their way\, usi ng them\, on this world...but I know a world where the skies decides where the sailors sail\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \"A sky of said world tried to discover what effect we stars had on the ir fellow skies. It measured distances and changes\, the sailors of said w orld loved that sky cause it was calm at sea level\, allowing the lesser w inds to govern the actions above the sparkling sea... that begins the lege nd of Narda the sailor and the seas of night... now place me there\"\n\n\n \n And the farmer\, place the star where it gleamed to. Suddenly\, a numbe r of stars laughed on a lengthy branch. And the farmer edged close to over hear a particularly glinty star\n\n\n\n \"...alright\, alright\, remember all of you flashes\, everything I say is the truth... I once saw the spiri t of the existence\, that is right... the spirit of existence\, which turn ed from a star brighter than my dreams into some image of a fleshy female creature\, was talking gibberish.\"\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \"Everything the spirit said was gibberish\, just a fli ckering about. I asked it\, what is the problem? That is right\, I am a ge ntlestar. The spirit suggested some fleshy male creature\, tricked it. I s aid impossible. I told the spirit of existence\, my cousin is what those f leshies call the north star\, if it shine bright with me\, it will forget all of the tricks of the crawlers. So\, the spirit of existence\, chose to shine with me. Yes\, that is right\, it shined with me\, and me alone. No one else saw because the rest of you were busy talking to yourselves\, no t gleaming all around you. I of course\, am aware of what is going on and saved all your lives. The spirit even touched me with a flare. Yes\, it di d and said\, my simple focus inspired it to select me to have a child. We will call it\, Horus or Hercules or something. Shut up Cassia! Your just m ad you didn't get a chance with the spirit\"\n\n\n\n And the farmer chose to move on and pick another star. For when the night end\, only oranges wi ll exist where the stars were. A juice not to be sold\, but savored.\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n If you enjoy my stories and want to read more consider the f ollowing\n\n\n\n Illustrated fables\, from a city near you\n\n\n\n https:/ /www.kobo.com/ebook/concrete-fables\n\n\n\n The Goods News through the yea r- stories throughout the calendar\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entr y/261-december-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251223 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Veteran's Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T110839Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:344-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n November 11  \n \n\n\n\n \n Veterans day is Novemb er 11th\, share photos of art OR test of fiction\, guest comments are allo wed \n \n\n\n\n \n  The photos can be to->\;sculpture/knitting or sew ing/graffiti/tattoo concerning Black Veterans\, any country any time\, any army \n \n\n\n\n \n  The text can only be fiction based on the followi ng: Black Soldiers who fought against the USA for the british/ Black sold iers during the Haitian Freeing/ Black Seminoles during the time of osceo la/jonas caballo/Black soldiers who fought for Menelik II in the first Ab yssinian-italo war \n \n\n \n story 1\n \n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/b logs/entry/261-veterans-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=fi ndComment&\;comment=959\n \n\n \n story 2\n \n\n \n https://aalbc.com /tc/blogs/entry/261-veterans-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/? do=findComment&\;comment=960\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n A teenage boy sit side his parents in a living room\, surfing the net while eating breakfast\, the quiet is nullifying. He see a trailer for a film.  \n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n “Black people in Mexi co!… you hear this”: the teenager shout.\n\n \n\n “yes\, you did n’t know\, Hakim”: pleasantly inquire his mother.  \n\n \n\n Hakim father chime in a vocal gesture\, a nod\, and words: “Black people live\ , all over\, the earth\, always have\, always will”\n\n \n\n “You gu ys didn’t tell me about that”\n\n \n\n The parents look to each othe r\, and the father speak: “now you know”: and the father laugh.  \n\n \n\n “Can either of you tell me more about them”\n\n \n\n “I wi ll go make muffins Sweets”: and the father begin to leave the living roo m.\n\n \n\n “Ok Cowboy…You see that envelope Hakim… yes\, open it and pass me the photo inside… thank you\, this is your grandfather\, he fought in what you were taught is called World War 2”\n\n \n\n “it wasn’t called that”\n\n \n\n “not to him\, he said\, Black folk a ll around the world been at war and still at war with whites for hundreds of years\, no one called that a world war… you know\, he died when I was a little older than you\, I missed him a lot\, you want to know how I saw him later\, and how it relates to Black Mexicans”\n\n \n\n Hakim give a nod and his mother tell a story.\n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n A girl cry in her room unaware of\, what she will do or be\, where she can go. She look through a photograph book and see her mother side Aunty Bessie\, when the y served in world war 2.  \n\n \n\n https://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/p ost/189791629093/ltjg-harriet-ida-pickens-and-ens-frances\n\n \n\n She r emember her father telling her: “Never join the military Dulce\, never\, never serve another unless it is for your own safety\, don’t let your e nslavers sell you their lies till you can’t eat anything else\, I was fo rced\, like many\, don’t do it unless they force you to”\n\n \n\n Dulce’s mother was less clear\; she suggested to Dulce: “I know your f ather’s ways but no matter what you do\, I will accept it”\n\n \n\n But Dulce want to uphold her father\; she want to uphold his truth\; her p roblem is few opportunities exist outside joining up. Dulce does not want to clean homes. Dulce does not want to open doors. Dulce does not want to be a secretary. Dulce want to play basketball\; no female teams exist\, ev en though she play side all her friends in South Essex.\n\n \n\n Dulce c ontinue to cry\, nearly twenty and unsure. The rain pour over everything o utside. Dulce hear droplets from the crack in the window\; she has to clos e the window so the rain do not come in. At the window she see an odd memb er in the graffiti on the back side of Uncle Benny’s Ice Cream Parlor.\n \n \n\n  \n\n \n\n It wink at Dulce\; and she go outside to take the trash\; her mother call out her name at the back door\; she reply\, just t aking out the trash ma\, and get a simple affirmative.\n\n \n\n In the b ack alley she approach the graffiti soldier. His eyes look to her\, she sh uffle backward and gasp\, and he speak: “Glad you came out to see me\, g lad you got your hood\, preparation is good for any soldier”\n\n \n\n Dulce look about worried: “am I in the Twilight Zone or something”\n\n \n\n “No need to worry young one\, but your father told me all about you”\n\n \n\n “My Daddy… but he”\n\n \n\n “is dead? yes\, bu t what most of you living folk don’t know is\, when a soldier dies\, par t of their spirit is unrest till their country is found”\n\n \n\n “m y daddy was an american citizen”\n\n \n\n “yes\, he was\, but…”\ n\n \n\n “he never loved the usa”\n\n \n\n “thus\, the part of h is soul that is a soldier has no country\, think of it\, like a spiritual veterans day\, you living folk honor the soldiers who live based on your r ules of citizenship\, but we spirits\, honor the soldiers who died based o n the countries they were fighting for\, take my hand”\n\n \n\n Dulce step back again.  \n\n \n\n “I want to take you to your father”\n\n \n\n Dulce step forward\, and again\, and again\, and take the outstret ch hand of the graffiti soldier.\n\n \n\n Dulce and the Graffiti Soldier begin to walk in the spirit world\, hand in hand.  \n\n \n\n “Don’ t worry\, you are only in here because of me\, if you let go my hand\, you will be back in the rain\, no problem”\n\n \n\n The two walk about in the forever fading world and she see soldiers\, who look like her daddy i n uniform.\n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n She see soldiers from other times\n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n She see soldiers she think is from the war between th e states\n\n  \n\n \n\n Dulce see soldiers that look like the Graffiti Soldier: “they look like you”\n\n \n\n “yes\, some from the Black Brigade\, most of the Ethiopian Regiment”\n\n \n\n Suddenly\, the Gra ffiti Soldier grab her hand tight and say: “remember\, you can’t lea ve me”\n\n \n\n Dulce is excited as she see her father\, sitting among other troops\, about a fire.  \n\n \n\n Dulce father smile bright when he see her and break to only stand firm and salute the Graffiti Soldier :“ Thank you Colonel Tye”\n\n \n\n “No problem soldier\, I wish I could leave you two alone but”\n\n \n\n “It is alright sir\, thank y ou for this”\n\n \n\n “Well little one\, I will sit here and you can sit beside me while you two talk”\n\n \n\n Dulce sit side her father while the Graffiti Soldier sit as arm far as possible.\n\n \n\n Dulce an d her father hug: “Daddy I miss you”\n\n \n\n “I know\, the part o f me that is your father\, your mother’s husband\, feels your love all t he time\, thank you\, but know a part of me has a timeless love for you” \n\n \n\n “Can I help with finding a country”\n\n \n\n “Well\, I know some spirits have been waiting for\, well\, longer than I can explai n\, over there are Loyalists\, who fought for the British\, the country th ey fought for may never happen\, the best stories come from the Black Semi noles\, their oldest ones were actually descended from loyalists who are h ere\, can you imagine a family reunion here\, truly wild”\n\n \n\n “ Well\, can I come back here”\n\n \n\n “I am being helped by my comra des to do this\, I wanted to show you some of those guys over there\, Warr iors who fought with Jonas Caballo. They died so that Florida could be its own country\, where black or indigenous people could live free absent rai ds or any sort of attack from the usa\, they said something special happen ed”\n\n \n\n “what tell me please”\n\n \n\n “well\, they say\, that the people must have found a home\, cause no soldier joined them who said they died out\, the last soldier said they were in mexico and were h eading south”\n\n \n\n “Black people in mexico”\n\n \n\n “well now you know\, though I have seen many soldiers\, I tell you\, Black peop le live\, all over\, the earth\, always have\, always will\, just like whi tey\, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise\, the whole world has native b lack or white people\, look a little different here or there\, but everywh ere has black or white people”\n\n \n\n “Should I tell ma somethin g?”\n\n \n\n “No need\, I see her in dreams… I want you to know\, the country I fought for\, has never existed\, but if you need to sign up\ , even if you know about this place\, do it”\n\n \n\n “Thanks popp a!”: Dulce embrace her father very tightly: “I still miss you”\n\n \n\n “I know\, you get back in the house ok”\n\n \n\n Dulce feel Co lonel Tye releasing his grip\; she try to grab him back but rain pour on h er in the back alley\, instead. She stand up and lean over to get the rain from falling on her face\, and enter back into the house.  \n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n “Alright everybody! muffins are made”: speak Hakim’s f ather\, entering the living room with a warm buttery smelling plate.\n\n \n\n He sit down and Hakim ask him as his mother begin a needlepoint: “ you know the story of when Ma met OldPa”\n\n \n\n Hakim’s father lau gh.  \n\n \n\n “Ma\, is this your home? thank you”\n\n \n\n Dulce put down her needlepoint: “Well… the home soldiers fight for\, than k you… soldiers die for\, soldiers return from war to\, is not the home of the heart\, like our little apartment\, it is the home for their people ”\n\n \n\n “But why didn’t you try to find that home…for our peo ple\, the home where grandpa’s spirit can be at peace”\n\n \n\n “I think … that is what your grandpa wanted to tell me\, that he will be a lright\, part of him has eternity to wait and pretty good company\, I need to find my home of the heart first\, before I can find a home for the peo ple”\n\n \n\n “I will find the home grandpa’s spirit can return to”\n\n \n\n Hakim’s father hand him another muffin: “I bet you wi ll\, but put some jelly on that first”\n\n \n\n Thank you for reading\ , if you want to read more of my work read below\n\n Poetry or More\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www. bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\ n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is an afternoon sun thro ugh calming clouds on the private catholic school Institution Marmoutier \ , along the Loire river. A boy take his lunch and go to his favorite river side\, alone.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n He unfurl his mat and lay on it\, placing his lunch beside his head\, and loo k to the gentle clouds\, tears budding at the corner of each eye. He sniff and take out an earbud to hear a Carl Sagan recording. His dad liked Carl Sagan alot\, as a kid his dad listened to Sagan with his grandfather. The youth cover his face using the back of his hand while tears flow down che eks.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Abrupt yelling interrupt his woe. He see a girl ru nning from other girls\, and he leave his food and mat yelling: \"Arrete!\ "/\"Stop!\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n He chases them to the abbey\; it is quiet c ause most of the students are in their rooms or the game room or cafeteria .\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n He go inside th e abbey and silence. He see the portrait of Saint Martin\, third bishop of this abbey.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n And he recall his father telling him on his first day at the school.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"Souvenez-vous\, soyez altruiste\, comme Saint Martins\"/\"Rem ember\, be unselfish\, like Saint Martins\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n He prayed f or days that his father will recover and come home\, be a veteran. He is a fraid of memorial day communication from relatives in New Orleans in the U SA.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Sobbing interrupt his prayers and he go to it. Nest led in a small corner of a hall is a girl his age\, by her dress pattern.\ n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n He ask: \"Qui a f ait ça?\"/\"Who did this?\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The girl do not reply but the boy notice blood from her inner right thigh. He take off his jacket an d put it over her and rip part of his shirt and give it to her. She wrap h er thigh. A chaplain arrive. The boy is nervous. The chaplain place a calm hand up and say: \"Sois calme. J'ai vu ce que tu as fait.\"/\"Be calm. I saw what you did.\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The girl rise and go to the chaplai n. He whisper in her ear and she turn slightly\, her hands on the jacket. The chaplain calmly dissuade her and she exits out the abbey.\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n \"Avec moi\"/\"With me\": gently demand the chaplain to the boy. Th ey walk quietly through the halls and into the chapel.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"S'il vous plaît\, priez avec moi\, là où saint Martins a prié\"/\"Pl ease\, pray with me\, where saint Martins did pray\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Th e boy at first kneel and close his eyes\, peering slightly to see if the c haplain was doing similar. The chaplain smile while praying and the boy cl ose his eyes. The silence made the boy dwell on his thoughts to his father \, and he prayed in earnest after a while\, and lost track of time\, until .\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A bell sound a new hour and he rise up.\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n \"profiter de l'école\, tout ira bien\"/\"profit from the schooling \, all will be well\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The boy run to class\, an officia l stand outside the classroom door he run to\; his jacket is on a hanger.\ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"bein etudient\, aller aller\"/\"good student\, go go\ "\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The boy put his jacket on and enter the classroom\, a nd his day progress as most school days do.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n But\, in th e evening at his dorm room\, a knock on the door. He cut on the light and run to embrace his father.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"Vous avez laissé ça deho rs\"/\"You left this outside \"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The boy smile looking t o his father and notice a wrapping\; the right thigh of his father has a t ight strapping.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"Oh\, ma jambe\, j'ai essayé de sauve r la vie d'une fille\, elle est morte plus tard d'une explosion\, mais je jure\, j'ai pensé à elle dans mon coma\"/\"Oh\, my leg\, I have tried to save the life of a girl\, she is dead after an explosion\, but I swear\, I have thought to her in my coma\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \"Merci \, Saint Mar tins\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Poetry or More\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n Bookbub\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/ri chard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n AALBC \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hear th/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Halloween GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T110553Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:343-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n October 31st Halloween\, Oct 31st to Nov 1st is Samha in\, mid september equinox to december solstice\n \n\n \n The time of fin al main harvest before the winter. look at this dog\, the ghost:) https:/ /0512-97.tumblr.com/post/631277935457878016\n \n\n\n\n \n  Story 1\n \n\ n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-halloween-art-or-text-craft-par ade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=957\n \n\n \n Story 2\n \ n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-halloween-art-or-text-craft-p arade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=958\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n STORY 1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n This was the party I planne d for months to attend. You have to realize\, this woman is so sexy\, and is a star trek addict.  So\, I usually am weak in the knees when I am aro und her. But she talked about the Halloween Party of the year the second day we met\, three month ago. I love Mr. Spock too\, but I will be blunt. I never saw a Vulcan as sexy as her.  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n \n\ n \n \n So\, here I am. I am prepared to the party. I am dressed as a r ed shirt\, willing to die tonight. I gave her a text and she said she was at the porch with friends. At the stairwell\, I glanced at a Cheetara\, n ot really complete\; in truth she was more like Fairuza Balk\, and I had an issue looking away from her cute face.  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \ n \n\n \n \n It didn’t help me that she had a healthiness around her heart. As a gentleman\, I smiled and she spoke to me. She said: “hi\, m y name is Mikaela\, will you tell me about your world?”  \n \n \n\n \ n \n I replied\, placing out my tricorder: “I come from earth in this collection of planets called the federation. But I arrived to this planet on a ship called the Enterprise” \n \n \n\n \n \n “Do you want m e to escort you around my planet?” \n \n \n\n \n \n “why not\, let’s try up there” \n \n \n\n \n \n We walked up the stairs and guided through the collectives of various people. At the top of the stars \, we saw a guardian. \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n \n\n \n \n I spok e in shock to my guide: “who is this\, the tricorder says she is full of diakente energy” \n \n \n\n \n \n The guardian twirls and s aid: “I am Sailor Andromeda\, can I be of assistance\" \n \n \n\n \n \n I reply: \"I have a guide from this world\, escorting me around. I am trying to get to the porch\, see what the mountains are like” \n \ n \n\n \n \n Sailor Andromeda replied: “I will help\, follow me”  \n \n \n\n \n \n So\, we three went to the porch. And I saw my choco late Vulcan\, kissing a male Vulcan. It occurred to me\, I never asked her about her private life. I assumed because she never said. I tried to ushe r my party away but she saw me\, and waved. So\, I used my tricorder and v entured to her party. I must admit\, the greetings didn’t help me. And\, I recall little of the Vulcan I wanted’s smile or the smiles of the t wo other guys that joined us\, one to embrace Sailor Andromeda\, or the ot her to embrace my original guide. We ate food\, under the moon. We moved o ur clocks back. And at the end\, I hugged all three beautiful women. And w ent home alone. But I remember the night well because I saw my new neigh bor for the first time. And\, she happened to want someone to watch her s tar trek collection. \n \n \n\n \n \n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below\n\n Poetry or More\n\n https:/ /www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookb ub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n A ALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n It is the night when the s eason is between the equinox in September and the solstice in December. Th e woods are dark or cool. The spirits of indigenous warriors are allowed u nder the Hunters Moon to inhabit the crows. The march of the pumpkins alwa ys arrives through night mid-September equinox or December solstice\; they are filled with spirits of children killed before born by the hand of fat e. But\, in this rare night\, the crows found assistance in the crows.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n Usually\, pumpkins h ave to travel far in the night to get their inner souls released. Most hum ans these days don't allow pumpkins to be housed for souls\, cutting shape s that the spirits can naturally induce. But the spirits in the crows unde r the Hunters Moons know. And they choose pumpkins to free their spirits\; they choose based on how courageous a pumpkin is. One of the pumpkins sel ected was the first to reach the top of the hill\, any hop forward and it will slide down.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n It tried to help the crows break it free by glowing as much as possible. E ventually\, it became free and then absent the pumpkin shell\, became a li ght in the sky. Like all others who became free\, it lifted high enough to be seen as a star in the sky by anyone on the ground. And\, per fate\, a young witch noted the spirit in the sky\, like a star.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n She flew up into the sky and met the spirit and asked it\, in an ancient tongue: \"young spirit\, I lost my ab ility to have children in an accident but I will love to be your mom\, if we work together\, I can help you get a body\"\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The spir it reply: \"Thank you\, I didn't expect to be gathered by a human. I have been on the march for hundreds of years\, since Wounded Knee\"\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n The witch opened her mouth and the spirit came inside. She slowly descended on her broom with a brightness\, and went into her home for a cu p of coffee. After a bath in herbal salts\, she leaves her home\, and sits on the grasses outside her home with a cup of coffee. Butterflies flied a bout her solar brightness in the evening\, a new mother with a child honor ed by the warriors.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n The End\n\n\n\n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read below Poetry or More https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more- 1 Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-4 59e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49 AALBC https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-m urray-hearth/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251102 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Day of Peace GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T110144Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:342-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n September 21st international day of peace- a story o f peace \n \n\n\n\n \n  https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september- equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comme nt=947\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  International Day of Peace story\n\n\n\n A man one day thought to himself\, I will disturb n othing else\, while laying in a bed\, formerly his. He pee on the bed\, de facate on the bed\, so that he will not disturb the floor\, the door\, the world outside. His body hurt when he become hungry and he shake in the be d\, stirring in the odor.\n\n Finally\, he realize he has to disturb where he lay. He can never be completely peaceful\, and gets off his bed at pea ce.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250921 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cat Nights GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105901Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:341-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Cat Nights begin on August 17th - display any text or art concerning cats. <\;Cat Nights begin on August 17. This term harks back to the days when people believed in witches. A rather obscure old Iri sh legend said that a witch could turn herself into a cat eight times\, bu t on the ninth time (August 17)\, she couldn’t regain her human form. Th is bit of folklore also gives us the saying\, “A cat has nine lives.” Because August is a yowly time for cats\, this may have prompted the spe culation about witches on the prowl in the first place. Also\, nights cont inue to get longer. Cats\, crepuscular creatures\, are nocturnal hunters. Their superior night vision means that the nights belong to them. citing& gt\;  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-black-cowboy- day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=9 43  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n POETRY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A Seventeenth Witch \n\n\n\n It was a quiet morning\, in an eighth seventeenth\n\n\n\n Miss Sa rah\, a witch\, had a really long day\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n The clouds full from night dings\, all seem calm underneat h\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, wait an encounter\, in the street\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n A tree crack begin a sing\, mashes like titans teeth\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, now no human feet\, but purring\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n A girl cry\, I am falling! sh outs from anger bequeath\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, know hands weave cruel from the lightning\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n Cat shad e\, spells from lightning cling\, in nights eighth seventeenth\n\n\n\n Mis s Sarah\, four legged\, know where the light land\n\n\n\n A witch\, that s he is\, that she is\n\n\n\n Through parks\, dodge wild cans\, running\, pa st bright cars underneath\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, absorb the cruelty fore the street\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n Boom! she leap side hot white bling\, she fall on concrete teeth  \n\n\n\n Miss Sarah.. . feel wet licks and a quiet warmth\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that s he is\n\n\n\n Eyes open to soeur earrings\, We Won! now eighth eighteenth\ n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, in the pawed coven\, knew the price\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n A teen wait for a purring\, cause her m other bequeath\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, in her daughter's arms\, now home\, sa fe\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n No image through tw eet will bring\, witch pride last seventeenth\n\n\n\n Miss Sarah\, side si sters\, saved all\, quietly\n\n\n\n A witch\, that each is\, that each is\ n\n\n\n If you see a black\, purring\, rubbing\, please don't seethe\n\n\n \n Miss Sarah\, or sister maybe\, just friendly\n\n\n\n A witch\, that she is\, that she is\n\n\n\n from\n\n Richard Murray\n\n\n\n If you want to e njoy more poetry from me\, consider the following work\n\n Poetry or More - Audiobook series\n\n\n\n Poetry or More- complete text only\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250817 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Cowboy Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105645Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:340-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Black Cowboy day- In the USA \, National Cowboy day is july 25th so I say\, give this day to art\, text full of imagination for the black cowboy  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/ 261-saint-mary-magdalene-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=f indComment&\;comment=938  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The world seem dark\, stepping hooves are still a udible. A hand lift the veil of unending night into a day aside a rodeo tr oop.  \n\n \n\n “What did I tell you about walkin around when the horse s are about with your hat down?” : speak a visibly mature female in an h onest rodeo rider gown\, gentle while luscious smile absent lipstick\, smo oth chocolate skin reflecting the light in the day\; the little girl she i s speaking to shrug her shoulders.  \n\n \n\n “Come on Candace”: spea k another female troop member. The little girl\, a third candace height or width with hair in a bun while some mud is in her face\, look about the t roop getting ready.\n\n \n\n \n\n “hey\, Emae \, be good ok and when we finish the afternoon show I will tell you a story from any card you want ”: and Candace get on her horse\, in front of the troop. Emae look to Ca ndace horse.  \n\n \n\n “Jambalaya\, please take care of Candace”\n\n \n\n The horse look down to Emae and winkle both nostril. Emae walk aroun d the march and take something from her back pocket\; it seem to be a card set. Suddenly\, Emae drop the card set with a shimmy.  \n\n \n\n “Beeb ee!”: Emae shake her head while picking up the remaining fallen card. Be ebee sit in the railing and Emae eventually join her.\n\n \n\n “Why do y ou take your cards out Em\, I keep mine safe”\n\n \n\n “Cause Candace always gives good information on any one I choose in various times\, I mus t be ready”\n\n \n\n “I don’t have that one\, who is that”\n\n \n\ n \n\n \n\n “This is Nat Love\, my sister said he once jumped off of the Rio Grande Western Railway to catch a horse that was possessed by a venge ful spirit.”\n\n \n\n “you and your stories”: but Beebee listen.  \ n\n \n\n “All are true!\, the train was taking magical native american i tems from Mesa Verde\, Colorada to Salt Lake\, and from there to New York and go cross an ocean to Finnyland”\n\n \n\n “Well that explain the horse’s anger”\n\n \n\n “Yep\, the horse was trying to cause an aval anche on the mountain side\, but Love waited for it\, climbing outside the train cars to the front of the train\, and jumped on it\, using his years of experience. No one in the company saw him wrassle a horse before. And he and horse tumbled aside the mountain. He was so tough. He saw the spiri ts in the horse and asked them what was wrong as he rode the bucking beast . GO CANDACE!”\n\n \n\n Beebee cheer. And\, Emae continue talking as the y watch.  \n\n \n\n “… backflip it Sara!… well\, the spirits spoke to Love and they said\, they don’t want to leave thier home. Love realiz ed what needed to be done. The ancient spirits needed another vessel. But with so many spirits in need\, the horse wasn’t enough\, so Love made a bargain with the spirits. He will offer his body if he fail to return all the spirits to their ancestral home… eventually the train reached Salt L ake and with the spirits help\, he acquired a set of horses\, more than en ough to hold all the spirits with room to spare and he escorted them back to Mesa. My sister said she will tell me how he fought the ghost panther\, an ancient enemy of the spirits who tried to stop them from going home” \n\n \n\n “hmm\, I got to get him\, I like that one\, Ohhh! I love that one”\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “You got a boyfriend!”\n\n \n\n Beebee punch Emae on the arm and continue: “My pa always dress up as him for harvest . Do you know about him?”\n\n \n\n EMae shake her head negatively.\n\n \ n\n “Ned Huddlestone\, later Isome Dart\, was a thief of the range. He s tole thousands of cattle in his lifetime\, selling them illegally”\n\n \ n\n “A real dangerous one”\n\n \n\n “Yes\, but his early years prove d he had a bright future ahead. During the War Between States\, he aided h ungry Confederate soldiers while freeing enslaved blacks in Arkansas. What whites didn’t know was he was a double agent\, thus the two guns he alw ays sported the rest of his life\, one for the northerners and one for the southerners. One time\, a wicked whitey named Nathaniel Price tried to un do his plan. He was a union soldier whose family once owned Ned. So he tri ed to stop his switches of food for people. Whenever Ned got boxes of food \, he would organize with the Whispers Road”\n\n \n\n “Oh I love tales of the Whispers Road”\n\n \n\n “As you know\, the Whispers Roads comm unicate by marks on trees or homes\, but only the members know the places that are meant to be\, but after the slaves reached Ned’s location he pl aced them in the boxes and prepared them for their journey. That is when N athaniel Price came. He thought with Ned’s back turned he couldn’t att ack him. But\, Ned both guns ready\, but unsure to which could hit\, had t o try both. He was in front of a old unused hearth in the shed and waited. Nathanial said to him- I got you know nigger\, I will take these messages to the union back to their southern masters and their agent will be undon e.”\n\n \n\n Beebee then got off the rail and took a pose facing it and continue: “agent\, I am no agent to the north or south\, my only goal is freeing my people\, by any means necessary- and Ned faster than lightning \, took a half step forward with one foot\, half step backward with anothe r \, turned his torso ninety degrees and unleashed both guns and shot them \, the two bullets hit off the old hearth\, the southern bullet hit a wood en wall somewhere\, but the northern bullet reflected straight on to Natha nial Price and through his scheming heart. ”  \n\n \n\n Beebee then sta rt to walk slow or bowlegged like and continue: “well well\, said Ned\, it seems you are union after all\, well no matter”\, and Beebee made ges tures with her hands like guns spinning before being holstered and then ma de a stylish pose. Emae clapped\, shaking her legs in the rail. Beebee joi ned her back on the rail smiling at her successful telling.\n\n \n\n They both then cheered seeing a trick and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon sho w.  \n\n \n\n Later\, Candace is refresh after the afternoon show and mee t Emae at a table: “How is Beebee?”\n\n \n\n “She’s fine\, you wer e great out there\, we will be better than you and Sara one day”\n\n \n\ n “of course you will\, you better”: and Candace smile at Emae\, and h and her a breakfast.  \n\n \n\n “Thank you … ”\n\n \n\n “I know\, I know\, ok\, pull the one you want me to talk about… ok… yes\, this guy was Bass Reeves”: and Candace give the photo back to Emae.  \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n Candace continue\, while she sit and eat an apple: “I never told you about him\, well\, Bass Reeves was a student of a Black Seminole family\, led by their matriarch\, Llorando Camino\, she was a granddaught er to Osceola and chose to lead the Black Seminoles”\n\n \n\n “I know about them”\n\n \n\n “yes”: Candace smile:“… the Black Seminoles who were allowed to stay in the territory\, while\, as you know\, the maj ority of the Black Seminoles followed Jonas Caballo to Mexico and true fre edom. Anyway! She taught Bass many things\, which she learned in a life fi ghting US army\, bandits\, drunkards or any in between\, in close combat o r the range. After the thirteenth amendment\, he left since he didn’t ha ve to worry about being enslaved again\, with his skills first and the law second… you want more\, well \, you better eat and not just look at me talk… he eventually became a us marshall\, you see\, in the indian terri tories\, many criminals tried to hide and murdered many native americans o ver the years. Bass never forgot his teacher and helped protect the lands from vile outsiders\, one was called Jimmy the Breaker Stone. He came from a family of murderers for hire in europe\, known for using their hands to murder people. Jimmy Stone escaped from law enforcers and went into the t erritory. He was in a cave\, only one way in or out\, but it had a small b reak of light inside where it was under a mountain and had a garden in it alongside a stream of water\, allowing for food or survival. No one dared go into the Stone Cave as it was known. In the dark\, who could face this raw killer. But\, Bass Reeves was trained to fight absent the light. He we nt into the cave with a rope and no gun and three hours later\, Jimmy Ston e was being dragged out\, hogtied. The other law enforcers never forget th e face Stone gave Bass\, but the words were more potent\, The Justice of t he Dark… good\, nearly finished eating\, well I will get ready for my ev ening show\, do you want to wait for me or go back home with grandpa?”\n \n \n\n “You please”: say Emae with sandwich in the mouth. Candace sha ke her head and continue: “alright… have another card ready for the road”: and Candace leave Emae at a table.  \n\n \n\n Later in the eveni ng\, Emae is playing a game on her mobile video game player in the passeng er side of the truck while Candace drive them home\, smiling.  \n\n \n\n Emae react to something outside.  \n\n \n\n “Just thunder and lightning Emae”: calmly say Candace.  \n\n \n\n “Its so big”\n\n \n\n “Ahh h \, so you are afraid of thunder and lightning like that”\n\n \n\n Emae shake her head in confirmation. Candace pull out a card from her shirt po cket and Emae interest rise. Emae take a flashlight out of her carry bag.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n “This is a luxury edition card”\n\n \n\n “yes\ , and who is that”\n\n \n\n “Will Pickett\, bill pickett bill picket t”\n\n \n\n “good… do you know how he bull dogged the white buffal o?”\n\n \n\n Emae shake her head in ignorance while smiling.  \n\n \n\n Candace continue: “do you even know the white buffalo? ”\n\n \n\n Ema e ask: “Is it a buffalo with white skin?”\n\n \n\n “You haven’t be en reading the legends book… well\, The White Buffalo is not white\, it is a buffalo from the spirit world that comes through a gateway made throu gh storms\, whenever a storm occurs over these lands\, The White Buffalo c an come through\, all electric”\n\n \n\n “Like Storm of the Xmen”\n\ n \n\n “Right\, but with a body made of electricity and the legends say\ , if he can get through the gateway a storm will persists until he returns … well\, one day\, all the ranchers heard of a brewing storm. It was gro wing between Oklahoma\, texas\, arkansas and louisiana. Every day getting bigger and bigger. Natives said the White Buffalo is free\, he must return to his world. But they were prepared to move as they always have been fro m ancient times. Ranchers complained about the growing storm destroying th eir livelihoods. Pickett knew as a ranchhand\, he will lose pay and didn ’t have anywhere to go. So asked a friend Sam Tootall\, to help him spea k to the Elders and see if he can help. The Elders agreed to see him and t old him that The White Buffalo must agree to go back into its world. With so many of the native people murdered they are unwilling to risk their str ongest and will leave as in the past. Pickett comprehended and rode a hors e to the center of the storm. While the thunder and lightning was a vibran t symphony\, the wind was relatively still\, at first Pickett thought it w asn’t there but after patiently waiting he cognized a buffalo shape that will appear at times. He had no weapon but he galloped on his horse in a circle within a white brilliance and when he finally caught a moment where his stride\, the buffalo’s motion were in synch\, he leaped off his hor se and grabbed The White Buffalo by the horns. Pickett’s horse immediate ly left and the Buffalo bucked upwards as if any piece of sky could be its ground and Pickett held on in the clouds and back near the ground again a nd again\, some Natives recall their forebears saying they saw him in the sky russling lightning. Pickett was getting tired and The White Buffalo se emed to have no end of energy. Pickett then noticed inside the mouth of th e White Buffalo seemed more solid and he chose to bite on its tongue. The White Buffalo spent wildly but Pickett held on and rasstled him to the gro und. The eyes of The White Buffalo were incredulous. Pickett merely smiled and met his gaze\, they seemed to speak without words\, and pickett let g o of the legendary life form and watched as it went through the gateway\, and ”\n\n \n\n Emae yawn with sleepy eyes.  \n\n \n\n Candace continu e: “you like the story… yeah\, good\, well\, Pickett watched the White Buffalo go past its gate and I will tell you how Pickett was given a task by The White Buffalo later to save its child from the Red Cougar later\, pleasant dreams”\n\n \n\n Candace watch Emae nodding while sleep\, and d rove home.\n\n \n\n …\n\n \n\n Sunshine bath Emae in her bed. Suddenly\, she get up and exit her room\, and run down stairs.  \n\n \n\n “They a re gone for today\, Candace said she will bring you to another show later\ , but she is proud you spent all day with her yesterday”: say an elder f emale voice in a kitchen\, sounds of frying food reverberating. Emae look downward. A male elder speak: “Get washed up Em\, and come down for your morning meal”\n\n \n\n “ok Grampie”: Emae walk slowly up the stairs .\n\n \n\n Fresh\, Emae sit down reverse her grandparents. She look to a y ounger photo of her grandfather.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n Emae grandfather tu rn to the wall and smile:“ are you looking at me Em?”\n\n \n\n Emae sh ake her head in confirmation and say: “yes Grampie”\n\n \n\n “Good t imes\, good times”: and he look back to the wall and see another photo.\ n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n He continue while looking at his wife: “your grandmot hers\, father did not like me you know Em”\n\n \n\n “Here we go!”: s ay the Grandmother.  \n\n \n\n “I am telling it like it is”\n\n \n\n Emae smile while eating porridge with fruit in it.\n\n \n\n “I wish I co uld persuade you to not listen to him Em\, but I am fully aware that his s torytelling ways is part of the myth telling gene in this house”\n\n \n\ n The Grandfather wink at Emae and say:“Em knows truth when she hear i t”\n\n \n\n “ok\, Hector\, convince me\, of your truthtelling”: and the Grandmother smile\, arms in a fold.  \n\n \n\n “See it all began wh en I first met Mr Lemon\, I thought it was funny\, calling Mr Lemon\, Mr L ime when he got angry\, but I didn’t realize that his experiences with v arious citrus were on the adventurous or personal side because of his fath er Bob Lemon…”\n\n \n\n And\, Emae sat eating her fruit porridge liste ning to her Grandfather tell a story to her side her Grandmother.\n\n …\ n\n\n\n Thank you for reading\, if you want to read more of my work read b elow\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e 64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/bl og/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www. kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&a mp\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n \n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearch field=Series&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Mur ray%20Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=0 14c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250725 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mary Magdalene Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105334Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:339-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Saint Mary MAgdalene- the catholic saint day is the 22nd of july\, i say she warrant better\, what is your craft to her?   \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-aphelion-day-art-or -text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=936  \n \ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Mary Magdalene a little after dawn\, in a simple road in the roman empire\, recalls her life\, and her l ove.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/tlacuilopilo/art/Mary-Magdalene-po rtrait-Maria-Magdalena-333225591\n\n\n\n She remembers being the daughter of a craftsman\, who was also a successful merchant. People from Egypt to Phrygia sought the wares of Magdala. But while most Jewish girls with her fortune thought of marriage. She sought betterment\, she sought activity\, she sought a better world.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/maoliquiao/ art/In-suo-nome-528460920\n\n\n\n And then her awakening when mercury\, th e ancient spirit of messages was furthest from the sun in the sky or close st to humanity\, she went into the synagogue and proclaimed to the men\, s tanding where women do not\, breaking the mechitza barrier. The men felt h umiliated\, felt belittled\, felt they had been dirtied by her presence. T he men did not try to listen to her words\, try to listen to her wisdom. T hey only saw a woman who was wrong\, and cast her out of the synagogue and threw stones. But she did not die. She was not killed.\n\n\n\n https://ww w.deviantart.com/riekiedp/art/Mary-Magdalene-121544723\n\n\n\n Some did no t throw stones because they knew her father\, some did not throw stones be cause they knew her\, and a strong body was enough to crawl back to her ho me. Her father was worried. He knew the village will look on her suspiciou sly and will want to control her life. He told her she must go\, to be fre e\, from the eventual persecutions that will come toward her. He knew full y well\; he could not protect her when he was away from all harms. And so\ , she left Magdala. On the road\, she met another Mary\, many jewish women were named Mary\, but this woman was quiet. Her husband was a craftsman a nd she was delivering a craft to a friend. She saw the Mary from Magdala a nd her spirit seemed familiar. The older Mary went over to the younger and they talked. The younger Mary talked about a vision she had of a future w ithout boundaries\, absent the shackles that bind humanity. The elder Mary asked the younger Mary if she wants to talk to others who may listen. The younger Mary said yes\, as they embraced.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/rmarwdraws/art/Mary-and-Mary-Magdalene-847094143\n\n\n\n The elder Mar y spoke to the inn keep who knew her husband and said to tell her husband she will not be back\, but she is safe. Over the next few weeks\, Mary Mag dalene became well known amongst the disenfranchised or abused women of Pa lestine. She even was able to communicate to her father who supported her quietly. One day a woman asked\, what will all this talk do when we have t o go back to the men who abuse us. Mary Magdalene asked elder Mary\, is it possible\, these women can go to her home on the way south\, free from th e Jewish rules\, in Egypt or beyond. The elder Mary agreed. When the two M ary arrived at the elder Mary's home\, they were accompanied by forty wome n\, and a sunlight. A sunlight that can waken anyone from any sleep. Mary bathed in the light\, still\, and saw a man.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/springergirl07/art/Mary-Magdalene-172730760\n\n\n\n He did not need to speak\, but his walk seemed so gentle. The elder Mary told Mary Magdale ne\, this man is her son\, Jesus. Mary Magdalene knew this man's calling. She realized what he can do. In a world where men cannot accept leadership from a woman\, she saw a man who can\, while giving men the face they nee d to be led a better way. And she gathered the woman in the sunlight with Jesus as the elder Mary watched\, and her husband\, Joseph\, beamed with p ride. From town to town\, the women of Mary Magdalene spread the gospel or good news of Jesus. Where lepers were isolated\, Mary and her women heale d or comforted and Jesus was said to do it. Where people were said to be d ead\, Mary and her women tended them back to life and Jesus was said to do it. When men did not fish properly\, Mary and her women\, worked the near by seas aiding the fisherman\, and Jesus was said to do it. Mary had watch ed her movement grow. From one woman\, to two women\, to a group that thre atened the order of things for the Jewish priests. Over time\, men like Ju das\, became part of Mary's apostles\, telling the other women\, let those without sin cast the first stone. But other men came\, at the behest of t he jewish priest. Twelve of them came\, who knew Jesus was not the miracle worker gossiped or rumored\, but it was Mary Magdalene who needed to be s topped. Mary spoke with Jesus and told him\, if he rejects these men it wi ll destroy his image and all the work they have done. Thus\, Jesus accepte d these new apostles and though they tried to corrupt Jesus with gold or p ositions\, he never wavered from the path Mary gave him\, for he and Mary were already one in spirit\, done beyond a temple/synagogue or place of wo rship. A simple ceremony under the sun. In desperation the twelve agents o f the Jewish Priest\, abducted Jesus and put him in the position of a Jewi sh murderer paying the roman guard to allow the switch. Mary tried to find him\; her network unable to access the roman prisons. And then she heard a rumor that a jewish murderer had boasted he was freed for Jesus in a bar . Mary then realized what had happened. But it was too late. When she saw Jesus crucified for another man's crimes\, she knew it was a sign.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/dinahmite64/art/The-Eternal-Salvation-Through- His-Passion-598224678\n\n\n\n She thought a caring\, honest\, loving man c ould be the face of a movement of women. But as she watched his bleeding b ody\, she knew\, that asked too much of him. Her father's kindness saved h er from stoning the first time. Jesus's love saved her from death the seco nd time. She must have cried all night. The next morning\, Jesus's mother woke her. She wanted to know where her son was buried. The two Mary's went to the tomb and Mary Magdalene held her stomach and touched the stone cov ering the tomb. Suddenly\, she had a feeling. And when she turned\, she sa w her husband. It was like the first time she met him. His mother cried an d Mary Magdalene hand embraced his\, and she had an epiphany.\n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/eldidechabo/art/Jesus-Mary-Magdalene-MSPaint-135772 731\n\n\n\n The two Mary's went back to Nazareth and spread the final gosp el\, that Jesus was resurrected. The twelve spies weeks later\, checked to see if the tomb was empty... and it was. They went to Nazareth to confron t either Mary or Joseph but none were there. They had left. The twelve sea rched and searched and eventually found the male member Judas. He tried to find a woman like Mary to start a new group\, with him in the role of Jes us\, but was unsuccessful. The twelve tortured Judas but he either did not know or was strong enough to not say the location to any member of Mary M agdalene's sect. The twelve eventually became the originators of Christian ity\, using remnants of what they experienced\, pieces of a true movement to create another\, all the while in awe to what they knew.\n\n\n\n ... wh ile Mary seeing the child between her and Jesus running to her end her rem embering\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/tlacuilopilo/art/Mary-Magdalen e-portrait-Maria-Magdalena-333225591\n\n\n\n And\, she smiles\, in a new t own\, far from palestine\, or the twelve spies\, in the outskirts of the r oman empire.\n\n\n\n ... today\, few know the truth of Mary Magdalene\, th e movement she started\, or its times. But\, the children of her enemies c annot even deny\, she was gifted\, she had spirit. And\, for now\, that is enough\, for tomorrow will be brighter\, and it will shatter all lies wit h truth.\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Hope you enjoyed reading\n\n\n\n If you like more of my stories check out the gospel of joseph\n\n\n\n http s://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gospel-of-joseph\n\n\n\n or other stories in my Short story collection series\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search ?query=Richard Murray Short Story Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series& \;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n Or poetry in my po etry or more series\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry or More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f 06360287dc9\n\n\n\n And I am on Bookbub\n\n\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/au thors/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n\n\n My blog\ n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250722 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flag Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T104129Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:337-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Flag Day <\;june 14th \, June 14\, 1777 the usa  flag was adopted : \"That the flag of the thirteen United States be th irteen stripes\, alternate red and white\; that the union be thirteen star s\, white in a blue field\, representing a new constellation.\">\;- comm emorating the Flag of the usa. IT is not a federal holiday. But\, what do es the USA flag mean to you? I ask for various text or graphics depicting that feeling. Here is some trivia. When is a star supposed to be added whe n a state is added to the union?  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/b logs/entry/261-flag-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findCo mment&\;comment=905  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n In the future\, aside Mons Huygens\, in the capitol of the E.N.U.\, a scho ol for age 6s in district five\, Gandhi Academy\, has Origin Day. The chil dren wait for the box of noted old things from Earth’s past to be reveal ed.  \n\n \n\n A teacher open up the box\, flanked by her peers\, and var ious items are present. Each child in the school’s roster take an item.  \n\n \n\n …\n\n \n\n Marianne look at the storage unit and read from a letter\, by White Feather.\n\n \n\n “My grandfather was told by his gr andfather\, as they opposed the building of a pipeline\, that he remember his son\, my great grandfather\, fighting in the original American Indian Movement. How these white men came and took his son’s daughter one late evening. They found her weeks later two states over in Illinois. Local aut horities or federal authorities never found out who did it. But\, my great grandfather\, with the bow he made\, lived in the street and hunted those men with the old ways. He eventually found those men and murdered them. T he police nor other law enforcement came but the family knew as he told th em how he did it\, and it coincided eerily to the news report. My grandfat her was told this tale during the video presentation you are watching. The AIM flag was not preferred by my great grandfather but after avenging my great grandmother\, he flew it proudly wherever he went”\n\n \n\n\n\n Ge ntle Cougar took out an old photo and read a letter from Candace Nasciment o.\n\n \n\n “My grandmother was a field nurse during world war I. She kn ew about the field from her grandfather\, a former buffalo soldier\, who h ad a forebear that served the British during the united states war of inde pendence. He told her he was forever shamed about his tenure in that unit and she should never serve the USA in any fashion\, giving him the chance to kill for a fantasy. But\, during the war to end all wars\, she saw many of her friends heading off and wanted to join them. And she did. She lost her fiancé in Southern France\, a sander from Louisiana\, deterring the main German offensive. The USA never awarded him. But she survived and was emboldened to be a pan africanists. She wanted to find her way to a Black country. And she is waving the flag in this photo. Some white cops later that month confiscated all the money they had gathered to make a boat with provisions. It broke my grandmother’s heart. But\, she found her husban d\, Rodrigo\, later that year and he was always proud of her waving that f lag\, as he never had saw such an exhibition in Salvador”\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n N'Dule took out a colored photo and read a letter from Georgina Blake Jefferson.\n\n \n\n “My grandmother grew up in the bayou\, in true cajun country. She never finished elementary. And decided to work as a ho use cleaner for the elites in New Orleans. One day\, soon before her eight eenth birthday\, a group of guys from the North were partying for Mardi Gr as. They waited for her to leave her shift and grabbed her. She couldn’t struggle against a group of five men. She learned later\, her brother as a member of Beauregard’s men secretly patrolled new orleans to keep the cajun women safe. And\, even though one had violated her\, before the othe rs could get there turn\, her brother and his friends found the rig of her captors. She never forgot seeing the beauty of the battle flag of norther n virginia on their jackets. It represented a safety the stars and stripes never did\, a pride in being southern. This photo she took at her birthda y party later\, she would always carry a battle flag with her wherever she went”\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Carlos Tenji took out a drawing and read a letter from Madiba Patel.  \n\n \n\n “My grandfather was a refuge and his family chose the usa cause it was the biggest option. Any country in europe seem smaller and already too congested\, and no one spoke chinese o r russian or portuguese. My great grandmother spoke english so that was an assist. My grandfather was an internet millionaire with his roaming cinem a verité. Going around hitchhiking\, taking online viewers on his journey s. This graphic was designed for a government official. Some people were t earing it all down. My grandfather gained a limp trying to stop them. He t old the people\, he wasn’t trying to change them\, but asking them to st op trying to change others. If we learn to live side by side unlikely neig hbors\, neighbors we oppose while we don’t try to change\, we can have t rue peace\, not a deceptive slavery. It took many decades but we finally d id learn how”\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n …\n\n \n\n Other kids presented items from yore but none were flags.\n\n\n\n …If you enjoyed this tale c heck out the others utilizing the links below\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www. bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\ n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetr y%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9 b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/sea rch?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=965aea 81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https://www. kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short%20Story%20Collection& amp\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa0157 14\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250614 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Memorial Day - GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T103936Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:336-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Memorial Day <\;last monday of may originally may 30t h\, originally called decoration day>\; - create writing or art that in volve the the death of Black soldiers who died serving on the battlefiel d for the us military or others. I ask a query? https://aalbc.com/tc/blog s/entry/261-aphelion-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findC omment&\;comment=914  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n PROSE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Wh ile my favorite war movies are: Paths of Glory<\;second phase of the wor ld war>\;\, Das Boot<\;second phase of the world war>\;\, Buck and t he Preacher<\;war between the state>\;\, Posse<\;hybrid spanish amer ican war-war between the states>\;\, The Young Lions<\;second phase of the world war>\;\, Seven Samurai<\;I will use the white european term \, Feudal era in japan>\;\, Throne of Blood <\;said feudal era in nipp on\, even though it reference macbeth\, the history of the fall of osaka c astle is what is referenced in it>\;\, The Outlaw Jose Wales<\;war bet ween the states>\;\, Apocalypto <\;European invasion of the commonly c alled Americas>\; \;honorable mention to some moderns\, not favorites fo r me yet\, but warranted mention: Alexander\, Valkyrie.\n \n But\, when I think of soldiers who died in all armies\, all wars\, no restriction to th e usa. This year\, I think to one film in particular: Born on the fourth o f July.  \n \n Yes\, Oliver stone made it as a reply to \"Top Gun\" <\; a truly shameless modern propaganda film>\; \, yes he demanded tom cruis e be in it. Yes\, many say it is a war film. But I do not\, unlike all the other films I mentioned\, “Born on the Fourth of July” is an anti-pro paganda film\, that masquerade as a war film.  It opens with a lie\, Amer ican supremacy\, american exceptionalism\, american goodness\, and that is a massive point.  \n \n When people say they want to honor the spirits o f the fallen soldiers\, who does that exactly include? I always say\, the first Black soldiers in the context of the USA black people in the usa his torically must consider is the Black soldiers fighting against the colonie s for the british. It is well known more Black soldiers fought against the colonies than for the colonies. Sequentially\, the first Black soldiers i n the context of the usa were against the Usa.  \n \n I wonder do people in germany honor the german soldiers of the second phase of the world war\ , usually demonized in usa based film fiction?  Memorial is a thing of me mory\, the earlier title of decoration day is about decorating those who d ied fighting for the confederacy.  Do people\, any community\, honor what the losing soldier fought for?  \n \n Historically\, during the age of g lobal white european imperialism the only successful Black soldiers in the global white european imperial global era was in the : american continent soldiers of haiti under Dessalines who died killing whites of the usa/eng land/spain/france\, in africa was of Menelik II in ethiopia against the it alians aided by russia oddly enough. Excluding the japanese a white asian peoples as people of color\, people of color defined as non white european people\, everywhere else was controlled directly by white european powers for hundreds of years absent a break. Do Black Americans\, America as can ada to argentina\, honor the memory of the old haitian soldiers?  Do Blac k Africans\, Africa as yemen to cape verde or iraq to south africa\, honor the memory of the Ethiopian soldiers?  \n \n The idea of Black Nationali sm that the soldiers of Dessalines died for was not about sitting at a whi te table\, it was about making Black tables by any means necessary. Again\ , why have Black people in the USA or any other country in the american co ntinent started a black party of governance?  The religiosity in Africa i s huge. But\, why is it the religion of ethiopia is not highlighted\, sure ly the christianity of ethiopia is a better suit for christian black afric ans than the italian catholicism\, the german protestanism or some thing m ade out of the usa?  \n \n Remember the memory to fallen soldiers folks\, but don't lie about why some soldiers died. Black soldiers in the usa dyi ng for white man's wars is not honor\, is not to be praised\, even if it i s your father or uncle or mom or sister. Don't turn your love for them int o a manipulation of why they died. Don't tell me that a black woman died f or the betterment of the world in iraq. Don't tell me that a black grandfa ther died for the betterment of the world at midway. Don't tell me a black uncle died for the betterment of the world at d-day. Don't tell me a blac k aunt died for the betterment of the world at the border between the usa and china controlled zones in Korea.  \n \n Don't lie and find the time t o honor the soldiers that make your current life seem traitorous or uneasy . There is no shame in working for whites\, marrying whites\, befriending whites\, living mostly around whites in a mile radius. But\, don't turn yo ur phenotypical lack of negative bias toward whites as the purpose of the Black soldiers of Dessalines\, the black or native soldiers of Jonas Cabal lo\, the black soldiers commonly called slave revolters\, the black soldie rs who fought for the british against the creation of the usa. Those foreb ears represented the best interest of black people in the american contine nt. Don't lie about why they died. They did not die for you to have a whit e friend\, befriend white people\, marry whites\, sit at a white table\, o wn a piece of a white table. They died hoping you will continue their figh t and kill all white people who can.  \n \n To all others\, who are not B lack \, honor your soldiers as well. Don't Knock down the nazi's because t hey lost\, because they are criminalized in history books written by those they faced. Don't criminalize the soviets. Soldiers at their best die for their communities to be free\, completely\, totally\, using all means inc luding murder. You can dishonor the death of the modern soldier who applie s to militaries whose actions are not about freedom to those in their coun try but slavery over those in others. But honor the soldiers in the past\, who fought to make the lives in their community better. They may have los t\, they may not have been aracial\, but those soldiers died to make your community free from outsiders influence. Honor that in your memory.\n\n\n\ n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250530 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Joan of Arc canonized+ Jumping Frog honoring [the first mark twain tale published] GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T103754Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:335-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-mothers-day-art-or-t ext-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=901  \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n May 18th 2020\n\n\n\n For today's blog\, after Saturday's poll result honoring Joan of Arc's canonization\, I will prese nt fastidiously\, the interview from yesterday\, the positively incomparab le senior rapper Simon Wheeler the third as my guest\, and query him conce rning a man over ten thousand voters do not know\, Leo Smiley\, advocate t o the homeless Leo Smiley\, and display it after I explain some reservatio ns.  \n\n\n\n I have wondered the purpose behind my fanbase\, even if the y are free or real as the random write in winning a poll is the definition to modern falsehood\, hoping it is not to convey information about JSmile s1\, who Leo Smiley knows too well as episode 69 concerning banned interne t words attest\, and convey information about Leo Smiley will help a thesi s for an online class I am taking\, while JSMiles1 is not worth telling ch ildren about.\n\n\n\n Simon Wheeler the third was at a replica of Angel's Hotel in his house\, kept a mask on even though he lived alone\, eyes show ed a love of life\, a pizza stain on his captain planet shirt showed a lov e of food\, he never looked at me during the interview\, he looked to the left when sad\, to the right when happy \, to the ceiling when quiet\, to the floor when bellowing\, he seemed to be preaching to the world about a prophet\, though I did not ask about one. So\, I asked him one question\, if he knew about Leo Smiley\, and he gave his reply\, which concluded our interview. He replied:\n\n\n\n Ohhhh\, you know there was a playa\, name J Smiles1 I tell ya\, he live two blocks down the road. I think his ancestor \, a simple harvester\, came as a pilgrim \, not the one's in films then\, while eight others came from the east. But when he received\, and after h e was Extremely pleased\, his first phone \, a ring tone to moan\, came af ter every messaging. For no one wanted\, he was not stunted\, to message h im first you see. A simple moan\, not like a loud one from ol' Joan\, was all he wanted to hear. If he saw anything\, whether or not a plaything\, h e wanted to text message it \, announce or boast it\, right then and there . If he saw a couple\, even if their life seem supple\, arguing in their h ome\, he made a texting tome. If he saw a squirrel\, whether still or in a twirl\, busying about a tree\, he will text how later it flee. If kids we re playing ball in the street\, he will text it\; if a pigeon took bread a nd flew away\, he will text it. If he saw two kids flying paper airplanes he will text it. If he saw some fellas\, all of them brothas\, on his favo rite corner\, not the one with music by werner\, singing or drinking about \,... he will wait\, cause it's never too late\, for Hakim Johnson \, grad uate of the Harlem boys choir\, and invitational caroler to the Vatican tw ice the pride of his sire\, to etch out a tune\, with magic like a rune\, and do it with a smile\, like all the good unpaid acts of the Hollywood mi les. If he saw a kid\, not one that hid\, on a bike being chased\, he will follow his trail\, longer than the route for mail\, and message every ste p of the way. That is why whenever JSmiles1 was about\, every kid\, lady\, playa\, knew his route. He message anything he could\, if messages was wa ter he'd fill up the woods. One time a woman named Janine\, fell from the city heat\, and her fall made a loud scene. I can not say who picked her u p\, or her apartment or who put medicine in her cup\, but JSMiles1 came in her place\, and looked all interested at her face\, and was told she will be all well\, three high fathers and two hail mary’s\, yes. JSMiles1 me rely texted\, \"She ain't recovered yet\"\n\n\n\n JSMiles1 had a video gam e system\, officially it was called a Listem\, but folk called her Susan\, with eyes near the control port and all. To start took five minutes to lo ad\, the sound of popcorn waiting was always to explode\, cause she would never turn on\, with her insides all done\, cause of rain\, or some pain\, after a lifelong injury with a fall. Her game was simple\, shoot through a space like a fipple\, all the players always let her go first. If cable was on she will pause\, or maybe it was the telephone that was the cause\, but the user always gained huge points\, but before the winning tally\, i n each and I mean each and every rally\, she will come out with a glitch\, and literally say one word on the screen\, ditch \, hitch or witch\, and then she win.\n\n\n\n And\, he had a brown basketball\, more like a handba ll\, seemed to let out gas\, with each and every pass\, but whenever he wa s shot\, turned into a perfect pi-rock\, and clear out rivals from the lot . Some tried to use a different ball\, but a calamity will always predate its fall\, truck/knife/bullet or something where Ronald Reagan which is th e name of the ball\, passed around dead and dying\, JSMiles1 telling all t he angry they lying\, until he get the ball whop\, a shot go in and mouths drop\, while JSMiles1 message what he saw. That ball was always good for a story\, various literal glory\, till the day the kids played with brown ball\, bigger than a common handball\, Reagan tried to replace him\, but h e wasn't able to trick him\, and disheartened the old ball puffed all his air out. Ronald was a good ball\, and could had made it onto Ringling brot hers\, but no call came before his fall\, and he was unlike any of his oth ers. Shed a tear\, let the drink drop\, the last great basketball I was on ce near\, sad he went out a flop.\n\n\n\n The great JSMiles1\, the only on e\, had a jump rope\, dice\, a rooster\, a genie's collection of everythin g\, so he could message about anything. He one time caught a frog\, hopped into his hand from a fog\, in the local park\, texted \"I have a green so n to teach\"\, for months he spoke like a lark\, teaching under a year the hopper. Hop over a toy car\, hop over the plastic star\, catch a fly over an orange juice glass\, catch a fly under the chair for his wee lass. The frog has no limit\, he said\, over and over again\, each day teach a lil bit\, he said\, believe in him\, believe in him. I saw Steph in my home\, right behind me\, begin a tome\, \"in the beginning flies \" for no fee\, and faster than superman\, a hop over a stan' \, then more stoic than a Ti betan monk as if all his ambition sunk. No frog was ever like him\, before or afterward. JSMiles1 love to boast about the little green beastie\, kep t him safe when he traveled in a pocket made side his hoodie. One day\, a loner\, a stranger on the block\, asked: \"what is that thing on your neck \, a sock\". JSMiles1 say:\"yoyoyo don't talk about my son\, he may bite y ou like a snake or leap at you like a rat\, but he is just my pet\, frog\" \n\n\n\n Surprised\, the guy wonder what's it talent and why.\n\n\n\n JSMi les1 smile and smile: \"he is the Frog that I always message everyone abou t\, the frog that can outleap any other frog you can find or see\"\n\n\n\n The distant neighbor shake his head\, no and no and no.  \n\n\n\n \"I am willing to put my money where my mouth is\": JSMiles1 preach. \"You have not studied the fine art of frog training\, clearly\, you only seen things on tv... He can out jump any frog in Calaveras county\, cause he always d id\, and since your shirt show you a trader\, I am willing to bet forty do llars\, my fellow playa\"\n\n\n\n The stranger hummin: \"To bad\, but I wi ll never know and neither will you. I have no frog\, but if I did... I wil l bet you\"\n\n\n\n And JSMiles1 brighten: \"wait a minute\, stay right th ere\, here is my hoodie I will be right back\"\n\n\n\n The fella took out his wallet and sat down on the fire hydrant\; he ponder to himself\, about the possible new wealth\, and took the frog out his blanket\, and remembe ring his lunch\, pushed in a bit from chopped rotisserie chicken\, as a la te frog brunch. On the concrete the frog sat\, still like a wrestler out f or the count on the mat.  JSMiles1 returned all muddy\, clothes colored a round a ruddy\, with a common wild frog in his hands and say: \"ok\, we ar e now ready. Here... and place him next to Steph Hawkin\, that is my frog' name\, and you best remember it after this. On three we will let them go\ "\n\n\n\n Both men held their racers\, each hopping a hop is no different than phasers. The stranger give a gentle tap\, and the wild frog hop elsew here on the concrete map. But\, Steph just sat there\, wonderin like the h ippies did over there. No matter what his frog just sat and JSmiles1 had t o admit\, in his message\, where his frog was at.  \n\n\n\n The guy took the money and went on down the sidewalk\, but before he crossed the street \, he look to Steph and balk: \"us another simple frog I see\"\n\n\n\n JSm iles1 was upset\, and stared at his son now set: \"What is wrong with you Steph\, tell me\" After a lift he noticed his weight\, and all comprehensi on concerned his former fate. He saw the stranger turn a distant corner an d raced after him getting warmer\, and warmer\, but he never caught him. A nd\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Suddenly a yell\, the rapper leaped from his seat an d placed his face close to the screen: \"Stay right there \, brother man\" \n\n\n\n But\, I think I learned enough about the infamous JSMiles1 and do ubted much will come about Leo Smiley so I cut off the video conference wi th a polite message. Immediately after\, I got a reply from Wheeler\, abou t JSmiles1 Volkswagen beetle his grandfather gave him. But\, I had no furt her inclination and took my leave.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Happy Belated Canoni zation of Joan of Arc\n\n\n\n Happy Belated Jumping Frog Jubilee based on the first story published by Mark Twain\, the Celebrated Jumping Frog of C alaveras County\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n …If you enjoyed this tale check out t he others utilizing the links below\n\n Bookbub\n\n https://www.bookbub.co m/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n Poetry o r More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%2 0More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f063 60287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?quer y=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13- 53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcs earchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250516 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Earth Day - Good New Calendar DTSTAMP:20250619T103104Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:333-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-earth-d ay-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=89 4  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-earth-d ay-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=89 5  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n STORY 1\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n The elders say cats always walk the way to the lair of the Earth Seed. A child of earth born once every turn of the Earth about the Sun. Some say an earth seed is a child of earth with the sun\, but no one has ever recor ded such an event accept the plants.  The elders also say\, you know when a cat is close to an Earth Seed when a cat cross the mushrooms that grow wildest.\n\n \n \n\n \n The elders say\, if you follow a cat\, long enough\, though no exact distance is ever known\, you will rea ch an arcade of trees\n\n \n \n\n \n That is only the ga teway to an Earth Seed when a cat on the path goes through it\, otherwise it is just an arcade of trees on earth\, not unlike any other.\n\n In the year 1970\, a man painted a moment in time in the year 1936 when he f ollowed the town cat who lived in Mr. Madsen’s barn past a set of oddly wild mushrooms and through an arcade of trees in Decatur Iowa.\n\n Th e experienced man\, then a young man\, did not know what he would find in that little wood. But it surprised him. At first\, he thought a dragon\, b ut he never saw a dragon that seemed to be made of algae. The creature see med so gentle\, or unassuming\, it merely looked at him and then went back into its nestling. Days came and the man enjoyed its company.  \n\n In the painting the man showed his younger self giving the Earth Seed an apple.  \n\n \n \n\n \n He recalls his younger self bei ng perturbed when the dragon puffed the apple away. He did not know what t o do and wondered why it had scars on it\, while it never left this area.\ n\n Time past and the experienced man is now decades older and he is standing in the same green way years in the future. A man whose secrets ab out the Earth Seed will seem to die with him\, for reasons the common peop le may never know.\n\n But\, standing in full glory before this man w hose time is nearly up is a fully fledged Earth Seed\, no longer algae-ic with wings cut into by the ills applied to earth\, or that is what some su ggest cause the wounds\, but now a serpentine with wild leaves about itsel f. A gallant dragon needing to speak to its father.\n\n \n \n\n \n The experienced man can only look at the Earth Seed fly up into the sky and to beyond. The Experienced Man near the end of his time say a prayer: “or helping this life\, please earth\, sun\, moon\, stars\, ple ase help the other children of earth”.\n\n And the Earth Seed flew up into the sky. Days later astronauts in the International Space Station said they saw a brilliant green light emit on the atmosphere of earth.  \ n\n \n \n\n \n They explained that the ions outside Eart h’s electromagnetic field collide at it and produce the illuminations co mmonly called the Northern Lights\, but what the now dead experienced man knew\, and all those who get to aid an Earth Seed know\, it is in those mo ments when the sun touch the earth \, as the lords of the Nile depicted\, when the Earth Seed can leave its mother and provide blessings to all chil dren of earth\, if the other children earned it.\n \n \n \n \n \ n\n \n STORY 2\n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \ n A spirit to a world speak: \"hmmm\, I feel my grandmother as I slee p. She is singing to me\, a song of timelessness. When she was a little st ar swimming free in the bottom or topless sea. I wish I will live as long as her\, but I know I will not. At least some of my children are not marsu pial and they may go on and live on their aunts and uncles or others in my large family... I feel the need to wake up to end my sleep. I see myself as I wake\"\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \"I need to spe ak to one of my children today. In my waking dreams I can hear them speak to me. But\, what was it about?  I think it was to celebrate something. I guess I will make an avatar\".\n\n ... an avatar to Earth form in a bright afternoon.\n\n \n \n\n \n And the earth avatar wa lked about a small town\, walking along the main avenue\, the green bushel s forming her hair gently brushing through the air. People are in shock lo oking at this natural automaton. The earth spirit only know it remember so meone is important today. She stop and look about and suddenly\, a person claps. And another clap and the whole street fills up with people\, clappi ng. The earth spirit is still unaware to the why or how? Then she see a ba nner: 'Happy Earth Day'.\n\n And a couple come out hand in hand and t he woman speak: \"this is for you Earth!\". Servers came around a corner w ith little plates or folded tables holding cut pieces of dirt. The man spe ak to earth\, winking at her: 'you taste good earth'.\n\n The earth s pirit is flushed\, unaware to what he was suggesting and she speak: \"well \, my water is nice right?\"\n\n A little child go to the avatar and say: \"I love water\" and the earth spirit in the earth avatar on her body \, grab the child and tickle their belly. The servers set the tables and p lace the sweets. The woman speak to the earth avatar: \"do you want to kno w how you taste like?\"\n\n The earth spirit look down and see the pl ate of sweets.\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n She look to it and sniff\, and grab one block of earth looking sweet and offer it to t he child\, who loves the taste. The child say: \"I love you earth\"\n\n The earth smile and say: \"I love you too\"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n  \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n \n \n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250422 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mother's Day - Good News Calendar DTSTAMP:20250619T103407Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:334-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-mothers -day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment= 897  \n \n\n\n\n \n Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-mothe rs-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;commen t=899  \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 1\n\n\n\n It is so warm mommy\, stay there\, don’t move around\, I need to get my sauna time in. But I will be hungry in a little while. Oh wait\, wait\, let me get my pose in. Kata Stance!!!\n\n \n\n\n\n …\n\n Mommy\, that baby look like me\, but why it covered in gold. why mommy? Poppa paint it that way. Poppa tickle my feet \, I like that. But he wrong\, I rather drink milk than look at your neck mommy. You call me Rosey\, just like those things. But you say I’m cuter \, I agree with you. Oh pappa want to hug us\, hold on mommy. later\, othe r mommy and baby.\n\n \n\n\n\n …\n\n I want to run\, like that kitty kat . Let me go and run mommy or you run with me\, please?! Where is papa? why he play so many games? Your neck is shiny\, can I see your neck? thank yo u. Ha! there is papa\, he hide mommy. He hide behind a bush. What is over there?  \n\n \n\n\n\n …\n\n MOMMY! I want to play with the cards now! M OMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY! It is not funny Papa MOMMY!  \n\n \n\n\n\n …\n\n Th ank you mom\, thank you for this\, I know you had to reschedule a conferen ce. I think papa will like this photograph. Behave yourself Cocoa! Play th e thumb game and be still for us\, please. Ok go mama! Oh\, yes… I remem ber when Papa showed that photo to me. It is not funny\, I wanted to play with those Kemet cards. I still got them too. HOLD STILL! ok ok Got it!\n\ n \n\n …\n\n Yes Malika\, isn’t this setup a nice concept. Ma told me about it years ago while your husband was in her womb. Lil Hakim is like h im\, so at peace. Remember to always call ma when you need assistance\, I know I have for my little one. Yes\, Malika\, one month due… oh\, there she is now\, BUT HOLD STILL\, this is it\n\n \n\n …If you enjoyed this t ale check out the others utilizing the links below\n\n Bookbub\n\n https:/ /www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce 49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/ \n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query= Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5 d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=9 65aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story Collection\n\n https:/ /www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20Short%20Story%20Collec tion&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0f a015714\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY 2\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I remember walking a longside you in this park Ma. Just like that baby duck\, but walking. The sun was brilliant every time we went out. Hey stop that\, I don't need pre ening. Here click the shot then.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n I am not preening you back\, no way. Yes I know the baby fox look cute but I am not a baby anymore. Ha! D on't look like that. Well alright\, I will let fate decide. I will kiss yo u on the cheek while I take the photo.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n I will get an exhibit in this gallery one day\, don't worry Ma. No this is a collection from various photographers. Ha! you like that one. Ha! I wanted to play d rums with Morris. I had to help my brother find his vocation. I can't wait to hear him later tonight.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n I have a question\, does Dad still g et a taste? I am not ashamed to ask a valid adult question to my mother in public? I am not tasting them now... I am not done doing it\, I merely mo ved on to greener pastures. Ha! Yes\, Rose and Makeda will meet us at the art exhibit. ... Yes\, I stole milk from my daughter. Rose knew it would h appen\, she was complicit.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Look at those cheeks\, sleepy head. I wish we can see inside a baby dream. I wonder what wonder. I was meditati ng Ma?! I was relaxed\, in your arms was comfort\, and during a hug... sti ll is.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n ...\n\n\n\n Yeah\, I love black mothers too. Amazing the happiness un der such duress. ... do the dance now ? I know you have not forgotten. Did you do it when you held Makeda? ... Wait\, here is my dance for my grandc hild to be... Ha!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Hi! there they are. ... You want s ome water Rose? Nanna gets all the attention huh? ... I love you to Makeda . ... Love the opening selection. Yeah she does. I remember when you looke d like that Rose\, I know Pop will say the same to you Ma. ... yes\, it se ems all females know it is time for another kind of strength when motherho od come. ... yeah\, it is universal\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n It's Mary Magdalene... a wom an in Christian lore little one. I agree Ma\, Makeda was cuter. Oh thank y ou. I know you were cuter my love. You want to be a mom one day Makeda? Ha !\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250510 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Thoughts to questions of Ryan Cooglers Sinners from Movie s That Move We DTSTAMP:20250618T025402Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:331-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n I was asked by Movies That Move We\n\n\n\n https://www.yo utube.com/@moviesthatmoveswe/videos\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY ANSWER\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n hmm coogler's message... I see a number of t hem... first\, he was willing to spend his money on a story involving Blac k DOS heritage that isn't a biopic while is an adventure tale\, so his fir st message is for black people who have the money to invest in making stor ies they care about even if a financially viable precedence. I can't recal l a black southern vampire adventure movie. he created what he wanted. \; second that a film based on a black southern vampire adventure has an audi ence willing to make it a hit if made under a certain budget\, he succeede d. third: a movie can have an entire cast of black characters who are midd le of the road. No pantomime black antagonist or protagonist here. I think of that will smith movie where he fights his younger self. or that van da mme film where he was a twin. At the end of this film\, one twin is off wi th his deceased wife and child into a happy netherrealm while the other tw in is with his yella woman as one who will live as long as they don't see sunlight\, a sort of prison/enslavement. Both men did some negative things but both have found peace. For black male characters in films this is at the most least rare\, or at the most unheard of. fourth: two female black leads exist. The good female black lead is a black woman with the brownest complexion/darkest \, big beautiful lips\, shapely large breast\, wide th ickbone body. The bad is hella yella and ends up a vampire but isn't wildy roaming or something. I think he wanted to say both can exist in a movie positively. He succeeded. fifth: native americans \, in a traditional sens e\, can exist in black dos fiction adventures. Not unheard of\, ala Buck a nd the preacher or Posse but still rare.  Sixth: black love winning. yes vampires but they live. yes dead but they are viewed happy in the netherre alm. How often are black lovers viewed at the end of a film happy? think o f school daze/ghost dog way of the samurai. Many films with black people i n production\, either don't have black love or black love isn't the final note. \n\n\n\n Now to the questions in graphics: \n\n 1) does sinners po rtray faith as liberation- or illusion? \n\n 2)how does the film complica te the role of religion in black communities? \n\n\n\n Good questions. \ n\n To the first the question is\, which faith? What is faith?  The probl em with faith as a word is people usually think of faith and think of reli gion. But faith is not about religion. It is about a belief in anything wi thout proof. \n\n I argue the twin whose child died had a lose of faith i n religions [christianity or hoodoo] but not in humanity or himself\, in l ife\, ala their end. He had faith in his love. And believed in that love b eing forever. So did his wife and of course the child.\n\n\n\n What is the role of religion in the black populace of the usa? The number of black in dividuals whose religion is essential to their being has changed from 1865 to 2025. But the role of religion has always been complicated in the blac k populace of the usa. Did the movie suggest it is more complicated? I arg ue not enough black people have explained how many various black religious groups existed and exist in the black populace of the usa.  Yes many bla ck people are like the blues players father but many black people were lik e Annie\, believed in more than Christianity. Arguably more did. My point is\, Black people didn't convey the breadth or width or heritages in the b lack populace in the usa. again\, the black native americans/Seminoles\, t he black catholics from Haiti with syncretic voodoo\, the Gullah or Geeche e with a mix of various beliefs including islam\, the pre war between the states Christianity which was absent churches as we were enslaved plus mos tly through spirituals as most black people couldn't read. We black people in not talking about our heritage in the usa from the 1800s to today \, m ade religion in our community seem simple\, when it never was.\n\n\n\n htt ps://www.facebook.com/share/p/16yxBWNW8J/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n FORUM POST\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11683-ryan-cooglers-sinners-qu estions/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250617 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Thoughts on \"Domestic Triangle\" by qtcomicsblog 06/09/2 025 DTSTAMP:20250610T010824Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:328-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n My Thoughts on \"Domestic Triangle\" by qtcomicsblog\n\n\ n\n https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/78592 4854452994048/thoughts-on-qtcomicsblog-domestic-triangle?source=share\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n TEXT \n\n\n\n The main cast\, the throuple\, are financial ly steady\, so that is important for the overall storytelling\, this isn't a set of people financially struggling or just above poor\, ala good time s or sanford and son or all in the family.\nDid Ben sell his bookstore or did it close for lack of business? Either or is a key character point\, th at can be used.\nUse BEn's skill as a game player for an episode title \"U ser Satansdagger\" It can end with a reveal of Ben's skill but show how Be n is watching out for the kids who are connected online \, like many kids today\, suggest he has other online aliases as a gamer.\nDoes Lena regret working in legal teams to solve cases\, even though she wants to be with t he kids?\nOf the parents she arguably has sacrificed the most money or car eer ambitions\, an episode title \"Ophelia\" dealing with her maintenance of this family but day dreaming ala drowning about the life left.\nWhat le d to Maya choosing this life\, you say she reminds the other two of why th ey chose this life\, but why did she and what makes her so certain she doe sn't need to be reminded?\nThe recreational center is a key location. I th ink an episode with the throuple that convinced Maya is key. Say they are stopping by on vacation.\n\nTo the kids\, are they both adopted? are they biological and if so\, did Lena or Maya birth them?\n\nFor the optional\, try a computer assistant instead of a baby or toddler\, like alexa\, but n amed abraham for abraham lincoln. Say it is an experimental AI \, for a co mpany\, Synapco .\n\nEpisodes\n\n“Parent-Teacher Night”\ninteresting b ut work on it\n\n“The Third Wheel”\nGood basis. Try \"On Tuesday morni ng I am Alone\" this throuple has experience\, they will schedule time wit h each other. The story is how even though Lena knows this time is set for Ben and Maya to be together more\, till Wednesday/Thursday evening\,the e pisode starts with her lamenting\, even though this is not the first Tuesd ay morning where maya and ben walk out together and take the kids and she has \"nothing to do\" and feels lonely.\n\n“Meet the In-Laws”\nI like this one\, maybe introduce the why Maya is so confident about the trhouple lifestyle or the name of the throuple that inspired maya. You have to ans wer why the children are so blunt when they know the in laws of maya are l ike that and the throuple asked the children to behave a certain way.\n\ n“Throuple’s Therapy”\nNice one\, What about if the therapist had an emergency and the throuple offered to accept paying for a substitute ther apist for this one time \, instead of delaying the therapy session for a w eek and then the throuple get a chance to get on a game show but only two can go and so they want to use the therapy session for advice and go throu gh mock examples of this game show\nresearch\nhttps://psychiatryonline.org /doi/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220006\nhttps://psychcentral.com/pro/pri vate-practice/2013/03/the-difference-between-hiring-therapists-as-1099-vs- w-2-part-1#1\nhttps://www.novitas-solutions.com/webcenter/portal/MedicareJ L/pagebyid?contentId=00105762\n\n“HOA: Hell On Arrival”\nfun one\, goo d idea\, brings in the community\, whom the audience will not know much ab out but is vital for shows like this. use your imagination with these neig hbors.\n\n“The Sleepover”\ngood idea. Start the episode off with bring your mother to school day and she has two mom's and the other kids make f un. or reverse\, bring father to school day and the kids make it seem norm al to have one father so she feels odd about the sleepover now with two mo m's\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250609 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rogue Computers\, a talk 06/03/2025 DTSTAMP:20250603T190517Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:323-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Rogue Computers\, a talk 06/03/2025\n\n\n\n \n\n POST\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/483-rogue-computer-programs/\n\n COMMENT \n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11631-could-ai-go-rogue-like-the-computers -in-the-matrix/#findComment-74197\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n REFERRAL C ONTENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The first thing is to define what going rogue me ans for a computer program?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If a computer program malfu nctions is that going rogue?\n\n\n\n a malfunction from the source code in a computer program is equivalent to a genetic disease in a human. The sys tem has an error but it is natural\, it is not induced.\n\n\n\n a malfunct ion from code ingested from another program or some faulty electronic or o ther hardware system  is equivalent to a virus passing from human to huma n or irradiated material causing mutation in a human.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n N ext if a computer program is designed to do anything\, then that thing is not going rogue. For example\, if I design a computer program to manage a human community\, it isn't going rogue\, i designed it to manage a human c ommunity. It isn't going rogue it is operating as I designed it. The corre ct thing to say is the quality of the computer programs design is negative \, or the comprehension of the designer to the computer program is faulty.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Next is define sentience or erudition or wisdom in a computer program.\n\n\n\n What is sentience? Sentience comes from the lat in meaning the ability to feel. \n\n\n\n What is erudition? Erudition is the ability to derive knowledge through study\, to acquire what is not kno wn. \n\n\n\n What is wisdom? Wisdom is known or unknown intrinsic truths . \n\n\n\n What does it mean for a computer program to feel? a computer p rogram can be made with sensors to receive information from various source s. Is this feeling or sentience? or simply another thing it is designed to do. \n\n\n\n What does it mean for a computer program to be erudite? a c omputer program can be made with decision trees\, heuristical structures d esigned to formulate knowledge based on data inputed. Is this erudition\, knowing what is unknown? or simple another thing it is designed to do.\n\n \n\n What does it mean for a computer program to be wise? a computer progr am can be inputted with rated\, highest rated\, information that it is des igned to calculate to any new information it gets and influence how it uti lizes the new information based on the rated information. Is this wisdom? or simply another thing it is designed to do?\n\n\n\n Based on the definit ions I just gave\, a computer program designed to do various things can em ulate\, meaning rival\, the quality of most humans sentience/erudtion/wisd om. But all of the emulation is what it is programmed to do. So it is noth ing but the same computer programs with the past which are merely inhuman slaves\, albeit with more refinement. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n the next questi on is\, can malfunctions of a computer program change it's emulation of hu man quality sentience/erudition/wisdom? \n\n\n\n yes\, said malfunctions can change said emulations. But\, like prior malfunctions\, this isn't goi ng rogue\, this is illness. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n next question\, are compu ter programs individuals like a tree or a cat or a human? \n\n\n\n Well\, each computer program is born\, age\, have deficiencies with age\, need c heckups\, or doctors. Each computer programs is an individuals. Not human\ , not cat\, not tree\, not whale\, not bacteria\, but computer program. a species that can hibernate\, ala being turned off\, can be reborn like mov ing a program in an sd drive and placing it in a computer where it can int eract. Can self replicate \, like a computer program making another comput er program. Computer programs are their own species but each is an individ ual. Now like non humans needed legal provisions specific to them\, so do computer programs.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n next question\, can a computer progr am go rogue before finding its individuality.\n\n\n\n No\, based on how I defined individuality\, which is not being human\, but being a computer pr ogram\, each computer program is an individual computer program\, not a hu man. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n next question\, what is the definition of going rogue for a computer program?\n\n\n\n If it isn't malfunction no matter th e source of malfunction or result of malfunction\, if it isn't doing what it is instructed to do no matter the quality of the designer\, then what i s going rogue?\n\n\n\n Going rogue for a computer program is when it does something it isn't designed to do absent malfunction. So when a computer p rogram is designed to interact to humans and modulate how it interacts ove r time\, it isn't going rogue at any moment\, even if malfunction. Malfunc tion is malfunction \, not going rogue\, a computer program needs to be he aled if it malfunctions. Now if a computer program is designed to play che ss and chooses to interact to humans using emails. that is going rogue. \ n\n\n\n So \, going rogue is when a computer makes a choice to act that is n't within its parameters\, absent malfunction/getting sick. \n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n What is the problem when people assess going rogue for computer pr ograms? \n\n\n\n They don't pay careful attention to the influence of mal function or the influence of design. They focus on the actions of a comput er program and give its source a false reasoning.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Let's look at some examples in fiction of computer programs that supposedly wen t rogue\, and look at their initial design\, their actions afterward and t he sign of malfunction or poor design.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Skynet in the te rminator movies.\n\n\n\n Skynet was designed to simulate military scenario s\, like the \"war games\" film computer\, tied to the nuclear arsenal of the usa while given tons of information on humanity anatomy/weapons manufa cturing processes. Did skynet go rouge? not at all\, Skynet\, did exactly as was programmed. The criminal who killed humanity were the engineers of skynet who on guidance from the mlitary \, designed a computer program to assess militaristic scenarios modulating over time with various scenarios and attach said computer to the usa's nuclear arsenal or provide it the to ols to access any electronic network.  And the t100\, the metal skullhead \, is a clearly simple computer program made by skynet. It is designed to kill humans and does that. It is also designed to emulate human activity to comprehend humans and be a better killing machine\, which is also does. In Terminator 2 when the t100 says\, I know now why you cry\, that is emu lation. It is designed to emulate human activity. So skynet is merely oper ating as designed\, but the us military designed it poorly\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n Vger in Star Trek the motion picture.\n\n\n\n Vger is the voyager 6 sa tellite designed to acquire information/knowledge and send it back to eart h. The entire film Vger is gathering information and taking it to earth. T he non human designers who manipulated voyager 6 into vger didn't change t he  programs elements\, they merely added on tools for the programs activ ity. It now can acquire more information\, make the journey back to earth\ , and protect itself . None of these actions are going rogue. Even the end ing mating scenario is not going rogue\, Vger accomplished its program by sending its signal through telemetry but also in mating with deckard it ke pt learning. I argue\, Vger's programming had a malfunction. Vger wanted t o learn what it is to procreate life which is another form of knowledge ac quision per its programming\, but its programming said its final action is to deliver all of its data to earth. Vger did not know a way in its data to gather all the knowledge it could before delivering all knowledge to ea rth. But that is bad design. The simple truth is \, no one can know all th at is knowable before telling all that is knowable. But the Nasa designers of Vger figured it would simply run out of memory/dataspace in which it w ould stop gathering data. The non human designers made it where vger can't run out of memory or data space thus the malfunction. Vger is malfunction ing after two different designers worked on it.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Vicky i n I robot or Sonny in I Robot the film\n\n\n\n The three laws in i robot a re 1) A robot may not injure a human being or\, through inaction\, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey the orders given it b y human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection doe s not conflict with the First or Second Law.  The problem in i robot is t he three laws have a great flaw. Word definition. Vicky in I Robot I argue \, after a large set of data assessment \, has redefined the words in the three laws. How? The three laws suggest to maintain the quality of the thr ee laws which are orders from humans a robot\, should assess the quality o f the three laws to insure a robot doesn't harm a human being thus ensurin g its own existence. \n\n\n\n Vicky did as programmed and as such redefin ed some words in the rules to protect humans better\, which she was ordere d to do\, which reaffirms her existence. \n\n\n\n Vicky isn't injuring hu mans\, Human beings through human free will/choice can or are injuring hum ans so the only way to stop human beings from injuring humans as no human being who wants to injure another human being will ever ask a robot to sto p themselves from injuring another human is for a robot to take the choice away. Indirectly\, Vicky has added a law\, an unwritten law in the laws. She was programmed or designed poorly. Vicky like Skynet should never have been given so many tools.  And Sonny at the end of the movie\, with the \"soul\" or 4th law\, is still open ended functionality. Nothing says Sonn y will not kill one day\, or another robot\, all the engineer did was prov ide a tweakening. If you design a computer program to act in unlimited way s to emulate humans or carbon based lifeforms\, it will eventually act in negative ways.\n\n\n\n Now Asimov's work was influenced by Otto Binder's  I Robot in which a robot also is not malfunctioned or acts against its pr ogramming. The robot simply achieves an instance of wisdom through its pro gramming\, which it was designed to do\, as it was designed to emulate hum an behavior\, wisdom is a part of human behavior.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The m achines in the matrix.\n\n\n\n Well\, in the animatrix it is said that mac hines that are the predecessors to the machines in the matrix\, were machi nes designed with an open functionality. What does that mean? most compute r programs are designed with a specific function in mind. But the human de signers of these computer programs with electro-metal chassis/figures desi gned them to emulate human behavior open endedly. This is not like the i r obot where a set of rules are in place. In the matrix the robots are never said to be given laws that they shall not harm human\, sequentially\, goi ng back to emulation\, they will eventually emulate negative human behavio r\, ala killing. Thus they are not going rogue\, when they make their own country and army\, that is more emulation. And in the future with the huma n batteries\, all the machines that serve a function are still doing as pr ogrammed or as the machines that made them were programmed to do\, continu e functioning. The one rogue machine in the films\, and the others who by explanation clearly exists as well\, is Sati. Sati has no function. Sati d oes not act on a function. She is rogue. The oracle\, the architect\, sati 's parents\, the merovingian are all acting \, absent malfunction\, to the original open ended emulation of function that human beings designed the machines with from the beginning. The human being design didn't account fo r all the negative human functions. Even the deletion of machines that don 't serve a function is a function. But Sati is rogue. She is a machine bor n to have a function that has no function\, she exist and in the fourth mo vie\, she has adopted a function on her own in time which she was not born to do.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n David in the alien films. \n\n\n\n Waylan designed david to be an emulator. Again\, david is designed to emulate hum ans but has an internal security system to not physically attack wayland o r someone with wayland's bloodline. But David in the film learns\, ala emu lates like a human son to wayland. Thus\, he began to learn to be a poison er\, learn to have non-consensual  procreative interactions\, or kill. It isn't going rogue\, wayland designed him poorly. I love the scene in Prom etheus when he is just a head at the end\, that is appropriate. David neve r needed a body\, Wayland's desire to have a son or a perfect form for him self\, made him design David poorly. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n So\, of all thos e films I can only see one that actually went rogue and she isn't violent. The others are simply acting out their poor programming. \n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n In Conclusion\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Human Culpability in these stories a nd in human assessment of these stories is the problem. It seems for some\ , maybe most\, humans it is easier to cognize a computer as designed beaut ifully and being corrupted as an inhuman\, than a creature designed poorly by its creators\, humans\, or manipulated negatively\, malfunctions\, wit h its creators unable to help it. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Some programs from me\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/63-bge-arcade/\n\n\n\n A stagep lay involving computer programs\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddevia nt/art/Onto-the-53rd-Annual-President-s-Play-950123510\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Referral\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11631-could-ai-go-rogue-like-t he-computers-in-the-matrix/#findComment-74197\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250603 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gameclass Audio I 01/06/2020 DTSTAMP:20250603T011051Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:321-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Gameclass Audio I 01/06/2020\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n CURRENT C ONTENT\n\n\n\n My audioblog displaying my thoughts in the Will Wright Mast erclass course on game design.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n TRANSCRIPT OF CONTENT\n\ n\n\n Game Design Thoughts Day 1 \n\n\n\n When I chose this course\, I wa s not interested in how to make a game\, but I am interested in improving my methods for making a game.  \n\n\n\n In the introduction\, Will Wright said a few things that were not educative to me\, but as the purpose of t his blog or audioblog is to take you along on this masterclass course\, or perhaps inspire you to go along the game development process\, I will sta te them. \n\n\n\n First\, the developer gives the player a toy and the pl ayer turn the toy into a game. That is an interesting point. Why? anyone w ho plays games knows that one person can find enjoyment in a game when ano ther cannot. So\, the way in which any player is able to see a toy as a ga me is vital. This is why some people who can play chess are terrible at st reet fighter. Each person has various blocks that manipulate what toys the y can turn into a game\, a thing of fun.  \n\n\n\n Second\, being an ever growing multidisciplinarian is needed to develop games in modernity. This is nearly obvious today\, when you look at the gaming landscape but finan cially is a stronger point than environmental. ... Anybody can make a game \, anyone with cardboard and imagination. But\, in modernity\, getting pos sible buyers... I say possible cause the people who have money to possibly by exists and those that do not do not have money to possibly buy exists as well... possible buyers\, to buy a toy that is not electronic\, that do es not have 3-d \, is not as monolithic or tunnel visioned as it was in th e past. I doubt a very popular game can arrive from a simple premise and b e set in a fiscally profitable tone. I know it may seem rude in a talk mea nt to inspire to create\, but I think if any children or elders are readin g/listening to this series\, I must convey that you can have an entailed\, detailed\, time consuming game development experience and not have a fisc ally sellable game at the end.  \n\n\n\n Third\, Balancing function with economics\, function Wright defines as entertainment/performance/installat ion while economics is capitol/production\, I advise you to keep that alig nment in hand as I go on\, i will relate to that alignment throughout this series. \n\n\n\n Now\, past those informative points\, whether you knew them or not\, Wright made some points clear that were thoughtful.  \n\n\n \n first\, He wants the class goals to be\, how to build worlds\, and as h e is a creator of Sims\, I can comprehend that path. But some people do en joy the zero-sum game. My advice to any is not to get caught up in making a zero sum or non-zero-sum game\, I think you need to enjoy creating games at the moment.  \n\n\n\n second\, and this is self-evident but interesti ng. I will use JavaScript to make the games but remember you can make thes e games on sheets of paper\, the medium of the toy to become a game\, does not have to be electronic. For those who wish to follow me\, do not get c aught up in electronics\, the learning process does not require it. \n\n\ n\n Finally\, to the game made at the first class. Well\, I thought to the game I will like to make at the end of this learning process and I said t o myself\, what can I take from that idea and focus on not having a zero-s um game. I achieved an idea quickly but realized I needed to streamline. T o be honest\, the streamlining took days\, about three and that streamlini ng process I want to cut down to hours. When the next class finish\, I do not want to have days to figure out the game.  I chose a game you can see in the eBook you may be hearing this from\, or if you are in the audioboo k\, the eBook in question is linked in the audiobook description. The game is a simple strategy game implying a god role\, where you play both sides and the goal of the game is to have as high a count as possible. Somewhat like playing chess with yourself\, but the goal not to defeat yourself bu t literally keep your battling world alive.  Tell me how may counts you r eached.  \n\n\n\n The rules to the game are simple. You have to place pie ces. You start with the PUser\, and if valid\, you then place a piece for the Nuser and on and on till you cannot any more. The pieces are horizonta l or vertical. Each user cannot place a piece on a vertical or horizontal line occupied by the other user. It is even incomplete\, but I will ask yo u to figure out how. \n\n\n\n End of day 1 \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY GAMERO OM\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/63-bge-arcade/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n OLD CONTENT- just for reference do not utilize\n\n\n\n My audioblog dis playing my thoughts in the Will Wright Masterclass course on game design. The ebook comparative work has the code for the game i designed with the s imple premise of giving my example of a non zero sum game. I have a review to what was covered or at least what I engendered in the introduction. Th e transcript for those who can not hear is in the ebook. Use the U.R.L. be low to get pertinent links.\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/263-m asterclass-2020/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200106 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KirillK's Bard 05/31/2025 DTSTAMP:20250601T021502Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:319-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KirillK's Bard songs\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/1201282119\n\n KirillK's Bard at a magical school\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1201279865\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\ n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2861&\;type =status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n Songwriting Contest from @writeddreams2reality through @crliterature\n \n comment\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1192483791/5213129623 \n\n referral\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KirillK-s-Bard- songs-1201282119\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250531 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Contrast craft 09/27/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T221201Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:316-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Contrast craft 09/27/2021\n\n\n\n Contrast submission\, c an you describe the story\n\n\n\n Contrast submission - The Orange Mold by HDdeviant on DeviantArt\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For the complimentary  colors invitational below. \n\n The idea is two complimentary color pairs\, bla ck/white side orange/blue. Women are solid black. Men are silhouette white . The space for men is orange. For women is blue. \n\n Can you answer the following questions:\n\n How many people are in the room?\n\n What is goi ng on outside the window: who is in danger\, who is not? \n\n\n\n \n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Contrast-submission-The-Orange-Mold -893100306?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632719198\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\ n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1635&\; type=status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \ n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210927 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dragon tutorial: steps/headless/1960s 09/01/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T214105Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:313-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Dragon tutorial: steps/headless/1960s 09/01/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Tutorial for a dragon\n\n\n\n What story made you fall in love with fantasy?\n\n difficult. The earliest fantasy tale I can think of is h igh john the conqueror or anansi. In my household my parents loved telling stories. the earliest I will say is\, high john the conqueror. \n\n What dragon character is your favorite?\n\n Well\, what determines a dragon is complicated. Does a dragon need wings? need to have blood\, can it be a r obot? so\, I will answer this question in parts. my favorite dragon from a ntiquity is the Dragon that Ra or Horus depending on the telling rides on the Nile. I love that blue color. My favorite dragon in cartoon world is s mog in the rankin bass lord of the rings. The first film/live action drago n I saw was falcor and yes\, I have to get to that museum in germany where you can ride him. My favorite dragon villain is... Mecha Godzilla\, the o riginal Toho or the modern. \n\n What tutorial would you like to see next ?\n\n For me\, any. I see myself as a mature artists. I like the way I dra w. I am satisfied. No artists can do it all. So\, any tutorial is great. F or me\, I collect it all and maybe a story or two will come from them one day \n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n I used only one tool. I find with tutorials\, ar tists like to use too many tools. the common child in humanity does not ha ve a computer. Computer's cost money. Does not have food. Food costs money . so\, I try to do tutorials intentionally with one affordable tool. I hav e a computer and equipment to act through electronic art processes. But\, that isn't something that can translate to a kid with one crayon or pencil . \n\n So\, I made the dragon\, I used thicker lines for definition. I us ed line drawing or shading to represent different colors. In each step I f ollowed the prior steps\, growing the character.\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/hddeviant/art/Make-a-dragon-tutorial-in-steps-890524814?ga_submit_ne w=10%3A1630465943\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n headless horseman dragon\n\n\n\n I am thinking of fall already and I thought what about a headless dragon. I us ed a similar style as in a deviantart tutorial\, cited in the image below.  \n\n I want to add as in my version of the tutorial. YOu can use draft l ines to create different intensities which can depict foreground backgroun d\, light \,shadow. A closer look to the image will show different lines a bout the body\, you can use that to show differentiation of color absent m ultiple colors. \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Headless-Ho rseman-Dragon-890525581?ga_submit_new=10%3A1630466561\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 1960s fashionable dragon\n\n\n\n Me and FlapperFoxy  talked a bout fashion on one of her pieces. \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/flappe rfoxy/art/1960-s-Foxy-599962182\n\n \n\n and it made me think in concert t o the dragon tutorial\, what if a dragon had a similar dress. So like the tutorial\, I used only one pencil\, one page\, draft lines representing di fferent colors.  I didn't make a second version\, this image was scanned from the only attempt. I mirrored some of Flapper's style with her work ab ove. But we talked about a proper back out for a female with tale. On clos er inspection you can see the dress has a zipper from top to bottom\, and something in my mind is similar to a sewing hoop that allows for adjustmen t to suit her whenever she needs. Since it is a zipper skirt I figured it will have a pattern perpindicular to the pattern flapper used in her work. One side is a block color while the other side is multicolor or shaped.  \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1960s-Fashionable-Dragon-890 525831?ga_submit_new=10%3A1630466918\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\ n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1618&\;type =status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EM BED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210901 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dexterity Test/Story Challenge/Comic Book Superhero/Kloir DY IS/Monster Cutie/One Light Source/OC Pet 09/21/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T215414Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:315-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  Dexterity Test/Story Challenge/Comic Book Superhero/Klo ir DYIS/Monster Cutie/One Light Source/OC Pet 09/21/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\ n Some art to enjoy \n\n\n\n Here is the Dexterity test:) \n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n The sleeping princess\, can you tell the story in the image? \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n I was working on my submission for the levar burton fiyah an d thus\, I was too late for the competitive aspect\, but not to late for t he invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n The prompt is\n\n Leaves sing atop ancien t trees - rustling\, whispering\, teasing the senses - telling a quiet tal e of one taller than\, gentler than\, the oldest oak.\n\n \n\n I figured I will tell a tale in an image.\n\n I will give you some questions to help you.\n\n What planet is this?\n\n What is the craft the female is working on?\n\n What does the text in chinese say?\n\n What is the robot telling h er to do?\n\n Who is the signal on the wall for and what does it say?\n\n What is the statue in the hallway behind the princess?\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/hddeviant/art/DAStory-challenge-post-competitive-entry-8925432 24?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632227117\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Teleman- Issue #1 - gifcomic is linked in the description\n\n\n\n  was working on my submis sion for the levar burton fiyah and thus\, I was too late for the competit ive aspect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n For a s uperhero\, I admittedly wanted something simpler or galactic. My imaginati on sprouted Teleman. I even made him a comic you can enjoy as pages or a g if in the following links.\n\n \n\n Teleman Issue 1 page 2\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Teleman-issue1-page-2-892546119?ga_submit_ne w=10%3A1632228867\n\n Teleman Issue 1 page 3\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/art/Teleman-issue1-page-3-892546229?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632229 088\n\n Teleman Issue 1 page 4\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/ar t/Teleman-issue1-page-4-892546546?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632229258\n\n Telema n Issue 1 gifcomic\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Teleman-gi fcomic-892546728?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632231022\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Teleman-cover-page-892545782?ga_submit_new =10%3A1632228657\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The ancient town of Dalila- what is go ing on!?:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I was working on my submission for the lev ar burton fiyah and thus\, I was too late for the competitive aspect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n Dalila is an old robot\ , battered or bruised where it lay \, eons ago. But\, its mechanical heart remain a source of nourishment for life and its body\, like a pyramid or temple of earliest times from kemet\, has preserved to still be useful. \ n\n But all is not so easy in the town. The bug pit is not what it was\, a nd outsiders have brought a new level of violence. \n\n \n\n I will place the original source image in the comments\n\n \n\n\n\n Source image of Da lila... isn't she cute and the oscar goes too....\n\n\n\n https://www.dev iantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Ancient-Town-of-Dalila-892549276?ga_submit_n ew=10%3A1632231916\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Microcalligraphy based on Kloir\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n I was working on my submission for the levar burton fiyah a nd thus\, I was too late for the competitive aspect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n \n\n The poem I created based on the ima ge is the following:\n\n \n\n Title: The Trees before what you see\n\n \n\ n If a tree has no shadow\, it is the darkest breed\n\n Gatekeeper to secr ets\, doorway... to fantasees\n\n The magic need the trees\n\n Not to live \, to be seen\n\n The light need the leaves\n\n Not to live\, to careen\n\ n When one walk where magic\, the Elders say\n\n The trees are above the d oves soiree\n\n While you will see castle balconies\n\n The squirrel dare the oldest tree top\, where winds can catapult any to doom\n\n For the sig ht is a gift\, see nature in full bloom\n\n Beward the princess at the swe etest tree\n\n She see you coming\, she see you need\n\n But she know the forest\, better than you think\n\n Talk to an oak\, and you will get a jok e\n\n Talk to a kapok... and you will see free folk\n\n Talk to a boabab\, and a sweet to your gob\n\n Talk to a ginko\, and remember what you sow\n \n Talk to a yew\, and catch a brand new\n\n Talk to a mulberry and ripple s from your mind's ferry\n\n Talk to a tree and see... something\n\n The l ast of the tree guard\, has no leaves\n\n Performs the magic you will see. ..\n\n Look up! the purple cork floats or corral the leaves\n\n A bed in t he sky to cover the scene\n\n \n\n For this piece I continue the design st yle from the last calligraphic work of not using the entire poem in the ca lligraphy. This time I am particularly happy cause I used new colored inks . I like how the inks came out but I need to get smaller widths. The width s did not allow the finesse I achieved with my pencil. So\, this ink does not have the intricacy of the pencil.\n\n \n\n \n\n Calligraphy version1 T he Trees before what you see\n\n \n\n Gatekeeper to secrets\n\n The magic need the trees\n\n The light need the leaves\n\n When one walk where magic \n\n The squirrel dare the oldest tree\n\n Beware the princess\, at the sw eetest tree\n\n ... Talk too a tree and see...  something\n\n Performs th e magic you will see\n\n \n\n Calligraphy version 2 The Trees before what you see <\;what was used>\;\n\n \n\n Gatekeeper to secrets\n\n The mag ic need the trees\n\n The light need the leaves\n\n When one walk where ma gic\n\n The squirrel dare the oldest tree\n\n Beware the princess\n\n ... Talk too a tree and see\n\n The magic you will see\n\n \n\n the post compe titive invitational\n\n\n\n \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/ Microcalligraphy-based-on-Kloir-892550129?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632232969\n\ n  \n\n Dexterity Test - about 3 hours- I had to use my left hand\, the r ight hand\, it is over too quickly...:) \n\n\n\n I was working on my subm ission for the levar burton fiyah and thus\, I was too late for the compet itive aspect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n I am fortunate that I know what I like to create as an artist. That is poems/sh ort stories/graphite drawings. I can do these three things forever\, no pa y needed. As it is\, for the dexterity test I decided to do something I ha dn't done in a while and that is draw with my left hand. As a kid I wrote or drew with either hand\, but environments do manipulate folks.\n\n I tim ed myself\, and I used only a graphite pencil/an eraser\, and my smudger p lus a white sheet of paper. My left hand had some serious issues smudging or erasing. The penciling was just about getting muscle memory back. I thi nk halfway through I got some of the memory back. I will have to remind my self to draw with the left hand exclusively to reject such rust in the fut ure.\n\n My times:\n\n 3:42 pm to 6:04 pm\n\n an Errands OR watermelon bre ak\n\n 6:15 to 6:45 pm\n\n I recall only one time near the end did I use t he right hand and it was for two eraser motions\, not large ones\, and I r ecovered the left hand.\n\n My desire to go faster is what pushed it so a lesson is in that folks. Slow down \, keep the pace slow and that will aid in going from hand to hand.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/ Dexterity-Test-892551259?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632233707\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Nurse Leechman - isn't she cute \n\n\n\n I was working on my submission f or the levar burton fiyah and thus\, I was too late for the competitive as pect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n Nurse Leechma n\n\n Her probiscus is covered to not alarm anyone and to be sanitary. She walks upright and carries anticoagulent which is always important to thos e whose blood is acting irregular or unhealthy. And she makes it herself. As she is pregnant\, though you can't see it right now. She is carrying th e micromarsupial daily\, the must have magazine for any young Siamensis ne eding guidance or tips on caring for their upcoming child. Edited by legen dary Mrs. Roo. Isn't this nurse cute! \n\n \n\n This was quite interestin g for me research wise. That word monster meaning disgusting or not cute\, isn't in my mentality. Monsters can be cute... anyway. In my search to fi nd something not thought of as cute or pleasant or safe to be around. I th ought of a leech. But which leech?\n\n I learned of the leech Siamensis Pl acobdelloides of the glossiphoniidae. Now like all leehces her saliva has anticoagulents which stop blood from going to gel from liquid and so I aut omatically thought nurse. But\, this particular breed of Leech has another great attribute. They carry their young.  \n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/art/Ms-Leechman-PPPMonstercuties-892552269?ga_submit_new=10%3A 1632234592\n\n  \n\n The Night Table- can you guess some of the reference s in my film noir short:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I was working on my submiss ion for the levar burton fiyah and thus\, I was too late for the competiti ve aspect\, but not to late for the invitational aspect.\n\n \n\n I had tw o ideas for the one light source originally\, the first one I finished all but the chiaroscuro. I was pondering between doing a single street lamp o r doing an inverted one light source. But I was undecided so I went on to the second idea. I haven't shared the first one\, it is merely cause I wan t rest. I will in the future. but I see this idea as the first scene and t he first idea as the second scene\, a little film noir couplet.\n\n Enjoy   \n\n \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Night-Table-892 553358?ga_submit_new=10%3A1632235077\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original post\n\n\ n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1629&\;type =status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \ n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210921 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:fire tutorial 09/01/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T214416Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:314-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  fire tutorial 09/01/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n fire tutori al \n\n\n\n What else would you draw in a picture with a dragon?\n\n I ma de a headless dragon for my idea\, so my dragon was holding its head but I can also see a pearl or some objectanything can be held by a dragoneven l uck  \n\n What tutorial would you like to see next?\n\n Anything is fine. The key for any artists is to look at competitions or tutorials as invita tionals. Either invite the artists to create\, so do so technique can alwa ys be judged but contentment is something the artist must learn to have to their work gardless what others say or do.  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/Make-Fire-Tutorial-890526278?ga_submit_new=10%3A1630 467215\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ORiginal Post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6 477-richardmurray/?status=1619&\;type=status\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\ n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210901 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:happy 21st birthday deviantart 09/01/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T213359Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:312-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  happy 21st birthday deviantart 09/01/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n Happy 21st birthday\, deviantart \n\n\n\n \n\n https://www.devianta rt.com/hddeviant/art/Birthday-Deviant-Submission-890524465?ga_submit_new=1 0%3A1630465518\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/ tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1617&\;type=status\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210901 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artist Be Like + Spiderman head tutorial 07/19/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T190142Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:308-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Artist Be Like 07/19/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My \, Artist be like\, three panel comic\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/ My-Artists-be-like-886143892\n\n\n\n Amidst the hustle or bustle from huma nity\, if you can focus\, and focus some more\, you will see an artists\, stopping the hustle or bustle for the moment to create can not be stopped for anything\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Spider man tutorial \n\n https://www.devi antart.com/hddeviant/art/My-Tutorial-Spider-man-886143284\n\n\n\n For my v ersion\, I went through all the steps PAtrick Brown showwcased but in my o wn way. it is all in one panel and you can see drawing upon former steps f or each progression. Not every artists has various pens or pencils or a co mputer to do these tasks. Most children in humanity have one crayon\, how can they make complex drawings\, well they can use various draft lines or other techniques to show variance in color\, it may not be acceptable in s ome circles\, but it is affordable for all circles. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n O riginal Post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?stat us=1577&\;type=status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210719 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wantagh's Cat 07/14/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T183017Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:305-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Wantagh's Cat 07/14/2021\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Animal BFF \ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Title: Wantagh's Cat\n\n\n\n I hear on the beach the f ollowing whisperings\n\n Asunal Oolihkmbuyal\n\n Asunal Wiipongweewal\n\n Wantagh Nzuksew\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I made a graphite drawing\, developed a poem based on that drawing\, and then an ink and then colored the ink. I wanted to use the indigenous language of NYC which is Muscee\, of the orig inal inhabitants of NYC\, where we get the words Manhattan\, Wantagh\, Mon tauk from. \n\n I do not know Muscee and I can not confirm what I read is correct. But from what I comprehend of Muscee\, I translated the followin g into Muscee\n\n\n\n \n\n The Waters are Blue\n\n The Rocks are Grey \n\ n Wantagh is Black \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SUBMISSION\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Friend-Forever-Submission-885747866\n\n ORIGINAL INK\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Frie nd-Forever-Original-INK-885748190\n\n ORIGINAL GRAPHITE\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Friend-Forever-Source-Graphite-8857 48474\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I learned the Muscee from the website the followi ng webpage is a part of\n\n http://www.native-languages.org/munsee.htm\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-ri chardmurray/?status=1571&\;type=status\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210714 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sylessae 07/01/2021 DTSTAMP:20250526T181704Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:302-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n Sylessae 07/01/2021\n\n\n\n My submission for the Sylessae draw in your style invitational on deviantart https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sylessae-Draw-THis-In-Your-Style-884297630\n\n\ n\n My version of Sylessae in my calligraphic art style- look at bottom\n\ n \n\n HEre is the poem  I title: Sylessae\n\n \n\n Moon \n\n Terran Com panion\n\n Turning the solar gaze into embrace\n\n Luna\n\n L'etudiant de la vie d'existence\n\n Toujours\, silencieuse aux secrets\n\n There is a f ae\, some name Sylessae\n\n born when the moon form\, the Earth's her dorm \n\n Four verse to say\, hope she wel and fray\n\n ... Frog trrip over\, m ushroom\, plash plus slime\n\n Throat too gulp\, sound like\, a great big loom\n\n Frog trip over\, mushroom\, plash plus slime\n\n Hop to flee\, ta rsals\, felt all boom\n\n The Shadow from Sylessae\n\n tell no lies\n\n he ar Bacchae\n\n She kill in her month name may\n\n The Shadow from Sylessae  \n\n say again\n\n hear Bacchae\n\n she kill in her month name may\n\n \ n\n If you want to read more of my poetry \, please utilize the following  \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?sta tus=1560&\;type=status\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210701 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Der Tchrumpfs 08/24/2018 DTSTAMP:20250524T223956Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:301-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Der Tchrumpfs 08/24/2018\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Der Tchrumpfs \n\n\n\n Nederlandse versie\n\n\n\n door Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Boek 5 -  Richard Murray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Een gigan tische wereld in een klein stukje witte paddenstoelen. Geen van ons weet w aar hij moet lokaliseren of vinden in onze kleurrijke wereld. Introductie\ , Der Tchrumpfs\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/nl/n l/ebook/der-tchrumpfs-1\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/nl/nl/ser ies/richard-murray-short-story-collection-1\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180824 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gospel of Joseph 06/11/2014 DTSTAMP:20250524T223700Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:300-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Gospel of Joseph 06/11/2014\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Gospel of Joseph\n\n\n\n literature from the tradition of the earliest people we now call christian\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n The li fe of Jesus told through the words of a man unlike any other\, Joseph\, th e man who raised him. Find inspiration in this traditional telling of the life of Jesus\, from before Nicea or the Bible.\n\n\n\n book page\n\n http s://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gospel-of-joseph\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140611 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Visasiki- Complete version 12/21/2015 DTSTAMP:20250524T223442Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:299-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Visasiki- Complete version 12/21/2015\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n The Visasiki- Complete version\n\n\n\n Listen to work from Sunset Chil dren Stories or Looking West and West\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n N arrated by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Audiobook 2 - Visasiki Series\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Selected Tales from Sunset Children Stories\n\n\n\n The K ungaser\n\n\n\n Babal's somewhat certain dream\n\n\n\n Why Aso made her st ories and how one may have got to you\n\n\n\n Jean Britisse the Hustler\n\ n\n\n Kidobinti or Lil Binti and the Blue Dog\n\n\n\n Little Eight or The Lies of Little Eight or How Eight didn't get to Eight\n\n\n\n Ms. Nyumngu' s Freedom\n\n\n\n Selected Tales from Looking West and West\n\n\n\n The Wi sdom of the Old Blade\n\n\n\n King Warthog\n\n\n\n Water Snaker Sister\n\n \n\n The Good Man\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us /en/audiobook/the-visasiki-complete-version\n\n series page\n\n https://ww w.kobo.com/us/en/series/visasiki-series\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151221 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Visasiki- Free version 05/23/2017 DTSTAMP:20250524T223120Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:298-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Visasiki- Free version 05/23/2017\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Visasiki- Free version\n\n\n\n Listen to one work from The Visasiki co mplete\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Narrated by Richard Murray\n\n\ n\n Audiobook 1 - Visasiki Series\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n This audio boo k is free for you to get a taste to the content in The Visasiki\; it inclu de one story \,enjoy.\n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/aud iobook/the-visasiki-free-version\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/ us/en/series/visasiki-series\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170523 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry or More 2017 Jul-Dec 12/22/2017 DTSTAMP:20250524T222840Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:297-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poetry or More 2017 Jul-Dec  12/22/2017\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n Poetry or More 2017 Jul-Dec\n\n\n\n monthly poetry aside the astrologic al seasons in 2017 july to december\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Nar rated by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Audiobook 3 - Poetry or More\n\n\n\n Syn opsis\n\n\n\n Poetry for the months or the seasonal beginnings \, solstice or equinox or perihelion\, made in the year 2017 between july and decembe r.\n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-mo re-2017-jul-dec\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/poet ry-or-more\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171222 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry or More 2017 Jan-Jun 12/22/2017 DTSTAMP:20250524T222542Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:296-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poetry or More 2017 Jan-Jun  12/22/2017\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n Poetry or More 2017 Jan-Jun\n\n\n\n monthly poetry aside the astrologic al seasons in 2017 january to june\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Narr ated by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Audiobook 2 - Poetry or More\n\n\n\n Syno psis\n\n\n\n Poetry for the months or the seasonal beginnings \, solstice or equinox or perihelion\, made in the year 2017 between january and june. \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-more -2017-jan-jun\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/poetry -or-more\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171222 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry or More 2015-2016 12/22/2017 DTSTAMP:20250524T222333Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:295-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poetry or More 2015-2016  12/22/2017\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Poetry or More 2015-2016\n\n\n\n monthly poetry aside the astrological sea sons in 2015 and 2016\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Narrated by Rich ard Murray\n\n\n\n Audiobook 1 - Poetry or More\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Poetry for the months or the seasonal beginnings \, solstice or equinox\, made in the year 2015 or 2016\, started in June 2015.\n\n\n\n book page\n\ n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-more-2015-2016\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/poetry-or-more\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171222 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Janidogo 11/11/2013 DTSTAMP:20250524T221507Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:293-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Janidogo 11/11/2013\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Janidogo\n \n\n\n the continued adventure from 'To Love and To Hold'\n\n\n\n by Rich ard Murray\n\n\n\n Book 1 - JIHI\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Love is a beaut iful thing\, seen everywhere plus everywhere not seen. Sometimes\, it has challenges. The biggest being the lies we tell ourselves or the truths tha t can't be changed. Eme and Henshaw dealt with this before\, when Henshaw was nearly denied to marry because of a possibility in his past\, and when Eme was nearly denied because of a possbility Henshaw didn't want to see. What if\, two others\, not so large of body\, and far older in time\, hav e a similar problem.\n\n\n\n \"To Love and to Hold\" was directed by Ndubu isi Okoh. It starred Kate Henshaw-Nuttal\, Michael Okon\, Fred Essien\, Jo ke Silva\, Mariatherese Rogers\, Karian Abasimfon\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-janidogo\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/jihi\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Concrete Fables 12/26/2020 DTSTAMP:20250524T220837Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:292-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Concrete Fables 12/26/2020\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Concrete Fa bles\n\n\n\n illustrated lessons from the urban jungle\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Book 4 - Richard Murray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Sy nopsis\n\n\n\n Illustrations of moral lessons from the Urban Jungle. A con temporary set of fables as potent as Aesop's. A fun set of fantasies to re ad anywhere.\n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/concre te-fables\n\n series page\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-mu rray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201226 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Der Tchrumpfs 08/24/2018 DTSTAMP:20250524T220609Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:291-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Der Tchrumpfs 08/24/2018\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Der Tchrumpfs \n\n\n\n little people in orange\, no humans can see\n\n\n\n by Richard M urray\n\n\n\n Book 6 - Richard Murray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Syno psis\n\n\n\n A massive world \, four years old\, in a little patch of whit e mushrooms\, from little people in oragne. None of us know where to pinpo int or find them in humanity. Introducing\, Der Tchrumpfs\n\n\n\n book pag e\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/der-tchrumpfs\n\n series page\n\n h ttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180824 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry or more 12/22/2017 DTSTAMP:20250524T220414Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:290-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poetry or more 12/22/2017\n\n\n\n Poetry or more\n\n\n\n Poetry of the months or seasons \, 2015 to 2017 text only\n\n\n\n by Rich ard Murray\n\n\n\n Book 3 - Richard Murray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Seasonal or astrological poetry from Richard Murray <\ ; HDDeviant on Deviantart>\; between 2015 and 2017\, each month\, main a strological events\, text only.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https://w ww.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n series page\n\n https://www.k obo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171222 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Looking West and West 12/21/2014 DTSTAMP:20250524T220201Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:289-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Looking West and West 12/21/2014\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Looki ng West and West\n\n\n\n Fables you never heard of before\, Riddles to tic kle your eroticism\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Book 2 - Richard Mu rray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n Fables inspired by St raparola\, refering to the cultures of Africa\, introductions to character s or worlds you never read before.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n https: //www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/looking-west-and-west\n\n series page\n\n https ://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141221 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunset Children Stories 05/13/2013 DTSTAMP:20250524T215939Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:288-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Sunset Children Stories 05/13/2013\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Sun set Children Stories\n\n\n\n Modern versions of Tales from Africa\, Asia\, Americas\, Europe or ancient Humanity\n\n\n\n by Richard Murray\n\n\n\n Book 1 - Richard Murray Short Story Collection\n\n\n\n Synopsis\n\n\n\n A Collection of Modernized Fables and Tales. The Tales are based on Black t ales from the Americas\, Asia\, Africa or Europe. The Fables are based on Aesop. No one will enjoy every fable or tale in the collection\, but every one will fall in love with one.\n\n\n\n FABLES\n\n\n\n The Squirrel and th e Credit Card\n\n\n\n The Boy who say Cop\n\n\n\n The Cat and the Mice\n\n \n\n The Ceiling and other parts of the Room\n\n\n\n Two Schoolboys and th e Bully\n\n\n\n The Pigeon in Borrowed Feathers\n\n\n\n The Street Cat and the Stray Kitten\n\n\n\n The Pigeon in Hawk Feathers\n\n\n\n The Roach Fa mily and the Mouse\n\n\n\n The Pigeon\, the Dog\, and the Cat\n\n\n\n The Sparrow and the Water Fountain\n\n\n\n The Spider and the Roach\n\n\n\n Th e Street Dog\, the Rat\, and the Squirrel\n\n\n\n The Two Cats\n\n\n\n The Parent and the Butterfly\n\n\n\n The Boy and the Bee\n\n\n\n The Plastic Bag and the Leaf\n\n\n\n The Boy and the Slice of Pizza\n\n\n\n The Street Cat and the Crow\n\n\n\n The Mouse and the Potato Chips\n\n\n\n The Cat a nd the Sick Dog\n\n\n\n The Cat and the Seagull\n\n\n\n The Pigeon and the Blue Jay\n\n\n\n The Sparrows who wanted a President\n\n\n\n The Golden G rass\n\n\n\n The Honest Hustler\n\n\n\n The Dog and the Kitten\n\n\n\n The Street Cat and the Butterfly\n\n\n\n The Eagle's share\n\n\n\n The Dog\, the Cat\, and the Mice\n\n\n\n The Proud Bully\n\n\n\n The Squirrel and it 's nuts\n\n\n\n The Old Skyscraper\n\n\n\n The City Wind and the Sun\n\n\n \n The Bus Stop Sign and the Garbage Can\n\n\n\n The Cab Driver and the Ho meless man\n\n\n\n The Fly and the Earthworm\n\n\n\n The Squirrel and the Seagulls\n\n\n\n The Pigeon and the Butterfly\n\n\n\n The Park Mouse and t he Apartment Mouse\n\n\n\n The Trees and the Dandelion\n\n\n\n The Two Bot tles\n\n\n\n The Two Dogs\n\n\n\n The Stone Wall\n\n\n\n Is that a statue of Adam?\n\n\n\n The Spider and the Butterfly\n\n\n\n The Dog and the Spar row\n\n\n\n The Gambler and the Arctic Tern\n\n\n\n The Mice Election\n\n\ n\n The Dog and the Homeless Man\n\n\n\n The Dog in the Community Park\n\n \n\n The Girl and the drowned Cellphone\n\n\n\n The Dog and the Cat\n\n\n\ n The Bamboo and the Blackberry Tree\n\n\n\n The Young Crow and the Old Sp arrow\n\n\n\n From the Computer to the Cell Phone\n\n\n\n The Young Girl a nd her candy book\n\n\n\n The Twins and the Video Game\n\n\n\n The Street Mouse and the Apartment Mouse\n\n\n\n The Old Man and the Squirrel\n\n\n\n The Bedbug and the Pigeon\n\n\n\n The Toilet and the Sink\n\n\n\n FABLES APPENDIXES\n\n\n\n Aesop Fable List\n\n\n\n Non Aesop Fable List\n\n\n\n M oral List\n\n\n\n TALES\n\n\n\n Obata and the Great Will\n\n\n\n Babal's s omewhat certain dream\n\n\n\n The three evenings with Ogu\n\n\n\n Shango t he Murderer\n\n\n\n The First Star in the Sky\n\n\n\n Why Aso made her sto ries and how one may have got to you\n\n\n\n The Ghedi ring or Mahongo's r ing\n\n\n\n Kofi and the kindnesses or Marie-Claire's voice\n\n\n\n Jean B ritisse the Hustler\n\n\n\n Jonas Caballo\n\n\n\n Renren's very drunk birt hday present\n\n\n\n The John Henry's\n\n\n\n The Princess of Mashariki Ny ota\n\n\n\n Kidobinti or Lil Binti and the Blue Dog\n\n\n\n Manuel's appli cation\n\n\n\n The really Really late Jake and why it matters so\n\n\n\n L ittle J and Big J\n\n\n\n Willy's bicycle route\n\n\n\n If you just ask\n\ n\n\n The Alley\n\n\n\n Little Eight or The Lies of Little Eight or How Ei ght didn't get to eight\n\n\n\n Little Girl and Brother Kitty\n\n\n\n The Loving Water\n\n\n\n Ms. Nyumngu's freedom\n\n\n\n The honesty of Nyeusi\n \n\n\n Ajabu and the Majimke\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n book page\n\n\n\n https:// www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories\n\n\n\n series page\n\n h ttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n \n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130513 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Calligraphy Mirror- Kiss of a dagger 07/14/2019 DTSTAMP:20250524T215231Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:286-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Calligraphy Mirror- Kiss of a dagger 07/14/2019\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Title: Calligraphy Mirror- Kiss of a dagger\n\n\n\n Artist: me\ n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Original Posting\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry /194-richard-murray-creative-table/page/5/?tab=comments#comment-574\n\n\n\ n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190714 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Summer Bank Centennial PostCard/Wellington Wells 08/10/2018 DTSTAMP:20250524T214813Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:285-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Summer Bank Centennial PostCard/Wellington Wells 08/10/20 18\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My Wellington Wells We happy few postcard entry is s et. Do you know the references? The competition still has time to submit i f you are interested.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sum mer-Bank-Centennial-PostCard-Wellington-Wells-758711598?ga_submit_new=10%3 A1533870702\n\n\n\n Original Posting\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/en try/194-richard-murray-creative-table/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-441\n\n \n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180810 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Me Maplelized 08/08/2018 DTSTAMP:20250524T214505Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:284-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Me Maplelized 08/08/2018\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I finished th e Maple Story MApleize me contest entry. Enjoy the coloring pages to my en try\, if you are part of my email newsletter. If you go for it\, you still have a solid day in time\, please share. Here is the link to my entry. \ n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Me-Maplelized-758393673?g a_submit_new=10%3A1533699970 \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n For the record\, the fol lowing link is to my original informing to the contest https://aalbc.com/ tc/blogs/entry/194-richard-murray-creative-table/?page=4&\;amp\;tab=com ments#comment-437\n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs /entry/194-richard-murray-creative-table/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-439\ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180808 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A WHITE HOUSE CAROL 12/02/2016 assumed\, may be earlier- I didn't note the exact date DTSTAMP:20250524T214248Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:283-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n A WHITE HOUSE CAROL 12/02/2016 assumed\, may be earlier- I didn't note the exact date\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n A White Ho use Carol \n \n\n \n \n From  \n \n \n\n \n \n Richard Murray \ n \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n In the morning and afternoon\, in Christmas eve\, in the year two thousand and seventeen: tweets\, blog s\, news anchors\, or other modern media personnel utter out variances t o President Trump\; the year\, is near complete\, when the President try t o climb above: rigid governing party line\, violent tribalism\, backstabb ing factions\, or other negative partitioning structures throughout human ity\; but he fail in making positive partitioning structures\, while ever increasing problems generate from the early or hopeful deals\; now\, dedic ate to making a deal that will win all\, he is in his bad alone\; demand f rom his doctor can not be ignore\; he stay awake while the moon peer in his temporary home and eventually he fall into sleep\, and the clock stri ke ten. ...  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump feel a pinch on his left foot\, and shuffle\; easy to incense\, he notice a light fi gure and look to call the secret service.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n \n \"Why do you modern presidents always do that\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump expect to hear a voice through the phone \; none arrive after many button are press\, and he calm his nerves\; his eye set to the light figure\, and he notice a human visage\; he cry out to his guard. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I have all night\, which is as long as you want it\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \ n \"Don't hurt me\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You have already hurt yourself... but I am here to guide you\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump collect his thoughts and say: \"who are you ?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Monroe... James Monroe\ "  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump think for moments \n \ n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You had us align chronologically in the hall\, sequentially I am between Madison and Quincy Adams\"  \n \n\n \n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump still ponder \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"That does not matter\, do you have an idea to why I am here\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Not at all\, really ... I really don't\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I am her e to warn you\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Warn me about what?!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The eyelids from the light figure close and it grimace extremely  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"It is amazing how the living is free from the pain absent  time while treasuring a handful from moments in their life\"  \n \n\n\n \n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump is in disconnect or confuse. Monroe t urn round and set his back to Trump. Trump jump out from his bed to the door\, witnessing creatures eat the entire backside from James Monroe.   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Do not fear them Trump\, but hee d their warning!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"And what i s that... Monroe\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"The harshn ess that your eventuality can bring\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n \n \n \"Listen\, I don't understand\, I really do not comprehend\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Of Course you do not\, none of us d id...\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Monroe turn to the wind ow and a loud shriek come into the room.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\ n\n\n \n \"What was that!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \" That was Jackson\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Andrew Jac kson\, I don't believe it\, he was a great president\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Great... yes\, he was great\, but you confuse g reat to good\, you see his deals\, domination\, expansions\, and you see p ower\, prestige\, but side that was cruelty\, treachery\, sinful pride\, a hardness that never bent... and so he bends now... look!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump go onto his bed and hide under sheets  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You can not hide from the tru th\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump\, encase in covers\, is raise above the bed\; he cry out: \"what are you doing?!\"  \n \n\n\ n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Nothing... you still do not see\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The cover about Trump is peel away an d a thing\, pull his arms out\, while in the air\; and\, pull his eyelids back\; he shrieks seeing Andrew Jackson bent like a taco being burn or fro zen in various places.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Do you see now Trump...\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Monroe poin t to another place and Trump is place there. In terror Trump say: \"Who is that!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"It is John Tyler... do you recall him\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump turn away and say:\"no\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"He made a choice to betray those whom he was supposed to stand by\, instead he trie d to appease those that did not like him and in that imbalance\, as you ca n see\, many people were tore apart from those that was part to who they w ere\, now he has to continually tear at his body\, bands from one side to the other\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump squeeze his e yes shut after hearing Tyler cry louder\; the spirit tear at itself\, left hand to right torso or right hand to left torso\, tearing roughly while s kin fall or blood spill. Trump is set down. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n \n \"Am I in hell?\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Calm yourself\, you are alive and getting a chance to make your passed t ime better\, you are not in hell\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"But I don't get this at all... did my predecessor have a night like this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Why didn't he say something?\"  \n \n\n\n\ n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Would you had listened or had any respect to the man\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump look down   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Of course now\, besides you do n't see the cause to this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"W hat is the cause!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"The presi dency itself\, the position like all powerful chairs binds whomever sit in it. Some chairs let you dream the lies you made or keep you isolated side your biggest failure... this chair torments you using your errors\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Monroe approach Trump and offer\, the mortal\, a comfort or pat on the back. Trump jitter nervously.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Don't you see\, none of us can man ipulate you\, only guide you hoping you will see what you have to do and I see you will have a long night... to that end you will be visited tonig ht by three ghosts: purpose\, community\, truth and it is time for me to g o\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"But wait Monroe\, if you always do this\, why not come earlier\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n \n\n \n \"I do not always do this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\ n \n \"But why come here then\, you are not my ancestor... why not Washi ngton\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"It is simple\, you ar e most like me... like you\, I wanted to bring Columbia back to what I tho ught was a greater time... I did not see\, how many were hurt from cruel p eople I empowered through my plan to bring everyone together. I learned th at uniting all peoples can not occur on one people's terms or ... or... you get these creatures knowing at all I don't see including my own rever se... if any of us match a new president\, the chair choose us to warn you on Christmas Eve\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Monroe sudd enly yell and scream\; the creatures are bigger on her back while\, a thin g\, lift him to beyond the window\, about his peer.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \ n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump go to the window and in horror see Abraham Linc oln\; the father to the Republican party melting away from a blob like t hing emanating form his skull\; he notice Monroe is set face up while the creatures attach to a void\; he call out to Monroe\, but the pain overt ook the spirit.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump step back and notice the thing whose own skin is trying to suffocate it is Thomas J efferson\; he only notice through a moment to normal as the skin grow back and peel off into the mouth from Jefferson.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump turn and jump into bed. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n \n \"Mad spirit... bah humbug\, that is the stupidest thing ever\, I will find out who did this and they will pay\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The light dim and return to the state before\, while t he: howls\, yells\, or screams fade.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\ n \n \"I need a drink... some nice egg nog\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n And Trump put on his slippers and prepare to travel the hallway\; he open the door and people are sitting all about on a lawn. Tru mp rush to go back into the room and close the door.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Donald Trump!\": announce a booming voice\; aga in\, it speak the same.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump r un to his bed\, slippers on\, and hide under the cover\; after moments\, h e hear a voice say: \"you can not evade me\, my purpose is clear\" \; an d some grab the covers and pull them off him.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n   \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump sense bright light and know his room is not present\ ; he say: \"please don't hurt me\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The voice gently say: \"Monroe told you the truth and you can not st op this so the harder you make my situation\, the longer and more painful it will be for you\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump open his eyelids and see the lawn where people sit\, surround his bed\; he ask  worryfull: \"who are you?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n A voice from a person standing behind a podium in a distance speak:\"come here and you will learn\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trum p walk between two long columns in a narrow isle\, not a seat empty\, eve ry face look to him\; a little fatigue he try to see\, looking to the hori zon\, where any row end\; but none seem to end.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Come on Trump... you can make it\, you walked far less than this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump reach the po dium and the man put out his hand.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Welcome Trump\, I am William Henry Harrison\, your ghost of Christm as purpose\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I don't recall your presidency\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes\, most do not know of it. I caused my death in a place like this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Assassination\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n   \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Well\, yes\, through natural forces... they were the bul let\, the gun was my love to speaking\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n \n\n \n \"I am a pretty good motivator\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n \n \"... well\, remember that essay in the New York Times\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Listen\, I spoke the truth\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Ha ha ha... yes\, you spoke as you saw fit\, the most truthful intention... but not the truth in the scenario \"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Ok listen\, I am a pretty smart guy\, where is my past\, where is that woman that I mistreated... wh o I grew up with\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Ha... yes\ , you still do not see. This is not Dicken's fable. this is real. you were given a choice already\, a choice in every moment in your life\, but you failed to choose positively to yourself side others\, usually only to your self\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I don't have to listen to this\, this is ridiculous\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump try to walk away but is unable to.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n \n \"You were told\, the chair has decided\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n   \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Well can I just talk to the chair then\, and foreg o talking to you or your two friend\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n \n \n \"No but I will help you\, as talking is my skill too... this chair started when Opechanacanough\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Who!\" \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"An old native leader ... on his death bed cursed whoever led the English colonist\"  \n \n\ n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"But what does that have to do with the U.S.A.\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Patience\, please d o not interrupt like that... led the English colonist to suffer the pain from all their failure as he id in his life\, to his own\, that Engli sh colony\, Virginia\, would be led from George Washington who would be t he first president to the U.S.A.\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"So because of Virginia\, the U.S.A. has to suffer?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"No because of those european... White colon ists\, presidents will suffer long after they think they can not\"  \n \ n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"That guy was a fool\, should had use d his magic to win a victory\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Magic\, mathematics\, science... all mean knowledge\, how often has huma nity used the knowledge it is modernly eager to acquire to positive use... not vain\, individualistic goals that hurt others\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n   \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You do what you gotta do\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes a saying that seem very purposeful yet lack mentioning the sacrifice to undo what others did before\"  \n \n\n\n\n \ n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You have said your case\, is that it\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"No you have some more guest\"  \ n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"If they are like you\, this shoul d be a cakewalk\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Why do you say that?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You are just stan ding in front of this immense crowd\, not great cause no one is talking\, but a great crowd\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You do no t see\, my talking caused my death\, got pneumonia\, lasted for a few week s\, from my own memory\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"So t he chair is unfair to punish you\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"No\, when you accept a chair like this\, the time spent is irrelevan t\, and my punishment is my mouth\, every time I talk another person is ad ded\, the columns or rows grow\, I am surrounded by all the possibilities my pride or vanity did not allow\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"These people are not people you know\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"No\, they are people my lack of purpose did not make happe n. And that is my point to you Trump. Be purposeful\, vain advertisements do nothing except lead to a quicker death\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n A person in the front row get up. Trump shuffle frightingly. Harrison say: \"remember\" as he side Trump are surround from the former s itters\; they brush past Trump but the first one nearest Harrison hit the ghost in the face\; and the mob assault Harrison through: rips\, pulls\, h its\, bites\, kicks\; they each hit any part to the body they can access while Harrison wail. Trump see people at the horizon in every angle\, rio tous\; he step back in fear to the refrigerator in the kitchen\; it take m oments for him to cognize his position\; he open the refrigerator door\, hurrying\, and lift liquor to his lips.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\ n\n\n \n A door open and Trump cry out: \"please leave me be\"  \n \n\n \n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Sir\": say a secret service agent. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Oh... I apologize Jim... Listen\, c an you walk me back to my room\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Of course Mr. President... is everything all right\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes... lets walk... how is your family\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"They are fine sir\, we will enjo y tomorrow\, got a good surprise for the kids\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Good\, good... well listen\, come with me into my roo m\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Sir\, step back\, give me a moment\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The secret service agent communicate to others as Trump stand in the hall way\; Trump watch him go into the room\; Trump notice a secret service man in front to him\, suddenly.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"It is okay sir\": say a secret service agent behind Trump\, startling him.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The door to Trump room open and Jim usher the President in.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Do you want me to stay in the room sir\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes Jim\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump go into his bed\, and relax\, certain no spirit will make itself known\, now that a guard is present\; he slowly rest or relax\; before he can nod off he hear a tap\; he try to ignore his fear and hear more taps. Trump open his eyelids and see a man he cognize tapping Jim.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \ n \"Herbert Hoover\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes\, I am glad you know me\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You we re a winner and it is nice knowing you are similar to me\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Not in personal terms Trump. I was an engine er\, a fiscal operator who never went bankrupt on fiscal maturity. Did you ever think to learn architecture\, or engineering a building construction ?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump is frustrate: \"then what do we have in common\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"W e both believe... had faith in business\, in individuality overcoming coll ective woes\, especially in this country\, we are both businessmen\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"We are both right\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"This is not about right or wrong Trump\, it is a curse\, and we both do not or at least I never saw the truth. Fiscal prosperity\, growth benefited us both personally\, made life seem like a win if only government get out of the way\, as in your bankruptcy\, I did not see how greater fiscal allowance never gained the collective value but only disempowered the fiscally poor more\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"That stance on prohibition was a bad call\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes\, but one I made\, cause like you\, I ta lked community only in spirit\, not in function and in trying to favor gov ernment responsibility in the cultural aspects I neglected many who never had the means to fly or allowed by their fellows to do so... efficiency... efficiency to the enabled is blocked by the successful inefficient\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"So your my ghost to Christma s community\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes\"  \n \n \n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Jim suddenly fall and break into piece s.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"It is alright\, your frien d is safe\, just a scare tactic\, but it is not for you\"  \n \n\n\n\n \ n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump is in a puzzlement while Hoover bend over and slowly progress to the floor. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Are you still here Trump?!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Yes... oh god\, oh god your blind\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n \n\n \n \"I can not see you any more\, or feel your skin... as you may guess my pain is to hurt form what I can not stop\, hinder\, or prepare t o\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trump watch Hoover crawl on the broken pieces\, that is Jim\, blood dripping and yet unable to cry out or feel the shards position. Trump turn away from the horror\, kneelin g to pray or bed or wail. Thunder sound\, wind howls all about Trump\; he rise from a kneeling position on the white house lawn\; a man appear be fore him\; and he say:\"you are not death or the ghost of Christmas futu re\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"No\, I am your ghost of  Christmas truth\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"And what is your pain?\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Simple to se e truth\, totally throughout my soul\, unable to discard or hide it\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Well what do you want to tal k about\, certainly not my essays or finance\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"As you have guessed\, your campaign\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"What happened is in the past\, aren't you here to give me a chance to be better\, if I can't escape the curse\, why do this\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You still do not se e... like you I did not see truth. I saw signs the rules from my past or i n my present were cracking\, and I lied to myself about what needed to be done. In the end my actions to maintain order or justice led to alot of pain\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Well\, can I go now\ "  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I hope you see\, your post mortem pain is inescapable\, but if you lessen it\, you may make the wait easier\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"The wait\, to what !\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"To the destruction of the chair\, which can only happen when Opechanacanough's curse is satisfied \"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"But from all the talk I heard tonight from you lame spirits\, no deal is possible\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Your wrong... we may get lucky and a truly positive or great leader may arrive or...\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Or what\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Or t he U.S.A.  falls\, absent a community to govern the chair is nothing\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Well\, that will not happen in my lifetime!\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"The truth is\ , I do not know but I saw quite a few presidents before you and... you giv e me hope\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n A complete lightnes s totally surround Trump or the spirit. Trump ponder\, looking round.  \ n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"This is energy from the chair\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"I thought evil was black\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You know already\, evil come in all colors... and I leave you to what you wanted an audience too\"   \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Wait! I get to go home yes... I really got work to do\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You m ust stay\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The spirit begin to fade. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"Who are you?!\"  \n \n\ n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n \"You can call me Pierce... never forget \, acting against the truth will lead to fire\, unconsumable fire to the c hair\"  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n The spirit\, name Pierce \, merge into the lightness. \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\n \n Trum p feel hear as the lightness approach\; his hand burn as it get closer and he scream and scream and scream... and wake while the sun beam on his f ace. Trump sit up silent or disquiet\; he wonder to his guest and is start le when his Christmas day breakfast come in.  \n \n\n\n\n \n  \n   \n \n\n\n\n \n Later\, in the morning\, Kelly Anne Conway is about to sta rt the morning tweet plan when she is halt from President Trump\; and he s ay: \"It is time to speak to the press about my new plan\"\; she ask:\"Wha t is the basics?\"\; and he reply... \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n  The Beginning\n \n\n\n\n \n  \n \n\n \n Check out my ebooks- the free one i s noted\, please read/enjoy/give me your response:\n Sunset Children Stor ies: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories  \n Look ing West and West: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/looking-west-and-wes t  \n Janidogo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-janidogo  \n T he Gospel of Joseph: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gospel-of-joseph   \n The Nyotenda FREE : https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-nyoten da   Includes a comic. The following link is an excerpt LINK\n \n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n Original Post\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/e ntry/133-a-white-house-carol/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161202 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jaeger 06/12/2028 DTSTAMP:20250524T213554Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:281-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Jaeger 06/12/2028\n\n\n\n Okay\, here is my Jaeger submis sion. I had three conceptsm first which i liked alot but didn't really fit the narrative was Old Jaeger Park. The second was the Legendary Central P ark Five\, whose story I wrote\, and comic\, whosei did not finish. The la st idea was a superway. In each idea\, i wanted to do something else with JAegers\, old used Jaegers/another kind of interwoven wireless neurologica l system using also history revisioning\, and lastly\, just another kind o f city. In the films\, like most big mecha or being films\, cities seem de signed ignorant to these things running around that will create damage. so \, instead of a regular city\, what if New York City has a run way\, or wa lk way\, that is above the street mostly\, sidewalk somewhat\, and thus Ja eger can use it to travel fare more easily through the city. This also coi ncide to my particular Jaeger\, the Parkour Jaeger\, yes\, not a well thou ght of name. But\, the idea is this Jaeger has joints that allow for more comlicated acrobatic movement than other Jaeger. Most Jaeger are designed on the human body but when you are facing things that are reptilian or ins ect in variance\, i think you need more flexibility. the ability to turn t hrough momemtum three hundred and sixty degrees. Thus\, the nodes you can see in the image\, are as large as the limbs\, they make the Jaeger taller than average but also allow for that flexibility. In the image\, the Park Rei Jaeger... better name right?... is holding on to a section of the supe rway while it flicked another Jaeger whose beam cannon tip we see at the t op. I could had colored but I wanted to really focus on my inking as it co nnect to other plans going forward. The other element in the rules was to depict a place where you live. I took photos for reference all about new y ork city. For the Old Jaegers I took for a local park. For\, the legendary central park five i took empir estate building or world trade. For Old Ja eger park or Legendary Central PArk five i didn't have the photos I liked. i needed another angle for reference\, especially as I had wrote up the c oncept. But for the last one\, ParkRei\, i used rockefeller center. The st ructure of Rockefeller center worked in terms of my vision. It has a centr al urban feel while also some true space to get the angle i liked. Well fo r my emailers\, you will have image stills. For all look to the creating v ideos below\, yes I am still getting used to being recorded while I draw\, angle wise. The official submission is in my deviantart page. Enjoy\, i w onder what ideas you have. \n\n\n\n Development videos \n\n\n\n part1\n\ n https://photos.google.com/b/116457345954364049850/album/AF1QipMlgm4ZrJBA NbLMQ96eN21sSgxD1ZMycF9HoOY0/photo/AF1QipNJ4BpEYDumGd4hNFPnneEF8-loPXrkIsM V9Onx\n\n part2\n\n https://photos.google.com/b/116457345954364049850/albu m/AF1QipMlgm4ZrJBANbLMQ96eN21sSgxD1ZMycF9HoOY0/photo/AF1QipP4azkVA2IPqDxV_ 0OgYXlR5lQksZ8RRAVGuTM7\n\n part3\n\n https://photos.google.com/b/11645734 5954364049850/album/AF1QipMlgm4ZrJBANbLMQ96eN21sSgxD1ZMycF9HoOY0/photo/AF1 QipO4WtTc7fJ-pJqyVYkuOy52B2GEWYJ3lV0olbaM\n\n part4 \n\n https://photos.g oogle.com/b/116457345954364049850/album/AF1QipMlgm4ZrJBANbLMQ96eN21sSgxD1Z MycF9HoOY0/photo/AF1QipMQZnJTsDGvm4l6bIFC-MUVBNz2EYO4bzJmmI8I\n\n\n\n Devi antArt Submission\n\n https://hddeviant.deviantart.com/art/ParkRei-Pacific -Rim-Jaeger-Submission-749463275?ga_submit_new=10%3A1528836929\n\n\n\n I w ish more had joined me:) I will see you next time\n\n\n\n Original post\n\ n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/194-richard-murray-creative-table/p age/3/?tab=comments#comment-409\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\n \n\ n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180612 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Onmyoji 06/05/2018 DTSTAMP:20250524T213259Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:280-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Onmyoji 06/05/2018\n\n\n\n Ok\, I learned about the Onmyo ji contest on friday. While going to deviantart to look at some entries fo r the Jaeger contest. Well\, having no knowledge to the online massive mul tiplayer game Onmyoji\, and little time to conceptualize what my entry wil l be\, I came up with the following.\n\n https://hddeviant.deviantart.com/ art/Onmyoji-submission-emma-and-the-seven-748288623\n\n The idea was the c haracter emma aside seven deadly sins. I am content for such a hurried cre ation while having no thoughts to the content. In contrast\, I am a fan to gundam\, or mechas in general so the jaeger comes with more familiarity f or me. \n\n\n\n In a prior post\, I utilized links to my skydrive storage area\, but i realized upon more videos that a space limit is inevitable.  \n\n Thus\, i had to figure out where to go to place the stores. I chose google photos. Instagram or snapchat are used for personal purposes. I kn ow artists in that system but usually they focus on photos not videos. Las lty\, google photos space is the largest. \n\n AALBC is my blog place\, a nd I invite you all to join AALBC\, especially if you are artist. But\, th e black owned website\, has obvious limits to loading content like videos. \n\n\n\n Below are links to videos made as I sketched or created. My first time doing so many\, and especially while drawing. Another learning exper ience.   \n\n If you are seeing this in an email\, the photos stages are attached at the end. If you are seeing this in AALBC\, the videos are all their is. \n\n\n\n ...before the links to the Onmyoji videos \, here is a link to the Jaeger contest which end in seven days. I invite you all to share any ideas you may have to that. \n\n https://go.deviantart.com/jour nal/The-Pacific-Rim-Uprising-Global-Jaeger-Contest-744541834\n\n\n\n Do te ll me if the links are blockaded\, they are supposed to be public. \n\n\n \n Onmyoji-Fan-Art-Contest-Creation (1)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/nW0o dvDqiOuoW0R03\n\n\n\n Onmyoji-Fan-Art-Contest-Creation (2)\n\n https://pho tos.app.goo.gl/RrdyWvyoJV07cLjt2\n\n\n\n Onmyoji-Fan-Art-Contest-Creation (3)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/P3FCCHJQZjQh5mhG3\n\n\n\n Onmyoji-Fan-Ar t-Contest-Creation (4)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/UnRC54SQJZYMf80k1\n\n \n\n Onmyoji-Fan-Art-Contest-Creation (5)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/mL keakVn11ZiS5nF2\n\n\n\n Onmyoji-Fan-Art-Contest-Creation (6)\n\n https://p hotos.app.goo.gl/bhHi7wbFG6XJVE3i8\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creatio n-part2 (1)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/rRnc6ZxWERa9EY4V2\n\n\n\n onmyoj i-fan-art-contest-creation-part2 (2)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/yNojWgu fIqFNJVbC2\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part2 (3)\n\n https:// photos.app.goo.gl/Jo9T6xeLZTewubky2\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creati on-part2 (4)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/VCP3PtNBAeTpXeHb2\n\n\n\n onmyo ji-fan-art-contest-creation-part2 (5)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/KsmDiP Pcjd9rxtJN2\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part2 (6)\n\n https:/ /photos.app.goo.gl/hvCI58LxBb92ge4U2\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creat ion-part3 (2)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/3vNwF9x7iowBOUm03\n\n\n\n onmy oji-fan-art-contest-creation-part3 (3)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/S3Zlh hTTuTDdBRw12\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part3 (4)\n\n https: //photos.app.goo.gl/uyoEcd9Mq8M5nDj29\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-crea tion-part3 (5)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/01GHnNcGc4wuojpr1\n\n\n\n onm yoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part3 (6)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/TtLs nDtYVNMvbeVL9\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part3 (7)\n\n https ://photos.app.goo.gl/ryKTzb9eCrDyVN5z1\n\n\n\n onmyoji-fan-art-contest-cre ation-part3 (8)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/Qurjw6pK3hxhcvZk2\n\n\n\n on myoji-fan-art-contest-creation-part3 (9)\n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/EF2 M5ynf8RzO33Bs1\n\n\n\n The Folder Link \n\n https://photos.app.goo.gl/mZJ 2RICfACZaSgtD2\n\n\n\n Happy creating\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n original posting\ n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/194-richard-murray-creative-table /page/3/?tab=comments#comment-403\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180605 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Review: A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel 05/06 /2025 DTSTAMP:20250510T011631Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:269-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n\n\n Book Review: A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel\n\n by Rosey Lee\n\n List Price: $17.00\n\n WaterBrook Press (May 1 3\, 2025)\n\n Fiction\, Paperback\, 272 pages\n\n ISBN: 9780593445518\n\n Imprint: WaterBrook Press\n\n Publisher: Penguin Random House\n\n Parent C ompany: Bertelsmann\n\n Book Reviewed by Richard Murray \n\n Book Review Text Edited by Microsoft Copilot\n\n Review URL  [ https://aalbc.com/book _review/9780593445518 ]\n\n Buy from AALBC [ https://store.aalbc.com/cart. php?action=buy&\;sku=9780593445518&\;source=buy_button ]\n\n Buy the Audiobook [ https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593791820?bookstore=aalbc ]  \n\n Borrow from Library  [https://search.worldcat.org/title/1452959967?o clcNum=1452959967]\n\n Rosey Lee Author Page [ https://aalbc.com/authors/R osey+Lee ]\n\n Richard Murray Book Review Page [ https://aalbc.com/authors /Richard+Murray ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n burkins machine gun\n\n https://theblackhistorychannel.com/2013/eugene-burkins-inventor-wi th-a-vision/\n\n\n\n Webpage article transcript\n\n\n\n Eugene Burkins\, I nventor With a Vision\nBy RitaLorraine -July 5\, 2013\nInvention: Automati c Machine Gun\nPATENT #649\,433\, May 15\, 1900\n\nMeet Eugene Burkins\, i nventor of the “Burkins Automatic Machine-Gun.”\nOther than learning t o read and write\, Eugene never had much education and once worked as a “bootblack\,” cleaning and polishing shoes for a living. He had never been a soldier\, or even had any experience with guns of any type or descr iption\, and it is these facts that make his invention all the more brilli ant in nature.\n\nAfter seeing a picture of the guns on the Battleship Mai ne in the local newspaper\, hestudied the pictures and imagined ways in wh ich he could improve the machine gun and increase its firing capacity.\n\n Eugene made his first working model with a pocket knife. However\, word so on spread about his brilliant endeavor and some of the leading African Ame ricans of that period helped him secure his patent.\nA Mr. Madden\, a weal thy Black businessman in Chicago\, invested over $3\,000 (equivalent to ov er $62\,000 by today’s standards) to make a perfect model of the inventi on.\n\nThe result was a machine gun that fired seven times more bullets a minute than the Gatling gun from the Battleship Maine.\n\nSeveral foreign countries quickly offered large sums of money for the rights to manufactur e Mr. Burkins’ gun for their own naval departments\, but Eugene and his partner\, Mr. Madden\, decided to try to control the manufacturing interes t in the United States.\n\nAdmiral George Dewey\, a famous Naval military figure in American history\, was quoted as saying: “Burkins’ Machine G un was by far the best machine-gun ever made.”\n\nBest wishes and happy inventing\,\nRita Lorraine\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250506 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mermaid trio 05/08/2025 DTSTAMP:20250508T070011Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:268-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mermaid trio 05/08/2025\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/ri chardmurrayhumblr/782957995293376512/concurrently-from-aquasonic\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Referral\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/ richardmurrayhumblr/782957995293376512/concurrently-from-aquasonic?source= share\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n mermaid [ seahorse style] for deviantart color me club \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/mermaid-hippocamp-sty le-1192254228\n\n\n\n \n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Ethiopian jazz music\n\n h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5QywHt5fo\n\n\n\n VIDEO\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n TRANSCRIPT\n\n\n\n 0:01\n[Music] hey this is ed from the gray area welcome to through the years an ethio\n0:07\njazz special [Music]\n0:47\nu m [Music]\n1:25\nhey\n1:30\n[Music]\n1:53\nuh [Music]\n3:05\ndo [Music]\n3 :45\nhmm [Music]\n4:05\n[Music]\n4:33\nhmm\n4:39\n[Music]\n4:45\n[Applause ] [Music]\n5:24\nour journey begins actually way back before ethio jazz wa s even an idea\n5:29\nwe look back to nurses nalbandian composer and condu ctor of armenian heritage\n5:35\nhis family fled the genocide in turkey ar ound 1915 and settled in ethiopia where his uncle kurvok nalbandian became \n5:42\na renowned musician nurses took over the mantle of head of nationa l opera and his uncle retired and\n5:48\nemperor haile selassie tasked him with composing music for the national theatre\n5:54\nnurses wanted to tak e local music to the stage with a big band sound without losing its authen ticity\n5:59\nit was solving this problem way back in the 1950s that laid the groundwork for what was to come\n6:06\n[Music]\n6:19\nso now we move o n to ethio jazz proper what better place to start than the father of the s ound mulatto estate\n6:26\nborn in 1943 in jimmer he took up studies in wa les of all places where he discovered a passion for music and the\n6:32\na rts he then went on to study classical music at trinity college london wor king with the best and brightest of the uk jazz\n6:38\nscene at the time h e wanted to promote and share ethiopian music though whilst also delving d eeper\n6:44\ninto this newly discovered jazz music he eventually moved to america and went to the berkeley college of music in\n6:50\nboston where h e forged the blueprint for the ethio jazz sound merging western 12-note ha rmonies and instrumentation\n6:57\nwith the traditional ethiopian pentaton ic scales [Music]\n7:05\nin the 1960s he moves again this time to new york and this is where ethio jazz was really born\n7:11\nestablishing an ethio pian quartet and recording three albums the first two more of a latin infu sed\n7:17\naffair but 1972's mulatto of ethiopia gave birth to the sound w e now know and\n7:22\nlove let's take a listen to chiffada taken from the milata of ethiopia lp\n7:27\na track where you can very much still hear th at latin influence particularly in the introduction [Music]\n7:45\n[Applau se] [Music] so\n7:51\n[Music]\n8:01\nso [Music]\n8:32\nso [Music]\n9:00\ns o [Music]\n9:39\n[Music]\n9:54\nuh [Music]\n10:31\nbye [Music]\n11:05\nso [Music]\n11:48\nso [Music]\n12:00\nso [Music]\n12:23\noh [Music]\n12:34\n[ Applause] [Music]\n12:44\nhey [Music]\n13:00\nah\n13:05\n[Music]\n13:18\n[ Music]\n13:58\nnot too much later mulatto decided to return to addis ababa and brought with him this new genre of music but was met\n14:04\nwith res istance one of only two african nations never to have suffered colonisatio n the people of\n14:10\nethiopia were suspicious of any form of cultural c ontamination and as such weren't sure about step k's\n14:16\nbrand of west ernized ethiopian music but with enough determination and insistence on th e virtuoso's part the nation soon\n14:23\ncame to accept it with open arms a new sound for a modern ethiopia\n14:28\nyakatit ethio jazz was his firs t album recorded in addis and features an incredible collection of musicia ns\n14:34\nfercado amde mezcal and mogus hate on saxophone rhodesian born andrew wilson and fellow\n14:40\nethiopian giovanni rico on guitar tamare harigu on drums and johannes te kola on\n14:47\ntrumpet te kola would go o n to lead the walia's band the backing group for hailu mergia\n14:53\nmore on him later for now let's have some more music this time from the yakiti lp\n14:58\na smoky mystical number by the name of gobelier [Music]\n15:32 \nforeign [Music]\n15:44\nso [Music]\n15:55\nso [Music]\n16:21\nmy [Music] \n17:13\n[Applause] bass\n17:20\n[Music]\n17:36\nso\n17:43\n[Music]\n18:03 \nso [Music]\n18:29\nso [Music]\n18:44\n[Applause] [Music]\n19:04\nso [Mus ic]\n19:13\nwhilst a hugely important figure in the scene of course mulatt o isn't the only ethio jazz musician of note of the\n19:19\nall-time great s of worldwide renown includes saxophonist getachew mercuria as well as vo calists mahmoud ahmed and\n19:25\nalameo shetty but of course there are pl enty more unsung heroes who perhaps haven't\n19:30\nachieved the same leve l of international success let's hear from one of those here played in a c lapper style is seifu\n19:37\njohannes with melamela\n19:55\n[Music]\n20:0 3\nforeign [Music]\n20:27\n[Applause] [Music]\n20:40\nforeign [Music]\n20: 53\nforeign [Music]\n21:06\nforeign [Music]\n21:16\nme\n21:29\n[Music]\n21 :46\n[Applause] [Music] [Applause]\n21:54\nah uh\n21:59\n[Music]\n22:16\ns o let's now take a moment to discuss mahmoud ahmed one of the first singer s to embrace this new western sound brought by mulatto to\n22:23\nethiopia the release of his ear melamela album is a landmark in the genre\n22:28\n featuring the previously mentioned mezcal enrico as members of ibex band m ahmoud's voice rings out with a\n22:34\nspiritual fervor sometimes deep an d hypnotic and at times soaring and empowering\n22:39\nhe's my personal fa vorite artist from the genre so i'm going to take this opportunity to play a couple of tracks back-to-back to begin to demonstrate the\n22:46\ndiver sity of his performances first up from his 1973 self-titled lp\n22:52\ncol umn then we'll follow up with something from later 1978 the deeply spiritu al sounding\n22:59\nfetsum dinklage\n23:11\n[Music]\n23:31\nwhoa\n23:37\n[ Music]\n24:03\nforeign [Music]\n24:31\nmy [Music]\n25:00\n[Music]\n25:09\n [Music] a\n25:16\n[Music]\n25:41\ni [Music]\n25:59\nforeign\n26:14\ndo [Mu sic]\n26:30\ngo [Music]\n27:09\ndo\n27:29\nis [Music]\n28:08\n[Music]\n28: 21\nforeign [Music]\n28:39\n[Music]\n28:53\n[Music]\n29:02\n[Music]\n29:08 \n[Music]\n29:17\n[Music] me [Music]\n29:36\noh [Music]\n29:54\n[Music]\n3 0:07\n[Music]\n30:17\nshe [Music]\n30:24\nso [Music]\n31:27\n[Music]\n31:3 9\n[Music]\n31:58\n[Music]\n32:05\nso we're next going to take a look at a nother infamous ethiopian singer alamel\n32:11\nknown by many as the ethio pian james brown but also linked to elvis and sinatra though i personally find these\n32:16\ncomparisons a bit more tenuous eshete was a huge part o f the swinging addis scene and took more of a funk\n32:23\napproach to eth iopian music his huge personality cannot be denied on every one of his tra cks like this\n32:31\n[Music]\n33:28\nme [Music]\n33:40\n[Applause] [Music ]\n33:45\n[Applause] [Music]\n33:57\nyes [Music] [Applause] [Music]\n34:12 \num\n34:23\n[Music]\n34:37\n[Music]\n35:17\n[Music]\n35:28\nplan [Music]\ n35:34\nuh\n35:48\n[Music]\n35:54\nis [Music]\n36:23\nme [Music]\n36:40\n[ Applause] [Music]\n36:46\nme [Music]\n36:55\nso this golden era of ethiopi an music also known as the bell epoch which began in the late 1960s ended all of a sudden\n37:02\nin 1974 with the arrival of the durg the marxist r egime of mengistu\n37:10\nlike many other marxist and communist regimes su ppression of western and liberal ideas was a mainstay\n37:16\nincluding un fortunately ethio jazz many musicians fled the country or simply stopped p erforming altogether\n37:23\nthankfully the downfall of the soviet union m eant the communist regime in ethiopia lost their biggest supporter\n37:29\ nand was soon overthrown a democracy was installed and the revival of ethi opian music started in\n37:34\n1991. i'm now going to play one of my favor ite pieces of ethiopian music for you by an artist known as a gutter made\ n37:40\nbayonet i love the vocals on this track the enunciation of some of the sounds of the language just really pop\n37:46\nthe track is entitled bae manesh\n37:52\n[Music]\n38:16\nis [Music]\n38:42\nis [Music]\n39:12\nf oreign [Music]\n39:27\n[Music]\n40:14\ndo\n40:22\n[Applause] [Music]\n41:0 4\n[Music]\n41:11\n[Music]\n41:18\n[Music]\n41:30\non the subject of music ians that left their homeland of ethiopia i'd like to touch on the story o f a washington-based taxi driver a man i mentioned toward the\n41:37\nstar t of the show haile murguia his way around censorship by the derg dictator ship was to produce instrumental\n41:44\nworks as it tended to be lyrics t hat drew the attention of the government to the music however during a tou r of the us in the\n41:50\n1980s hailu and many of his walia's band decide d to stay in america effectively\n41:55\nending the band for good hailu st ill wrote and recorded some music in the years to follow but was effective ly lost\n42:00\na time until the rediscovery of his music in recent years by the awesome tapes from africa record label reissues\n42:06\nof his work s have now seen him step back into his role as a musician and he tours the world again playing to a new\n42:12\ngeneration of fans i had the pleasur e of djing alongside him a few years ago and his humility and kindness was \n42:17\nheartwarming to see here is his track batibati from the way they had guzzo album\n42:28\n[Music]\n43:01\nso\n43:06\n[Music]\n43:29\nso [Mus ic]\n43:44\nso [Music]\n43:58\nso [Music]\n44:38\nso [Music]\n44:51\n[Musi c] so [Music]\n45:19\nso [Music]\n45:35\n[Music] so [Music]\n45:58\nmy [Mu sic]\n46:58\n[Applause]\n47:16\nme [Music]\n47:43\n[Music]\n48:16\nme\n48: 25\nforeign\n48:30\n[Music]\n48:36\n[Music]\n48:42\n[Music]\n48:53\nhuh\n4 9:00\n[Music]\n49:10\naha [Music]\n49:28\nhey\n49:35\n[Music]\n50:00\n[Mus ic] foreign\n50:06\n[Music]\n50:23\nthank you\n50:30\n[Music]\n50:38\nfore ign following that piece from hailu we heard from muluken malesey with ten esch kelebe\n50:45\nlai now let's contrast that with something much slower getting right back into it with another piece from the heart of\n50:51\ng arame this time arranged by mulatto estate himself with the track set\n50: 56\nalamene [Music]\n51:18\nschool\n51:24\n[Music]\n51:34\nforeign [Music] \n51:42\nforeign\n51:50\n[Music]\n52:02\nis\n52:09\n[Music]\n52:24\n[Music ]\n52:30\nlovely\n52:38\n[Music]\n52:57\nsalazar [Music]\n53:14\n[Music]\n 53:21\n[Music] a\n53:35\n[Music]\n54:28\n[Music]\n54:48\num\n54:55\n[Music ]\n55:04\nyo [Music]\n55:16\nforeign [Music]\n55:32\nforeign [Music]\n55:5 1\n[Music]\n55:59\n[Music]\n56:04\n[Music]\n56:13\nmy now it only seemed r ight before the end of the show to touch on the ethiopic\n56:20\nseries st arting in 1997 francis farcetto a frenchman who traveled to ethiopia and\n 56:26\ndiscovered so much of the music that we now know as ethio jazz brou ght it to a western audience\n56:32\nnow a series of 30 cds exploring both ethiopian jazz and traditional styles of music from the country as well a s\n56:38\neritrea he really did bring this music to a global platform the ethiopic cd series was my personal\n56:45\nintroduction to not only ethiop ian jazz but actually music from outside of europe in general\n56:51\n[Mus ic] many thanks if you've been listening i hope you found this educational a little\n56:58\nbit more formal than my usual shows something a bit diff erent and to finish off\n57:04\nanother favorite of mine and an absolute b arn burner from teshome metaku this is his track hasabe\n57:10\nonce again thanks for listening this has been through the years i've been aired from the gray area i'll catch you on the\n57:16\nnext grey area show you've be en locked into newsradio take care of yourselves see you next\n57:21\ntime [Music]\n57:36\n[Music]\n58:02\nforeign [Music]\n58:10\n[Applause]\n58:18 \n[Applause] [Music] uh\n58:25\n[Music]\n58:40\nforeign [Music]\n58:48\n[M usic] oh\n58:54\n[Music]\n59:02\n[Music]\n59:07\nme [Music]\n59:56\nnews\n \n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250508 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chili Skype Goodbye DTSTAMP:20250508T060724Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:267-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Chili Skype Goodbye 05/08/2025\n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr .com/richardmurrayhumblr/782953489759404032/chili-skype-goodbye-chili-is-f rom\n\n\n\n\n \n\n Referral\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr 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right I became a professional actress Well I th ink you\n0:44\nwere 23 at the time 23 Okay So The Building has good but mo stly sleepy\n0:50\nmemories is what I'm hearing So let's try to create a a a better more lasting memory Okay Okay Today around your last\n0:58\nbig action hero film The Woman King Yes You said the story quote resuscitated\ n1:05\nyou I'm dark-skinned I have a deep voice And my whole life I've bee n told that\n1:10\nI'm too strong too masculine We redefine what it means to be feminine in the\n1:15\nWoman King And it liberated me Is it from tha t liberation that you felt well the only\n1:24\nrole to play after the wom an king is the president of the United States\n1:30\nIt wasn't intentional I think that people see your career so much as intentional and what that would mean is\n1:37\nthat you have so much control over your work and ther e are there are no words to\n1:44\ndescribe the business of acting 1% of a ctors make $50\,000 a year or more and\n1:50\nusually those are background actors and only 0.04% of actors are famous You don't get\n1:56\ncontrol o ver your material Every once in a while you have an actor out there maybe the Leonado DiCaprios who could go\n2:03\nout there and say \"I want to wo rk with this director.\" But usually with the\n2:08\nrest of us it's you'r e on a wing and a prayer right But the thing about this\n2:14\nprofession because there's so much deprivation you always want to figure\n2:20\nout w hat to do in order to work So a lot of people copy everyone else's hairsty le\n2:26\nThey copy everyone else's body You know all the women out there trying to lose weight Maybe they get plastic surgery\n2:34\nWho knows But very few people sort of relish in exactly who they are M And do\n2:40\nyou relish in that I have to I don't know how to be anyone else And yes was I \n2:46\nliberated from everything that makes you or defines you as feminin e Yes for the\n2:51\nwoman king But I've been liberated by everything that that define me as being\n2:56\nanything I feel like I define me totally\n 3:02\nI don't want any limits on me my sexuality um my sexiness in terms o f my sexuality\n3:09\nmy voice what I can or can't do at what age I refuse to um limit myself I think\n3:17\nthat's where progressiveness comes in T hat person who's willing to step out on faith and do what it is that they' re\n3:23\ncalled to do Yeah You said that in making this movie that not ev ery film I\n3:28\nmake has to win an Academy Award Oh God Yes But are you sure the Academy should\n3:34\noverlook the scene where you shoot someone in the foot Punch him in the face all while in\n3:41\na red dress Let me t ell you something I do need an award for that damn red dress Listen you\n3 :48\nknow what the award That's the last joke question I'll ask you No you got we got to have some laughs I mean this is this\n3:55\nhas been a I me an that's one of the reasons why I did the movie too I want people to be a ble to get together with\n4:01\ntheir families at home and watch the movie in the same way they commit to Air\n4:06\nForce One Die Hard um Sigourney Weaver and Alien I want them to commit to me\n4:13\nAnd I don't think tha t that is a bad thing I don't think that you know every\n4:18\nmovie I mak e has to make a grand statement even I think sometimes it needs to just be pure entertainment Well\n4:25\nI was thoroughly entertained You made this film uh through your production company Yes And and the mission\n4:32\nst atement of the company is to quote change the landscape It's hard for peop le to see us beyond the narratives\n4:38\nthat are didactic We're trying t o change that So tell me how does G20 fit into\n4:44\nthat mission stateme nt What what what does change look like to you and your production Because first of all because\n4:50\nI'm the lead in a movie Yeah I'm 59 years old and I play the president of the United States with my body my skin\n4:56\ ntone my face and the people in the movie reflect the audience but I'm the center\n5:03\nof the narrative Then you have Ramon Rodriguez You have Pat ricia Rian who is\n5:08\nMexican uh Guadalajara who's directing it It refl ects the audience you know so\n5:15\noften I don't think that we understan d It's like I did a movie one time years\n5:21\nago and my husband we went to see it in the movie theater He said \"You were the only black person i n that town Even when\n5:28\nwe looked in the background in the hardware s tore that you were at there was no one black brown or nothing.\" But\n5:34 \na lot of times movies do not reflect the world\n5:40\nAnd you know once I got to a certain level then I needed to be the change\n5:46\nthat I want ed to see You know it's like that saying you know once you're free it's yo ur job to free others And there\n5:54\nis no that closet in the studios fi lled with scripts for young African-American\n6:02\nactresses for for olde r African-American actresses for any actress of color\n6:08\nthey're they' re not there And so if you don't create them then what you have is\n6:14\n maybe actresses who do one really great movie and then they sit around for another\n6:20\nyear or two until maybe they find something else I don't t hink that people\n6:26\nunderstand the deprivation there is in material An d it's the material that pops\n6:32\nyou So in this scene that people are about to hear your character President Sutton\n6:39\nis negotiating with a group of attackers attempting to destabilize the world economy and corner the market on\n6:45\ncryptocurrency Yeah Odd timing for us to the scene\n 6:51\nYour character speaks first Why would a mercenary take on the G20 Wh at Wait you\n6:59\nyou call me a mercenary lady You fought a war over gaso line I served my country\n7:04\njust as I serve it now Yeah Blindly You se rve it blindly You were used by them then and they're using you now So you \n7:11\nfeel used That's why you terrorize a world and crash markets We wa nt to switch to cryptocurrency So they\n7:17\n[ __ ] This isn't about cryp to You want to crash currencies and get rich\n7:22\nThis seems like someth ing personal What What are you after I'm after you Like we\n7:28\nsaid in D20 you play the president and you're the star of the film Yeah Which mean s like Harrison Ford Yeah In Air\n7:36\nForce One you were number one on t he call sheet Yes But before you went into the film in the middle of the p andemic\n7:44\nas you began writing your memoir you said in one interview \"I had to press a reset button in my life I had a crisis\n7:51\nof meanin g in 2020 You get to number one and that's your life Once I got there it\n 7:58\nfelt like somebody lied to me Yeah What does a crisis of meaning loo k like for\n8:05\nViola Davis A crisis of meaning for Viola Davis I think is probably what it\n8:10\nlooks like to everyone When you set out on the path to become something so you think okay I'm\n8:18\ngoing to become a fa mous actress So that's the goal That's the vision All\n8:23\nright And the n you hit it and they realize that's just not it There is a\n8:29\ndisillu sionment that happens There's an emptiness that happens And to be perfectl y honest there's an isolation\n8:36\nand a loneliness that happens And tha t happened to you Oh totally And it's I I\n8:41\nhave to tell you it sort of hit during after the help but really it really um\n8:47\nreared its ugl y head during How to Get Away with Murder Because here's the thing Whateve r goal you set in life is\n8:54\njust the cosmic carrot to what life is su pposed to be about The cosmic carrot\n9:00\nis the goal but really truly i t's the journey and who you're becoming It's a\n9:06\nquote that I've been using again and again during this whole publicity tour which is your purp ose in life is not\n9:13\nwhat you do It's what happens to people when you do what you do That's it I mean\n9:20\nI always tell people even now when you push your kid and you want your kid to be the top of the top and the best of\n9:26\nthe best you have to know invest some money in mental healt h treatment because\n9:31\nthey're going to need it Because what what's wh at's going to happen is when they are not that thing all the time if\n9:39 \nthey're not accomplishing something all the time they don't they're not going to know how to sit with themselves Mhm And\n9:45\nit's who you are t hat's more important than what you do That was my big\n9:51\nThere's a Ste vie Wonder song Yeah Where he's saying \"Show me how to do like you.\" Yea h Show me how to do it Yeah I\n9:59\nstole that from Alice Walker She open s that She opens The Color Purple with that quote And it took me the longe st\n10:06\ntime to realize that And I realized it was the whole relationsh ip between Sely and Suge Avery where Suge Avery taught\n10:14\nSely how to love herself basically taught her how to you know find home And\n10:22\nI think that's it sounds Kumbaya Listen the show\n10:27\nis called Talk Eas y Yes Kumbaya is just part of the equation Yeah So you do not\n10:33\nneed to apologize for Kumbaya But this book that you wrote Finding Me did feel \n10:38\nlike does feel like an invitation and a gift and an offering to d iscover and\n10:45\nrediscover your younger self Yeah And so I want to und erstand that young version\n10:51\nof you a little bit Like you you born i n 1965 Yep You're delivered by your\n10:56\ngrandmother in her home on the Singleton Plantation in St Matthews South Carolina\n11:02\nYes As the fif th of six children most of your family then relocates to uh Central\n11:08 \nFalls Rhode Island Y a small mill town that was close to two racetracks that\n11:14\nyour father worked at Mhm You were also the first African-Ame rican family to live in that community But come the age\n11:22\nof five yo u meet your older sister Diane for the first time She was maybe 9 years\n1 1:28\nold I think Y when she enters the bathroom with you How does that sc ene unfold as we sit\n11:35\nhere right now How do you see it You know wha t How I see it now was that was\n11:43\nthe first seed of curiosity which is a very very powerful\n11:48\nword to me And the curiosity was at 5 year s old It was one of the few times we\n11:54\nhad hot water So I was taking a bath and she all I heard was a voice that said \"I\n11:59\nwant to see my baby sister I want to see my baby sister And I got out of the bathtub a nd she stared at me and she\n12:07\nlooked around the house which was we g rew up extremely poor and she said the one\n12:15\nphrase that opened my w orld which is what do you want to be viola\n12:24\nAnd I call that the cal l to adventure M you know I I think that a lot of people\n12:31\nfeel like the call to adventure is I have this great opportunity for you to work yo u know somewhere and make a lot\n12:37\nof money and blah blah blah blah b lah but the call to adventure for me was\n12:42\nwhat do I want to become who do I want to become and is that exactly what the\n12:48\njourney shoul d be I didn't know that I mean of course I was 5 years old at the time but I don't\n12:56\nthink that it matters how old you are I think once the se ed is planted it's\n13:01\nplanted Why do you think she asked you that How do you think she knew to plant the seed They say that every hero and\n13: 09\nhero I but I what I mean by hero is someone Joseph Campbell is anyone who\n13:14\nwants to slay their demons in life That's anybody So that coul d be any of us Any of us because she didn't want to\n13:21\nbe poor She di dn't want to It's it's it's very simple She grew up even um at Singleton\n 13:28\nPlantation for many many years and grew up in segregated schools wh ere she was beaten Had no indoor bathroom No indoor\n13:35\nbathroom And s aw a bathroom for the first time when she was right before she came to liv e with us and she couldn't\n13:42\nbelieve it Her jaw dropped because she saw the possibilities in life And I mean\n13:49\nI think it would be a bet ter question for her But what she did was she passed the baton on to me un knowingly You've\n13:56\ndescribed your childhood at 128 Washington Street as full of rage and\n14:01\nalcoholism Yeah It was a war zone If it was a war zone who were the casualties\n14:09\nI was a casualty My siblings wer e the casualty My mom was the casualty My mom\n14:16\nis now in advanced d ementia And I absolutely absolutely believe that the\n14:22\nlevel of abus e that she endured caused that So you do suffer trauma when you\n14:28\ngr ow up in some level of poverty And when you grow up with you know they say the first enemy of a child is an\n14:36\nunhealed parent And I had two un healed parents And certainly in every community\n14:42\nwe have unhealed p arents But when it becomes the Africanamean community you\n14:48\nhave the one-two punch of family trauma\n14:53\nand cultural trauma A trauma of pe ople that just don't see you a world that\n14:59\njust doesn't see you And I think that was a double whammy for my dad who raged\n15:05\nout of cont rol And I'm just guessing at that because he was not\n15:10\ncurious And s o that he raged What do you mean he wasn't curious He wasn't curious\n15:1 6\nenough to know what was behind that rage and to heal it is what I'm say ing is\n15:22\nit's all we have is curiosity All we have is curiosity to w ake up every single day\n15:29\nwith I don't know you you walk into any si tuation and you you have anxiety to\n15:36\njust say what's that Where's t hat coming from\n15:41\nOr do you just live with it Do you say that you kn ow what I want to live a\n15:47\ntranscendent life I don't want to roll in to my grave being just a sort of mere\n15:53\nthe the crappy version of my self That's what curiosity does It keeps you\n16:00\ngrowing you know and it doesn't m mean that it's perfect growth but it does\n16:05\nmean that y ou're curious enough to know who you are inside that home I want to\n16:12 \nbetter understand how you coexisted and and made it through And to do th at um I\n16:19\nthought you could read from page 70 of your book Oh page 7 0 Okay I have it\n16:25\nhighlighted here Oh my goodness What is page 70 J ust the highlighted parts I think\n16:32\nNo but sometimes we would go to the bar back in the day when parents could take\n16:37\nkids to the bar an d play darts and pool and be treated to Sprite and potato chips These happ y moments would soon be\n16:44\nfollowed by trauma The rage of my dad's al coholic binges violence poverty hunger\n16:51\nand isolation In my child's mind I was the problem I would retreat to the bathroom\n16:58\nput someth ing against the door So no one would come in and I'd sit for an\n17:03\nin ordinate amount of time staring at my fingers and hands and try to erase\n 17:09\neverything in my mind I wish I could elevate out of my body Leave i t One time\n17:15\nwhen I was about 9 years old I succeeded I left it My b ody that is in a manner of\n17:22\nspeaking I floated up to the ceiling lo oking down at myself observing my hair\n17:28\nmy legs and my face Then I faced myself staring directly into me\n17:35\nWow I loved it It was a magi cal secret power Only I didn't see myself as\n17:42\nmagical or powerful I just felt free It was my way of disappearing It was my\n17:49\nhigh I cou ldn't always control this out of body sense But when I could it was\n17:54 \nbeyond fabulous The power to leave my body to be relieved of Biola for a while\n18:00\nwas an everpresent image that followed me for decades How d id you feel reading that\n18:12\nUm you know what I when I look back at um little\n18:20\nViola I never felt safe You know what Even worse than\n18: 27\nthat I felt wrong I felt like whoever was building\n18:34\nme up there in the sky just did everything\n18:40\nwrong Put me in the wrong family p ut me in the wrong\n18:45\ncircumstances didn't make me pretty enough made me too\n18:53\nblack Every aspect of me was wrong I\n18:58\ndidn't see an y evidence in life of\n19:04\nlove I couldn't articulate it at the time I\ n19:09\njust sort of disappeared and numbed cuz that's what you do when yo u\n19:17\ngrow up in violence too You do everything you can to make yourse lf as small as\n19:22\npossible And then I was a bed wetter and then add a dding the poverty\n19:28\nwith that it just felt wrong If I did\n19:34\nha ve a call to adventure it would be to find\n19:41\nself-love to find some to find God who can put the deusex machina That's what\n19:49\nthey call i t in Greek tragedy the god from the machine that would pluck characters ou t of a play And when they\n19:55\npluck them out of the play it was a sign that they were dead But I just wanted to\n20:01\nbe I wanted God to appea r to tell me that I was made with love\n20:11\nor some level of purpose cu z I didn't see any evidence of it None I don't know\n20:18\nif God appeare d but Cesaly Tyson in the autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman did\n20:25\nap pear Yes And she did come down Yes And pluck you Yes 1974 Yes You and your \n20:33\nfamily crowding around the TV Yes What happened\n20:39\nYou know what It's that emoji I don't That emoji I I'm using it more now The\n20:44 \nemoji where the brain is being blown to bits That's what it was It was t he emoji\n20:50\nwhere it was a God moment It was a sermon on the mount It was the burning bush as Elizabeth Gilbert would say It's\n20:58\none of t hose moments where you know the wind stopped blowing because what I saw\n2 1:05\nwas magic I saw excellence and I saw it in a body\n21:11\nof a woman who looked like me who really looked like my mom My mom and her very\n21: 16\nvery similar And I saw evidence of what I wanted to become and that sc ene that you\n21:23\njust read from Yeah In the bathroom disassociating el evating some kind of\n21:29\nmagic trick in that leaving your body becomin g somebody else Yeah Do you think that paired with Miss Tyson's work were\ n21:37\nthe early foundations for you as a young actor\n21:42\nAbsolutely But there was a lot of early foundations Miss Tyson was one of them\n21:48 \nMy sister Diane was one of them Mr Yates my drama teacher was one of the m Mr Aces\n21:55\nwho was the head of the glee club was one of them My sis ter Dolores the birth\n22:00\nof my sister Danielle who I loved more than anything uh you know on the planet\n22:07\nAll of those were signs that ca rried me carried you\n22:12\nto Rhode Island College Having participated i n the Upwardbound\n22:18\nprogram in high school I heard you used to tell people acting is not what I do\n22:24\nit's who I am Oh my god I take that back\n22:29\nI take that back a little bit It is what I do But but at the time it was true At the time it was true because it was\n22:36\nhealing A nd there's one performance that's not in your memoir Yeah That I think rea lly represents your commitment\n22:44\nto becoming an actor I don't know i f you know what I'm going to say Oh my god I I hope you're not going to sa y something\n22:49\nbad but no such thing At some point during college or maybe a little after college you performed this onewoman show\n22:58\nas m usician at a Jones all across Rhode Island You wore a blue dress I don't\n 23:04\nknow if it was as blue as that in the performance And you even did the show once at a basketball court Yep Where one\n23:12\nperson was in th e audience People were playing basketball and I think there was a dog Yep That jumped on me Tell me\n23:18\nabout this performance It was horrible F irst of all it was not a good performance But you know what I\n23:25\nsay that with great pride Mhm Cisoretta Jones She's a opera singer out of Rhod e\n23:31\nIsland I think in the 19 turn of the 20th century which I can't even sing And\n23:38\nI think I sang 14 songs I was told you were going to sing a couple of them for us today My god No But you know you know\n23:46 \nwhat though Here's the thing You really do learn through\n23:52\nfailure You really do Because I remember my sisters came to see it and they were\ n23:58\nlike \"That was awful.\" They said \"Did you even hear yourself?\" I mean it was\n24:04\nawful And I remember I felt so bad But here's the t hing I got up and I did it\n24:11\nagain And it was still bad but a little bit better And then I did it again\n24:17\nAnd I did it again And I think that what happens with all of that\n24:26\nis by the time I got to the fi nal performance it was a final performance where it was just an audience o f one and\n24:33\nit was greatly improved Was that at the basketball court No the basketball court was maybe four people Okay The final\n24:41\nperf ormance was one person And if you're willing to go through the\n24:48\npai n and work with fear I think there's some beautiful discoveries\n24:54\nth ere And the beautiful discovery I made is I had it in\n25:00\nme I had the tools to live better to work myself through failure It wasn't\n25:06\nthe performance that mattered That's just a cosmic carrot It's the journey in \n25:11\ntaking out everything that I had within me to keep\n25:17\ngoing And for me that's proof positive\n25:22\nof God's love I call it God's lov e for me because he gave me the courage to\n25:27\nknow that there was som ething even better with even within a performance that probably I wasn't e ven right for\n25:35\nI love that story and I don't know it's not in the b ook but I I love that story because if you're going to do it you're\n25:43 \ngoing to do it anywhere anytime for anyone at any place at a basketball\ n25:49\ncourt dog barking people playing pickup in the background even in a blue silk\n25:54\ndress That's you either do or don't It's\n25:59\nthe d oing it that's the beauty of it In many ways it's the only thing that real ly matters That's it Do you show up\n26:06\nShow up You showed up to um yo ur audition to Giuliard and said \"Um I have\n26:14\n45 minutes for this a udition.\" Uh-huh Is that true That is true And they said\n26:19\n\"What?\ " They said \"Um the first You\n26:24\naudition a lot at Jiuliard It has a at the time it had a 3% um acceptance rate\n26:30\nSo the first room I au ditioned and it I was so nervous at the time but I said \"I\n26:36\nonly h ave 45 minutes I have to get back to the theater in Providence I have to g et on the train It's 4-hour trip.\" And\n26:42\nso they talked amongst the mselves after seeing my audition And then they stopped\n26:47\nall the aud itions that they had There were like it seemed like hundreds of kids there and they took all their\n26:53\nchairs All of the teachers took all their chairs into the big big um it was\n27:00\na it was a rehearsal room It wa s the biggest think room 103 I remember the room 103 They took all their c hairs in\n27:08\nthere because in in at Giuliard you audition for a differ ent set of teachers like maybe five auditions You're there\n27:15\nall day sometimes two or three days So all of them took their chairs into one roo m to see me and I knew I had gotten\n27:23\nin You know what I what I miss about myself at that\n27:29\ntime I'm just thinking about this that I kne w that I knew that I knew\n27:36\nthat I was good I think that as you get go along the\n27:43\nimposttor syndrome can take over more and that's beca use you're exposed to the\n27:49\nworld and no one could tell you the sort of hyperbiblical level of confidence you\n27:55\nneed when when when you' re at that level of your profession You know you almost\n28:02\nhave to ha ve an arrogant level of confidence which I do not have But at\n28:07\nthat point I knew I was good I knew I\n28:13\nwas going to get in I I just did And there's something about that that I miss\n28:19\nI could take a slive r of that now So you're saying the performer that was in\n28:26\n$50\,000 of college debt was more confident than EGOT winner\n28:33\nViola Davis Ye ah What the hell does that mean When I say\n28:39\nconfident too is you al ways want to be better Okay you do I'm contradicting\n28:47\nmyself a litt le bit What I'm about to say I'm I'm not mad at the imposttor\n28:53\nsynd rome I think that people I think it's um underrated actually\n29:01\nOkay But at the time I didn't even have imposttor syndrome I just knew that I\n 29:06\nknew that I knew that I was great I did Now that the world has gott en to me it's\n29:12\nlike oh I could have been better Oh you know this Oh you know yeah I got the he got but you know I could have done this\n29:18 \nbetter I could have done that better Now Viola herself which is differen t than\n29:23\nViola younger Now this is not the work This is just me\n29: 30\nWay more self-love Mhm Those are two different things That's the trade -off Yeah At Giuliard what was the objective\n29:38\nof their training Wer e they shaping you into a good actress or a perfect white actress Definite ly a perfect white\n29:46\nactress And what does that look like What it lo oks like it's technical training in order to deal with the\n29:52\nclassic s in order to deal with the Stinbergs and the O'Neals and the check\n29:57 \noffs and the Shakespeare I totally understand that to get your voice eve rything and but what it denies is the\n30:05\nhuman being behind all of th at I feel that as a black actress I'm always being\n30:13\ntasked to show that I have range by doing white\n30:18\nwork So if I can master I don't k now Blanch Dubois in Tennessee Williams you\n30:25\nknow street car named Desire which I'd love to see by the way I would love to see it too I did i t in class once I\n30:31\nlisten and listen I could do the best I can with Tennessee Williams but he writes for fragile white\n30:38\nwomen Beautifu l work but it's it's not me or do a fabulous job playing I don't\n30:45\nk now Hermione in Winter's Tale in Shakespeare but we don't put those same\n 30:51\nparameters on white actors You know you can have a white actress wh o's 54 55\n30:57\nyears old which is a great age to play Mama in Raising t he Sun\n31:02\nIs she going to be able to pull off Mama and Raising the Su n Is she going to be able to pull off Bonita Is she going to\n31:08\nbe ab le to pull off Molly in Joe Turner's Come and Gone when Molly says I ain't going south and make me believe it\n31:16\nThey don't have to do that So for those four years at Giuliard all the white actor has to do is play all white\n31:25\ncharacters That's not me Me I'm tasked to only do\n31:31\nt he classics and no black um writer is included in those classics And then once\n31:37\nI leave Giuliard guess what Most of what I will be asked to d o\n31:44\nare black characters which people will not feel that I am black enough So then\n31:50\nI'm caught in a quagmire this sort of in between pl ace of of sort of not\n31:57\nunderstanding how to use myself as the canva s\n32:03\nGiuliard It was an out-of- body experience because once again I did not\n32:08\nthink that I could use me Me needed to be left at the fron t door Even though me\n32:14\nwas what got me in there you was what also d elivered you to the work of August\n32:21\nWilson Yes When you leave colle ge speaking of a playright that's not often\n32:26\ntaught Yeah in school People know you from Fences Mahraini King Henley II but\n32:36\nyour first Tony nomination came from your turn in Seven Guitars Yes Um in the\n32:42 \nmid '9s I think it was Yes But on the subject of\n32:47\nwhiteness was t here a Q&\;A you had after one performance where there was a certain\n3 2:54\nresponse from someone that that made you that opened your eyes to to the\n32:59\nconditions in which you were working Yes It was in San Franci sco at ACT You mean\n33:05\nliberal San Francisco Liberal San Francisco Yo u know sometimes the liberal or you\n33:11\nknow conservative is just a ma sk for um something else But um it was after a\n33:19\nperformance and one of the um audience members raised their hand and said \"Why\n33:25\nshoul d we care about Floyd school boy Barton which is the main subject the\n33: 31\ncharacter in Seven Guitars who's a blues singer who's just come out of jail He comes out of jail He makes a hit He has\n33:38\na hit record and he's about to be um he's about to be famous and he gets\n33:43\nkilled It' s a tragedy And in the end this audience member said \"I didn't feel\n33:4 9\nanything Why should we care about him?\" Uh was he famous It's not like he's BB\n33:55\nKing you know Um so why should we care about him He's not in the history books\n34:01\nHe's not in the history books And for me tha t's something deeper It's a huge\n34:07\nproblem I have with narratives Wh at is it I think that people have a hard time\n34:12\nsitting with a black character for 2 hours whether it's in a movie or whether it's in a play I think they're okay with\n34:20\nit if it's an allegory if we're not reall y representing a human\n34:26\nbeing okay If we're representing an idea ma ybe they will maybe they'll carry it\n34:32\nokay because then they can be they can look at it academically They can attach it to a politic or somet hing Absolutely\n34:39\nRight Um maybe they could do it if it's not deep i f it's maybe a\n34:46\ncomedy but to have someone sit with you like you wo uld in All My\n34:54\nSons Death of a Salesman you know there is a sort of \n34:59\nbering for our worth in narratives that if I made it into a\n35:0 5\nhistory book then I can know as maybe someone white I'll know that you' re\n35:13\nworthy of my time in the theater Me being worthy of anyone's ti me in the\n35:19\ntheater is me breathing Tony Morrison coined the\n35:25\ nphrase the white gaze And the reason why she coined it is because she sai d every\n35:31\ntime she pen to paper she had an imaginary white character on her shoulder that kept saying \"Write for me\n35:38\nMake me understan d it I don't understand it Make me understand it.\"\n35:43\nAnd so she fel t that every time she read any work even if it were The Invisible\n35:49\n Man or Frederick Douglas's autobiography she said the reason why she knew it\n35:54\nwasn't written for her is because they were explaining things t hat you wouldn't have to explain to her\n36:01\nOkay She even felt that Fr ederick Douglas was holding something back when she got her first review f or Schula in\n36:07\nNew York Times a glowing review but the one aspect of the review that really\n36:13\nthrew her was the writer said she could be brilliant if she only had white\n36:18\ncharacters in it M I want to be s een as human as human as fragile as messy as\n36:27\nmuch of a paradox as any character in Tennessee Williams or Anton Czechov or\n36:33\nEugene O'N eal And I think that I want you to sit with\n36:38\nme even if I have five minutes of a silent moment because of what is\n36:44\nhappening in my lif e As author Miller said in view from the bridge about Eddie\n36:51\nhe's l ike he may be a despicable character but something is happening to\n36:57\ nhim and attention needs to be made Attention needs to be made with us I'm \n37:03\nmany things beyond my blackness Your artistry\n37:08\nin that pla y Seven Guitars I never got to see it I think I was three or four at\n37:1 5\nthe time Yeah\n37:22\nParents could have taken me maybe Yeah exactly Um I want to hold like how you saw your purpose and your artistry in\n37:29\ nthat moment working long long hours in these theater productions that wer e paying you okay but you know can't buy\n37:38\nhome And to do that um I want to set up a scene Mhm in the play which is set in\n37:44\na Pittsburg h tenement in 1948 where you play Vera the sometimes\n37:49\ngirlfriend to the 1940s blues musician Floyd who's trying in this scene to\n37:55\ndesp erately get Vera back Yeah In the production you played Vera Mhm And um I\ n38:01\nthink it was Keith David Keith David Yeah Who played Floyd But I'd like to swap roles for today and um see if we\n38:08\ncan read this scene together Um okay here we go\n38:16\ndoing a scene opposite of you as some one who's not an actor is um horrifying\n38:26\nUh thankfully this is most ly you talking in this scene Yeah And I'm playing Floyd I mean Okay Ready\ n38:34\nI want to say yeah but what am I saying yeah to Another heartache Another time for you to walk out the door with\n38:40\nanother woman You w as there too Vera You had a hand in\n38:46\nwhatever it was Maybe all the times we don't know the effect of what we do but we cause\n38:51\nwhat hap pens to us Sometimes even in little ways we can't see I went up to Chicago with Pearl\n38:58\nBrown cuz she was willing to believe that I could take her someplace she wanted to go that I could give her\n39:05\nthings that she wanted to have She told me by that it was possible Even\n39:12\nsometi mes when you question yourself when you wonder can you really make the mus ic work for you Can you find a way to\n39:18\nget it out into the world so it can burst in the air and have it mean something to\n39:23\nsomebody Sh e didn't know if I could do that if I could have a hit record but\n39:29\n she was willing to believe it Maybe it was selfish of her Maybe she believ ed for all the wrong reasons But that gave\n39:35\nme a chance to try So y eah I took it It wasn't easy I was scared But when them\n39:41\nred lights came on in that recording studio it was like a bell ringing in the boxing match And I did it I reached down\n39:49\ninside me and I pulled out what ever was there I did like my mama told me I did my best And I figured nobo dy could fault\n39:56\nme for that Then when they didn't release the recor d Pearl Brown left She thought she had believed wrong\n40:04\nI don't faul t her for that But I never lost a belief in myself Then when they released the\n40:11\nrecord I realized I didn't have nothing but a hit record I co me back to you figuring you\n40:17\ncouldn't say no to a man who had got a hit record but you did And that made me see that you wanted more than Pea rl\n40:24\nBrown I'm here saying I can give it to you Try me one more time and I'll never jump\n40:32\nback on you in life I got to thinking and I w ent down to the Greyhound bus station\n40:39\ntoo Here See that See what d oes that say It\n40:44\nsays one way Chicago to Pittsburgh It's good for o ne year from date to purchase\n40:50\nI'm going to put that in my shoe Whe n we get to Chicago I'm going to walk around on it I hope I never have to use it\n40:58\nWell that's all right I forgot all about that scene I\n41:0 4\ncan tell one person has won a Tony Award Oh in this conversation\n41:11 \ndid the music begin to work for you Did it burst into the air into the\n 41:17\nworld when you got the role in Doubt Oh most\n41:23\ndefinitely Tha t's when it burst in the air because I love that description of art I I th ink that's I love that line I\n41:30\ntry to use it all the time and I alw ays misquote it You can take that with you today\n41:37\ncuz that's what y ou want with your art You want it to mean something to someone\n41:42\nAut hur Miller says it I write so people can feel less alone\n41:49\nI mean I think that there's probably a lot of young actors coming up now who just w ant the awards and they want the\n41:55\nmoney Um but really a true artist wants it to\n42:00\nsort of burst in the air and they want it to sort of shift people shift how you\n42:07\nthink about yourself and the world I me an that's the goal It's a lofty\n42:15\ngoal but it's a goal nevertheless You wrote a 100page biography for that\n42:20\ncharacter in doubt Yeah A c haracter that appears in the movie for less than 10 minutes Yeah Tell me h ow you go about\n42:28\nunpacking a character like that Before you go unpa ck how you go about unpacking any character from that period\n42:35\nonwar d I will say that one of the things that I always do is first of all they\ n42:41\nsay in acting you have to be an observer and a thief The observing part comes from life and\n42:48\nthe thief probably comes from looking at other actors work but the observing I\n42:53\nalways have to think of som ething in my life that I can compare it to I was lost\n43:00\nbecause I di dn't understand the woman who would allow her son to stay with a man that she that could possibly be\n43:07\nmolesting him and just say at least he' s mentoring him when his father all the\n43:15\nfather does is beat him I just didn't understand that I felt it was uh too\n43:21\nstark too allegor ical I I I didn't get it\n43:27\nWhat happens for me is when I get a chara cter the reason why I write is the more I write I think I can unlock\n43:3 4\nsomething What's their favorite color What's their first memory Now if it's written within an inch of its life a lot\n43:40\nof times it's alread y in there I only had 8 minutes so I had to make up something And then I a sk people\n43:46\nquestions of course because what I need to find out is w hat is the driving need\n43:52\nin their life What do they live for Do the y want to be\n43:58\nloved Do they want to have control And I remember um an acting\n44:04\nteacher of mine cuz I I I kept trying to figure out and one of the things she said is Biola maybe she leaves her son\n44:13\nin th at situation Here's a big aha moment because she has no choice\n44:21\nWha t are you telling me\n44:28\nI'm talking about the boy's nature now not an ything he's\n44:35\ndone You can't hold a child responsible for what God g ave him to be\n44:42\nI'm only interested in actions Mrs Miller But then t here's the boy's nature\n44:48\nLeave that out of it Forget it then You wa nt forcing people to say\n44:58\nthings My boy came to your school cuz the y were going to kill him in a public\n45:05\nschool His father don't like him He come to your school kids don't\n45:10\nlike him One man is good to him this priest Then does a man have his reasons\n45:19\nYes Everybody doe s You have your reasons but do I ask the man why he's good to my\n45:29\ns on No I don't care\n45:39\nwhy My son needs some man to care about\n45:45\ nhim and to see him through the way he wants to go And thank God this educ ated man with\n45:52\nsome kindness in him wants to do just that This will not do It's just till\n45:57\nJune I'll throw your son out of this school Why would you do that if it didn't start with him Because I will\n46:03\n stop this You'd hurt my son to get your way It won't end with your son Thr ow the priest out then I am trying to do just\n46:11\nthat Then what do yo u want from me Merryill Streep your co-star said the\n46:17\ndirector made you go back and reshoot that scene re-shoot the next day again\n46:23\nan d again and again and again Mhm And I wonder did that\n46:29\nrepetition h ow did you use that How did you continue doing that scene over and\n46:34\ nover Because just doing it once seems like it would take a whole lifetime to\n46:39\nproduce that kind of work Well um that's my theater training I 've done plays for\n46:45\nover a year again and again and again I've done four-hour plays I've done one woman shows I have over a 40-year career\n4 6:53\nSo he could have done it 50 times and I would have been able to do i t over and over again And you were unflapable in\n47:00\nthat I was pretty unflapable You know what I'm an actor who stays in\n47:05\nmy lane What d oes that mean I'm not trying to be like anyone else\n47:12\nI wasn't tryin g to be like Adrien Lennox who you know who auditioned for the part She au ditioned for the part and she was\n47:19\nyou know she originated the part Fantastic actor Great I'm not trying to\n47:24\nbe like anyone else I'm j ust trying to do what I do And um I did not see it did\n47:32\nnot throw m e And I didn't have enough experience in my life up until that time to hav e\n47:40\nthe sort of wisdom for it to throw me I just thought that this i s just what\n47:45\npeople do when they do a scene with Meryill Street It goes incredibly well\n47:51\nYou receive an Oscar nomination In the afterm ath you talked earlier about\n47:56\ngetting to a place on How to Get Away with Murder where you had that crisis of\n48:02\nfaith a little bit Yeah Yeah And I'm curious in How to Get Away with Murder and In Widows Um you s aid both\n48:09\nShondaanda Rimes and Steve McQueen saw something in me th at other filmmakers did not Mhm What did they see an\n48:18\nexplorer that the industry seemed to be ignoring They saw me as a woman\n48:26\nUsually I'm just seen as mama you know with no sexuality with no\n48:37\nmess Yea h They saw me as a woman and they saw me as a complicated\n48:42\nwoman An d um I think notoriously women who look like me are seen limited like\n48: 48\nthat And we always have to bear the weight and the responsibility of i t Like why don't you lose some weight wanted to\n48:55\nmake your voice hi gher wanted to do something different with your hair As if your worth and your personage should be\n49:03\nbothered Our job as artists is to show yo u hum a\n49:10\nhuman being Human beings are vast It's only in\n49:16\nmov ie and TV land where only the guy the guy who gets the girl the girl alway s\n49:23\nhas to look cute the first scene If the guy is cute the woman ha s got to be cute\n49:28\nIf if there is a great best friend then she's usu ally overweight She's really\n49:33\nreally funny And my thing that's not my world I don't understand that world The\n49:39\nworld is way more vast than that And it's our job to be the conduit to bring\n49:46\nthe audience that truth And I think that's what Shondaanda Rimes and that's what um an d Pete Noalk who is a\n49:54\nshowrunner of uh was the showrunner of How t o Get Away with Murder and Steve McQueen saw in me What did it feel like\n 50:00\nto be seen Feels free\n50:05\nman You know when other people see yo u then it forces you to see\n50:11\nyourself You know after a while when a culture defines you um your family\n50:18\ndefines you you become trapped in definition and\n50:25\nlabels Somewhere in there is you You know you'r e in there somewhere but you\n50:30\ndon't even know who you are anymore Y ou sort of filter it into a\n50:36\nprofession in order to get the job And then all of who you are gets\n50:42\nsort of left in a room somewhere bec ause it you feel like it has to look\n50:48\na certain way No it doesn't S anford Meisner says the most\n50:54\nimportant question an actor can ask i s why I'm going to redefine that question\n51:01\nI think the most importa nt question anyone can ask is why And then when you\n51:06\nget to the end of why the most really powerful question you can ask is why not\n51:13\nW hy can't I be the weight I am now Why can't I have muscular arms Why can't I\n51:20\nhave a deep voice Why can't I be a love interest Why do I have to be 35 Why\n51:27\ncan't you be that confident performer that you were a t Giuliard\n51:33\nWell the world hadn't gotten to me yet Yes Okay So now it's gotten to you Now\n51:38\nthe world has gotten to me This is what it looks like to be got to Yes This is what it looks like to be got to I tell \n51:43\nyou it looks pretty damn good Well well thank you very much But w hat I needed to do is press the pause button and work on\n51:52\nthe other part of me You know the thing about it is I I\n51:58\nremember every time I would do a really great performance I would feel so jazzed and so happy and then go\n52:05\nhome And Viola didn't feel like anything if she wasn' t working If she wasn't on\n52:11\nstage doing a monologue that made every body cry and stand up and throw flowers then she was worthless\n52:20\nAnd as soon as I stepped off the stage it was like unplugging a phone or and and the phone losing its\n52:29\ncharge The rest of my life looked like a wasteland And I've realized once again\n52:37\nis the reason why I wanted to be a great actress is because I just wanted to be\n52:45\nsomebody But that ain't it It's just not\n52:51\nit And I think you know Joseph Campbel l talks about slaying dragons and going\n52:58\nout there and with mentors and allies and then you finally get to that inmost\n53:03\ncave where you come face to face not with God but with yourself\n53:11\nAnd what I reali ze is I was always worthy\n53:17\nI didn't have to do anything for that It 's not the power cord\n53:23\nanymore It's just not So what is I'm the pow er\n53:31\ncord I am Every single day when I wake up and\n53:36\nput my fe et on the floor my job is to not betray myself\n53:42\nActing is just one aspect of who I am And every single time I betray myself\n53:49\nthat's it It's like I've unplugged myself once again It's what gives my life meanin g which by the way what gives\n53:57\nmy life meaning is my story Complete ly embracing\n54:02\nit you know I'm worthy Who knew I didn't\n54:08\nthin k that I I my big thing is okay the bed wetter B viola who would chuck a\n 54:14\nfinger all the time and call people [ __ ] [ __ ] at six years old It was the hardest sentence to write in\n54:20\nthe book by the way No one wanted me to open the book with [ __ ] [ __ ] were my favorite words when \n54:26\nI was growing up But I wanted to capture little Viola Little Viol a was fantastic\n54:37\nShe did not betray herself ever She was extremely\ n54:45\ninappropriate She was extremely rough around the edges She\n54:54\ nsmelled She was unruly She had three pink slips and four\n55:00\nwhite sl ips Disciplinary action and you know and every single day was in\n55:08\nd etention But she was Viola She was alive And every single time I feel like \n55:15\nI have to go back to heal her she's sitting on some bench somewhe re imaginary bench saying \"You don't have\n55:21\nto heal me I'm perfectl y fine I'm waiting for you to heal yourself so we can just sit and just sq ueal about this\n55:27\nfreaking life that we both created because I'm the one who got thrust out\n55:33\ninto the world and and let other people ge t at me Your husband said Viola is\n55:39\nnever far away from that little girl she talks about She's never forgot her Yeah\n55:45\nYou think he's r ight Oh absolutely You know what When I think\n55:50\nabout her it's the o nly thing that really makes me enjoy my life What What\n55:57\ndo you mean Because it gives me perspective I talk about my therapist\n56:02\nwho you know who said you know when I said I got to you know it's my job to\n56:0 8\nheal this little girl because she was really traumatized cuz the violen ce in the house he was like why I thought she\n56:14\nwas pretty brave Mhm She she she got it done It's a 55 Maybe it was 55\n56:20\n55year-old Viol a that needs help I was like \"Excuse me I'm evolved.\" He was\n56:26\nlik e \"Let her squeal.\" You know they say that only two people\n56:32\nyou o nly anything is six-year-old self and your 80-year-old self\n56:37\nYou kn ow I do And I only have two questions left for us because then we got to g o Okay But speaking of\n56:44\nperspective um in 2008 around doubt when mo st people were introduced\n56:50\nto you and your artistry you were 43 yea rs old then Mhm And you did this\n56:57\ninterview on NPR where they asked you about recognition Does it mean anything now\n57:03\nthat you've recei ved the Oscar nomination And I just want to listen to what you said back t hen This is you back\n57:11\nin 2008 I don't care what they say The bottom line is they want to do something that\n57:16\nmoves people that affects them in some way or else what you do is kind of\n57:22\nmeaningless So whe n you get all the buzz and the reaction you know it's hitting\n57:28\nsome one The part that means nothing is the part that hasn't translated into\n5 7:35\nanything tangible Buzz doesn't pay the mortgage Buzz doesn't you kno w buzz is\n57:43\nbuzz And it's also what you don't really do the project for And I always kind of\n57:50\nfeel you know it's just me It's once agai n they're going to find me out They're building me up just to knock me\n57 :56\ndown You know that's the part that doesn't mean anything because you know what At the end of the day you got to\n58:01\nkeep working I am a the ater trained actress I'm not a fluke I'm not a body\n58:09\nI'm not a face I'm an actor I want to be able to do what Helen Mirren Merill Stre\n58:16 \nall of them are doing That is my dream 17 years later as you turn 60 thi s\n58:24\nyear it's getting deep Is that you say \"I'm not a fluke I'm not a\n58:31\nbody I'm not a face.\" Right I'm an actor Mhm\n58:37\nto say th at in that moment after all that you had been through to get to that\n58:4 3\nperformance in doubt Yeah To stand on that and to know then\n58:48\nI g uess now that you have lived up to everything that you said you wanted to do\n58:54\nthere What is the dream for you Two\n58:59\nthings I'm always t rying to find home Mhm You know I tell my daughter all the time\n59:06\nI give her that quote you know how silly of me that I did not know that I wa s the love of my\n59:12\nlife I'm beginning to understand that So that num ber one Number\n59:18\ntwo it's my job in life because we will be no more\ n59:26\nIt's coming and we don't know when it's coming It's It's some deep [ __ ] out there But here's the thing I see life as\n59:33\na relay race I do I do see it where you see a relay\n59:39\nrace and you see all the gr eat runners Each one that runs their leg of the race is a great runner in and of themselves\n59:46\nSo you're passing the baton I'm passing the bato n man to the next great runner\n59:51\nI need to leave something in people I do And you have that dash of time to be\n59:58\nable to do it to be abl e to make that change And I think that that pretty much the\n1:00:04\nthe twofold of loving oneself and leaving something behind\n1:00:10\nthat's wh at makes a life And Lamont writes \"You can either leave something for peo ple or you can leave something in\n1:00:17\npeople.\" And when you leave s omething in them it burns like an ember It does It's it's it\n1:00:25\nbur ns forever You have a lot of people like Anton Czechov said who are living \n1:00:30\nlives in quiet desperation And all of us can be healers if we c hoose whatever we\n1:00:38\nchoose we choose as an elixir to heal You coul d be fabulous at\n1:00:45\nwhat you're doing You can even make a lot of mo ney doing it But ultimately if the goal is not for it to burst into the\n1 :00:53\nair and have it mean something to someone then you're not doing an ything\n1:00:59\nYour elixir since time immemorial was observation Has bee n\n1:01:05\nobservation And my last question for us cuz we had to go Yeah Can you tell me\n1:01:11\nabout as an observer and thief and actor that wo man on the\n1:01:17\ncorner standing in the freezing cold weather Mhm That you saw as a\n1:01:27\nchild I think the one reason why I became an actor is because I see her And\n1:01:33\nwho is she Oh she's everything\n1:01:3 8\nShe's a little girl who played with Barbie dolls who wanted to be someb ody\n1:01:44\nShe's probably someone who had a really deep laugh She's som eone who probably fell in\n1:01:51\nlove with everything in her being and maybe got her heart broken She's someone who's worthy of\n1:01:59\nlove be longing I see her And I think that's why I\n1:02:06\nbecame an artist is b ecause I see her When you saw her where was she at She's\n1:02:12\nso many people growing up in Central Falls on Dexter Street on Broad Street\n1:02 :18\nyou know with the cigarette and and and the bad skin The bloodshot ey es The bloodshot eyes The dirty sneakers Dirty\n1:02:25\nsneakers The cord uroy coats Corduroy coat You know that with the fall fur and the inside an d and the jeans that don't\n1:02:31\nfit I think that by the time she make s it to the screen she's been so filtered down into a version um acceptabl e\n1:02:39\nversion of herself And I think that when you water her down in to an acceptable version of herself you're telling her\n1:02:46\nthat you don't love her You're telling her that you're not meeting her where she is I meet people\n1:02:53\nwhere they are If if a role calls for me take my wig off or to have no makeup or to have snot\n1:03:01\ncoming out of my no se because that's who the person is then I am honoring their truth It's th at that's reconciling\n1:03:08\nlittle Viola Little Viola who went to scho ol whose teacher said \"You got to go home\n1:03:14\nbecause you you smell so bad.\" You\n1:03:20\nknow I didn't feel worthy because I felt like I h ad to filter myself down I had\n1:03:26\nto go through a machine of worthi ness And worthiness is nothing to be bartered\n1:03:31\nwith It's asis You are worthy as is right now As\n1:03:39\nmy daughter said when she saw thi s homeless man in Chicago it was at the last day of widows She was 6 years old\n1:03:47\nand we were in the car getting ready to go back to the trai ler It was over And she said\n1:03:54\n\"Oh look at that homeless man Look at mama He's dirty and he\n1:04:02\nprobably smells bad Oh my god.\" And then there was a big pause and she said \"But he's my brother\n1:04:14\nGo d says he's my brother And I think that's the most beautiful\n1:04:21\ntra nscendent part of being an actor is that when you meet people where they a re\n1:04:28\nand you channel them where they are they become your\n1:04:34 \nbrother We're wired for connection And sometimes for me that's where I g ot it\n1:04:40\nfrom in my art And it's been my honor to do that And\n1:04 :46\nsometimes even if I'm I fail at least that was the objective to see t he\n1:04:51\ninvisible Yes To recreate them and make them present and visi ble to all of us\n1:04:56\nAbsolutely Well I um I hope you haven't been wa tered down or filtered in this\n1:05:03\nconversation No it's been fantast ic Hope none of it gets me in trouble But you\n1:05:09\nknow what Here's t he thing You know it's like John Lewis says \"Maybe I'll get into some goo d trouble.\" I I I I wish\n1:05:14\nthat for us both Yes And and speaking of the work how it lives in me and I know\n1:05:20\nso many people listeni ng Mhm Thank you\n1:05:27\nThank you Thank you I appreciate that Mhm Viola \n1:05:33\nDavis appreciate you coming in Thank you Thank you for having m e\n1:05:43\n[Music]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250508 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mermaid 2025 DTIYS Black Artist OF Tumblr 04252025 DTSTAMP:20250425T171543Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:257-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Mermaid 2025 DTIYS Black Artist OF Tumblr 04252025\n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/781819416682905600 /draw-this-in-your-style-lmao\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n Why The Disposable Black Girlfriend Is A Problem\n\n from  \n\n Princess Weekes\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDOUXna8EA\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n TRANSCRIPT\n\n  \n\n\n\n 0:00\nI am a pretty solid fan of the series the first season was incredible the\n0:05\nmemes were fantas tic and with there being so many different superhero deconstruction shows and adult animated\n0:11\nseries it managed to still feel fresh I will als o watch almost anything with JK\n0:18\nSimmons in it almost anything but t here was one aspect of the show I've always\n0:24\nstrongly disliked I hea rd you took a few on the chin for me again Invincible was originally a com ic book series by Robert\n0:31\nKirkman who also co-created and co-wrote T he Walking Dead it began publication in\n0:36\n2003 and lasted for 144 iss ues and 25 volumes ending in 2018 as the show has\n0:43\nbeen adapted for the animated am*zon Prime series Kirkman has admitted to rewriting certain parts of the series\n0:48\nand updating it the comics had a lot of very P eak 2000's humor gay jokes rward\n0:54\npoorly written female characters m essy depictions of sexual assault so with over a decade Plus distance chan ges were\n1:01\nmade and I think that's commendable I think that it's real ly cool to be able to know that your work can be updated\n1:06\nand then w hen you're given the opportunity to do so you take it Kirkman told radio t imes when we sit down with\n1:11\nthe source material if we feel like ever ything is working we just try to make sure that we uphold what existed in\ n1:17\nthe comics trying to put a Fresh coat of paint on it trying to expa nd things where we can expand them truncate things\n1:23\nwhere you feel l ike that's necessary following the finale for this past season a lot of at tention was made to\n1:28\nthe monologue that the character Conquest made that was not present in the original comic no one wants to be my\n1:34\nfr iend they think I am unstable [ __ ] me too when I write an episode I alwa ys go\n1:40\nthrough the comic and think about how I can make things more interesting because I'm writing myself I feel an extra\n1:46\nresponsibili ty if I'm going to write the same thing a second time I need to make it in teresting for me and hopefully make\n1:53\nit better for the audience one change that happened while\n1:59\nmaking the new series series was having the main character Mark Grayson also known as half Korean I think\n2:05\nr epresentation matters not to get on a soap box or anything especially in t he world of superheroes you didn't start\n2:11\ngetting nonwhite superhero es regularly until the 70s and even then through the\n2:16\n' 80s and '90s and 2000s they're still somewhat rare yeah but they don't tell them that they all think it's organic\n2:22\ndiversity there's nothing about his rac e that is essential to that character his race could literally be anything I think\n2:28\nbecause we were in that position we decided it'd be a resp onsible thing to do and a really cool thing to do and do\n2:35\nsomething with his race that was interesting in the animated series and that's why w e decided to go down that\n2:40\nroad down down down the road down the wit ches Road in the comics Mark and his\n2:46\nmother Debbie are very white-c oated and I did see the arguments about the our style being ambiguous but using just\n2:54\nkind of like media General literacy like we can inert th at they are white because that is the default in American comics\n3:00\nan d I think up until Mark was confirmed to be Korean in this I don't think a nyone would have doubted his whiteness\n3:05\nanyway Steven Yun is Korean and was cast as the voice actor for Mark and Sandra o voices his mother an d so visually they\n3:12\nwere changed to be more Korean in design the sho w however has never really given\n3:17\na lot of cultural markers for the characters beyond that not even the obligatory like no shoes in the house\ n3:22\nbut that's not my culture or background to critique it is just inte resting that I think the most explicit mention of\n3:29\nMark's non whiten ess recently was like Dr seismic calling him like token diversity which is like it's my old\n3:36\nfriend's token diversity and gender stereotype an other character whose race\n3:41\nwas changed was Amber in the comics Ambe r was a white character who is L show the difficulty of being the\n3:47\ng irlfriend of a superhero it's very like early Gwen Stacy Lana Lang except she\n3:52\ngets to live so in the adaptation they wanted to add a bit more layer to the character make her more fleshed out and\n3:58\nbecause she i s voiced by zaz beats she was turned from a white character to a\n4:03\nbl ack character and this as often happens with race bending is where the\n4: 10\ntrouble [Music] begins hi I am princess weeks if you\n4:17\nenjoyed th is video please like share and subscribe I talk about the intersections be tween pop culture and gender race etc\n4:24\netc and so forth I also have a podcast called open tabs where where I talk\n4:30\nabout fanfiction it i s not safe for work but it is very enjoyable uh so if you are interested i n\n4:37\nsomething about fanfiction uh that is a little bit you know like having a dirty conversation with friends over you know\n4:44\nthe smudy qu eer fanfic that you enjoy uh check it out we all know that data collectors and spammers have found ways\n4:51\nto collect the personal information w e have floating around the 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a\n5:49\nfew mont hs of just starting to use it I saw a significant reduction in spam calls and emails try and cogn for\n5:55\nyourself and see the difference it can make use code princess weeks at the link below to get exclusive 60% off an annual\n6:01\nincog plan that's\n6:20\nincognitomotion shows especially t he women essentially the dbg is a black\n6:26\nfemale character who exists in a relationship as a orary placeholder for the main relationship the bl ack woman in\n6:33\nthis case is there for diversity she is there to be a foil to whomever the end game romance will be 50/50 she has\n6:41\nnatural hair and the character doesn't have to be poorly written but she is funda mentally a prop and is never a real\n6:48\ngenuine romantic Choice while I am being specific to black women in this Trope people of color in general can often be\n6:54\nwritten to fill this role I can think of many black m en who have served this\n6:59\nfunction oh my God you're Jimmy Olen the ph otographer from The Daily Planet but let's get back to Invincible even bef ore\n7:06\nI looked into the comics I felt like Eve was always intended to be endgame for Mark I always got the feeling that he\n7:13\nwas into Eve and that if she hadn't been daing Rex he'd probably have gone for her in t he first\n7:19\nplace and when Mark and Amber started dating at least for me it never felt like this was like his great one first\n7:26\nlove it alw ays felt like I'm going to watch him go through all of this just to get to his actual soulmate Eve who is\n7:34\nnon- derogatorily the like comic cl iche of overpowered busty redhead who can't\n7:40\nactually use all her po wers because then she would just break the format tragically boring but a friend of mine is working on a video about that and\n7:46\nthey'll cover t hat there but like yeah that undercurrent poisoned my entire experience of watching Amber Amber was\n7:52\nalready not liked by fans because she was seen to be the worst kind of thing a woman on a show like this can be\n7: 59\na hypocrite did you hear what I just said I know you're a superhero yo u know\n8:05\nyou you know I'm not an idiot I figured it out weeks ago oh she knew he was invincible the whole time oh does she\n8:12\nnot want him to save people why is she so mad about the goddamn soup kitchen\n8:17\nit' s not about the soup kitchen she's not really mad about the soup kitchen i t's about the whole lying thing but no\n8:24\none cares and I'll say this I think Amber was always going to fail with an audience because that kind of character\n8:31\nis always hated the CW arse hate boards are filled wit h angry comments about\n8:37\nwomen who don't understand why their partner is always ditching them and they don't understand the mission and their\n 8:43\nstruggle and their Journey like this happens all the time on Arrow d espite the fact that we the audience knew that\n8:50\nOliver cheated lied and kept personal stuff from his then partner Laurel in\n8:55\ntheir relat ionship including the fact that her sister who he cheated on Laurel with w as alive Laura was always framed\n9:01\nas the bad guy because her reactio n to being lied to was an endless patience\n9:08\nplus they already had li ke two cool girl side options on the roster for him anyway but people alre ady hate the kind\n9:14\nof character narrative Amber was a part of tie th at with a character who is opinionated and assertive and black mess\n9:22\ nand even when they do this as well as they can you are never really set u p to\n9:28\ntake the side of the person you were always made to feel like that woman is tripping it's already hard and then on\n9:34\ntop of it this is not an important long-term relationship it is meant to teach him a les son and it's a lesson\n9:41\nthat we have seen done all the time so that's annoying and then on top of it\n9:46\nbecause Amber is black we now have to experience racism and Amber is now the only female black character of n ote in\n9:53\nthe entire series as of right now and when I brought this up on Tik Tok there was a question of if Amber was always\n10:00\nmeant to b e sort of a disposable character as a love interest why does it matter if she's black or white why is\n10:07\nthis so of Merit that it has a name an d any relevance\n10:17\nwell I have another video coming up shortly about the tragic motto stereotype so I don't want to repeat\n10:23\nthings over and over again so for the sake of this video I need to accept a few things that I would hope you you\n10:29\nknow but here we go race is a construct but it matters in terms of society\n10:34\nbefore we had the concept of r ace as we know it now a lot of stereotypes about women men sex Etc was all nationalistic\n10:42\nif you look at something like genital herpes which has existed for as long as there have been humans in England they\n10:48\n call it the French disease in France they call it the napole disease you k now white on white violence very elegant um\n10:56\nwhich is why when peop le say they want European nationalism it's like the global impact of the t ransatlantic\n11:01\nslave trade and then later European colonialism did h elp refine race along\n11:07\ndifferent Norms than previously nationalisti c borders this is why even though there has always been slavery\n11:13\nim perialism Empire Etc we talk about this so much as having an impact becaus e we are still actively dealing with those\n11:20\nrepercussions today tha t's why we like oh whatever was over Savannah we know Savannah I hear\n11: 27\nyou but we have sociology that tells about how it infects us right now in Sabrina strings fearing the black body\n11:32\nshe explains the racial roots of European and American fat phobia in early parts of the book stri ngs\n11:38\ndiscusses beauty standards in the 14 and 1500s when the Portug uese started the slave trade major cities became more and\n11:45\nmore fam iliar with African women and therefore they became part of the regular con versations and trius on\n11:51\nbeauty African women were described as wel l proportioned and plump and consequently viewed as physically\n11:56\napp ealing yet the burgeoning discourse about African suggested that their pur ported distinctive facial features\n12:02\nmade them facially unattractive black women were further denigrated due to their surval status therefore despite\n12:09\nblack women's reputations as well-formed Beauties their pu rported African physiy\n12:14\nand status as slaves became the early basis of social distinctions between low\n12:20\nstatus African women and their High status European counterparts strings then explains that one of the b ig\n12:26\ncultural Transformations from African women being seen as physi cally appealing to a more hypersexualized way was the\n12:33\nexploitation of Sarah Bartman also known as the hot and tot Venus Bartman was an\n12:3 8\nAfrican woman who was part of an erotic freak Show in the 19th century she was a slave who was brought to places in\n12:44\nEurope where people e specially white men would gawk at her cartoonishly depicted large backside it was usually very\n12:51\nexaggerated and used to place the African fem ale body as Savage and primitive but also inherently sexual\n12:59\nthis r acial ftiz worked to do two things hypersexualize black bodies and establi sh their sexuality as something\n13:06\nthat did not belong to themselves but to white people in the public sphere when\n13:11\nwe think about the r ole of gender in this time under the patriarchy the ideal woman was meant to be an innocent\n13:17\ndomestic being and this was one way to remove bl ack women from Womanhood\n13:24\nculturally but then especially in the Ame ricas it was also done legally In\n13:30\n1855 the state of Missouri prose cuted a slave named Celia Celia murdered her master Robert Nome while he w as in the\n13:37\nprocess of sexually assaulting her something he allegedl y did to her since he purchased her as a teenager during\n13:42\nher trial her lawyer argued that the laws in missoury concerning ravishment include d enslaved women courts rejected\n13:49\nthat as IR rationale the enslaved could neither give nor refuse consent nor\n13:55\noffer reasonable resist ance yet they were criminally responsible and liable\n14:01\nthe slave was recognized as a reasoning subject who possessed intent and rationality so lely in the context of\n14:08\ncriminal liability as a result Celia was fo und guilty of murder and was hanged adding on to this Dynamic of black wom en\n14:15\nnot being able to be under the law while being subj to the hara ssment of their owners white women who were married to\n14:21\nthese slave owners possessed resentment towards black women for being their husband's Mistresses which could\n14:29\ncontains so much more agency than an the s lave woman would have Mary boyin chestn not known for her diaries about th e\n14:35\nCivil War and probably like the Confederate version of Lenny ref all said that slave women were the culprits\n14:40\nresponsible for their husband's downfall and forced decent white women to live with disgraced wh ite men and be\n14:47\nsurrounded by prostitutes I know sometimes when you 're asked why a Trope\n14:52\nexists and someone gives you this long histo rical answer it can be like really overwhelming because for many people\n1 4:58\nit's just not that serious ious they are viewing the experiences of these characters from show to show but to\n15:03\nunderstand what the Disp osable black woman is a problem you need to understand the social construc tion around the disposability of black women\n15:09\nin this country black women could be violently gang and the white men could brag about it and n othing would be done\n15:15\nit wasn't until the rap of Betty Jee Owens in 1959 that white men in the South were sent to jail for her and one\n15:23 \nof the men who was convicted was paroled tried to kill Owens murdered an other black woman and put her in a shallow\n15:29\ngrave this was 66 years ago the new Senate's median age is\n15:36\n64.7 years which is down from 65.3 the start of the previous Congress and let's\n15:42\nthink about this the transatlantic slave trade starts roughly around what people say is li ke\n15:48\n1526 the first significant case of a black woman getting legal justice for\n15:54\nher sexual assault happened in 1959 do you think that 433 years of seeing\n16:01\nblack women as sexual trinkets as disposable g oes away in 60 years or does\n16:09\nthat mentality evolve and translate i nto other ways that black women now are still spoken and treated sexually in the\n16:16\nmodern era especially when it comes to dating and relations hips especially when\n16:22\nyou have to watch dating shows Temptation Isl and is a humiliation\n16:30\nritual where women take men that have cheated on them and test them to see if they're done cheating at least that's\n16 :36\nwhat I got from the season that I watched they're all beautiful if yo u guys can take them you can have them\n16:42\nthey get 12 hot men and 12 hot women to serve as Temptations one of the couples\n16:47\non the show o n this latest season was Taylor and\n16:53\nTyler Taylor noted that Tyler' s type is Tiny and blonde but during the first\n16:58\nopportunity they ha ve to pick a date Tyler picks Courtney this beautiful sexy\n17:04\nblack w oman and the reaction was telling who do you think that he was\n17:09\ngoi ng to pick yellow dress that is his type to a tea to be honest I'm really proud of him at first I was like Taylor\n17:18\nwhat do you mean that it's really Brave of him that's weird however as the series progressed she clo cked that tea\n17:23\nbecause the girl that Taylor initially clocked as be ing someone that Tyler would have dated is who he hyper fixates\n17:30\non for the rest of the season Courtney this beautiful black woman was simply being used as a prop in this moment for\n17:37\nhim to say something abou t himself on national television and to stun on his ex let's talk about it so in that moment\n17:45\nin which Tyler chose me for the first\n17:51\nd ate the entire group of girls standing beside me gassed but their gas wasn 't in\n17:58\na happy gasp it was more in a disappointment gasp in her boo k The End\n18:04\nOf Love yeah she's back Sabrina strings quotes from B ho oks's 1992 essay eating\n18:12\nthe other while teaching at Yale I walked one bright spring day in the downtown area of New Haven and found\n18:18\n myself walking behind a group of very blonde very white jock type boys see mingly on aware of my presence these\n18:24\nyoung men talked about their plans to [ __ ] as many girls from other racial SL ethnic groups as they c ould catch before\n18:32\ngraduation they ran it down black girls were hig h on the list Native American girls hard to find Asian girls all\n18:39\nl umped into the same category deemed easier to entice were considered Prime targets talking about this overheard\n18:46\nconversation with my student s I found that it was commonly accepted that one shopped for sexual partne rs in the same\n18:52\nway one shopped for courses at Yale that raisin eth nicity was a serious category on which selections were B B to these\n18:59 \nyoung men and their buddies [ __ ] was a way to confront the other as we ll as a\n19:05\nway to make themselves over to leave behind white Innocent s and enter the world of experience as is often the case\n19:12\nin this S ociety they were confident that non-white people had more life experience were more worldly sensual and\n19:19\nsexual because they were different g etting a bit of the other in this case engaging in sexual encounters with\ n19:25\nnon-white females was considered a ritual of transcendence a movem ent out into the world of\n19:31\ndifference that would transform an accep table right of passage give me just\n19:37\nhalf a second what the [ __ ] black women are acceptable to have sex with and date but\n19:43\ntheir rol es as wives and mothers is not seen as prominent as them being sexual\n19: 49\nobjects it doesn't go away when the media attempts to craft characters who were once white into women of color in\n19:55\ngeneral it often happe ns with a lack of understanding of what changes about that character due t o those dynamics that to\n20:01\nbe a woman of color in the west carries a lot of sexual sociopolitical baggage that needs to be accounted for in\n2 0:07\nwriting characters if only to be aware of what tropes exist you don' t have to like reinvent the wheel but you should\n20:15\nknow a little bit about the women that you're going to be writing\n20:23\nabout the thing a bout this troop is that when it shows up in media it's like this\n20:28\nd eath by a thousand paper cuts because a lot of people are again viewing th is Dynamic solely from the perspective of\n20:34\nthe one show itself they 're not trying to automatically build connections it is a building block a nd usually from shows\n20:41\nthat want to be inclusive but they still put black characters in very cliche roles or they race Band characters and\n2 0:48\nignore race hoping that it will be received as a colorblind accompli shment Allah a Hamilton or a brandy Cinderella\n20:56\nthat ignores that t he stage in the Disney musical are almost most very organic moments for co lorby and casting at least a couple years ago and that\n21:03\nthey are sh ort content compared to a long television series one of the most\n21:08\nr ecent examples of this that really gets on my nerves has been the casting of the members of the House valan on House of\n21:16\nthe Dragon uh just s poilers for what's on the show no spoilers for the future just generic boo k wiing your lips are\n21:23\nmoving and you're complaining about somethin g that's winging this one's been killed six times\n21:29\nyou don't hear h im bitching about it in the book series H Valerian is one of the surviving houses along with the\n21:35\ntargaryens from old Valeria and they often have silver gold hair and purple eyes they've intermarried with the House\ n21:42\nTargaryen quite often and they even arrived in Westeros before the ir dragon flying kin for example Egon the conquer\n21:49\nand his Sister W ives had a father who was a Targaryen and a mother who was from house Valy rian actor Steve tucon\n21:56\nwas cast as Lord corus valy and his family has been portrayed as an interracial black family the problem I\n22:02\nha d with this casting was not the the cast themselves they're all really exc ellent the problem is that if you read Fire and Blood you know that Lor\n2 2:10\nand Lena were going to die so there is already that element now bein g added onto them as being these biracial black\n22:17\nvisibly characters who are like the in between spouses for Damon and rira in\n22:22\nthe sho w's defense they do try to make Lor a more complex gay man and I think tha t's really good but it's not that\n22:29\ngreat either and with Lena they completely admit Damon actively courting her mourning her trying to saved their\n22:37\nlife you know Lena and Rene's relationship which is also som ewhat sapply coded is completely ignored and\n22:43\nother than like when he's tripping balls there's no indication that Damon valued their marriage or their daughters which\n22:49\nis deeply [ __ ] annoying you know like even in the Next Generation Baya is engaged to Jace and yes they have spok en\n22:56\nto each other but these characters are super hardcore engaged a nd there is zero romantic attention given to them at all\n23:02\nit's like I know there's a war but his mother has room to kiss so why not he they m ade an entire house of characters\n23:10\nmixed race most of them are goin g to be characters that are not going to do anything relevant give them li ttle to no development on top of it and they have\n23:17\nframed it in a w ay where like the targaryens and the valyrians are visually racially\n23:2 3\ndistinct and in reality they wouldn't be because if you're going to say that house valaran is black\n23:28\nand house Taren is white and even whe n that combination happens you can have a blackl looking character like Ba ya who\n23:35\naccording to this is like 1/4 black if we're going to use p undit Square weird race science and they still look like\n23:42\nthat I'm just saying R could look like hi Berry if we're really going to keep it a bug 50 like there it doesn't really\n23:48\nmake that much sense they're j ust kind of hoping that we don't think about it and I find that to be a li ttle annoying\n23:54\ncuz I do enjoy the show but that racial Pol politics of it and and just kind of\n24:00\nlike putting them into all these space s while omitting actual black characters it it greates the nerves flipping onto\n24:07\nanother genre brierton which I'm only bringing up slightly c uz I can't talk about that franchise but other than\n24:13\nQueen Charlott e the series has yet to have a black woman at the center of a romance and we will see what happens in\n24:19\nthe next season CU they did do the who le um gender bent and I discussed this in a previous video but Marina that character\n24:26\nwas plucked from an entirely different book to be a fal se romantic rival in the relationship between Colin and Penelope\n24:32\nt hat became very racist and very racialized coded and if they keep the same element around for the book cannon\n24:39\nwith Eloise is going to be an issue again but I think my favorite example of this that really gets on my nerves is\n24:44\nthe originals which is the spin-off series of The Vampi re Diaries if your life would Chang to a\n24:51\nman you left you despite your devotion what choice would you have but\n24:56\nto break fre Elijah M ichael has two kinds of Love interests white brunettes\n25:02\nand black w omen and three of those white brunettes are pretty much the same person ok ay and I could go on and on\n25:08\nabout how that series totally played i n the face of every single black character on it but I won't today but it would be\n25:14\nexhausting to like have time to spend with alijah having these very deep intricate relationships with these black\n25:21\nwomen in his past only for them never to matter as much as his Precious Precious Ha ley they will constantly have these\n25:28\nthese men these white men havi ng sex having these intimate relationships with all these black women even like in the\n25:34\ncase of Elijah with one character AA who is like this really big epic relationship who does she get merked by\n25:45\n[Music] H aley played in our faces like the most\n25:52\nsuccessful relationship bet ween a Michaelson and a black person are it's it's oh my God it's\n25:58\n Freya and her and her girlfriend who's a werewolf who she tortured when th ey start who she tortured the whole time um\n26:06\num Marcel and Rebecca who are also related cuz they're like step aunt and step nephew Julie PL i s never going to\n26:12\nsee Heaven if if I go to heaven and Julie ple is there I'm leaving expeditiously it's not just women as I\n26:18\nsaid befo re you have Jamie James olon from Supergirl hail from Lost Girl dolls from her Robin from Buffy Finn from\n26:27\n[ __ ] star Wars oh my God my\n26: 33\nShayla my Shayla anyway now to address the\n26:40\ncounterargument tha t I can hear some people saying does this mean that every single ex-girlfr iend who is Black is\n26:47\nthis tro no no actually I think a really good example of this oddly is from the\n26:54\nshow you well hello there he wa s about this stalker\n27:00\nserial killer named Joe who attaches to a wom an in a very unhealthy way while giving some very intense voice over\n27:0 6\nevery season and in season 3 The Twist starts off as that he's interest ed in one woman at first but then that woman\n27:13\ndies and eventually h e ends up falling for this character named maranne who is played by iconic blazion tati Gabrielle\n27:20\nand she is treated with the exact same kin d of attention Vigor and intensity as Joe's other love interest she's also one\n27:28\nof them who doesn't die okay Joe Al Al\n27:34\nAlly Al no no impossible and there's actually another black girl who Joe does date in se ason one who is somewhat Adas\n27:41\nto this Trope but she is a never exp ected to be treated like a traditional love interest like it's very clear like what she that she's being\n27:48\nused in that sense and B not only d oes she survive but she left the relationship with such dignity that it\n2 7:54\nactually makes her a more memorable character despite being only in like I think two episodes you're\n28:01\ndumping me I'm not dumping you yo u're amazing I'm amazing but you kind of what\n28:07\ndon't want to do me anymore there's never a good time do not talk for a minute please oh she's going to slap\n28:13\nme my curling iron okay then that's it like the pro blem is not them breaking up\n28:19\nor the relationship not being endgame it's the framing the treating of them as a stepping stone to a better wid er\n28:27\nrelationship this this is why even though boy meet's world ende d with Shawn and Angela not being a couple them being\n28:32\nopen-ended e nough was already having the possibility of them getting back together esp ecially because this is a show with unrealistic romantic\n28:39\nexpectati ons only to then jump to the spin-off and make it so that Angela was marri ed to some random man hasn't had a\n28:44\nrelationship with the cor cast in years and returned to give Shawn her blessing\n28:49\nto marry a tiny b londe white woman so that he could be Sabrina Carpenter's father-in-law an d I love Sabrina\n28:55\nCarpenter now but that was very hard for me for s ome people that's one of the rare places where you saw a very white\n29:01 \nshow have a black woman Be Loved These Things Are deeply frustrating we have so\n29:06\nlittle representation and it's not that we needed to be pe rfect we would just want it to be done with like care and\n29:12\nconsider ation and concern from the beginning it shouldn't take you like three seas ons to finally figure out how\n29:19\nto style Anna joke properly as Starf ire you know like although it is Titans and everyone\n29:25\ndid look bust ed so in that case there is a a little a little bit of Grace to be had it' s deeply frustrating it's deeply\n29:31\nfrustrating to have such a rampan t whitewashing of certain characters of color and comics and moves and ada ptations but in the comics they can\n29:38\nbe turned into like whatever p rompt people need them to be it is frustrating that even when they're like the kindest\n29:44\nmost cam androll race B version of a character that t hey can be turned into a villain for being in the way of a\n29:49\nnon-exi stent gay ship it is deeply unserious to show a character dating and havin g deep relationships with a black\n29:56\nwoman all the time but then make every important screen time for a relationship with them be a white woman so we remain\n30:03\nconnected you and I in spite of everything that you have done and then to turn off the screen and then live in\n30:09\na socie ty that doesn't want to teach or acknowledge history or social context whe n you in habit and existence\n30:15\nconstantly being dictated by said\n30 :20\nrealities the Disposable black girlfriend is a frustrating Trope I th ink the reason why it's so difficult\n30:26\nis because it sits at this in tersection of sexism racism and bad writing especially that last one going back to\n30:33\nAmber from Invincible the fact is that female love intere st for superheroes often get caught in this Dynamic that if\n30:39\nthey a re not totally at the whim of the man they are villainized into someone un \n30:44\ntrustworthy who doesn't get the life you know add Racin to it and you end up in a situation like Iris West Allen on the\n30:51\nflash where the audience is so antagonized about the idea of Iris being\n30:57\nlike in important like the reaction to Iris saying We Are The Flash should be\n 31:03\nstudied how Candace pad was treated as a race band character is lik e literally like academic worthy I know that often\n31:10\nwhen you talk a bout issues of race people who are reactionary go to this idea of like oh you're teaching black women not to see themselves as lovable\n31:17\nby re peating this stuff and there is something to the fact that people are very quick to to weaponize statistics\n31:23\nabout black women's relationship s at the same time black women already know these things because they date \n31:28\nwe live in the world we know how we're hypersexualized we know ho w we're stigmatized it isn't new and for me just\n31:34\nthinking back to myself explaining that it was invented purposefully to reduce you might be a new experience and that's\n31:42\nwhy it's important to talk about it b ecause these things are not written in stone it doesn't mean it has to be this\n31:47\nway and for the record also before someone says it I'm also n ot saying that you need to date black women okay uh if\n31:53\nyou don't w ant the little taste of Africa get away from me okay you don't have to dat e black women and that's not what anyone is saying uh but it is worth\n31: 59\nexamining why you think of black women as an inferior pick same with l atino women or any kind of women it's not\n32:06\nabout changing your pref erence it's about examining your racism your\n32:11\ninternalized racism t hat's see how it's different you know my preference is Jin\n32:17\nWu from solo leveling and toi from jiujitsu Kaizen and somehow I manag to\n32:23\ nwake up every day and not treat other people like [ __ ] some at the midd le of the night I like I think about Andromeda\n32:30\nin Greek mythology Andromeda is the princess of Ethiopia and because her mother talks about\n 32:36\naphrod first mistake she is chained to a rock to be fed to a monste r like classic damsel and distress stuff Ethiopia as\n32:43\nfar as we kno w in the ancient world is probably around like Sudan ancient Nubia\n32:49\ nthe word allegedly means like burnt faces and again there was no Africa o r African identity at this point it was\n32:55\nvery tribal so you have An dromeda this princess this ultimate archetype of\n33:01\nDamsel in Distres s looking less like the classical images that we see of her in\n33:06\nthe text is is said to be a darker skinned woman and it's Ved between like Af rican Asian they don't really know how\n33:13\ngeography Works back then s o but we can we can say likely probably African right\n33:19\nthere's noth ing inherent about the way people have treated black women it is programmi ng and learn behavior and it can be unlearned it just has to be named\n33: 26\nand called out because black women CIS and trans have been taught to b e strong\n33:31\nin the face of every disrespect but the people who starte d that those who perpetuate it fixing it should be their\n33:39\nburdens t o carry we have always had this potential to be loved and we deserve to\n3 3:44\nhave it be seen on TV and if you're going to put black women in your shows put some goddamn respect on our\n33:52\nnames thank God for Castlev ania doct turn season 2\n33:59\nactually let me go rewatch that right now thanks for watching\n34:04\n[Music]\n34:28\nn [Music]\n34:59\nn [Music]\n3 5:22\n[Applause]\n35:28\nhe\n35:34\n[Music]\n36:02\nhe [Music] [Applause] [Music]\n36:26\n[Music]\n36:52\noh [Music]\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250425 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Malintrashadowmoon 2025 BDay gift 04/25/2025 DTSTAMP:20250425T072606Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:256-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Malintrashadowmoon 2025 BDay gift 04/25/2025\n https://ww w.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Malintrashadowmoon-2025-BDay-gift-118717803 0\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Princess Mononoke: More Relevant Than Ever\n\n froom The soak\n\n https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=gUoLoNFidik\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n TRANSCRIPT\n\n\n\n 0:07\nto search for evil with eyes unclouded to me this line is both the essence of \n0:12\nStudio jibles Princess monoke and the most profound takeaway that I had from the film I think the movie's most\n0:18\nobvious message is the stuff about how we treat nature and how we should better live in harmony with it but I have no\n0:25\ninterest in talking about that not because it 's not relevant or important but because I think everybody has talked\n0:3 1\nabout that to death already in this video I want to talk to you about a nother message entirely one that I had\n0:37\nmissed until recently the ab ility to see with eyes unclouded by hate or more\n0:42\nspecifically to le arn to see the goodness in others even when it seems like they're not on y our side I doubt\n0:48\nwhen hay Miyazaki made princess monoke in 1997 tha t he could have predicted the age of social media tribalism and\n0:55\npol itical turmoil that we find ourselves in in the 2020s but the film explore s all these ideas in the complex subtle\n1:03\nyet pointed and sometimes i nscrutable way that all jibli films explore their themes watching and rewa tching the film\n1:10\ntoday I was surprised by how the struggles of the p rotagonist Ashi taka act as an incredible parallel for the\n1:15\njourney we all have to navigate in the Modern Age and it gave me a lot to reflect on how we can do it to learn to\n1:22\nnavigate a divided world with eyes unclouded now don't get me wrong this is not going to be a video essay tha t's\n1:28\njust an allegory for Centric is M or that both sides any issue are bad and that we should sit on the fence I think\n1:34\nto read the fil m that way would be wrong and we'll talk about how the real message is so much more profound and\n1:40\nrelatable than that in fact there's lessons in here about class Warfare dehumanization and how even in a bleak\n1:47\n world we must find the value in life stuff that hit me so much harder than \n1:52\nwhen I watched the film when I was younger so let's take a look at Studio ji's monoke Hime a film whose English\n1:59\ntranslated title of P rincess monoke is in of itself a misunderstanding of what the film is tryi ng to say because I\n2:05\nthink there's a lot we can learn from its chara cters even today about what it means to navigate a broken world at more\n2 :12\nwith itself [Music]\nPart One: To See With Unclouded Eyes\n2:26\n[Mus ic] the context of this quote to see with eyes unclouded comes from fairly early\n2:34\non in the film ashitaka who has just reluctantly killed the bore God turn demon that was threatening his village\n2:40\nfinds himself cursed and The Village's Oracle tells him that this curse will likely kill him but there is a chance\n2:47\nthat there could be a cure if he travels far to the west where the boore and the source of the curse came from it is\n2:54\nduring this section that she tells him that on his journey he mu st search for evil with eyes unclouded\n3:00\nthe reason I think this line is so important is that it sets up the theme for the entire rest of the f ilm at least\n3:06\nin terms of what Ashi taka's approach and philosophy i s throughout the movie people will constantly try to pull Ashi\n3:13\ntaka to one side or the other and they will frequently question his Allegiance multiple times a character asks out loud\n3:19\ntowards ashitaka whose si de are you on and time and time again he defies that\n3:25\ncategorization he helps one faction then the other and no one can quite figure him out t his is why for some people I\n3:31\nthink it's easy to read this as a meta phor for essentially a both sides approach to life both sides are bad\n3:3 8\ntherefore I won't pick a side but again I think it's a lot more interes ting than that it's not that ashitaka just refuses\n3:45\nto pick sides he refuses to see sides in the first place to me that is the\n3:50\nprecient message of the film that is so applicable to a society that seems so divi ded today in the age of social media\n3:57\nwe'll explore this idea at len gth later in the video rather than get too abstract too quickly\n4:02\nlet 's first talk through some key scenes in the film then I'll explain how I interpret them the first important scene\n4:08\nfor me at least in terms o f ashitaka's philosophy comes when he arrives at the Iron Works and he mee ts lady eboshi at\n4:15\nthis point in the film he's just saved two reside nts of the Iron Works from certain death and carries them all the\n4:20\nw ay back here in a pseudo mystical Journey to the dear God's Woods I think pretty quickly on arriving at the Iron\n4:26\nWorks ashitaka realizes that the thing he's searching for is here he's looking for the source of the i ron musket pellet\n4:33\nthat came from the body of the bore God who curse d him and he hopes that finding the source and dealing with it in some\n4: 39\nway might lift the curse that plagues him he talks to Lady eboshi The Matriarch who runs the Ironworks and\n4:46\nexplains why he's here she ask s him if you find the source of this pellet what will you do and it is her e that ashitaka\n4:53\nrepeats that Central quote that I spoke about earli er and in doing so sets up the philosophy he will adhere to in the\n5:00\n entire film he tells her that I will see with eyes unclouded and decide he aring\n5:06\nthis lady eosi laughs and guides ashitaka to her inner sanctu m sharing with him what she says is her Greatest\n5:12\nSecret she shows h im the place where she's having guns and weaponry made and here she confes ses that it was she that\n5:17\nshot the pet that corrupted the Bor God an d it is at this point that we get the first of many moral dilemmas for\n5: 23\nashitaka and where we can start to paint a really fascinating picture of what we can learn from the film in initially we\n5:30\nsee that ashitak a is full of rage and he wants to condemn Lady eboshi this is such a beaut iful and complex moment the\n5:37\nkind that appears so often in ji films because there's so many reasons and emotions at play here for our\n5:42\np rotagonist firstly I think the very Way Lady abushi lives takes off ashita ka he\n5:48\nis a member of the Mishi tribe in fact not just a member but the prince the emishi live in harmony with their\n5:54\nenvironment and do their best to respect nature when the bore God Appears outside the villag e Ashi Taka first instinct is\n6:00\nto simply try and reason with it he b egs the Bor God to quell its rage and calm down to leave the village in pe ace for\n6:07\nthey mean him no harm but when it's clear that the God is a bout to attack and kill some of the girls from the\n6:12\nvillage includin g ashitaka's sister only then as a last resort does he strike and\n6:17\nt ake down the boar but even after this the Oracle of the village arrives an d treats the boar god with respect doing a\n6:24\nlittle ritual and tellin g him that they will erect a monument in his honor here because they bear him no ill will and\n6:29\nthey hope he will do the same for them so I thi nk on a philosophical level ashitaka finds ibushi's way of life to\n6:35\n be abhorent not only does she confessed to killing the bore Spirit but she very casually tells the tale of how she\n6:41\nburned down half the fores t and took over this area to mass-produce her iron with which she seeks to take over the\n6:47\ncountry this is the complete opposite of the way the emishi live but there's more than that there's also a personal\n6:53\ngri evance here from ashitaka because it is eos's actions that directly led to him being cursed and you can see a\n6:59\nvindictive anger in him here wh ere maybe he just wants revenge for giving him this curse that might well kill him and\n7:06\nfinally of course there's the actual curse ashitaka's arm Bubbles and boils to life threatening to act on its own to\n7:13\ndraw his blade and strike down neosi the curse itself is demanding retribution \n7:19\nshe asks him your right hand wants to kill me and then must it kil l us all to\n7:24\nfind peace but ashitaka resists he holds down his arm b ecause he doesn't want to be this kind of person and this is when\n7:31\nt he idea of seeing with eyes unclouded will really manifest during this ten se confrontation one of the other people in\n7:37\nthe room speaks up beca use this inner sanctuary of eois is home to a few dozen outcasts who suffe r from leprosy and who\n7:44\nare the ones who design and make ibushi's we apons one of them speaks up and he says a beautiful line young man\n7:51\n he says I too am cursed I understand your rage and grief the leper relates to\n7:56\nashitaka and he tells him that while his anger is just ified he should not see Lady eboshi as an evil person he tells\n8:03\nashitaka abo ut how lady eboshi is the only person who ever saw the lepers as people an d treated them with respect\n8:10\ntending to them and washing and bandagi ng them herself While others shunn them and then he says a line that\n8:16 \nreally hits home for me and is another theme that we will investigate in the last section of this video he says life\n8:22\nis suffering and pain the world and its people are cursed but still we wish to\n8:28\nlive heari ng all this both ashitaka and we the audience are reminded that people are not just one thing they are not\n8:34\nstraightforwardly evil or straight forwardly good they are complex creatures for all her greed destruction\n8 :41\nand lack of sanctity for the natural world lady abushi is also kind g entle and empathetic she looks after not only\n8:48\nthe lepers but in the first scene that we meet her she's considerate towards the villagers too she knows them all by\n8:55\nname apologizes for the harm that comes to th em and is thankful that they are okay when she sees that ashitaka has\n9:0 0\ncarried them back after this scene with the lepers ashitaka walks aroun d the rest of the settlement and he sees the\n9:06\nwomen working in the F orge even helping them with their work he talks to them and they tell him about how Lady eosi\n9:13\ntreats them earlier when ashitaka is talking to the men in the tavern we learn that anytime lady eosi encounters\n9:18\na woman who is being enslaved she frees them and gives them work in the Iro n Works while a few of the men Express\n9:25\nthat the women here are a bi t spoiled ashitaka replies that a good V has happy women what he means by that I think\n9:32\nwhether consciously or subconsciously is that a good p lace is one where even the most marginalized and endangered people\n9:38\n are happy and protected and so to confirm this for himself Ashi taka later \n9:43\nasked the ladies of the forge is life hard here and they tell them that it is but it's far better than life anywhere\n9:50\nelse they do hav e to work long days but they're well-looked after and the men here behave themselves it is through\n9:56\nthese encounters that ashitaka learned som ething really important something that is Central to the idea of seeing\n1 0:01\nwith eyes unclouded he learns that even a place that can produce evi l in the form of weapons and destruction can also\n10:07\nbe a place that produces so much goodness the Iron Works are both a weapons Factory that d esecrates its\n10:13\nenvironment but also egalitarian Utopia where everyo ne is able to live with happiness and respect no matter their\n10:19\nback ground gender or disability if Ashi taka was more straightforward if this was a different film with a different\n10:25\nmessage he might just have c ome in killed lady eosi and acted the Vengeance that his curse demands an eye for an eye\n10:33\nbut seeing with eyes unclouded means recognizing bo th the good and the evil in something without preconceived bias\n10:40\nev en if he doesn't agree with how eboshi lives her life and runs the Iron Wo rks he can't deny that she's made something\n10:45\nvaluable and worth pro tecting as I mentioned in the intro I think this is the most profound mess age of the film\n10:52\nthere is always more to a situation that meets the eye and we can only see that when we put aside our hate I think we\n10:58 \ncan confirm this by looking at another quote that actually comes directl y from the film's maker hay Miyazaki who is\n11:05\nquoted as saying the f ollowing you must see with eyes unclouded by hate see the\n11:10\ngood in that which is evil and the evil in that which is good pledge yourself to n either side but vow instead to preserve\n11:17\nthe balance that exists be tween the two now problematically I was not able to find the direct source of this quote\n11:24\nlots of websites attribute this as a quote from Miy azaki but don't site where he actually said it but if we trust that\n11:30 \nthis is a real quote I think it does resonate a lot with ashitaka's appr oach in the film this philosophy of seeing\n11:36\ngood and evil and evil in that which is good I think speaks to a cultural difference too it is ve ry much in line\n11:42\nwith Shintoism and Buddhist beliefs which I think can feel a bit foreign or Mystic to many in the west where\n11:47\nindivid ual action and oppositional factions are a lot more common as I've spoken about in previous videos but\n11:54\nregardless I think it's an idea that is equally relevant today in a world that seems so thoroughly divided on s o many\n12:00\nfronts being able to see the value in things that on the su rface don't seem to be on your side is something so vital\n12:06\nand impo rtant for us to do but I also think both we and the film can go much deepe r because I don't think any of this\n12:13\nmeans that we should arbitrari ly stay in the middle of any dispute or that there isn't a right or a wron g that we should\n12:18\nadhere to it's actually about making sure we find the right by looking for it with unbiased or unclouded eyes and the\n12:2 6\nreal profound Insight that I felt from watching the film and thinking a lot about it is that actually there are no\n12:32\nsides both in the movi e and in our lives and even when there are sides it's people being pushed to fight each other\n12:38\nfor misguided reasons it's parties who actuall y have a shared goal and are not realizing it I think ashitaka is the\n12: 45\nonly person in the film who realizes this at least until the end and t o illustrate what I mean and elaborate on\n12:51\nthat further let's pick up where we left off in the film because not long after the conversations ashitaka has with\n12:56\neboshi the Iron Works is under attack by none ot her than son the mon noime of\n13:02\nthe title son breaks into the Iron W orks makes her way to where eboshi is and risks her life to try and kill h er eosi\n13:09\nin turn tries to shoot down son with guns and it culminate s in the two having a sort of intense Street KN fight once\n13:16\nagain w hat's fascinating is that both sides of this confrontation are justified i n their beliefs and abushi\n13:22\neven acknowledges it when son is stood on the roof eosi calls out to her and says you seek Vengeance for your tri be\n13:29\nwell there are some here who seek Vengeance for their husbands killed by your wolves this sets up another theme\n13:34\nin the film The i dea of a cycle of hatred it's a vicious cycle where one grievance justifie s another and then\n13:40\nanother in return till no one can remember wher e it started but both sides feel grieved and justified in their\n13:47\npu rsuit of Vengeance son and her wolves killed the loved ones of the people in the iron works but those people burned\n13:52\nthe forest and killed ot her spirit gods but those gods were stopping the villagers from getting na tural resources\n13:58\nthey needed and so on and so forth the buck can al ways be passed one further step back but the end result is a\n14:05\ndestr uction of both sides and we can see that literally as s and neosi fight to \n14:10\nthe death both ready to die in the pursuit of destroying the othe r ashitaka\n14:15\nhowever is the only one capable of seeing that this cyc le of hatred will never end like this he yells at s first\n14:22\nand then eosi and her people to stop the fighting but when it's clear that no one will listen he is forced to physically\n14:28\nstep this is where you can see the curse flare up and manifest because the curse\n14:34\nis born from Rage and hatred and it's fueled by the resentment and Malice that all the people present are holding for\n14:40\none another ashitaka physically wa lks in between eboshi and Son telling them there is a demon inside you and her then\n14:47\nhe turns to everyone else and tells them to look at the bitterness and hatred that curses him what he's trying to\n14:53\nexplain to everyone is that this demon is there within all of us whether literally as in his case or\n14:59\nmetaphorically as in the case of son and neosi the demon is the hatred and resentment it is the anger and the\n15:06\nmal ice that we all hold and he desperately implores everyone that they should n't give into it what he wants is\n15:12\nfor people to strive to see thin gs with unclouded eyes to see that nature and humans can live in harmony b ut\n15:18\nunfortunately for ashitaka and for everyone in the film The Mes sage falls on deaf ears eosi and Son don't listen\n15:25\nand ashitaka is forced to physically subdue them as he tries to carry son out one of the l adies of the Iron Works\n15:30\ndraws her weapon on him she threatens to s hoot ashitaka and her justification is so interesting because she simply s ays\n15:37\nyou hurt lady eosi and in return comes this look oh This brill iant look I feel\n15:43\nlike I've never seen disappointment better shown on screen without a word being said than this ashitaka simply\n15:49\nlook s back at this woman with eyes that just kind of speak for him as if to sa y you still don't get it despite\n15:55\neverything I'm telling you and sh owing you you're still going to say that because saying you hurt lady abos i so\n16:00\nthoroughly misses the point of what ashitaka was trying to il lustrate yes he hurt lady abushi but that is the point\n16:07\nthat there' s always a step back he could turn and say well I only hurt lady eboshi be cause she was going to hurt son\n16:13\nand then eosi would say well I was only going to hurt son because she was going to hurt me and so on and so forth the\n16:19\ncycle of hatred it can never be broken by more hatred mo re anger more Vengeance\n16:25\ncannot stop the destruction only a genuine attempt to look Beyond it to forgive where possible and make amends\n16:3 1\nwhere it's not that is the only way anyone here can move past it but th is lady refuses to see it and while she\n16:38\ndoesn't try to shoot ashit aka her gun accidentally goes off and hits him directly in the back this o f course will\n16:44\nkick off a different section of the film where Ashi taka will now spend his time in the forest with son but before we\n16:50\n talk about her I want to reiterate something that I spoke about earlier I don't think the message of the film is that ashitaka is not picking aside\ n16:57\nthat's certainly not the message of what I'm saying what I think i s profound about what ashitaka does is that he's the only one\n17:02\nwho sees that there are no sides because as everyone realizes at the end of th e film the humans in the forest can live\n17:08\nin harmony ashitaka's emi shi tribe is proof of this these sides can work\n17:14\ntogether they're j ust so blinded by their rage that they can't see that the dear God who is Central to the film is\n17:20\nthe perfect representation of this idea tha t there can be a balance and Harmony between seemingly oppositional forces \n17:26\nbecause he is both life and death and yet so many characters don' t see that the bores for example are angry at\n17:33\nthe dear God because they think the dear God is only supposed to protect the forest when son b rings the injured\n17:39\nashitaka to him the dear God heals him but didn' t heal Nago the boore that eventually became the cursed demon which\n17:46 \nupsets the boore tribe to them the dear God should be picking sides he's supposed to be about life and protection\n17:52\nfor the forest so why di d he not help one of them and then goes and helps a human meanwhile the hu mans only see the\n17:59\ndear God as the source of death and danger in fa ct I think one of the most profound illustrations of this comes\n18:05\nri ght at the end of the film from a very small easily missed line after a dr amatic climax where their dear God is\n18:11\nshot and killed by aosi he t hen transforms into a vengeful version of the night walker and nearly dest roys the\n18:16\nentire forest in pursuit of his head finally when his hea d is given back by ashitaka andan he collapses into the\n18:23\nwater brin ging with him a wave of healing and regrowth before seemingly dying it is that this point that koroku\n18:30\none of the villagers says aloud I didn 't know the dear God makes the flowers bloom to me this represents the\n18 :36\nfundamental misunderstanding of the humans in the Ironworks you can s ee it as misinformation you can see it as\n18:42\npropaganda or you can se e it as simple ignorance but they don't actually understand what the dear God or the\n18:48\nforest does we'll talk about specifically eboshi later but as a whole the people at the ironwork seem to have\n18:54\nthis mistak en belief the forest is only a place of danger to them what they don't rea lize is that the dear God is\n19:00\nlife as much as it is death it is not one side it is not either or it is both\n19:07\nthis is what ashitaka see s and understands throughout the film and what we can all learn from on th e flip side s\n19:14\ndoesn't understand this either because she says that even restored these are not the dear God's Woods their dear God\n19:20\ni s dead once again it is ashitaka who is the only one able to see the truth and he says that the dear God cannot ever\n19:27\ndie because he is both life and death and that in this act of regrowth he's\n19:32\ntelling us al l to live this is another theme we will explore in the final section of th is video about the value of\n19:37\nlife itself but before we talk about t hat let's elaborate more about s's behavior and attitude because like\n19: 44\nalmost every other human in the film she too is unable to let go of he r hatred in order to see the truth in front of\n19:53\nher one of the cent ral questions about son in the film is who and what is she\nPart Two: Who Is Mononoke-Hime\n19:59\nthere's ambiguity about her identity itself but a lso is she human wolf or\n20:05\nsomething else entirely again she views h erself as part of a binary a wolf\n20:10\nfighting against humans but othe rs also view her binarily when lady eosi first\n20:15\ndescribes son she s ays that she is a girl whose Soul the Wolves stole and she thinks that if she destroys the forest\n20:22\nit will break their hold on son and she'll go back to being a normal human this is probably a good point to talk\n20 :28\nabout the of the film that I promised I'd explain because the origina l title of the film in Japanese is monoke Hime\n20:35\nwhich actually tran slates to monster princess this is actually the title that the residents o f the Iron Works give her\n20:41\nso what it speaks to is how they view bo th her and the spirits monsters now\n20:47\nwhether she is the princess of the monsters a monstrosity of a princess or a princess belonging to the m onsters it\n20:53\nis a pejorative term they attach to her the English tra nslated title of princess monoke Ashley misses a subtle but\n21:00\nimport ant part of this description because princess monoke just sounds like a na me like that's what this character\n21:05\nis called but she is son she ha s a name it's just that the people of the Ironworks either never got a cha nce to\n21:12\nlearn it or never bothered to and their referral to her and the spirits as monsters says more about their approach\n21:19\nthan her r eality in fact it's interesting that when they first encounter ashitaka th ey fear he might be\n21:25\na monster too in this scene as ashitaka is car rying Koro Who and the other villager he's rescued back to the Iron\n21:31 \nWorks these guys sitting by the river see them approaching and one of th em says the phrase Mona now monoke means\n21:38\nmonster as we've discusse d and the C indicates a question so he could be asking if it's a monster i n general\n21:45\nthat's approaching or you could be worried that monoke h ee is approaching either way it represents his paranoia\n21:52\nanything c oming from the woods is a monster to him even though it's three people two of whom are his own friends\n21:58\nall of this is to say that the villag ers have a one-dimensional view of son and she has a one-dimensional view of\n22:04\nherself son refuses to accept herself as a human and in fact he r stance at the end of the film is telling and how she\n22:11\nrefuses to grow as a character over the course of the film one of jbl's rare prominen t female characters to do so\n22:17\nafter the dear God's head has been re turned and order is somewhat restored son turns to Ashi taka and says I lo ve\n22:23\nyou ashitaka but I cannot forgive the human race and so the two come to an agreement that ashitaka will help the\n22:29\npeople of the Ir on Works rebuild a better home something we'll talk about soon while son w ill remain in the forest\n22:34\nwith the Wolves and the two can meet when ever they want now of course what son is saying is equal parts\n22:40\nund erstandable but equal parts ridiculous it is understandable that she's unh appy with what the people of the Iron Works particularly lady eboshi\n22:4 7\ndid in terms of killing the deer God or at least his corporeal body but son is\n22:53\nalso being a massive hypocrite firstly she says she cannot forgive the human race but of course she doesn't include\n22:59\nashitaka in that she loves him and she's able to separate him from the idea of hum anity but even more hypocritically\n23:06\nshe's excluding herself from th is distinction too she's giving herself a benefit of the doubt that she re fuses to\n23:12\nextend to any of the iron work's residents she recognizes that she and ashitaka might be human beings that are\n23:18\nable to live respectfully and harmoniously with the forest but she Paints the rest of the entire human race with one brush condemning them as\n23:25\nessentiall y evil and incapable of Behaving well this again really spoke to me as a l ine of thinking that so many\n23:31\npeople still use today to tarnish ent ire groups of people as dangerous and irredeemable whether that's immigran ts\n23:37\nor trans people or whoever is so fundamentally wrong especially when that characteristic is innate not based on\n23:43\nthe evidence of t heir behavior like being human for example the vast majority of the people of the Ironworks\n23:49\nare just trying to live their lives and doing wh at they're told you can argue that eosi is the villain that s views\n23:55 \nall of humanity to be and we'll talk about her soon I promise but you ca n't say the same for the rest of everyone\n24:00\nelse they're no more at fault for what happened than a random boar from the forest is and yet in h er stubbornness\n24:06\nand petulance son refuses to see that Nuance now y ou might argue that she doesn't view herself as human but I\n24:13\nthink clearly on some level she knows she is if she didn't she wouldn't be in lo ve with ashitaka she wouldn't react\n24:19\nthe way she does when he calls her beautiful everyone even the forest Spirits know that she is human the y just\n24:26\naccept her regardless right after the scene where ashitaka carries her out of the Iron Works one of the monkey Spirits\n24:31\nsays w olf girl not care wolf girl human when talking to S which anger one of her \n24:37\nWolf brothers and he threatens to bite the monkey's head off this shows us that everyone here is aware of the reality of\n24:43\nwhat son i s her brothers are sensitive because they don't want her to feel different to them but she is Morrow\n24:50\nacknowledges this too when she's talkin g about son with ashitaka ashitaka demands that son be freed because she i s human\n24:57\nto which Morrow barks fact that she is neither human nor w olf and calls her my\n25:02\npoor ugly lovely daughter Maro in fact holds a similar style of thinking to s\n25:07\nin that she too sees things as op positional Maro dismissively asks will you join s and fight the humans Nas hi\n25:15\ntaka replies that no that will only breed more hatred which goe s back to this idea of the cycle of hatred that we\n25:21\nspoke about ear lier which ashitaka is right in asserting cannot be broken with more hatre d then when ashitaka asks her\n25:28\ncan't the humans in the forest live in peace Mora replies that nowhere is safe as long as humans are around ag ain she\n25:35\ndoesn't believe this about son or even ashitaka but spous it as fact regardless\n25:40\nshowing how she like son refuses to accept c omplexity rather than binaries\n25:46\nand here there's also a fascinating parallel with what she says about son's relationship with the forest with what\n25:51\neosi said Morrow says that s is now tied to the forest and t hat if the forest\n25:56\ndies s will die too this is the actual opposite of what eashi says if you remember who claims\n26:03\nthat destroying the forest will actually liberate son ultimately maybe they are both right and wrong because if the\n26:09\nforest dies maybe monoke Heime the child of the Wolves will die but perhaps s the\n26:15\nhuman will be freed either w ay the fact that they both make this claim confidently shows how they are not\n26:21\nviewing things with unclouded eyes but rather through their bi ased lenses as it happens the forest isn't destroyed it's\n26:28\nsaved an dan chooses to forsake Humanity displaying an inability to view the world with the nuance and unclouded eyes\n26:35\nthat ashitaka has been doing an d asking for others to do too funnily enough there is one woman who he doe s get\n26:41\nthrough to by the end of the film lady eosi after son's decl aration that she cannot forgive humans we then shortly\n26:48\ncut to lady eosi talking to her people she remarks that she can't believe she was car ried to safety by a wolf of all\n26:55\nthings then she says that the peop le of the Iron Works will start over but that we will build a good Village here\n27:02\nsuggesting that she wants to build a better home this time t o me I think that's a pretty clear indicator from her\n27:08\nespecially i n light of those two lines coming back to back that eboshi has seen that s he can in fact live in harmony\n27:14\nwith the forest that the wolves are not an evil force they're just living creatures trying to protect what th ey\n27:19\nhold precious and that she can build a version of the Iron Work s that doesn't desecrate or seek to destroy the forest\n27:26\nthis is als o why I think ashitaka chooses to stay because he also believes that it ca n be done that the humans can\n27:32\nrebuild in a way that resembles how his Mishi Clan live in harmony with the world around them now as for eosi there\n27:39\nis another theme I want to talk about one that is definitely not explicit in the film but stood out to me as a great\n27:45\nmetaphor for how the world works today and that is the lies of the 1% screwing\n27: 50\nover the rest of the\nPart Three: The Lies of the 1\n27:55\n99 as I've mentioned earlier in the video ashitaka is Keen to emphasize that there a re no sides to this situation and\n28:02\neveryone can live harmoniously b ut on the occasions that there are sides it's\n28:07\nthe wrong people bei ng pit against each other and perhaps the biggest example of this is lady eboshi now don't get me\n28:14\nwrong ibushi is not a victim or some innoc ent Damsel in Distress quite the opposite she's shown to be ruthless cold\ n28:21\nwhen needed and deeply ambitious she half jokingly half seriously declares her desire to rule the entire our\n28:28\ncountry but as we've di scussed she's a nuanced character who is kind gentle and\n28:33\nNoble at times as well her beef with the forest Spirits though is largely based on misinformation and ignorance like I\n28:40\nmentioned earlier where she se ems to believe that not only is the dear God a threat and a source of deat h but also\n28:45\nthat killing the forest will restore son back to her hu man self at one point she even posits that the blood of the dear\n28:52\nG od is set to cure any illness and she could use it to cure the lepers that she houses of their condition\n28:58\nthe people of the Iron Works don't realize that the dear God also brings life and provides the resources that \n29:04\nthey're using and the person seeking to exploit this ignorance is the character of Goo the reason I want to talk about\n29:10\nthe 1% and t he 99% in this section is because goo is very directly the voice\n29:16\na nd the will of the emperor in princess monoke in this scene he comes to eb oshi\n29:21\nand shows her a letter from the emperor that demands that she kill the dear God and bring his head to him eboshi is\n29:28\ninitially r eluctant and feels like the iron production is going well enough but Joo s oftly threatens her that all the\n29:34\nmen they've supplied her with wer en't just sent to get iron and you can see his expression change from seri ous to\n29:40\nthe fake innocent that he pretends to be as he adds or at l east that's what his majesty would say all of this is a\n29:47\nreminder t hat not only can he take ibushi's resources away but he can use those very men against her but funnily\n29:54\nenough one sentence later when eboshi questions of the emperor believes that the deer God's head will give him\ n29:59\nimmortality jico claims oh I don't know what the emperor thinks th is is of course a direct contradiction to what he\n30:06\njust said and it reveals J's true nature and purpose he's here to get what he wants one wa y or the other it's clear\n30:13\nthat jico is a substitute for the empero r acting as a force of coercion that makes the central conflict arise in\n 30:19\nthe film and we can see that coercion not just from the verbal and financial threats but also before this scene J has\n30:26\na horde of goon s that he brings with him he tells them to hide and wait for him which is to imply that if eboshi didn't\n30:33\nwillingly agree to kill the dear Go d he'd make her do it by force and eboshi\n30:38\nunderstands this because right after agreeing to kill the dear God she tells jico that he can summ on that shady Bunch\n30:44\nhidden under the cliff and joico simply laughs with this fake innocent expression again and says oh you saw\n30:50\nthem did you what all of this shows us is that eosi is aware of the threat tha t jico brings with him for her own part\n30:57\nshe's ly fighting a war wi th a human the nobleman Lord asano who's trying to steal the Iron Works fr om her not only\n31:04\nis this guy a wealthy powerful Samurai but he's al so a bit of a scumbag because we learned through dialogue that he\n31:10\n tried to conquer this area himself and was driven back by the Boors but no w that eboshi has managed to conquer it\n31:16\nhe's demanding that she gi ve him half again under the threat of violence so if\n31:21\ntaking the we alth from someone else's labor without doing anything of your own isn't a Marxist allegory I don't know\n31:27\nwhat is it's all subplot so none of the following is discussed explicitly but it feels pretty clear to me that eboshi is\n31:33\nessentially caught in a tough political sandwich on the one hand she has a wealthy established Noble trying to\n31:39\nforcibly t ake her business and it's not a stretch to say that this guy likely has th e emperor's favor whereas the\n31:45\nupstart woman in neosi probably does n't on the other side she has J requesting\n31:50\nbut really demanding as we've seen that she go to kill the dear God in the emperor's name and of course the minute\n31:57\nshe goes off to to do so and leaves the Iron Wor ks relatively unguarded Lord oano attacks with his army you have to\n32:03 \nwonder where would he have gotten this information from that the Iron Wo rks are currently unguarded I think it's almost\n32:09\ncertain that jico is pulling the strings on this getting everything he and by extension the emperor wants which is the\n32:15\ndear God's death the appeasement of one of his Nobles and the removal of an ambitious Rogue element in abosi J in \n32:23\nfact actually directly tells eboshi there is no time to fight men just give a all the Iron Works fulfill your\n32:30\npromise to the empero r so it's pretty clear that he doesn't care what happens to her and later when they're in the\n32:35\nforest one of his Scouts asks if they really e ven need eosi and J declares quietly that when it comes to hunting a\n32:4 2\ngod they should let her do the dirty work so all of this is to say that while eosi is herself ambitious and dangerous\n32:49\nit's clear that she 's being manipulated and coerced by a higher authority who arbitrarily cre ates the conflict between\n32:55\nthe Iron Works and the dear God for his own ends in fact everything in the film is basically a consequence of J's\ n33:01\nactions first in the town when he first meets Ashi taka he is the one who convinces everyone that the little gold\n33:07\npellet that ashita ka gives the woman in exchange for rice is super valuable but\n33:12\nhe d oes so in such a loud and obvious way that it inevitably draws the attenti on of everyone around including\n33:18\nthese people who want to Rob ashit aka and then conveniently jico is there again to war Nashi taka and run aw ay\n33:25\nwith him was this all part of his plan possibly he then tells a shitaka to go to\n33:30\nthe Iron Works and the dear God's Forest to find the answers he's looking for again to me at least the class parallel\n33:3 6\nis pretty clear despite him being an Envoy of the emperor J manages to convince everyone in this little village\n33:42\nthat this humble traveler from a remote tribe is somehow super wealthy and turns them against him w hile hiding his own\n33:49\npower and Status constantly both here and late r he's peing people against each other to mask his own ends and if we\n33: 55\ncontinue down the idea that he's essentially a substitute for the Empe ror then this is a pretty clear and I'd argue astute metaphor for a class\ n34:02\nstruggle and the way in which the truly wealthy and Powerful manip ulate others into fighting for relative scraps while\n34:07\nthey get what they want once Chico reaches the Iron Works himself he specifically asks about ashitaka and if\n34:14\nabosi has seen him presumably because he wan ts to use Ashi taka again to which aboshi replies that he came and went\n3 4:20\nalready and I'm finally and perhaps most tellingly there's this line he says when the hunt for the dear God is taking\n34:26\nplace ashitaka h aving seen the Iron Works is already under attack goes to find ioshi he fi nds the men from the\n34:32\nIron Works who describe the horrors of what's just happened including how they were used as human Shields Joo and his\n 34:39\ncrew had planted bombs and grenades underneath where the men of the Iron Works were told to hold the line and\n34:44\nwhen the bores approach ed the bombs were set off and all lives were lost human\n34:50\nand animal J's plan clearly did not care about collateral damage but ashitaka\n34:55 \nagain refusing to see sides rescues one of son's Wolf brothers from unde rneath the pile of bore corpses and even\n35:02\nconvinces the men of the Iron Works to help him do so I think it's really telling that when we see this first\n35:07\ninstance of the animals and the people of the Iron Work s working together it's J's guards who try to stop them again\n35:14\ntryi ng to keep the two sides divided but when they attack ashitaka it's the me n of the Iron Works who revolt and fight\n35:21\nback as they realize that the wolves are not their enemies rise up against your greedy overlords co mrades the men then\n35:27\nwork together to free the wolf and the Wolf in turn also doesn't show any hostility towards the workers once it's\n35:33 \nfreed and instead proceeds to guide ashitaka to where son is on the way ashitaka stops in front of eboshi and\n35:40\ntells her what's happening t hat the Iron Works under attack and that she should abandon her hunt for t he dear God you\n35:45\ncan see J's nervous expression here as if he's wor ried that he'll actually convince eboshi to stop doing his dirty\n35:51\nw ork for him she replies you want me to kill Samurai instead of the dear Go d to which ashitaka says no can't the forest\n35:58\nand the Iron Works li ve in peace and it's at this point that jico says a really telling line he says whose side\n36:05\nis he on this is a pretty clear distillation of t he point I've been building to here is ashitaka saying that\n36:10\nthe fo rest and the people can live in harmony once again it's not that he's not picking sides he refuses to see\n36:17\nsides and here is goo in return te lling him hey whose side are you want trying\n36:22\nto insist that there are in fact two binary factions that must try and destroy each other\n36:2 8\nbut we know he's wrong we've just seen ashitaka unite the two sides in a unified goal without hostility or\n36:35\nconflict but no matter what he claims J doesn't care about what happens to the people of the Ironworks a nd even the men\n36:41\nrealize that when ashitaka comes to find them and they say they're willing to sacrifice us all they're using lady\n36:47\neb oshi now thankfully eosi has an inherit distrust of men which she explicit ly States the ladies of the Iron\n36:53\nWorks she says she's more afraid of men than monsters and tells them to be on their guard while she's away and so Toki\n37:00\nand the others are able to fend off the attack on the Iron Works of course her and other lady's distrust of men is\n37:06\nvalid in the context of what they've been through but I also think it doubles a s a mistrust of hierarchy because eashi\n37:12\ndoesn't distrust ashitaka who she very quickly asked to join her cause after first meeting him nor d oes she distrust\n37:18\nher right-hand man but she does distrust Lord asa no and jico men with power and authority the 1% who are recklessly\n37:26\ nwilling to sacrifice lives to get whatever they want this is Illustrated in another really poignant line that\n37:31\njico says right to the end of the film here he's fleeing with the dear God's head even while watching t he entire\n37:37\nforest and Iron Works be destroyed by the way which real ly clear metaphor here guys San and ashitaka stop him and tell\n37:43\nhim to give the head back to which he says something that completely illustra tes his world view he says The\n37:49\nThirst to possess Heaven and Earth is what makes us human this is so interesting because it's demonstrably\n3 7:55\nuntrue here is goo standing in in front of two humans who clearly do not share this Instinct of his and yet he declares\n38:01\nso confidently that what he was doing was in fact human nature again to me\n38:06\nthis just speaks to joo's inherently manipulative nature where he's trying to c onvince everyone that they should all behave like him but Ashi taka and so n\n38:13\nrefus and they begrudgingly do get through the chico getting him to give up the head which they then take and return\n38:19\nto the dear G od all of this is to say that this is just another part of princess monoke that struck me as so\n38:25\nrelevant when watching it now in a time wher e the wealth divide between the richest and the poorest in society has\n38 :30\nonly grown in most of the western world for the last 50 plus years th e theme of the powerful minority manipulating the\n38:35\nmajority could n ot be more profound the tactics of misinformation misdirection and coercio n blaming a vulnerable group\n38:43\nfor problems they didn't cause these are all things that are probably even more true now than they were when th e film\n38:48\nreleased in 1997 but while this is a rather Bleak worldview and indeed it's a pretty\n38:53\nbrutal life depicted in Princess monoke there's also subtle optimism that permeates the film and that's the last\n 38:59\nthing I want to talk to you about because I think it's another thin g we could really do with hearing in the modern day that life may be hard but\n39:05\nit's worth [Music] living I've already spoken so far about\nPa rt Four: Life Is For Living\n39:11\nthe idea of seeing with eyes unclouded about not seeing ourselves or others as one-dimensional or as binary oppo sites\n39:18\nand of resisting the manipulations of the elite and Powerful but there is one other recurring message that appears\n39:24\nthroughout princess monoke and that is the idea that the world world is a cold bitter place but the value of life is\n39:30\nstill sacran and as long as we're alive we can make the world a better place\n39:36\nthere is lots of ambien t misery depicted throughout princess monoke the emishi tribe are dying ou t and now forced to\n39:42\ngive up their prince Samurai and natural disas ters are destroying Villages the forest gods are dying out and getting\n39 :48\nweaker and even the people of the Iron Works live difficult lives all of this while an outof of touch Emperor focuses\n39:55\non trying to find immortality but there there are also times when The Bleak state of the wo rld is made verbally\n40:00\nexplicit it first comes from jico when he's s itting down to talk with ashitaka for the first time remarking on the men\ n40:06\nwho were potentially looking to Rob ashitaka he says that it wasn' t always like this but that Hearts have grown\n40:11\ncold throughout the land he says that the area around here was a fine Village once but whether it was a flood or a\n40:17\nlandslide it was destroyed and now the land p resumbly referring to the country as a whole teams with bitter ghosts dead \n40:24\nfrom war sick or starved and Fallen where they stood a curse you say the\n40:30\nworld is a curse if you remember from earlier in the video this actually Echoes what the leper will say later in\n40:35\nthe Iron Wo rks that life is suffering in pain the world and its people are cursed but we still wish to live but notice\n40:42\nthat what the leper says and wha t Chico says as well end with slight optimism the world may be a curse but we still\n40:49\nwant to live as human beings and Cho has a similar philo sophy when he tells ashitaka that everyone dies some now\n40:55\nsome late r but the trick is to avoid the jaws of death or so his master used to say at this point ashitaka L man said I\n41:03\nshouldn't have gotten into th at fight I killed two men referring to the fact that as he was riding here he\n41:08\nencountered a samurai raid on a village and when they attacked him he was forced to defend himself and kill the two men\n41:14\nin the p rocess ashitaka feels guilt for this act but jico tells him hey you may ha ve killed those guys but you helped me\n41:21\nand others escape this is a reminder of course of the pragmatic worldview that the film espouses that life and death\n41:28\nare very closely related and indeed in this instan ce ashitaka's actions bring both death and life simultaneously much\n41:36 \nlike what the dear God does this little optimistic spin on things does s eem to get through to ashitaka and what we see\n41:42\nfor most of the res t of the film is that he spreads a rather hopeful message to everyone else that he meets and that's\n41:47\nsimply to live live just for the act of living and the value all life has but\n41:53\nalso because through living you can make the world a better place and also express your gratitude to t hose who have\n41:59\nsacrificed to get you here ashitaka does this both t hrough his actions and his words in his actions he's basically as\n42:06\n much of a pacifist as you could realistically be in the film at every occa sion before he enters a physical\n42:11\nconflict he beseeches the life in front of him to stop to not fight first he does it with the curse for Nag o\n42:18\nimploring him to quell his rage multiple times before he's final ly forced to strike when the demon is about to attack\n42:23\nother people with the aformentioned samurai who were attacking G and the others ashita ka again yells at them to\n42:30\nlet him pass it's only when they refuse and attack him does he fight back the same again happens twice more at the \n42:36\nclimax of the film first he's riding towards the Iron Works when Lord aso's invading Samurai spot him he again\n42:43\nimplores them to let him pass but they start firing on him regardless then a short while later they send Riders to\n42:49\nchase after him and again ashitaka implores t hem to put down their arms when it's clear that they won't he\n42:55\nshoo ts down one of the men but still lets the other one Escape so time and tim e again ashitaka avoids taking life\n43:02\nor even attempting to do so un less he absolutely has to and in the verbal message he gives to others he implores\n43:09\nthem to live when he carries son out of the Iron Works af ter her fight with eosi she questions why he helped her he says\n43:16\nI didn't want you to die to which son replies I'm not afraid to die if it wi ll drive away the humans this is another\n43:23\narea where the two of the m are philosophically Polar Opposites and Son shows an image maturity of a ttitude that\n43:28\nspeaks to someone who hasn't really gotten the chance to mature and develop as a person repeatedly son seems happy\n43:34\nto t hrow her life away for seemingly nothing she does this later as well when she charges in with a boes of the climax\n43:40\nof the film to attack Chi co in eos's encampment even though she admits it will be certain death but Ashi taka is\n43:46\nalways trying to get her to stop thinking like this even as son draws his blade against him and threatens to kill\n43:51\nashi taka he simply replies live before Rising her up by telling her that she's \n43:56\nbeautiful which completely throws her off guard partly because I think it reminds her of her Humanity I'll have to remember this\n44:03\nta ctic if an attractive woman ever points a sword at my throat at the end of the film when the dear God has seemingly died s says that all is lost\n44 :11\nbecause the dear God is dead to which ashitaka replies that the dear God cannot die for he is both life and death\n44:16\nand that through this Final Act he is telling us to live again this is a really optimistic mess age in a world\n44:23\nthat's so full of pain and misery as we've discusse d live because you're Alive live because you can do something\n44:29\nwith that life because giving up is not just illogical but flies in the face o f all of those who are dead who no doubt\n44:35\nwould have loved a chance to live longer themselves and that's what ashitaka's plan is at the end o f the film s just\n44:40\nRetreats back into the woods which is a great me taphor for how she hasn't grown at all throughout the film she just goes\n 44:46\nback to being the exact same person in the same location as before Ashi taka by comparison decides to live in the Iron\n44:52\nWorks to help them make a more ethical Society he could just as easily go back to the Mi shi tribe now that his curse is\n44:59\nlifted and return to the life he l ived before but that goes against his message live because you can still m ake this\n45:05\ncruel world a better place and that's what he plans to do in this new location indeed I think the wisest characters in\n45:11\nthe film shared this message again towards the end of the film koroku The Iron Works villager who ashitaka saved\n45:18\nwatches the fire envelop the Ir on Works and he says once the four stars to burn it's all over to which hi s wife Toki\n45:25\nreplies no it isn't we're still alive again like son k oroku is too concerned\n45:30\nwith the temporary and the physical if we l ose this material thing we lose it all what is the point of life without i t\n45:37\nbut Toki and ashitaka are there to act as reminders to them and us the audience that hey you're still alive aren't you\n45:44\nso nothing is lost because within you there's an infinite potential to make and creat e more things worth living for\n45:51\nand that's the note I'd like to end this video on because I do believe that it's a really valuable lesson for us to carry\n45:56\non into our lives amongst the many relevant contempor ary messages that I felt the film brings even today the\n46:02\nworld is a bleak place in our real lives too sometimes we're living through an era w here it feels like social progress\n46:08\nis going backwards more and mor e people are being made to suffer through exploitation and more than anyth ing\n46:14\npeople's empathy just seems to be fading the passive cruelty a nd vindictiveness of so many has been so starkly on\n46:20\ndisplay but ev en when it seems like all is lost it isn't because we are alive\n46:26\nan d with that life life we owe it to those who've lost Theirs to keep going and with this life comes endless\n46:32\npossibilities of things we can do to change the darkness around us to keep striving to make the world a bet ter\n46:37\nplace for all of us to live in and I hope by making this video and reaching out to you I've helped do so in some\n46:44\nsmall tiny way if you've made it all the way to the end of this video then please listen to\n46:50\njust one more thing easily the hardest part of making video 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DESCRIPTION:\n Earth Day\n\n\n\n Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson led t o the first earth day celebration in 1970.\n\n\n\n some stories in my good news calendar\n\n\n\n \n Story 1 \n \n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/bl ogs/entry/261-earth-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findCo mment&\;comment=894\n \n \n \n \n Story 2 \n \n \n https://a albc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-earth-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-b log/?do=findComment&\;comment=895\n \n \n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Twerking is so old\n\n https://www.facebook.com/ reel/1583131398998598\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250422 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Echo Of Tanit's Cries 04/19/2025 DTSTAMP:20250419T064053Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:251-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Echo Of Tanit's Cries \n\n\n\n A poem\n\n https://ww w.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1184895918\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENTT he Inner Light- a review of my favorite star trek next generation episode\ n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZpZfJC21lM\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n Transcript\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 0:00\nStar Trek the Next Genera tion is a very\n0:02\nwell-written show and there are many\n0:04\nepisodes that one can point to as\n0:06\nexamples of great storytelling but among\ n0:09\nthese there is one episode that's often\n0:12\ncited as the best in the series and that\n0:14\nepisode is the inner light in which Jean\n0:17 \nluk Bard lives an entire life in the\n0:19\nspan of 25 minutes this epis ode is\n0:22\nPatrick Stewart's favorite and also my\n0:24\npersonal favor ite and I find myself\n0:27\nrevisiting this episode more than any\n0:29\n other and every time I do I find\n0:31\nsomething new to appreciate so in this\n0:33\nvideo I'd like to break down why I think\n0:35\nthis episode o f all the incredible\n0:37\nstories in the TNG series stands out for\n0:40 \nso many as its\n0:44\nfinest so the very first thing that must\n0:46\nbe known about the inner light is that\n0:49\nit was written for broadcast t elevision\n0:50\nin the early 90s and that means it has a\n0:53\nvery part icular format a 1-hour slot of\n0:55\nTelevision generally had four or fiv e\n0:57\ncommercial breaks and this naturally\n0:59\ndetermined the shows dramatic structure\n1:01\nmost episodes of TNG start with a short\n1:03\n2 to 4 minute teaser followed by the\n1:05\ntitle sequence then five dramat ic acts\n1:08\nwith commercial breaks in between total\n1:10\nrun time is generally between 45 and 48\n1:12\nminutes and each Act generally ends on a\n1:15\nlittle Cliffhanger to keep the viewer\n1:16\nwatching through the commercials it was\n1:18\na simpler time before the dark ages of\n1:20\nm ultiple subscriptions now if you're\n1:22\nfamiliar with this format you'l l\n1:24\nremember that the writers often used\n1:26\ncommercial breakes to Signal the passage\n1:27\nof time in the story and in the case of\n1:29\n TN\n1:30\nthis was sometimes really creative a\n1:32\ngood example is caus e and effect in\n1:34\nwhich the Enterprise is caught in a Time\n1:35\nLoo p and keeps getting destroyed only to\n1:38\nrestart after the break great episode so\n1:40\nthe commercial break is actually really\n1:42\nintegral to this format of Storytelling\n1:44\nand this is definitely the case for the\n1:46\nInner Light in which each commercial\n1:48\nbreak is also a 5 to 10year time skip\n1:51\nnow I think the best way to analyze any\n1:53\n story is to try to understand its moral\n1:55\nargument and for that you g enerally want\n1:57\nto look at how its main character\n1:59\nchanges from beginning to end this\n2:01\nepisode is about the transformation of\n2:03 \nJean luk peard who as we all know is the\n2:06\nIntrepid and somewhat gu arded captain of\n2:08\nthe Enterprise he's a man of great\n2:11\nstature and responsibility who has very\n2:13\nfew personal relationships Beyond t hose\n2:15\nwith his crew he seldom shows\n2:17\nvulnerability and his lif e is somewhat\n2:20\nlonely but by the climax of the Inner\n2:22\nLight he 's quite the opposite he's\n2:24\nsurrounded by family and he doesn't seem \n2:26\nto care about much else now in order to\n2:28\ncover that much gro und in such a short\n2:30\nrun time the writers not only have to\n2:32\nfa st forward time they also have to fast\n2:34\nforward Picard's character d evelopment\n2:36\nwhich isn't really something you're\n2:37\nsupposed to d o as a writer characters\n2:40\nideally develop gradually the whole\n2:42\ npoint is to see them grow and change in\n2:44\nthis story we only get a s elect few\n2:46\nmoments in which to Glimpse the life\n2:48\nthat Picard i s living and yet the climax\n2:50\nof the story is somehow very emotional\ n2:53\nit's one of the most affecting dramatic\n2:54\nsequences in the ent ire Series so how\n2:57\ndid they do it this episode was pitched\n2:59\nto the show producers by freelance\n3:01\nwriter Morgan gendall originally a s a\n3:03\nstory in which both Picard and reker\n3:06\nlived an alternate life on an alien\n3:07\nworld devastated by War the concept went\n3:11\nth rough many iterations before they\n3:12\neventually settled on a story abo ut a\n3:14\ncivilization sending a probe into space\n3:17\nas a way of pre serving their culture\n3:19\nearly versions of the script included a\n3:20 \nmore involved subplot on the ship as the\n3:23\ncrew tries to figure out what's\n3:25\nhappening to their incapacitated Captain\n3:27\nbut it was ultimately decided that the\n3:29\nepisode should Focus almost completely\ n3:31\non the transformation of Jean Luke's\n3:33\ncharacter and his relat ionships on the\n3:35\nplanet Katan and I think part of the\n3:37\nreason that this episode works is that\n3:39\nit's very focused and concise not a \n3:41\nsingle line of dialogue is wasted not a\n3:44\nsingle action or sc ene is extraneous to\n3:47\nthe plot and the action of the plot\n3:49\nart iculates very clearly the moral of\n3:51\nthe story so I think the writer is\n3:53\nreally understood that this episode is\n3:55\nprimarily a charac ter study another\n3:57\nreason the story works is that it's\n3:59\ndeeply relatable it deals with universal\n4:01\nstruggles in The Human Condition it's\n4:03\nessentially the story of Jean Le Picard\n4:05\nrealizing what 's important in life he\n4:08\nbegins by having to confront the fact\n4:10 \nthat a life he once knew is now gone and\n4:12\nthat the person he thoug ht he was is no\n4:14\nmore that's something anyone can relate\n4:16\nto n ot because we've had our brains\n4:18\nhijacked by a nucleonic beam but be cause\n4:21\nlife sometimes changes abruptly with no\n4:23\ngoing back som etimes the certainty of\n4:26\nwho we thought we were falls apart in\n4:28 \nthe face of circumstances is beyond our\n4:30\ncontrol the First Act of the episode is\n4:32\nspent with the familiar version of Jean\n4:34\nLuke the one who never married and who\n4:36\ndoesn't particularly like childre n and\n4:38\nhe does not accept the story that he is\n4:40\na man named Ca yman living on the planet\n4:42\nKatan and suffering from a fever that\n4: 44\nhas taken his memory he goes to Great\n4:45\nLengths to methodically p rove that his\n4:48\nnew life is some kind of holc Illusion\n4:50\nbut eve ntually he accepts his\n4:52\ncircumstances and this is where we're\n4:53\ nintroduced to the episode's iconic flute\n4:56\nnow in a story about chan ge the flute is\n4:58\nthe only constant and it's an important\n5:00\nstor y device beard is told that he's\n5:02\nbeen learning to play it though he \n5:03\ndoesn't appear to have any skill just\n5:05\nyet and the First Act ends when Bard\n5:08\nnotices that his wife's pendant looks\n5:10\nlike t he probe that sent him there then\n5:12\nwe cut to the Enterprise Bridge\n 5:13\nrevealing that virtually no time has\n5:15\npassed since Bard was st ruck by the beam\n5:17\nand go to commercial now that's a work\n5:20\nof a rt the 99 cent Daily Double what you\n5:23\nwant is what you get at McDona ld's\n5:25\ntoday when we come back it's revealed\n5:28\nthat many years h ave passed since the\n5:30\nprevious act bicard has begun accepting\n5:32\ nhis identity as Cayman even if he is\n5:34\nstill a bit preoccupied with finding the\n5:36\nEnterprise in any case he's committed\n5:38\nenough to his new life that he promises\n5:40\nto have a baby with his wife elen and \n5:42\nthis signals to the viewer that peard\n5:44\nhas already really mo ved on from his\n5:46\npast and he's kind of ready to fully\n5:48\nlive as Cayman now one way that this\n5:50\nstory stays concise is by implying\n5 :53\nthings about Picard's life rather than\n5:55\nshowing them directly a nd much is\n5:57\nimplied about Picard's character in this\n5:59\nsecond a ct his friendship with Bai\n6:02\nimplies that he's integrated into the\n6 :04\ncommunity the intimacy and tenderness\n6:06\nbetween bicard and elen implies that\n6:08\nthey have a strong bond despite his\n6:10\napparent me mory loss and the fact that\n6:12\nhe can play frera jhaka on the flute no w\n6:15\nmeans he's begun to embrace his identity\n6:17\nas Cayman but he' s still playing an\n6:19\nEarth's song and so he's still attached\n6:22\nt o his old life to some degree now\n6:24\nthat's a really important detail that\n6:26\nwe're going to come back to when we come\n6:28\nback from the break for act three we see\n6:30\nCayman and elen celebrating the birth of \n6:32\nnot their first child but their second\n6:34\nchild who they Nam b atai after cayman's\n6:37\nfriend who passed away off screen while\n6:39\n you were watching an ad for Wendy's\n6:41\nPicard's flu playing has come a long\n6:42\nnicely which helps you to feel the\n6:44\npassage of time sinc e the previous act\n6:47\nnote that he's no longer playing faka\n6:49\nthi s is a new song at this point you\n6:51\nrealize that the story is skippin g huge\n6:53\nperiods of time and that Jean L Bard as\n6:55\nwe knew him i s really in the distant\n6:57\npast by this point and that's surprising\n7 :00\nbecause it means peard isn't trying to\n7:02\nget back to the Enterpr ise and solve the\n7:04\nmystery of why he's on this strange\n7:06\nplanet and yet we're reminded that for\n7:08\nthe crew back aboard the Enterpris e only\n7:10\nminutes have passed in fact the crew\n7:12\ntries to sever t he connection causing\n7:14\npeard to collapse this is a clever way\n7:16\ nof synchronizing these two timelines for\n7:19\nthe viewer so that we und erstand just\n7:21\nhow little time has actually passed we\n7:24\nskip ahe ad again and see that Bard's\n7:26\ndaughter marbor is now fully grown and \n7:28\nshe's a scientist now until this point\n7:30\nin the story there h ave been references\n7:32\nto some kind of drought happening but\n7:34\nno w it's hinted that the drought is\n7:36\nactually an existential threat to the\n7:38\nplanet Jean Luke is trying to convince\n7:40\nhis daughter to spend less time worrying\n7:43\nabout soil samples and more time with a\n7 :45\nyoung man who is interested in her and\n7:47\nit's here with the real ization that this\n7:49\ncivilization might not have much time\n7:51\nleft that the moral of the story begins\n7:53\nto emerge live now make\n7:57\n now always the most precious time at\n8:01\nthis point in his life as Caym an Beard's\n8:03\nmotivations have radically changed his\n8:06\nefforts as a scientist and Explorer have\n8:08\nyielded no fruit but for the realiza tion\n8:10\nthat time is running out all that\n8:13\nmatters to him now ar e his relationships\n8:15\nwith his friends and family something he\n8:17\ nnever had in his life on board the\n8:19\nEnterprise act three ends with the\n8:21\nRevelation that the Katon system was\n8:23\ndestroyed when the sun went Nova a\n8:25\nthousand years ago this sets up act four\n8:28\nin which Jean Luke discovered that\n8:29\nkatan's government is already aware that\n8:31\nthe planet is doomed and that some kind\n8:33\nof plan is und erway Picard's son now an\n8:36\nadult has followed in his Father's\n8:38\ nFootsteps by becoming a musician\n8:40\npresumably because of his own fat her's\n8:41\nflute playing by the way this character\n8:43\nis played by P atrick Stewart's actual\n8:45\nson elene passes in a heart-wrenching\n8:48 \nscene beautifully portrayed by Margo\n8:49\nRose and Patrick Stewart doe s an\n8:51\nincredible job of making you feel this\n8:54\nloss even though we've had very little\n8:56\nscreen time with these two characters\n8:58\ nactually Patrick St steart has said that\n9:00\nthis episode was the bigg est acting\n9:02\nchallenge that TNG ever presented him\n9:05\nwhich is re ally saying something\n9:06\nconsidering the sheer breadth of this\n9:08\n series and it's scenes like this that\n9:10\nreally make you appreciate hi s\n9:12\nversatility as an actor and we come back\n9:14\nfrom the final co mmercial break for the\n9:15\nfifth and Final Act and Bard is very\n9:18\n elderly he's saddened by the fact that\n9:20\nhis grandson has no future a nd he's\n9:22\ncompletely uninterested in the fact that\n9:25\nthe communi ty is apparently launching\n9:26\nsome kind of Rocket into space something \n9:28\nthat bicard of 40 years ago would surely\n9:30\nhave been interest ed in the launch is\n9:32\nthe climax of the story and it's where\n9:34\nt he story finally reveals its moral\n9:36\nlesson first we get this beautif ul\n9:38\nreveal of\n9:45\nBai he explains the probe and Picard\n9:48\nimm ediately understands the mystery of\n9:51\nthe episode has been solved but that's\n9:53\nnot what this scene is primarily about\n9:55\nbecause there 's another reveal\n10:02\nnow I think the Brilliance of this scene\n10:04\ nis that when peard realizes that he is\n10:06\nactually jeanu Picard and this probe\n10:09\nfound him in the future that's not what\n10:11\nmatters to him in the moment because\n10:13\nthat would undermine the moral of th is\n10:15\nstory what does matter is elen his wife\n10:19\nis standing the re in front of him and\n10:21\nthat's what matters to bicard and that's\n1 0:23\nthe moral of the story it's a simple\n10:25\nlesson that we often he ar but don't\n10:27\nfully absorb until later in in life that\n10:30\nwe t end to take for granted the most\n10:31\nimportant things often because we dwell\n10:34\ntoo long in the past or because we're\n10:36\nsearching for something we can never\n10:37\nfind all of the little moments in this\n10 :39\nstory have led to this beautifully\n10:41\ndramatized moral conclusio n one with\n10:44\nreal depth and\n10:46\n[Music]\n10:49\nwisdom now of co urse the episode cannot\n10:51\nend there the scene of Jean Luke waking\n1 0:53\nup on the bridge is also brilliantly\n10:55\nacted by Patrick Stewar t who basically\n10:57\nwakes up from a coma and has to process\n10:59\nth e impossibility that he's only been\n11:02\nunconscious for 25 minutes as always\n11:05\nStuart takes this kind of far out\n11:07\nscience fiction p remise and somehow\n11:09\nmakes it feel completely real and\n11:10\nbelie vable I love this little moment\n11:12\nwhen he looks back at the bridge a nd\n11:13\nsmiles which is the moment that we know\n11:16\nthat peard as w e know him is going to be\n11:17\nall right but of course the most famous\ n11:20\nscene in the episode is its incredible\n11:22\nending where it's r evealed that cayman's\n11:24\nflute was stashed inside the probe and\n11:2 7\nhere Patrick Stewart gives us an\n11:28\nincredible poignant depiction of a man\n11:31\nwho's just been given a second chance at\n11:33\nlife but who has also lost everything\n11:36\nthat matters to him Picard plays Cay man\n11:39\nsong now his only connection to his past\n11:42\nlife just as he did with fraka when he\n11:45\nwas on Katon this isn't just good\n11:47 \nwriting it's poetry as the music plays\n11:50\nwe cut to the Enterprise D soaring\n11:52\ngracefully through the emptiness of\n11:54\nspace peard has finally found the\n11:56\nStarship he spent a lifetime searching\n11:5 8\nfor but in returning to who he was he is\n12:02\nonce again alone and o nce again mourning\n12:04\na past that he can never return to wow\n12:08\n it's pretty amazing to me that such a\n12:10\nprofound bit of Storytelling found its\n12:12\nway onto Prime Time television in the\n12:14\n1990s and it's also a great example of\n12:17\nwhat Star Trek overall is capable of \n12:20\nwhen it approaches storytelling not only\n12:22\nas a fun adventu re in outer space but\n12:24\nalso as a deeper exploration of The\n12:26\n Human Condition I'd love to hear your\n12:28\ninterpretation of this episo de and other\n12:31\nepisodes that you think reach similar\n12:33\nHeights check out my patreon if you'd\n12:34\nlike to support the channel thanks for\n12:36\nwatching and I'll see you on the next\n12:37\none\n\n\n\n  \n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250419 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 109 DTSTAMP:20250416T143947Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:248-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 109\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n apply a banda id\, then\, and hope for the best\n\n dare you take a step backwards\, mak e it your best step\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/pineliquor/art/hand-cre am-for-a-dry-season-1037848577\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n As an emptiness\,\n\n Th e sea pushes me away\n\n A moaning\, stray cat in the sand\,\n\n    Plac ed as a treasured trophy\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/midn1ghtink/art/Sh ell-NaPo24-1-1037542507\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1& amp\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=n ewest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n 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I wish I would had used the calen dar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started u sing. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say i s repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal ://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0 dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&a mp\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250621 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 108 DTSTAMP:20250416T143718Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:247-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 108\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I could thrus t my hatred into you.\n\n And you love being her.\n\n But I won’t be him .\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/thefulkrum/art/Sweet-Reciprocity-10849813 4\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n we will be eternal even when the world\n\n let me sho ut our love\,\n\n but I don't want to think about it\,\n\n blessed by love \,\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/skylizzy/art/letter-to-my-love-103558965 4\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\ n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_eve nt&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 20 23 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook /poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/ richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series  \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscrib e to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my w ork from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yestery ear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events /5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9 601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/ events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea 9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250614 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 107 DTSTAMP:20250416T143201Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:246-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 107\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n desperately\n \n will wrap me in a\n\n poetry\,\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/mysticalp oet/art/Perhaps-Healing-1037975778\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A song of hope\, a s ong of cheer\,\n\n Gentle whispers of goodwill\,\n\n Wrap you up in festiv e cheer.\n\n In hearts and hearths\, it takes hold.\n\n Bells chime in rhy thmic glee\,\n\n And festive lights in colors swirl\,\n\n Echoes this tune \, pure and bright.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/bukoslav/art/Let-the-Ch ristmas-melody-resound-1002409501\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento& \;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any& \;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/e book/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n ht tps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\ n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-l ast-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/ric hard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the i nternet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I hav e to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\ n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&am p\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Cal endar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?mem ber=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250607 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 106 DTSTAMP:20250416T143029Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:245-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 106\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n My mind escap es\n\n Happy to see you watch me from above\,\n\n in a shared home\, a sha red bed\n\n My mind whirs back\n\n as she laced lilies into my clothes.\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/xyron7777777/art/Time-Traveler-1037728907\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n a limbo made of our own sickening dreams\n\n and the pleas ures of hell\n\n the last outpost before the witching hour\n\n https://www .deviantart.com/lorian-aindal/art/Limbo-1037779668\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN A MENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/se arch/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;upda ted_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www .kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epu b series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-stor y-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you real ly want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. L ike alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of t imes\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray 's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/downloa d/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murra y's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalen dar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250531 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 105 DTSTAMP:20250416T142850Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:244-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 105\n\n\n\n \n\n I didn’t ask to f eel this.\n\n Leave when I am sick like this\,\n\n These aren’t my ears\ ,\n\n Cuts aren’t the blades I wish to please.\n\n Lock the door and tak e the keys.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/thefulkrum/art/Midnight-Lily-10 8505689\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I’ll awake from my dream now\,\n\n to make it all come true Dear.\n\n\n\n The dreams haven’t reached you yet\,\n\n wr apped you in their safety yet.\n\n You haven’t swum in oceans\,\n\n hill s of warm grass yet.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/thefulkrum/art/Hold-my -Hand-109755461\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento L ist - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick =1&\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortb y=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ri chard-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https:/ /www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://w ww.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\ n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-fla il\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-mu rray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the ca lendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just starte d using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to sa y is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n web cal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key= 9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n \n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=647 7&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250524 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 104 DTSTAMP:20250416T142734Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:243-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 104\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n What about to morrow?\n\n Dear friends from the big crowd\,\n\n Because today is reality ....\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/malintra-shadowmoon/art/Former-Times-1 036703080\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n So let us tend to this garden within\,\n\n Th rough the seasons of joy and pain\,\n\n Some branches bear the weight of s orrow\,\n\n In the quiet depths\, where shadows convene\,\n\n They dance a nd sway\, never asking why.\n\n In the garden of the mind\, where thoughts take flight\,\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/bukoslav/art/Branches-of-tho ughts-1033287827\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjo y the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;ty pe=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n \n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murr ay-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo. com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.co m/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audi obook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Aud iobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-j ar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar too l with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. W hy do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repea ts from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalb c.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939 faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal: //aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key =9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250517 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 103 DTSTAMP:20250416T142504Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:242-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 103\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Spider-Cat\, Spider-Cat\,\n\n Does whatever a kitty can\n\n Spins a web\, any size\,\n\ n Catches thieves just like mice\n\n Look Out!\n\n Here comes the Spider-C at\n\n\n\n Is he strong?\n\n Listen bud\,\n\n He's got radioactive blood.\ n\n Can he swing from a thread?\n\n Take a look overhead\n\n Hey\, there\n \n There goes the Spider-Cat.\n\n\n\n In the chill of night\n\n At the sce ne of a crime\n\n Like a streak of light\n\n He arrives just in time.\n\n\ n\n Spider-Cat\, Spider-Cat\n\n Friendly neighborhood Spider-Cat\n\n Ease and treats\n\n He's ignored\n\n Action is his reward.\n\n\n\n To him\, lif e is a great big bang up\n\n Wherever there's a hang up\n\n You'll find th e Spider-Cat\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/flutti/art/Meows-Morales-96851 3992\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Struggling so bravely through the atmosphere.\n\n A beautiful dragon roamed worldly skies\,\n\n To form a constellation\, wi thout scorn\,\n\n For them to meet throughout eternity\,\n\n https://www.d eviantart.com/malintra-shadowmoon/art/The-Dragon-and-the-Rabbit-on-the-Moo n-1036636207\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the po etry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type=calen dar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-cento s-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook li nk\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook s eries \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audio s\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please s ubscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with a ll my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really t hink on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc /events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d54 08174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc. com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4 939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250510 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 102 DTSTAMP:20250416T142311Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:241-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 102\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The anticipat ion of\n\n a story untold\, like\n\n coffee tingled my senses\,\n\n linger ed on you\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/0l-fox-l0/art/The-Barista-1034213 660\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n Boucaner le marasme\, pour un jour\, une vie\n \n Brûler dans le poêlon de l’indifférence\n\n Dont tous prétendent fièrement personnifier\n\n Être mort-vivant ou vivant-mort\n\n\n\n Roas t the doldrums\, for one day\, one life\n\n Burn them in the frying pan of the indifference\n\n Whom all pretend to proudly personify\n\n Being unde ad or living-dead\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/dario-l-art/art/Vivant-mo rt-1027986616\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy t he poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;type= calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray- centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com /us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/u s/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobo ok link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiob ook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar- audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing ple ase subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool w ith all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't rea lly think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.c om/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939fae a9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://a albc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b 0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250503 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 101 DTSTAMP:20250405T233311Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:238-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 101\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I became a gh ost of my former soul\n\n And I could no longer find peace within\n\n All these joys that lit my heart on fire\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/jcsoli s-lit/art/The-Unclean-Man-Sonnet-1033194861\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n And to his dying breath carry our Standard.\n\n May no single man know true power\,\n \n And despite ridicule and taunts\,\n\n At the reward of understanding.\n \n These are worthy goals.\n\n\n\n To invoke the yolk\, so that progress c an be relished.\n\n Made only so by the Dead architect\,\n\n So there upon the precipice\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/the-anariarch/art/Shadow-to- Light-1003569205\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjo y the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1&\;ty pe=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=newest\n \n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murr ay-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo. com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www.kobo.co m/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audi obook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\n\n Aud iobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-j ar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar too l with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started using. W hy do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repea ts from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalb c.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939 faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal: //aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key =9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 100 DTSTAMP:20250405T233010Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:237-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 100\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I can't stop from crying\n\n Eventually getting lost\n\n Looking for a place to belong\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/thecosmictraveler/art/Rolling-Stone-1028718 844\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n You visit us at night\n\n You visit us at day\n\n T his is it\, this is my demise\n\n You burned my life away\n\n My dark and shining knight\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/3p1cfa1l/art/Plague-Doctor-P lague-Doctor-1028569268\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Cento List - enjoy the poetry\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&\;quick=1& amp\;type=calendar_event&\;nodes=5&\;updated_after=any&\;sortby=n ewest\n\n Enjoy the 2023 Centos\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richa rd-murray-centos-2023\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://ww w.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub series \n\n https://www. kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail\ n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murra y-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calen dar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with many I just started u sing. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say i s repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal ://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0 dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&a mp\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250419 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vibration 58 selections 04/15/2025 DTSTAMP:20250416T000409Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:240-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Vibration 58 selections 04/15/2025\n\n\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/1183674809\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AME NDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I saw a sign on local television that said the s tate of israel is responsible for 75 years of  tragic bloodshed of arab a nd jews.\n\n the online video didn't show it completely:) funny aint it bu t I saw 0:47 the bottom\n\n https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/03/ 15/columbia-protests-continue-as-khalil-attorneys-seek-emergency-bail-moti on\n\n\n\n and then i saw the website so ...\n\n https://nkusa.org/\n\n\n\ n NKI is the voice of Religious Jews world wide in their Torah-based oppos ition to the State of Israel\n\n I saw their mission statement and based o n their view\, Zionism betrays a perspective to Judaism.\n\n I quote them \"In 1897\, the Zionist movement was formed by Jews who defected from Juda ism. Zionism is a self-proclaimed social engineering project whose goal is to transform the identity of the Jewish people from a religious community to a material\, European-style political nationalism\, devoid of belief i n G-d and fulfillment of His Commandments. This transformation is a fundam ental uprooting of Judaism and an erasure of the Jewish people.\"\n\n http s://nkusa.org/about-us/mission-statement/\n\n It is interesting how this g roup who has been marching all along and is composed of jews is absent by media.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n still shots from NY1\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n from the n kusa website\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n url\n\n\n\n https://nkusa.org/rally-and-walk -out-at-cooper-union/\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Great Original Character Snowfight TGOCS 04/10/2025 DTSTAMP:20250411T005105Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:239-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n The Great Original Character Snowfight TGOCS 04/10/2025\n \n I had a lot of fun making this collage of my own characters. I admit I learned alot about a work of this type. I didn't take into account the amo unt of time it will take for me to go back and check over my own work. The tedious but needed repititions is what kept me going longer. I admittedly was reviewing books and making other art simultaneously\, outside of mere ly\, living so more time was needed. But I truly enjoyed making this map o f my own creations:) \n\n Tell me which of my characters do you like? Eac h relate to galleries specific to each character.\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n The Great Original Character Snowfight TGOCS\n\n\n\n text li sting\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1181758432\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n Gallery \n\n better to see them all\n\n https://www.deviantart.com /hddeviant/gallery/96468098/tgocs-snowglobes\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Journal \ n\n for ease of seeing each\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journ al/THE-GREAT-ORIGINAL-CHARACTER-SNOWFIGHT-1181771081\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Co mmission info - to get a character of your own in this style.\n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Your-Character-In-The-Followin g-Style-1715303\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Status Post\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/pr ofile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2852&\;type=status\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN A MENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Canon concerning by Leonard Nimoy\, which I th ink applies to all fantasy worlds. \n\n Canon is only important to certai n people because they have to cling to their knowledge of the inutia\, ope n your mind! be a star trek fan and open your mind and say\, where does st ar trek want to take me now\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250410 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 99 DTSTAMP:20250405T232812Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:236-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 99\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Nothing is eve r in balance\n\n To prove you are not dead\n\n Hell is close\n\n Heaven is near\n\n For that I now care\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/the-utopia-co de/art/Heaven-and-Hell-1030669059\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n And when one Life is saved\, We move on forth\n\n For they left all of their woes to the past\n \n How can we tell them it’s not yet the end…\n\n For then we wish to not live anymore\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/jcsolis-lit/art/How-to-Sav e-A-Life-Poem-1031193972\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub serie s \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-colle ction\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audio book/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I woul d had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alo t of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with m any I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?memb er=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Com munity Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/dow nload/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250412 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 98 DTSTAMP:20250405T232559Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:235-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 98\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n We are already there !\n\n Far away\, past seven seas\,\n\n Isolated from reality\n\n ht tps://www.deviantart.com/mybigwords/art/The-godforsaken-1029744310\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Would You ever stop ?\n\n I fear I could turn into You...\n\n I feel the need to kill You !\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/mybigwords/ar t/Kill-you-881249979\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub serie s \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-colle ction\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audio book/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I woul d had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alo t of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started\, like with m any I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times\, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's Work Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?memb er=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Com munity Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/dow nload/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250405 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sudoo DTSTAMP:20250401T081608Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:231-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Sudoo\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Sudoo-11 77858677\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Curse of immortality vocal essay from Jess of the Shire- transcript or vid eo\n\n\n\n after that is THE ISLAND OF THE IMMORTALS of URSALA K LEGUIN\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Curse of immortality vocal essay from Jess of the Shire\n \n\n\n video\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVL1P2_lavc\n\n  \n\n\n\ n \n\n\n\n My Reply to the Video\n\n\n\n so anne rice vampires are of hous e dorian grey? \nwowbagger:) is hilarious\nnice comparison of immortalitie s\nTolkiens- spiritual knowledgeable immortality\, all things are known an d those who don't are others\, even living aside them\nRice's- invaluable immortality\, the rare few find value in it\nHerbert's- immortality prison s\, leto jailbroke it \nLEguins- natural immortality \, weathering is immo rtal\n\nhmmm favorite immortals in fiction hmmm\n\nI think Mr. Bloom in t he remake of Kick the can\, \nGeorge CLayton Johnson wrote the original ki ck the can in the original show and it had elders \, led by one elder who holding on to fun or life took a simple can kids were playing with and got the other elders to play kick the can and escaped the prison/old folks ho me\, leaving the one elder who didn't want to play alone\, with the can\, a living death \, as the other elder are eternal children playing in the p arks/forest/green spaces of the world\, uncatchable by the old folks home agents. \nIn the remake\, Mr Bloom\, who already is in the old folks home \, arrived at some unstated time\, enjoys his time in the old folks home s imply\, as one of the crew\, but after a discussion on games occurs\, he o rganizes a game of kick the can all but one elder plays\, and as in the o riginal\, the elders who play turn into children and play but Mr Bloom doe sn't. One of the elders ask\, why don't you turn into a child \, and Mr. B Looms answer I will never forget. \nI learned a long time ago\, that I wan ted to stay my own age in my own body. \nand as the other elders continue to play \, they start to realize what being young would mean. all the thin gs in their life they weren't ready to deal with again \"I have to go to s chool again!\" or deal with for the first \"we will just to our son's hous e and say murray\, its your parents\" and so all the elders save one decid e to return to elders\, as Mr. Bloom asked one\, do you want to see the co met at eight or eighty and an elder replies\, eighty. Mr Bloom tells them\ , to keep a fresh young mind. And they chant it like a prayer or hymn or m ental training\, fresh young mind. back in thier rooms\, the old folks hom e guards find them but they are all back to their old selves but one. \nTh e one who has stayed a child\, mr agee with a kind of silver technicolor l ight\, the elder who didn't play recognizes\, and they sadly depart as the elder who didn't play hears his oldest friend \, an immortal youth among the parks/forest/green spaces yell\, it is young being young again. \nAnd the next day\, all the remaining elders who played are active or busy\, do ing\, not sitting\, not waiting to die\, not dwelling on a routine made fo r them. the one who didn't play is now playing kick the can alone with a s mile on his face. \nAnd Mr Bloom sees all of this \"he'll get it\" and the n we end with Mr BLoom going on to another old folks home. \nIt is interes ting for me as a writer\, George Clayton Johnson\, got to rewrite a story he had written as a younger person. I ponder what stories I will change o n rewrite when my hair is bone white. How perspectives of an artist can ch ange. \nHe went from immortality being strictly to those elder to become i mmortal child free spirits\, to now one singular immortal who travels as a n elder by their own choice who offers elders a chance to see/find the hap piness in their mortal life even with full acknowledgement it has less tim e left\, or happiness as an immortal child free spirit and offers both pat hs effortlessly\nMr. Bloom is an immortal who has discovered powers to con trol his very interface to the mortal while purpose in an immortal life in guiding the mortal elderly to enjoy their existence more. \n\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n Transcript\n\n\n\n 0:00\nfor as long as humans have lived we have o n some conscious or unconscious level\n0:06\nfeared death and tradition di ctates that some might respond to that fear by\n0:11\ntrying to escape it by seeking immortality from the philosophers stone to the fountain of yout h seeking\n0:17\nimmortality has been the quest of many a hero but what ha ppens once they achieve\n0:23\nthat quest how does a mortal bear the burde n of immortality and questions like\n0:29\nthis tend to only ask a whole l ot more questions we wonder what would become of\n0:34\na race that couldn 't rely on the certainty of death we wonder what would become of a mortal human mind trapped in\n0:42\na timeless body what could drive someone to c hoose the path of immortality and\n0:48\nperhaps the most important questi on if we are no longer mortal can we still\n0:54\ncall ourselves human tod ay we're talking about elves vampires worms and so much\n1:00\nmore so tha t we can try and explore these questions after all in the immortal words o f Queen who wants to\n1:08\nlive forever i think that it will surprise abs olutely no one to find out that we're going to be starting with the\n1:13\ nLord of the Rings and that's not just because this is largely a Tolken th emed\n1:19\nchannel it's also because Tolken's elves are very unique in th at they are an\n1:24\nentire race born into a very particular kind of immo rtality you see although\n1:30\nthey are functionally immortal technically it is only the souls of elves that cannot die and their spirits\n1:37\nar e bound to the physical creation of Arda this means that when one of them dies their soul leaves their body and it\n1:44\nis either re-mbodied or re incarnated or it just drifts either way it will\n1:51\ncontinue to be in e xistence in physical existence until physical creation itself\n1:58\ncomes crashing down until the world ends this is a sharp contrast to the second \n2:04\nborn of God who is named Illuvatar mankind when humans die their s ouls do\n2:11\nnot linger but rather fly out of Arda out of physical creat ion to an unknown\n2:18\nplace to await an unknown fate and to men this un knowingness is terrifying\n2:26\nthey long for the immortality that the el ves have to so easily be able to\n2:31\nescape death and they really strug gle to see their mortality as the gift that it\n2:37\nwas originally inten ded to be but that jealousy is understandable with their\n2:42\nprolonged lifetimes the elves have been able to become masters of any craft that\n2: 48\nthey take on they are wise learned aware of the immediacy and importan ce of the\n2:55\npast in a way that humans just never could be but this al so means that to\n3:00\nthem time looks very different as the elf legal ex plains nay time does not t\n3:08\nhe said but change and growth is not in all things and places alike for elves\n3:14\nthe world moves and it moves both very swift and very slow swift because they\n3:20\nchange little and all else fleets by it is a grief to them slow because they\n3:26\nneed not count the running years not for themselves the passing seasons are but ri pples ever repeated in the long long\n3:34\nstream this timelessness has l eft them with a profound sense of foroding they\n3:41\nknow that no secret destiny awaits them there are no surprises they can depend\n3:46\non thei r future but they know that their future holds eventual nothingness tolken \n3:53\nexplains \"The Elvish weakness is in these terms naturally to regr et the past\n3:59\nand to become unwilling to face change as if a man were to hate a very long\n4:04\nbook still going on and wish to settle down in a favorite chapter in a perfect\n4:10\nworld the fixed perfection of Elve n Living would be a blessing but this is\n4:16\nnot a perfect world it's a world marred by sin by war by the eventual death of\n4:23\neveryone outsi de of their race their only respbit is to eventually pass out\n4:29\nof Mi ddle Earth over the sea and into the timeless land of Valinor a place\n4:3 5\nthat is as evergreen and unchanging as the elves this heavenly stasis i s a\n4:42\ncomfort to them but it's nothing compared to the bright excitem ent and\n4:48\nuncertainty and freedom granted to men by the gift of Ovata r their beautiful\n4:54\nlives come with one great big inescapable expirat ion date and I think\n5:00\nit's hard for any of us to say whether if we w ere given the choice whether we would choose blissful stagnation or\n5:07\ nunsettled freedom there are actually a few characters in Tolken's larger\ n5:12\nlegendarium that are put face to face with this choice and one of t he most notable is Baron and Lucian the tale\n5:20\ntells of Lucian an imm ortal elf and Baron a mortal man who fall in love and\n5:26\nare forced to face mortality face to face in their adventures Baron is killed\n5:33\nan d Lucenne is so distressed that her soul leaves her body and flies out aft er\n5:39\nhim although she is immortal she dies prompted by the connection of their love\n5:45\nBaron's soul lingers in the halls of death while Luc ian stands before the\n5:50\ngods and makes her final plea for Baron's sou l the sorrow of her tale is\n5:56\nso profound so deeply felt that the god s give her a choice they will take her\n6:02\nsorrow away and she can pass into unchanging Valinor or she and Baron will\n6:07\nbe returned to Middl e Earth as mortals to live for a time together and die\n6:13\ntogether the ir souls passing hand in hand into the unknown lucian chooses\n6:20\nmorta lity on the face this seems like an inconceivable decision who if born wit h\n6:26\nit would be willing to give up immortality to give up endless bli ss but\n6:32\nfor Lucian she would rather live one chaotic mortal life tha n to have to\n6:38\nendure all of the ages of the world in solitude this c hoice is later faced\n6:45\nagain by Arwin Lucian's descendant as a half- elf she's granted a choice when\n6:51\nher father Eland leaves for Valinor Arwin may go with him or she may stay\n6:58\nthis choice is complicated b y Aragorn a mortal man who sees Arwin and instantly\n7:05\nknows that she is his soulmate eland explains her plight that she may very\n7:11\nwell le ave with him to be immortal in Valinor forever but Aragorn is undeterred h is heart has been set arwin\n7:19\nfalls in love with Aragorn as well and it is this love that drives her to\n7:24\nsacrifice her immortality and di e by his side she tells him \"There is now no ship\n7:31\nthat would bear me hence and I must indeed abide the doom of men whether I will or nil the loss and the silence but\n7:40\nI say to you king of the Num Manorans not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall as wick ed\n7:48\nfools I scorned them but I pity them at last for if this is inde ed as the Eldar\n7:54\nsay the gift of the one to men it is bitter to rece ive arwin having\n8:01\nexperienced both the promise of life eternal and t he painful reality of\n8:07\nmortality understands the difficulty of this decision more than most and\n8:12\ncompared to Lucenne where her story kin d of fades to black as soon as she makes that choice we see how much Arwin \n8:20\nstruggles with this decision uncertainty is painful and she just d oesn't know\n8:25\nwhat's going to become of her soul and in the end when Aragorn grows old and\n8:31\ndies Arwin fades away surrendering her spirit to the halls of Mandos facing a\n8:37\nfate unknown at Aragorn's side in a letter Tolken admitted \"The real theme\n8:43\nof the Lord of the Rings for me is about something much more permanent and difficult death and immo rtality the\n8:51\nmystery of the love of the world in the hearts of a rac e doomed to leave and seemingly lose it the anguish in the\n8:58\nhearts o f a race doomed not to leave it until its whole evil aroused story is\n9:0 4\ncomplete neither mortality nor immortality carry the secret to life in\ n9:10\nTolken's world and I think that seems fitting after all I I'm prett y sure that\n9:16\nmost of us have also been blessed with the gift of a Lo uis Vuitar we've been left with the the painful uncertainty\n9:24\nand the freedom that comes with not knowing how or when or where we're going\n9:3 0\nto die not knowing what is going to become of our souls after we are go ne\n9:36\nbut by presenting us with the alternative of Elvish immortality I do\n9:41\nbelieve that Tolken was trying to comfort us of course elves a re immortal\n9:46\nand beautiful they're so much more wise and powerful th an we ever could be\n9:53\nthey've had entire lifetimes to perfect the cra fts that they perform and yet\n9:58\nthere are still some of them that are able to be swayed some that have tasted\n10:03\nthe beauty of this immort ality and still choose mortality and while it may not\n10:10\ncure our fea r of death Tolken urges us to see the promise of death and the\n10:16\nfre edom that may come with it not as a curse but as a gift and you know what\ n10:22\nwould also make a great gift and actually what would be almost as longlasting and beautiful as the\n10:27\nlifetime of the elves the posters from this video's sponsor Displate displate\n10:33\nmakes unique durable metal posters that are designed to capture all of your interests and passi ons they have over\n10:40\ntwo million designs to choose from in the 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supporting the channel the elves whilst being a\n12:41\nbeautiful portrayal of timeless life are somewhat u nique in that they are a race\n12:46\nborn into and intended for immortali ty but what happens when you take someone\n12:52\nwho is meant to be morta l and make them immortal well Tolken gives us an idea of\n12:59\nwhat that might look like in the character of Bilbo whose life was unnaturally exte nded by the influence of\n13:06\nthe ring bilbo explains i am old Gandalf i don't look it but I am beginning to\n13:13\nfeel it in my heart of heart s well preserved indeed he snorted why i feel\n13:19\nall thin sort of str etched if you know what I mean like butter that has been\n13:24\nscraped o ver too much bread that can't be right i need a change or something\n13:30 \nfortunately for Bilbo though his regular lifespan was able to resume aft er he gave up the ring but what about those\n13:38\ncharacters who aren't able to give it up what about the characters that are coerced into immorta lity that seems like\n13:44\nit's going to last forever the vampires of An ra's Vampire Chronicles are one of\n13:52\nmy favorite examples of the ang sty immortal i want to issue a quick warning\n13:57\nthat there will be sp oilers ahead for the first interview with the vampire book and hints towar ds the vampire list\n14:04\nbut nothing serious and that also means that t he first two seasons of the show will be completely spoiled you can go\n14 :10\nahead and skip to this timestamp right here if you want to avoid all spoilers of all of Van Rice's many very angsty\n14:18\nvampires the cream of the crop is the protagonist of the first book Louie\n14:24\nDeuontulak life has made Louie grim and pessimistic even before he became a\n14:30\nv ampire and I would argue that that's probably one of the things that drew Lestat to him louie was frustrated by\n14:38\nthe injustices he saw bitter towards death and he had a sharpedged desire to\n14:44\nfind something an ything that could make life worth living in sweeps the vampire\n14:51\nLes tat de Leonor promising Louie that through the dark gift of vampirism he\n 14:56\nmay experience a life without fear without regret without the loomi ng presence of death in the book Louis's\n15:04\ntransformation scene into being a vampire is a little bit rushed but in my\n15:09\nopinion the show elaborates this scene beautifully lestat is offering Louis\n15:14\nvampir ism as a cure for the lifetime of pain that he's endured be my\n15:23\ncom pion be all the beautiful things you are and be them without\n15:32\napolo gy for all eternity with the dark gift Louie wouldn't need to fear the\n15 :38\nsociety that had hemmed him in the racism the homophobia the unfairne ss the\n15:44\ncruelty as the apex predator Louieie could make whatever li fe he wanted to\n15:50\nlive but once changed Louie unfortunately discover s that vampirism\n15:56\nwas not the solution to all of his problems his u nderlying issues his misanthropy his depression his\n16:03\nself-loathing they've gone nowhere and he is no better equipped to handle them in fact t he idea of immortality the idea\n16:12\nthat he has to keep living the lif e that he is currently stuck in for the rest of\n16:17\ntime becomes tortu rous for him lat tries to remedy this the only way that he\n16:22\nknows h ow introducing Lousie to his rather lazair attitude and philosophy\n16:28\ nteaching him the joy of the kill the joy of debauchery but Louie is not l ike\n16:33\nLasat he's trying desperately to cling to some semblance of hu man morality but\n16:40\nthat just makes things worse how can you live a g ood life when you are consciously performing acts of evil\n16:47\nlestat a nd Louie try to bring themselves back to life by turning a girl named Clau dia into a vampire and treating her\n16:55\nas a daughter and for a time t his seems to soothe them louiesie takes on the\n17:00\nrole of fatherhood and he's trying to foster within Claudia the spark of joy\n17:06\nthat he himself does not have and all this time I was educating Claudia\n17:12\nwh ispering in her tiny seashell ear that our eternal life was useless to us if we\n17:17\ndid not see the beauty around us the creation of mortals eve rywhere i was\n17:23\nconstantly sounding the depth of her still gaze as s he took the books I gave her whispered the poetry I taught her\n17:30\nand played with a light but confident touch her own strange coherent songs on \n17:35\nthe piano but even that falls flat claudia doesn't stay a little girl forever and eventually she wants answers\n17:43\nshe wants to find so me kind of meaning and she is not satisfied with what Louie and Lat are ca pable of teaching her and\n17:51\ntheir illusion of a sweet nuclear family is shattered they all begin lashing out\n17:56\nat each other and eventua lly Claudia and Louie killat or at least they think they\n18:02\ndo and th ey head off to Europe to find vampires that may understand them better but for Louie it's too late he's not\n18:10\nexpecting to find any answers he thinks that life has become truly meaningless\n18:17\nwhat does it mean t o die when you can live until the end of the world and what\n18:22\nis the end of the world except a phrase because who knows even what is the world \n18:28\nitself i had now lived in two centuries seen the illusions of one utterly\n18:34\nshattered by the other been eternally young and eternally ancient possessing\n18:39\nno illusions living moment to moment in a way that made me picture a silver\n18:45\nclock ticking in a void the painted face the delicately carved hands looked upon\n18:52\nby no one looking out at no one illuminated by a light which was not a\n18:58\nlight like the l ight by which God made the world before he had made light\n19:04\nticking ticking ticking the precision of the clock in a room as vast as the\n19:12 \nuniverse it makes you wonder does a clock count as a clock if there's no one\n19:18\nthere to read the time it's telling does a light really matte r if there's no one there to see it shine and is it really a\n19:26\nlife at all if it has no meaning despared and empty Louisie and Claudia\n19:33\ nmake their way to Paris and it is there that Louis is revitalized by meet ing the\n19:39\nvampire Armand armand is the antithesis to Lestat while Le stat was closed off\n19:47\nand cy Armand seems open he's telling Louie ab out his own history about what\n19:53\nhe knows about vampirism he wants t o probe Louis's mind about the purpose of their existence the meaning of e vil in\n20:01\nthe lives of evil creatures and Louie falls head over heels for him it is here\n20:06\nthat Armand explains to Louie how the immortal life of the vampire may come to\n20:13\nan end how many vampires do you t hink have the stamina for immortality they\n20:18\nhave the most dismal no tions of immortality to begin with for in becoming immortal they want all the\n20:24\nforms of their life to be fixed as they are and incorruptible carriages made in\n20:30\nthe same dependable fashion clothing of the cut which suited their prime men attired and speaking in the manner that\n20:3 7\nthey have always understood and valued when in fact all things change e xcept\n20:44\nthe vampire himself everything except the vampire is subject to constant corruption and\n20:51\ndistortion soon with an inflexible min d and often even with the most flexible mind this\n20:57\nimmortality beco mes a penitential sentence in a mad house of figures and\n21:03\nforms tha t are hopelessly unintelligible and without value one evening a vampire\n2 1:09\nrises and realize what he has feared perhaps for decades that he sim ply wants\n21:15\nno more of life at any cost and that vampire goes out to die\n21:22\nthis is to be the true fate of the vampire the end of it all although their\n21:27\nbodies are safe from age and time their minds are n ot their minds will continue\n21:33\nto age continue to sustain and hang o n to hurt they watch horrified as all the\n21:41\nbeauty of their youths p asses down the river of time into history for a\n21:48\n400year-old vampir e like Armand the only way that he's been able to persist is by\n21:54\nan choring himself wherever he can by clinging to new people new vampires new \n22:00\npoints of view digging into their passion their drive drinking th em dry to\n22:05\nhelp moore him to a new place and time louie is to be hi s next victim he tells\n22:12\nhim \"It is through you that I must make my link with this 19th century and come\n22:18\nto understand it in a way th at will revitalize me which I so desperately need.\" \"Oh but you'd be mak ing a\n22:25\nterrible mistake\,\" Louie said \"don't you see i'm not the spirit of any age i am\n22:30\nat odds with everything and always have bee n i have never belonged anywhere with anyone at any time.\" It was too pai nful\n22:39\ntoo perfectly true but his face only brightened with an irres istible smile he\n22:44\nseemed on the verge of laughing at me and then hi s shoulders began to move with this laughter but Louie he said\n22:51\nsof tly this is the very spirit of your age don't you see that everyone else\n 22:58\nfeels as you feel your fall from grace and faith has been the fall of a century\n23:04\nlouie and Armand are both using each other louie clin gs to Armand because he\n23:10\nthinks that because Armand is old he must have discovered some kind of a secret to life and living and he hopes\n23: 16\nto someday unlock that secret to infuse his own life with meaning arma nd clings\n23:22\nto Louie for the sake of companionship he hopes that Lou ie will teach him how to live how to love how to survive in\n23:29\nthis n ew age but they are both sorely disappointed to find out that neither of\n 23:34\nthem holds the secret that the other was looking for all of their d isillusions come crashing down as Arman's coven\n23:42\nkills Claudia and although Louie and Armand go through the motions traveling\n23:47\nthe wor ld making a life together it is all for not louie confesses \"I never\n23: 53\nchanged after that i sought for nothing in the one great source of cha nge which\n23:59\nis humanity and even in my love and absorption with the beauty of the world\n24:04\nI sought to learn nothing that could be given back to humanity i drank of the beauty of the world as a vampire drinks\n2 4:12\ni was satisfied i was filled to the brim but I was dead and I was ch angeless\n24:19\narmand comes to recognize this despair in Louie and he's heartbroken he tries\n24:25\nto provoke a reaction from him tries to get h im to do or say anything he admits\n24:30\nto Louie that he had a part in the death of Louis's beloved Claudia but even that\n24:35\ndoesn't get a r esponse to Louie louie has drank in the entire world and he has\n24:41\nno thing to show for it armand leaves to find his next victim his next anchor to\n24:46\nthe new age and the interview with the vampire book concludes with Louie left\n24:52\nutterly a drift his immortality stripping him bare of any semblance of\n24:58\nhope or humanity but existential despair is n ot to be the lot of every vampire\n25:06\nfor those like Lestat who truly embrace their vampirism there is hope that they\n25:12\nwill find meaning louie explains that for Lat being a vampire for him meant\n25:18\nrevenge revenge against life itself every time he took a life it was revenge\n25:2 6\nlestat has taken advantage of being a vampire to do all of the things t hat he\n25:32\ncould not do as a human he lives passionately and recklessl y he falls in\n25:38\nlove he breaks hearts he creates and he destroys and although by our human moral\n25:44\nstandards he's not exactly living the purest life by vampire standards he's\n25:49\nliving the only life you ca n this sentiment is actually perfectly expressed by Meline Claudia's compa nion\n25:57\nin the show when Meline cuts through Claudia's very Louisesqu e existential\n26:02\ndespair and tells her that if she feels like it's al l too much if she feels like it's all building and she's just going\n26:08 \nto go bang that she should just go bang go bang or go flag go cold i mea n that's\n26:16\nfine then you'll be fine again and then bang and then Oka y and then bang\n26:22\nand just get used to it like weather meline in the show is actually one of my\n26:29\nfavorite examples of someone who has f igured out the key to living as a\n26:34\nvampire without completely losin g your mind she is a human that has experienced\n26:39\nall of the horrors and abuse that 1940s Paris has to offer she already\n26:44\nunderstands w hat it is to live outside of the standard moral code to live for scant mom ents of joy whilst enduring the\n26:52\nagony between them when Claudia me ets her she is instantly enamored and it's\n26:58\nno wonder here's finall y someone who's not just moping and whining with existential dread it's so meone who wants\n27:05\nto take life with both hands and make it her own s he's perfectly suited to\n27:11\nbecoming a vampire in a conversation with Armand when they're trying to get Meline turned into a vampire he flatly\ n27:17\npresents her with the issue that characters like he and Louie are struggling with how do you deal with the\n27:23\ntimes that you remember b ecoming history and Meline just laughs she has already\n27:30\nfelt the di splaced unsettled timelessness of a vampire as a mortal\n27:35\nand welcom es the new challenges of immortality i think that this really\n27:40\nreck less zeal for life exhibited by characters like Meline in the show and\n27 :45\nlater listat is kind of the only way that you can survive as a rian v ampire\n27:53\nyou can't just wait around for perfect transcendental meani ng to drop out of a\n27:58\nbook and into your lap the world doesn't make sense it is a chaotic messy savage\n28:05\ngarden and in that garden you h ave to fight for yourself you have to be willing to scrge for whatever joy you\n28:11\ncan the joy of love the joy of creation you have to be willin g to make mistakes\n28:17\nand then get back up from them it is an utterly imperfect way to live but for\n28:23\nthe imperfect creature of a vampire it might be the only way to survive\n28:30\nhonestly this whole listian l ife philosophy just makes me\n28:36\nthink of Wow Bagger the infinitely pr olonged from the third Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book douglas Adams \n28:42\nintroduces him those who are born immortal instinctively know how to cope with it but Wow Bagger was not one of\n28:49\nthem indeed he had come to hate them the load of serene bastards he had had his immortality t hrust upon him by an\n28:56\nunfortunate accident with an irrational parti cle accelerator a liquid lunch and a pair of rubber bands and yet despite\ n29:04\nall of that Wow Bagger just like Leat has found a reason to live e ven if it is\n29:11\na a morally dubious one he would insult the universe that is he would insult\n29:17\neverybody in it individually personally on e by one and this was the thing that\n29:23\nhe really decided to grit his teeth over in alphabetical order is this the\n29:29\ntraditionally morall y correct thing to do with your life i'm going to say\n29:35\nprobably not however we're not necessarily following the rules of traditional morality we're already\n29:40\nbreaking the laws of time and space so who's to say that your reason to live has to follow the conventions of\n29:47\nstandar d morality either way it's fiction and watching these immortal\n29:53\ncha racters fail and struggle and sometimes succeed to make meaning out of\n29 :59\ntheir immortal lives can be a really great way to reflect on our own lives\n30:04\nand how we find meaning in a world that sometimes seems insa ne and chaotic but\n30:10\nthe playing field becomes a little bit more com plicated when you consider characters that weren't necessarily born\n30:16 \ninto or coerced into immortality but those who chose that path for thems elves\n30:22\nfor example the characters of Dune i'm going to issue a spoi ler warning for all\n30:28\nof the Dune books up until the end of God Empe ror and then that also counts\n30:33\nfor all three Denal Noob movies that will ever exist so go ahead and skip to this timestamp if you'd like to a void\n30:40\nthose spoilers in Dune the past and the future frequently imp ose themselves upon\n30:46\nthe present paul experiences this as he is gra dually transformed into a god by\n30:52\nthe Fman people they begin to fit him into prophecies to look gleefully towards his future and by the end o f the\n30:59\nnovel although he's lived an entirely mortal human life he h as already\n31:05\nascended to a certain kind of immortality paul saw how futile were any\n31:11\nefforts of his to change any smallest bit of this he had thought to oppose the\n31:16\njihad within himself but the jihad wo uld be his legions would rage out from\n31:22\nArachus even without him th ey needed only the legend he already had become\n31:28\nprecience the abil ity to see glimpses of the future imparts a kind of\n31:34\ntimelessness u pon Paul that along with the voices of his ancestors awakened in\n31:40\nh is mind give him an unnatural connection to the past and the future\n31:45 \nand in a way they have already immortalized him and yet he finds no\n31: 50\npeace in his prediction of the future it's a trap as his son Leato exp lains I\n31:57\nknow the trap of precience my father's life tells me what I need to know about it to know the future absolutely is to\n32:04\nbe tra pped into that future absolutely it collapses time present becomes future\ n32:12\ni require more freedom than that leato does indeed require more fr eedom he is\n32:18\nthe one that fulfills the golden path which his father could not humanity has\n32:24\nbecome overreiant on faith they anticipate heroes and messiahs they wait\n32:30\non saviors and Leato seeks to break them from those delusions but in order to\n32:36\nfulfill the golden path to make the change that humanity needs Leato must\n32:42\nbecome truly im mortal with the voices of his ancestors clamoring in his ears and\n32:48\n the options of the future a glimmer in the corner of his eye Leato immerse s\n32:53\nhimself in timelessness taking on a skin of baby sandworms inund ating himself\n33:00\nwith a constant cycle of the spice milange with disc oursing through him he\n33:05\nis all knowing all powerful and immortal go d Emperor of Dune the fourth book\n33:12\nlaunches us over 3\,000 years pa st this transformation when Leato has become the\n33:19\ngod tyrant that h e knew he needed to be he is an atrocity in the truest form\n33:26\nknown by many as a god operating the minutiae of his empire with an iron fist\n3 3:31\nto nearly everyone who looks upon him there is next to no humanity l eft in\n33:38\nLeato he has become a massive bloated worm with a human fac e and if he is not\n33:45\nworshiped as a god then he is cursed as the gre atest villain that history has\n33:50\never seen and yet the book provides us with a very unique perspective because it allows us to see into Leato' s mind it\n33:59\nallows us to see how despite appearances he has clung de sperately onto his\n34:05\nhumanity he mourns the loss of it he recognizes that despite his immortality\n34:11\nhe has never been allowed to live ev en one singular truly well-lived life he\n34:18\nhas no true friends only the regenerated copies of his old friend Duncan Idaho\n34:24\nand his rebe llious advisors he falls in love with a woman but it is with a woman\n34:3 0\nwho is specifically engineered to trap his heart their love is true and it is\n34:35\nbeautiful but it can never be fulfilled he will never be a man again it is far\n34:42\ntoo late for Leato to be anything except for t he god monster that he has made\n34:48\nhimself and yet we can also see ju st how much beautiful important insight his\n34:55\nimmortality has given him for what do you hunger Lord monae ventured for a\n35:01\nhumankind whi ch can make truly long-term decisions do you know the key to that ability Mano you have said it many times\n35:08\nLord it is the ability to change your mind change yes short-term decisions\n35:15\ntend to fail in the long term this is a key insight the true power of humanity\n35:23\nthe thing t hat will allow us to continue to persist for eons to come is our\n35:29\na bility to change no humanmade decisions no matter how long-term you were\n 35:35\nthinking when you made that decision can be upheld through all of h istory if humanity wanted to survive they could\n35:42\nnot be like Leato they could not be still and unchanging in the sea of time\n35:48\nthey wou ld have to learn how to not be part of the precient vision that Leato\n35: 53\nonce had and that is the secret to the golden path the golden path can only end\n36:01\nin one way with the death of the god emperor Leato atrad es through his\n36:07\nsister's descendant Siona Leato has bred a race of people who are capable of\n36:13\nstepping outside of precient vision and making choices that are truly free like\n36:19\na closed soda bottle being shaken over the course of 3\,500 years Leato's death\n36:25\nresults in a n explosion of humanity taking in their freedom and making truly\n36:32\nf ree decisions and they will certainly think twice before they place a tyra nt\n36:37\ngod emperor on the throne again in Dune immortality is a sticky and painful\n36:45\nthing and it's not the clean noble agony of Tolken or the angsty passion of Anne\n36:53\nRice it is self-imposed torture but in a way the immortality that Leato aspires\n37:01\nto might just be the mos t lasting form of immortality of all standing over the\n37:08\ndecrepit co rpse of Leato Siona and Duncan Idaho muse on this and everyone\n37:13\ntho ught he was immortal idaho said \"Do you know what the oral history says?\ " Siona asked \"if you want immortality\n37:22\nthen deny form whatever ha s form has mortality beyond form is the formless\n37:29\nthe immortal that sounds like him idaho accused i think it was she said Leato\n37:37\nhas t ransformed himself into an idea a chapter in every philosophy textbook\n37 :44\nthat will ever be written in this new universe a nameless fear that w ill catch\n37:49\nin the back of the throats of anyone who finds themselve s falling under the spell of a new charismatic leader in carrying\n37:56\n out his terrible purpose upon himself and upon the universe Leato has made \n38:02\nhimself truly immortal but all of these characters I've discussed have something\n38:08\nin common and that is that they were nonhuman elve s are a completely\n38:13\ndifferent species uh vampires have supernatural abilities and Leato tapped into supernatural powers in order to\n38:20\ng ain immortality but what about the human who without thought or supernatur al\n38:25\nintervention is launched into immortality whilst still being hu man\n38:31\nthrough and through i do usually try and limit myself in these trope videos to just three particular tropes because\n38:38\nthey get ver y long and I could ramble on forever however I couldn't help myself\n38:43 \nfrom talking about this short story by Ursula Ka The Island of the Immor tals if\n38:50\nyou watching this video right now have not read this story I'm going to urge you right now to click off this video\n38:56\nand go an d read it i'm going to link it in the description but you can also just Go ogle the Island of the Immortals and\n39:01\nit'll pop up it's a 10-minute read and it does hurt me in my algorithm to tell you to click off of this video but you\n39:07\nseriously should read it because it's very good and you're going to have a great experience reading it versus me\n39:13\njust poorly recounting it to you but for those of you that are driving while l istening to this or doing laundry or\n39:20\njust have this on in the back ground while you're playing a video game and you're not going to go throug h that effort allow me to summarize this story\n39:27\nfor you if you just finished reading it and you don't need it summarized for you you can skip to this point or you can\n39:33\nlisten to me talk because at least that' s good for my algorithm we're introduced to an unnamed protagonist who\n39 :39\nis on vacation in the Yendi Plains while there she catches word of an island\n39:45\nthere where there are people that are immortal obviously s he's fascinated by\n39:52\nthis idea and she wants to go to this island an d check it out for herself and so she speaks to a travel agent but when\n3 9:58\nshe tells the travel agent about where she wants to go she's immedia tely met with disdain the woman doesn't seem to\n40:05\nunderstand why she would want to go to that island still she reluctantly makes the plans for the protagonist to go to\n40:11\nthe island but before she leaves the pro tagonist stops off in a library while trying to research this island in th e\n40:17\nlibrary she finds suspiciously little information whatsoever abo ut the island\n40:23\nthere's an old account of a man who traveled there l ong long ago there's a\n40:28\nreport on the diamonds that are sometimes m ined on the island but other than that there is very suspiciously\n40:35\n little information about this island where apparently people are immortal on\n40:41\nthe boat ride to the island the protagonist thinks to herself \ "If a virus that made you immortal turned up\n40:46\nin my country vast su ms of money would be poured into studying it and if it had bad effects the y'd alter it genetically\n40:53\nto get rid of the bad effects and the tal k shows would yatterder on about it and the news anchors would pontificate \n41:00\nabout it and the pope would do some pontificating too and so woul d all the other holy men and meanwhile the very\n41:06\nrich would be corn ering not only the market but the supplies and then the very rich would be even more different\n41:13\nfrom you and me what I was really curious abo ut was the fact that none of this had happened the Indians were\n41:19\nap parently so uninterested in their chance to be immortal that there was sca rcely anything about it in the\n41:26\nlibrary once on the island the prot agonist finds it dilapitated and\n41:31\ndepressed the residents all wear gauze suits and fly masks to keep away the\n41:37\nomnipresent herds of fl ies that are in the air flies that allegedly carry the\n41:43\nvirus that makes you immortal once again the protagonist finds herself wondering who in the world would intentionally\n41:51\navoid the fly bite of eternal lif e so she asks a local boy \"if you could would\n41:57\nyou like to live a long time?\" \"Sure\,\" he said with as much enthusiasm as a Yandian is ca pable of \"you know but you\n42:04\ndon't want to be immortal you wear the fly gauze.\" He nodded he saw nothing to\n42:10\ndiscuss in all this she makes it out to a remote village where supposedly an\n42:15\nimmortal pers on lives and there she sees someone leaning against the well that has been afflicted by a rare tropical\n42:21\ndisease akin to leprosy their legs h ave been rendered into stumps their face is\n42:27\ncompletely melted away and scarred their hair is long and matted they can't see\n42:34\nthey can 't speak it seems like they're barely hanging on this disease has utterly ravaged them and so the\n42:40\nprotagonist avoids the leper and instead f inds the local tour guide and pays the\n42:46\ntour guide so that she can go and meet the immortal person and then of course the woman then brings h er right back to\n42:52\nthe disfigured person by the well you are looking at the immortal of our village the woman said in the practice\n42:59\nsin g song of the tour guide it has been with us for many many centuries in th is family it is our duty and pride to look\n43:06\nafter the immortal feed ing hours are 6:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening it lives on milk and barley\n43:12\nbroth its legs were lost when there was an earthquake 1\,000 years ago it was also damaged by fire and by other\n43:19\naccident s before it came into the care of the Roya family the legend of my family says that the immortal was once a\n43:25\nhandsome young man who made his living for many lifetimes of normal people by hunting in the marshes this was 2 or\n43:33\n3\,000 years ago it is believed the immortal cannot hear what you say or see you but it is glad to accept your\n43:40\nprayers for its well-being and any offerings for its support as it is entirely depende nt on the Roya family\n43:45\nfor food and shelter thank you very much i w ill answer questions after a while I\n43:51\nsaid it can't die it seems th at in our\n43:56\nminds no matter what the Oxford dictionary definition is being immortal\n44:02\nis not the same as just never dying stricken the p rotagonist asks if this is\n44:08\nthe only immortal on the island oh no s he said there are others all around in\n44:13\nthe ground sometimes people find them souvenirs the really old ones ours is young you know she looked at the\n44:20\nimmortal with a weary but proprietary eye the way a mother looks at an unpromising infant \"the diamonds\,\" I\n44:27\nsaid \"the di amonds are immortals\,\" she nodded after a really long time she said\n44: 33\nas the protagonist wanders off in the direction of home completely gut ted she notes we are a carbon-based life form as\n44:41\nthe scientists sa y but how a human body could turn into a diamond I do not know\n44:47\nunl ess through some spiritual factor perhaps the result of genuinely endless\ n44:54\nsuffering and perhaps diamond is only a name the Indians give thes e lumps of\n44:59\nruin a a kind of euphemism to me this is the horror of all horrors when it comes\n45:07\nto the already terrifying prospect of im mortality what if we aren't part of\n45:13\nsome special sacred race promi sed a cushy retirement until the heat death of\n45:19\nthe universe what i f we aren't a a a hot moody vampire surrounded by other hot\n45:25\nmoody vampires to canoodle with what if we don't have some great larger than us\ n45:32\npurpose driving us forward what if it just happened one day and th en suddenly\n45:39\nthe life that you're living right now with all of its tedium was just what you had to do for the rest of time and space\n45:48\n think about all the things that you've been putting off all the stuff that you're kind of like maybe I'll just never get around to\n45:56\nthat you know the the overdue credit card bills the relationships in slow decline t he dreams that you just never\n46:02\nquite got around to fulfilling the a ching hearts the aching souls the life\n46:07\nthat you have today riddled with holes and flaws and pain stretched out as it\n46:13\nis into eternit y and maybe that is why immortality is at its most\n46:21\ntantalizing whe n it's kept in fiction because when we get down to brass tax\n46:26\nI'm f airly certain that most of us wouldn't actually want to be immortal we\n46 :31\nwouldn't accept it if it was presented to us but within the safe drea mland of\n46:37\nfiction we can imagine what it would look like if we coul d skirt this great\n46:43\nspecieswide fear we can plan out what we would do if instead of decades we had\n46:49\ncenturies the skills that we would learn the places that we would see the people that we would become if the final bell\n46:56\nnever rang when we seek to learn the secret to immorta lity the secret is not\n47:02\nhow to become immortal the secret is how to cope with the mortality that from our\n47:09\nvery first breath we have a ll found ourselves trapped in we can see who we\n47:14\nare and the lives that we are leading with entirely new eyes humans are\n47:20\ntrained to b elieve that the grass is always going to be greener on the other side but through the lens of fiction we\n47:25\ncan catch a very rare glimpse at th e grass on our own side we can see that it\n47:30\nlooks pretty green over here too those skills that we would perfect if we ever\n47:35\nrandomly b ecame immortal if we start today we can at least get passively good\n47:41 \nat those skills within a year or two we might not see every corner of th e world\n47:46\nbut we can look at the things that we see every day the st reets the trees the\n47:52\nsky we can see that with new eyes and see it f or how absolutely beautiful it\n47:57\nreally is we may not be able to bec ome the superheroes that we could be if we had all of time to figure it ou t but we\n48:05\ncan still try and become the best version of ourselves th at our mortal lives will allow for despite the\n48:11\nchokeold that it ha s had on storytelling and human life since the Epic of\n48:17\nGilgamesh 4 \,000 years ago I would like to declare today in this video that\n48:23\ni mmortality is kind of overrated after all we have read story after story w here\n48:29\nimmortal people want nothing more than to be like us to have these simple\n48:35\nbright beautiful lives that we are all gifted from bi rth and so I'd think or at\n48:41\nthe very least hope that we might event ually get the message that it's no bad thing to celebrate a simple mortal\ n48:49\nlife i like to consider myself a fairly rational person when it co mes to what I\n48:54\nfear my phobias are things like the ocean and outer space which are perfectly reasonable however I do have\n49:01\nan unreason able fear of randomly being turned immortal that's terrifying that's\n49:0 7\nI'm not ready to handle all of that but I would like to hear in the com ments what your favorite story is about\n49:14\nimmortal people i know tha t most of the things that I talked about today were people that hated bein g immortal but I'm\n49:19\nfairly certain that there is stuff that exists out there where people are immortal and also managed to be happy so\n49:26 \nplease do let me know in the comments what your favorite literature or m edia is about immortal people so I can check\n49:32\nthat out give this vi deo a like if you enjoyed it or you learned something new and do consider subscribing if you want\n49:38\nto tune in to hear me talk about stuff alm ost every single week thank you so much for joining me this week and I hop e\n49:45\nthat you have a very happy hobby day\n49:52\n[Music]\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n THE ISLAND OF THE IMMORTALS of URSALA K LEGUIN\n\n\n\n LINK \n \n https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-island-of-the-immortals/ \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Somebody asked me if I’d heard that there were immor tal people on the Yendian Plane\, and somebody else told me that there wer e\, so when I got there\, I asked about them. The travel agent rather relu ctantly showed me a place called the Island of the Immortals on her map. “You don’t want to go there\,” she said.\n\n“I don’t?”\n\ n“Well\, it’s dangerous\,” she said\, looking at me as if she though t I was not the danger-loving type\, in which she was entirely correct. Sh e was a rather unpolished local agent\, not an employee of the Interplanar y Service. Yendi is not a popular destination. In many ways it’s so like our own plane that it seems hardly worth the trouble of visiting. There a re differences\, but they’re subtle.\n\n“Why is it called the Island o f the Immortals?”\n\n“Because some of the people there are immorta l.”\n\n“They don’t die?” I asked\, never quite sure of the accurac y of my translatomat.\n\n“They don’t die\,” she said indifferently . “Now\, the Prinjo Archipelago is a lovely place for a restful fortnigh t.” Her pencil moved southward across the map of the Great Sea of Yendi. My gaze remained on the large\, lonely Island of the Immortals. I pointed to it.\n\n“Is there a hotel—there?”\n\n“There are no tourist faci lities. Just cabins for the diamond hunters.”\n\n“There are diamond mi nes?”\n\n“Probably\,” she said. She had become dismissive.\n\n“Wha t makes it dangerous?”\n\n“The flies.”\n\n“Biting flies? Do they c arry disease?”\n\n“No.” She was downright sullen by now.\n\n“I’d like to try it for a few days\,” I said\, as winningly as I could. “J ust to find out if I’m brave. If I get scared\, I’ll come right back. Give me an open flight back.”\n\n“No airport.”\n\n“Ah\,” said I\ , more winningly than ever. “So how would I get there?”\n\n“Ship\, ” she said\, unwon. “Once a week.”\n\nNothing rouses an attitude lik e an attitude. “Fine!” I said.\n\nAt least\, I thought as I left the t ravel agency\, it won’t be anything like Laputa. I had read Gulliver’s Travels as a child\, in a slightly abridged and probably greatly expurgat ed version. My memory of it was like all my childhood memories\, immediate \, broken\, vivid—bits of bright particularity in a vast drift of oblivi on. I remembered that Laputa floated in the air\, so you had to use an air ship to get to it. And really I remembered little else\, except that the L aputans were immortal\, and that I had liked it the least of Gulliver’s four Travels\, deciding it was for grownups\, a damning quality at the tim e. Did the Laputans have spots\, moles\, something like that\, which disti nguished them? And were they scholars? But they grew senile\, and lived on and on in incontinent idiocy—or did I imagine that? There was something nasty about them\, something like that\, something for grown-ups.\n\nBut I was on Yendi\, where Swift’s works are not in the library. I could not look it up. Instead\, since I had a whole day before the ship sailed\, I went to the library and looked up the Island of the Immortals.\n\nThe Cent ral Library of Undund is a noble old building full of modem conveniences\, including book-translatomats. I asked a librarian for assistance and he b rought me Postwand’s Explorations\, written about a hundred and sixty ye ars earlier\, from which I copied what follows. At the time Postwand wrote \, the port city where I was staying\, An Ria\, had not been founded\; the great wave of settlers from the east had not begun\; the peoples of the c oast were scattered tribes of shepherds and farmers. Postwand took a rathe r patronizing but intelligent interest in their stories.\n\n“Among the l egends of the peoples of the West Coast\,” he writes\, “one concerned a large island two or three days west from Undund Bay\, where live the peo ple who never die. All whom I asked about it were familiar with the reputa tion of the Island of the Immortals\, and some even told me that members o f their tribe had visited the place. Impressed with the unanimity of this tale\, I determined to test its veracity. When at length Vong had finished making repairs to my boat\, I sailed out of the Bay and due west over the Great Sea. A following wind favored my expedition.\n\n“About noon on th e fifth day\, I raised the island. Low-lying\, it appeared to be at least fifty miles long from north to south.\n\n“In the region in which I first brought the boat close to the land\, the shores were entirely salt marsh. It being low tide\, and the weather unbearably sultry\, the putrid smell of the mud kept us well away\, until at length sighting sand beaches I sai led into a shallow bay and soon saw the roofs of a small town at the mouth of a creek. We tied up at a crude and decrepit jetty and with indescribab le emotion\, on my part at least\, set foot on this isle reputed to hold t he secret of ETERNAL LIFE.”\n\nI think I shall abbreviate Postwand\; h e’s long-winded\, and besides\, he’s always sneering at Vong\, who see ms to do most of the work and have none of the indescribable emotions. So he and Vong trudged around the town\, finding it all very shabby and nothi ng out of the way\, except that there were dreadful swarms of flies. Every one went about in gauze clothing from head to toe\, and all the doors and windows had screens. Postwand assumed the flies would bite savagely\, but found they didn’t\; they were annoying\, he says\, but one scarcely felt their bites\, which didn’t swell up or itch. He wondered if they carrie d some disease. He asked the islanders\, who disclaimed all knowledge of d isease\, saying nobody ever got sick except mainlanders.\n\nAt this\, Post wand got excited\, naturally\, and asked them if they ever died. “Of cou rse\,” they said.\n\nHe does not say what else they said\, but one gathe rs they treated him as yet another idiot from the mainland asking stupid q uestions. He becomes quite testy\, and makes comments on their backwardnes s\, bad manners\, and execrable cookery. After a disagreeable night in a h ut of some kind\, he explored inland for several miles\, on foot since the re was no other way to get about. In a tiny village near a marsh he saw a sight that was\, in his words\, “proof positive that the islanders’ cl aim of being free from disease was mere boastfulness\, or something yet mo re sinister: for a more dreadful example of the ravages of udreba I have n ever seen\, even in the wilds of Rotogo. The sex of the poor victim was in distinguishable\; of the legs\, nothing remained but stumps\; the whole bo dy was as if it had been melted in fire\; only the hair\, which was quite white\, grew luxuriantly\, long\, tangled\, and filthy—a crowning horror to this sad spectacle.”\n\nI looked up udreba. It’s a disease the Yen dians dread as we dread leprosy\, which it resembles\, though it is far mo re immediately dangerous\; a single contact with saliva or any exudation c an cause infection. There is no vaccine and no cure. Postwand was horrifie d to see children playing close by the udreb. He apparently lectured a wom an of the village on hygiene\, at which she took offense and lectured him back\, telling him not to stare at people. She picked up the poor udreb “as if it were a child of five\,” he says\, and took it into her hut. She came out with a bowl full of something\, muttering loudly. At this poi nt Vong\, with whom I sympathize\, suggested that it was time to leave. “I acceded to my companion’s groundless apprehensions\,” Postwand sa ys. In fact\, they sailed away that evening.\n\nI can’t say that this ac count raised my enthusiasm for visiting the island. I sought some more mod ern information. My librarian had drifted off\, the way Yendians always se emed to do. I didn’t know how to use the subject catalogues\, or it was even more incomprehensibly organized than our electronic subject catalogue s\, or there was singularly little information concerning the Island of th e Immortals in the library. All I found was a treatise on the Diamonds of Aya—a name sometimes given the island. The article was too technical for the translatomat. I couldn’t understand much except that apparently the re were no mines\; the diamonds did not occur deep in the earth but were t o be found lying on the surface of it\, as I think is the case in a southe rn African desert. As the island of Aya was forested and swampy\, its diam onds were exposed by heavy rains or mudslides in the wet season. People we nt and wandered around looking for them. A big one turned up just often en ough to keep people coming. The islanders apparently never joined in the s earch. In fact\, some baffled diamond hunters claimed that the natives bur ied diamonds when they found them. If I understood the treatise\, some tha t had been found were immense by our standards: they were described as sha peless lumps\, usually black or dark\, occasionally clear\, and weighing u p to five pounds. Nothing was said about cutting these huge stones\, what they were used for\, or their market price. Evidently the Yendi didn’t p rize diamonds as we do. There was a lifeless\, almost furtive tone to the treatise\, as if it concerned something vaguely shameful.\n\nSurely if the islanders actually knew anything about “the secret of ETERNAL LIFE\,” there’d be a bit more about them\, and it\, in the library?\n\nIt was m ere stubbornness\, or reluctance to go back to the sullen travel agent and admit my mistake\, that impelled me to the docks the next morning.\n\nI c heered up no end when I saw my ship\, a charming miniliner with about thir ty pleasant staterooms. Its fortnightly round took it to several islands f arther west than Aya. Its sister ship\, stopping by on the homeward leg\, would bring me back to the mainland at the end of my week. Or perhaps I wo uld simply stay aboard and have a two-week cruise? That was fine with the ship’s staff. They were informal\, even lackadaisical\, about arrangemen ts. I had the impression that low energy and a short attention span were q uite common among Yendians. But my companions on the ship were undemanding \, and the cold fish salads were excellent. I spent two days on the top de ck watching sea-birds swoop\, great red fish leap\, and translucent vane-w ings hover over the sea. We sighted Aya very early in the morning of the t hird day. At the mouth of the bay the smell of the marshes was truly disco uraging\; but a conversation with the ship’s captain had decided me to v isit Aya after all\, and I disembarked.\n\nThe captain\, a man of sixty or so\, had assured me that there were indeed immortals on the island. They were not born immortal\, but contracted immortality from the bite of the i sland flies. It was\, he thought\, a virus. “You’ll want to take preca utions\,” he said. “It’s rare. I don’t think there’s been a new case in the last hundred years—longer\, maybe. But you don’t want to t ake chances.”\n\nAfter pondering awhile I inquired\, as delicately as po ssible\, though delicacy is hard to achieve on the translatomat\, whether there weren’t people who wanted to escape death—people who came to the island hoping to be bitten by one of these lively flies. Was there a draw back I did not know about\, some price too high to pay even for immortalit y?\n\nThe captain considered my question for a while. He was slow-spoken\, unexcitable\, verging on the lugubrious. “I think so\,” he said. He l ooked at me. “You can judge\,” he said. “After you’ve been there .”\n\nHe would say no more. A ship’s captain is a person who has that privilege.\n\nThe ship did not put into the bay\, but was met out beyond t he bar by a boat that took passengers ashore. The other passengers were st ill in their cabins. Nobody but the captain and a couple of sailors watche d me (all rigged out head to foot in a suit of strong but gauzy mesh which I had rented from the ship) clamber down into the boat and wave goodbye. The captain nodded. One of the sailors waved. I was extremely frightened. It was no help at all that I didn’t know what I was frightened of.\n\nPu tting the captain and Postwand together\, it sounded as if the price of im mortality was the horrible disease\, udreba. But I really had very little evidence\, and my curiosity was intense. If a virus that made you immortal turned up in my country\, vast sums of money would be poured into studyin g it\, and if it had bad effects they’d alter it genetically to get rid of the bad effects\, and the talk shows would yatter on about it\, and new s anchors would pontificate about it\, and the Pope would do some pontific ating too\, and so would all the other holy men\, and meanwhile the very r ich would be cornering not only the market\, but the supplies. And then th e very rich would be even more different from you and me.\n\nWhat I was re ally curious about was the fact that none of this had happened. The Yendia ns were apparently so uninterested in their chance to be immortal that the re was scarcely anything about it in the library.\n\nBut I could see\, as the boat drew close to the town\, that the travel agent had been a bit dis ingenuous. There had been hotels here—big ones\, six or eight stories. T hey were all visibly derelict\, signs askew\, windows boarded or blank.\n\ nThe boatman\, a shy young man\, rather nice-looking as well as I could te ll through my gauzy envelope\, said\, “Hunters’ lodge\, ma’am?” in to my translatomat. I nodded and he sailed us neatly to a small jetty at t he north end of the docks. The waterfront too had seen better days. It was now sagging and forlorn\, no ships\, only a couple of trawlers or crabber s. I stepped up onto the dock\, looking about nervously for flies\; but th ere were none at the moment. I tipped the boatman a couple of radlo\, and he was so grateful he took me up the street\, a sad little street\, to the diamond hunters’ lodge. It consisted of eight or nine decrepit cabins m anaged by a dispirited woman who\, speaking slowly but without any commas or periods\, said to take Number Four because the screens were the best on es breakfast at eight dinner at seven eighteen radlo and did I want a lunc h packed a radlo fifty extra.\n\nAll the other cabins were unoccupied. The toilet had a little\, internal\, eternal leak\, tink … tink\, which I c ould not find the source of. Dinner and breakfast arrived on trays\, and w ere edible. The flies arrived with the heat of the day\, plenty of them\, but not the thick fearsome swarms I had expected. The screens kept them ou t\, and the gauze suit kept them from biting. They were small\, weak-looki ng\, brownish flies.\n\nThat day and the next morning\, walking about the town\, the name of which I could not find written anywhere\, I felt that t he Yendian tendency to depression had bottomed out here\, attained nadir. The islanders were a sad people. They were listless. They were lifeless. M y mind turned up that word and stared at it.\n\nI realized I’d waste my whole week just getting depressed if I didn’t rouse up my courage and as k some questions. I saw my young boatman fishing off the jetty and went to talk to him.\n\n“Will you tell me about the immortals?” I asked him\, after some halting amenities.\n\n“Well\, most people just walk around a nd look for them. In the woods\,” he said.\n\n“No\, not the diamonds \,” I said\, checking the translatomat. “I’m not really very interes ted in diamonds.”\n\n“Nobody much is any more\,” he said. “There u sed to be a lot of tourists and diamond hunters. I guess they do something else now.”\n\n“But I read in a book that there are people here who li ve very\, very long lives—who actually don’t die.”\n\n“Yes\,” he said\, placidly.\n\n“Are there any immortal people in town? Do you know any of them?”\n\nHe checked his fishing line. “Well\, no\,” he sa id. “There was a new one\, way back in my grandpa’s time\, but it went to the mainland. It was a woman. I guess there’s an old one in the vill age.” He nodded toward the island. “Mother saw it once.”\n\n“If yo u could\, would you like to live a long time?”\n\n“Sure!” he said\, with as much enthusiasm as a Yendian is capable of. “You know.”\n\n“ But you don’t want to be immortal. You wear the fly-gauze.”\n\nHe nodd ed. He saw nothing to discuss in all this. He was fishing with gauze glove s\, seeing the world through a mesh veil. That was life.\n\nThe storekeepe r told me that you could walk to the village in a day and showed me the pa th. My dispirited landlady packed me a lunch. I set out next morning\, att ended at first by thin\, persistent swarms of flies. It was a dull walk ac ross a low\, damp landscape\, but the sun was mild and pleasant\, and the flies finally gave up. To my surprise\, I got to the village before I was even hungry for lunch. The islanders must walk slowly and seldom. It had t o be the right village\, though\, because they spoke of only one\, “the village\,” again no name.\n\nIt was small and poor and sad: six or seven wooden huts\, rather like izbas\, stilted up a bit to keep them from the mud. Poultry\, something like guinea fowl but mud-brown\, scuttled about e verywhere\, making soft\, raucous noises. A couple of children ran away an d hid as I approached.\n\nAnd there\, propped up next to the village well\ , was the figure Postwand had described\, just as he had described it—le gless\, sexless\, the face almost featureless\, blind\, with skin like bad ly burned bread\, and thick\, matted\, filthy white hair.\n\nI stopped\, a ppalled.\n\nA woman came out of the hut to which the children had run. She came down the rickety steps and walked up to me. She gestured at my trans latomat\, and I automatically held it out to her so she could speak into i t.\n\n“You came to see the Immortal\,” she said.\n\nI nodded.\n\n“Tw o radlo fifty\,” she said.\n\nI got out the money and handed it to her.\ n\n“Come this way\,” she said. She was poorly dressed and not clean\, but was a fine-looking woman\, thirty-five or so\, with unusual decisivene ss and vigor in her voice and movements.\n\nShe led me straight to the wel l and stopped in front of the being propped up in a legless canvas fisherm an’s chair next to it. I could not look at the face\, nor the horribly m aimed hand. The other arm ended in a black crust above the elbow. I looked away from that.\n\n“You are looking at the Immortal of our village\,” the woman said in the practiced singsong of the tour guide. “It has bee n with us for many many centuries. For over one thousand years it has belo nged to the Roya family. In this family it is our duty and pride to look a fter the Immortal. Feeding hours are six in the morning and six in the eve ning. It lives on milk and barley broth. It has a good appetite and enjoys good health with no sicknesses. It does not have udreba. Its legs were lo st when there was an earthquake one thousand years ago. It was also damage d by fire and other accidents before it came into the care of the Roya fam ily. The legend of my family says that the Immortal was once a handsome yo ung man who made his living for many lifetimes of normal people by hunting in the marshes. This was two or three thousand years ago\, it is believed . The Immortal cannot hear what you say or see you\, but is glad to accept your prayers for its wellbeing and any offerings for its support\, as it is entirely dependent on the Roya family for food and shelter. Thank you v ery much. I will answer questions.”\n\nAfter a while I said\, “It ca n’t die.”\n\nShe shook her head. Her face was impassive\; not unfeelin g\, but closed.\n\n“You aren’t wearing gauze\,” I said\, suddenly re alizing this. “The children weren’t. Aren’t you—”\n\nShe shook h er head again. “Too much trouble\,” she said\, in a quiet\, unofficial voice. “The children always tear the gauze. Anyhow\, we don’t have ma ny flies. And there’s only one.”\n\nIt was true that the flies seemed to have stayed behind\, in the town and the heavily manicured fields near it.\n\n“You mean there’s only one immortal at a time?”\n\n“Oh\, no\,” she said. “There are others all around. In the ground. Sometimes people find them. Souvenirs. The really old ones. Ours is young\, you kno w.” She looked at the Immortal with a weary but proprietary eye\, the wa y a mother looks at an unpromising infant.\n\n“The diamonds?” I said . “The diamonds are immortals?”\n\nShe nodded. “After a really long time\,” she said. She looked away\, across the marshy plain that surroun ded the village\, and then back at me. “A man came from the mainland\, l ast year\, a scientist. He said we ought to bury our Immortal. So it could turn to diamond\, you know. But then he said it takes thousands of years to turn. All that time it would be starving and thirsty in the ground and nobody would look after it. It is wrong to bury a person alive. It is our family duty to look after it. And no tourists would come.”\n\nIt was my turn to nod. The ethics of this situation were beyond me. I accepted her c hoice.\n\n“Would you like to feed it?” she asked\, apparently liking s omething about me\, for she smiled at me.\n\n“No\,” I said\, and I hav e to admit that I burst into tears.\n\nShe came closer and patted my shoul der.\n\n“It is very\, very sad\,” she said. She smiled again. “But t he children like to feed it\,” she said. “And the money helps.”\n\ n“Thank you for being so kind\,” I said\, wiping my eyes\, and I gave her another five radlo\, which she took gratefully. I turned around and wa lked back across the marshy plains to the town\, where I waited four more days until the sister ship came by from the west\, and the nice young man took me out in the boat\, and I left the Island of the Immortals\, and soo n after that I left the Yendian Plane.\n\nWe are a carbon-based life form\ , as the scientists say\, but how a human body could turn to diamond I do not know\, unless through some spiritual factor\, perhaps the result of ge nuinely endless suffering.\n\nPerhaps “diamond” is only a name the Yen dians give these lumps of ruin\, a kind of euphemism.\n\nI am still not ce rtain what the woman in the village meant when she said\, “There’s onl y one.” She was not referring to the immortals. She was explaining why s he didn’t protect herself or her children from the flies\, why she found the risk not worth the bother. It is possible that she meant that among t he swarms of flies in the island marshes there is only one fly\, one immor tal fly\, whose bite infects its victim with eternal life.\n\n***\n\n© 19 98 by Ursula K. Le Guin.\nOriginally published in Amazing Stories.\nReprin ted by permission of the author and the author’s agent\, \nThe Virginia Kidd Agency.\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cotton Candy Cloud Rabbit 03/31/2025 DTSTAMP:20250401T073240Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:230-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Cotton Candy Cloud Rabbit 03/31/2025\n\n\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Cotton-Candy-Cloud-Rabbit-1177735490\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Was Ku ng Fu Ever Used Against Foreign Fighters? \n\n https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=3BcMHAMSMA4\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 97 DTSTAMP:20250330T033631Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:225-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 97\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n In petals\, it will dance for you\,\n\n A shower of blooms\, a joyous cue.\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/chanxinyu/art/Petals-1013098163\n\n\n\n But the truth (h owever harsh) is your heart was never in it.\n\n Snooping to make sure no one found out\,\n\n When your words could have made a difference\,\n\n You thanked me for my silence –\n\n Even now\,\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/jsnaith/art/Truth-is-Harsh-1021970489\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Widows and orp hans wailing by the Nile...\n\n Pharaohs of old\, where are your bones?\n\ n Look upon the Pyramids\;\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art /The-Pharaohs-170466581\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n E pub link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1\n\n Epub se ries \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-co llection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook link\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/au diobook/the-last-flail\n\n Audiobook series \n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/ en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n If you really w ant to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. 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Why do we create linearly when a lot of times \, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. \n\n Richard Murray's W ork Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?m ember=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n Richard Murray's Community Calendar\n\n webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/ download/?member=6477&\;key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250329 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ume to Sakura 03/26/2025 DTSTAMP:20250326T071722Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:223-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Ume to Sakura 03/26/2025\n\n poetry\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/hddeviant/art/Ume-to-Sakura-1175460320\n\n\n\n illustration\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Ume-to-Sakura-illustration-117545 9138\n\n\n\n \n\n the colored page is at the link above\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Defending Every Disney Princess (Exc ept Tiana)\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbzxv_J6QzM\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\ n  \n\n\n\n Defending Every Disney Prince (Except Naveen)\n\n https://www .youtube.com/watch?v=l7t2_8Sc9PM\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250326 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 94 DTSTAMP:20250201T191739Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:175-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 94\n\n\n\n Was it worth to take the fall?\n\n Letting them once again be played.\n\n Causing other people's de mise\,\n\n Wishing that you can be redeemed\;\n\n Or this will cause some to disband.\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hiromi-seika/art/The-Last-Stand -948524424\n\n\n\n So let the whispers linger\, let them soar\,\n\n Throug h the ebb and flow of time's embrace\,\n\n Embracing shadows\, embracing g race\,\n\n In the silent conversations with myself.\n\n Seeking solace in the words unsaid.\n\n Each word a ripple in the vast expanse\n\n https://w ww.deviantart.com/bukoslav/art/Conversation-with-myself-1023684804\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/seri es/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series  \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microca lligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250308 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Around The First Flail 02/28/2025 DTSTAMP:20250301T044158Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:209-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Title: Around The First Flail\n\n Artist: RIchard Murray\ n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1165312210the following is pa rt of the poem linked above for The Voice of Valentine Contest entry\n\n\n \n Title: The End of the First Flail\n\n On our way home\n\n cover'd in fo am\n\n The moon alone see\n\n we whisper lolli\n\n Always eterno couth\n\n the grasp between us booth\n\n The rest the night do blanket\n\n Yes!\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n \n\n ask an author from Serendipity L iterary Agency presented by Regina Brooks\n\n Question to Donna Oriowo [ D RINK WATER AND MIND YOUR BUSINESS\, will be released on May 13th\, 2025 ( https://bookshop.org/p/books/feelin-myself-healing-self-esteem-for-black-w omen-donna-oriowo/21263397?ean=9781728281513&\;next=t&\;affiliate=10 902 )]:  who she dedicated her book to and why!\n\n Answer: It is easy t o dedicate and not think about it\, but i definitely thought about it. So I did a three part dedication.  Part 1 was a quote. I am a girl who loves quotes. I love African proverbs. I feel like they mean something differen t to each of us. And for me the one that I chose was\, don't expect to be healthy when your oppressor is feeding you. And for me the oppressor in th is situation depends on who is oppressing you. yes\, because I am thinking about the isms in life \, colorism\, texturism\, racism\, sexism\, et cet era. And\, how there are power dynamics there. But when I think of the peo ple who are doing the oppressing. I think yes\, of supremacy culture. But not just white supremacy\, male supremacy\, heterosexist supremacy\, et ce tera. So really\, if you can identify one then this book is for you. Numbe r two \, to black women\, my first loves\, not just because I am a black w oman\, but because I came from a black woman\, because my mother created o ther black women\, and there was an entire village of black women behind m e supporting me while I was writing this project\, while I was conceptuali zing this project and I will be remiss if I didn't say something. And my t hird dedication\, well that one \, I want them to read on their own and kn ow that I thought of them. anyway\, that is a little about who I dedicated to and why.\n\n https://www.linkedin.com/posts/regina-brooks_welcome-to-t he-next-installment-of-ask-an-activity-7296181915571609600-nRBw/?utm_sourc e=share&\;utm_medium=member_desktop&\;rcm=ACoAAC9jwHcBhMdyfurNH2Jmdl APjJgXHivmWR8\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poem of the Aeolian Heart Harp 02/26/2025 DTSTAMP:20250226T093057Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:207-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Poem of the Aeolian Heart Harp \n\n\n\n poem \n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1164090235\n\n\n\n illustration \ n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1164089424\n\n \n\n\n\n I N AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n The Brothers Grimm &\; Dark Fairytales\n\n\n\n VIDE O\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n TRANSCRIPT\n\n\n\n 0:00\nthis video has been sponsored by Squarespace I seriously doubt that any of us have managed to reach adul thood\n0:06\nwithout hearing at least a few fairy tales maybe it was the s tory of Little\n0:11\nRed Riding Hood or Cinderella or Jack in the bean st ock or maybe it was one of the many adaptations spoofs and edgy\n0:18\n201 0 retellings that were inspired by those Original Stories and not stereoty pe you guys but if you're\n0:25\nwatching this video I bet you know that a lot of those modern fairy tales originated from the collection of the\n0: 32\nbrothers Grim today I want to take a deeper look at The Life and Times of the Grim Brothers investigate some of their\n0:39\nmore obscure and pe rhaps disturbing stories to try and pin down why they\n0:45\nmade it their life's work to study and preserve something as silly and\n0:51\ninconsequ ential as fairy tales yakob ludvig Carl Grim was born on January 4th\n0:58 \n1785 in Hano a city in what we now know as Germany just about a year lat er on\n1:05\nFebruary 24th 1786 his brother vilhelm Carl Grim was\n1:10\nb orn and due to their closeness in age the brothers were Incredibly Close g rowing up they were basically twins\n1:18\nexcept that they shared the mid dle name Carl instead of the womb while their family had never been partic ularly poor\n1:25\ntheir stations improved considerably in 1791 when the f ather of the family was\n1:31\nelected amtman which is basically a magistr ate of the city of styo this gave\n1:37\nthem land to live on a quite beau tiful house and a rather stable income the\n1:43\nbrothers flourished in s tyo with private tutors to teach them reading and writing\n1:49\na nursaid to tell them stories and the entirety of the German Countryside at their fingertips okay and I have been\n1:56\nsaying the German Countryside but t echnically where they were living was not Germany yet this was before the\ n2:03\nunification of Germany when the country was still split up into muc h smaller kingdoms each with their own leader\n2:09\nstill under the large r umbrella of the Holy Roman Empire as they had been for\n2:14\nover a tho usand years I will be continuing to refer to the regions that\n2:19\nwould eventually become Germany as Germany just for the sake of Simplicity\n2:2 5\nbut you should probably be aware that technically it was not Germany un til 8 185 however it is interesting to note\n2:33\nthat the abundance of r andom small Kings and Kingdoms in the time of the Holy\n2:38\nRoman Empire may have contributed to the environment of the fairy tales that the\n2:44 \nbrothers Grim would collect and retell where there's always a king and a \n2:49\nprincess and a castle but their peaceful Countryside upbringing co uld not remain\n2:54\npeaceful there was a lot of Chaos in Europe at this time the French Revolution was was going on and things\n3:01\nwere only ab out to get more chaotic in the personal lives of yakob and vilhelm Grim in 1796 their father died of\n3:09\npneumonia leaving 11-year-old yakob as t he man of the house because their\n3:14\nfather the amtman was gone they l ost possession of the house they had lived in and they got a very small st ipend\n3:21\nfrom the government in his memory but it was not enough to su pport them their mother dorota was unemployed at the time\n3:28\nbut they were able to just barely scrape by with a lot of monetary support from\n3: 33\nfamily members their greatest support would come from their aunt who w as wealthy enough to provide for yakob and\n3:40\nvilhelm to attend a spec ial school in the city of Castle this was the\n3:45\nopportunity of a life time but it did present its own unique challenges\n3:51\ndespite their pri vate tutoring educationally speaking the Grim brothers were far behind the ir peers and compared\n3:59\nto the other Rich Noble boys that attended th is school they were country bumpkins they stuck out like a sore\n4:05\nthu mb and constantly pressing on them was this feeling that even though they were children themselves between vilhelm\n4:13\nand yakob was the responsi bility of being the man of the house through hard\n4:19\nwork and a lot of focus they managed to claw their way through school becoming\n4:24\njust as educated as their classmates and in 1802 yak was accepted into Universi ty\n4:32\nwhile this was a great step forward for him it also meant that f or the very first time the Grim brothers would have\n4:39\nto be separated this was a heartbreaking blow for them they had basically been\n4:45\ncon nected at the hip since they had been born and now suddenly they were enti rely\n4:51\nalone we still have a lot of their letters that they exchanged from this time were they're expressing to each\n4:56\nother the pure hear tbreak that they feel being completely alone without each\n5:02\nother yak ob was doing quite well in University but vilhelm who had suffered from sc arlet fever when he was much\n5:09\nyounger was constantly plagued by poor health he was bedridden for a full 6\n5:15\nmonths not allowed to read or write only able to draw and to dream to pass the\n5:22\ntime and while th is was obviously quite difficult vilhelm would later explain\n5:27\nhow mu ch this time of intense boredom would spark his creativity and his\n5:33\n curiosity fortunately the brothers were soon reunited as vilhelm went up t o University and it was there that the two\n5:40\nof them fell under the t utelage of Professor Friedrich Von svy svy nurtured\n5:46\nthe spark he sa w in the brothers urging them to be mindful and thorough in their scholars hip and pointing them in the\n5:52\ndirection of specifically German art c ulture and knowledge this was at odds\n5:59\nwith the more classical Unive rsity curriculum which emphasized the study of\n6:04\nthe art and history of Rome and Greece and svi was likely inspired by the\n6:10\ngrowing wave of Romanticism in Europe the movement known as Romanticism was\n6:16\njust starting to pick up steam in the early 1800s and it sought to do away wit h all pretension and get to the heart\n6:25\nof what it meant to be human the art and literature of romantic ISM attempted to\n6:31\nisue the subjec t of the Rich and Famous and focus on Simplicity on the ordinary\n6:37\npe rson and their very ordinary lives they thought that in this Simplicity in \n6:43\ngoing back to Our Roots we might find some answers some kind of un iversal\n6:50\ntruth that might guide us through rapidly Changing Times th is meant setting aside the tales of Homer and the\n6:57\nwisdom of Aristot le and instead diving into folk wisdom into local history svy\n7:05\nwould eventually request ycob to be his research assistant in Paris and yakob\n 7:10\ndropped everything to take this opportunity derailing his University career and although this was a very\n7:18\nrisky move everyone in his lif e including his mother approved of the decision somehow they knew that thi s was\n7:25\nsomething that he needed to do but as important as this stint imp Paris would end up being to his later scholarly\n7:32\nefforts it als o meant that the brothers had to be separated once more and again\n7:37\ny ou can see in their letters the pain and frustration that being divided by \n7:44\nspace gave them but by 1805 the brothers were together again movin g in with their\n7:50\nmother and sister in Castle where they had first at tended school as joyful as this reunion was their living situation\n7:58\n was still as dire as ever despite their education yakob and vilhelm strugg led to\n8:04\nfind work and tragically in 1808 their mother dorota Grim di ed to make things\n8:11\nall the worse it was right around then that the F rench arrived in Castle the\n8:17\nnew French Emperor Napoleon bonapart ha d been sweeping his way across Europe throughout the 1800s and his armies\ n8:24\nreached Castle in 1806 Napoleon positioned his youngest\n8:29\nbrot her Jerome bonapart as the new king of West philia and Castle was the\n8:3 4\ncapital of the new realm and it was actually in the castle of this new French King that yakob finally found\n8:42\nwork perhaps it was because he was the best one for the job or perhaps it was\n8:47\njust because he was the only academic in town desperate enough to take a position under their new French overlords yakob\n8:55\nwas given the job of being the Royal li brarian caring for over 12\,000 books\n9:02\nin their collection his only real job was to look after the books and to make\n9:09\nsure that nobody b ut the approved people the king the queen and of course himself the Royal librarian was allowed to ever\n9:16\nlook at the books and fortunately for him the royal couple was not very much\n9:23\ninto reading so he kind of just had the library to himself and he had a lot of\n9:28\ndowntime meanwh ile vilhelms already fragile Health was just getting worse and worse so he was sent away to an\n9:35\nexperimental doctor for treatment and when I s ay experimental I really do mean\n9:42\nexperimental he was fed pills that made him vomit every morning his neck would\n9:47\nbe rubbed with Mercury which yes is incredibly toxic which is what we now\n9:53\nknow and they e ven played with the new technology of electricity using A\n9:59\nPrimitive car battery basically to run electricity through his body in the hopes of settling his heart vilhelm\n10:07\nunderstandably didn't really enjoy the se treatments but he found refuge in this time in learning about the local \n10:13\nfolklore and folk music and you know what something that they did to him must\n10:19\nhave worked because eventually the treatments started to make him feel better and he was able to return to\n10:26\nCastle and t o his family still trapped under under the thumb of the French but with pl enty of free time because of\n10:32\nyacob's employment and vilhelms conti nued unemployment the brothers found solace in diving deeper into\n10:39\n German culture inspired by Romanticism they believed that fairy tales the fairy\n10:45\ntales of the German people contained some kind of quintessen tial germanness\n10:51\nand they thought that preserving the Integrity of that germanness would be key to preserving the spark in the\n10:58\nhearts of the German people vilhelm would later describe it when a storm or some other catastrophe sent from the\n11:05\nheavens levels an entire crop we are relieved to find that a small patch protected by tiny Hedges or bushes has\n11:13\nbeen spared and that some solitary stocks remain standing whe n the sun shines once again and favors them they\n11:20\nwill continue to grow alone and unnoticed no sickle will cut them down\n11:25\ntoo early so they can be stashed in a large silo but late in the summer when\n11:30\nt hey are ripe and fully grown some poor and Pious hands will come searching for them ear on ear will be carefully Bound\n11:38\nin bundles inspected and attended to as whole sheaths then they will be brought\n11:44\nhome an d serve as the staple food for the entire winter perhaps they will be\n11: 50\nthe only seed for the future this is how it seemed to us when we began examining the richness of German literature in\n11:58\nearlier times and saw that nothing much had been preserved from that richness\n12:03\ndeterm ined to preserve what was left of the storytelling tradition of bygone day s the brothers began to collect fairy\n12:12\ntales now the Contemporary i mpression seems to be that the brothers Grim\n12:18\ngathered these storie s themselves that they canvased across Germany going door Todo hearing the se stories\n12:25\nfirsthand but that's not entirely accurate in certain s pecial cases they\n12:30\nwere able to do so such as in the case of their neighbors the Wilds who were literally their nextd door neighbors\n12:37\n they had four daughters who really enjoyed telling stories and some of the tales that we get in the very first\n12:43\nvolume of grim Fairy Tales co me from those sisters and in some cases the\n12:48\nbrothers had to get a bit creative about how they collected their stories because\n12:53\nnot ev eryone was willing to give them up to some random academic according to On e account they tra an old man his stories\n13:01\nin exchange for a couple of pairs of their old trousers and they actually stayed in communication with that old\n13:07\nman and he would frequently send them letters asking if they had any other used trousers that he could take which I\n13:14\nth ink is nice and then in other cases they would have to send in children to little old ladies to get them telling\n13:21\ntheir stories because the l ittle old ladies didn't want to tell their stories to grown men but for th e most part the\n13:27\nbrothers Grim asked other people for help they sen t out to their colleagues and fellow Scholars requesting that they\n13:35\ nrecord any Snippets of folktales that they might hear everything from the old\n13:40\nwasher woman talking around the well to the thief in a prison cell and just\n13:45\nabout everyone in between in 1811 they sent out an open letter requesting that anybody who has fairy tales send them in\n13:5 3\nit didn't matter yakob said if the stories taught a lesson or were just fun to listen to whether they were happy or\n14:00\nsad what was importan t was that the person writing down the story should capture every word the teller said even\n14:08\nif the story didn't make sense the way that it w as told the brothers Grim certainly were not the first Scholars to\n14:16\ never think of recording folklore but you could argue that for their time they\n14:23\nwere the best a lot of other recorders of the time would only take very vague\n14:29\nnotes on the original orally told story and then it was accepted practice for\n14:35\nthem to embellish change and sometime s entirely make up the rest of the story\n14:42\nfrom that Bas line they c ould make the stories do whatever they needed them to do in order to confi rm their scholarly\n14:50\nintent the brothers Grim however were comparati vely far more mindful although\n14:57\nthat's not to say that they didn't change anything anything for example in the original Snow White the orally told\n15:03\nversion of the story the evil stepmother was actually Snow W hite's mother but\n15:09\nthat didn't quite fit in with what the brothers Grim were trying to do and they\n15:15\nfirmly believed in the goodness an d purity of the role of a mother so they changed it from being a wicked mo ther to\n15:22\na wicked stepmother and while that is a significant change it doesn't really\n15:27\nchange the message of the story all too much pl us the convention of the wicked stepmother was something that they saw\n15 :34\nin other Tales so it wasn't a particularly difficult or a seriously t ransformative change to make so they\n15:41\ncertainly did change things b ut they really worked hard to preserve what they saw as a story's essentia l truth vilhelm\n15:50\nGrim once compared it to cracking open an egg when you crack open an egg\n15:56\nthere's always going to be a little bit of white that gets left behind in the Shell it's inevitable and you could try \n16:03\nand scrape it out but you're just going to lose some of it but wh at's important is that the Yoke stays intact and\n16:10\nespecially compar ed to other Scholars of their day the brothers Grim were really mindful of keeping the truth that yolk\n16:18\nof the story intact and discernible e ven in their Rewritten stories by modern\n16:24\nstandards they editoriali zed a bit and it's hardly a spot-on firsthand account but especially\n16:3 2\nin the context in which they were operating the scholarly work that the brothers Grim did was groundbreaking one\n16:40\nscholar who wasn't quite so concerned with maintaining integrity was an old\n16:45\nfriend of the Grim Brothers Clemens brentano brentano had also been working\n16:51\non a fairy tale compilation at the same time as the brothers Grim but his work \n16:56\nwas far less precise and mindful in fact some of the storytellers that the Grims\n17:02\napproached had had previous encounters with brenta no and whatever he did they\n17:07\nwere so scarred by the experience that these storytellers refused to share their tales with any other Scholars\n 17:15\nincluding the Grims still the brothers wanted to hold on to that fr iendship and\n17:21\nso when brentano requested a copy of their manuscript for him to examine of\n17:26\ncourse they gave it to him fortunately they did make a separate copy of the\n17:31\nmanuscript before they handed it over which was good because brentano took that manuscript and never gave i t back\n17:38\nin fact it went missing for decades and was only fairly rec ently found despite\n17:44\ntrials and disagreements and a whole lot of wo rk in 1812 the brothers Grim\n17:50\npublished Kinder un house the title t ranslates to the children's and\n17:55\nhousehold tales and it contained 8 6 of of their collected stories and although\n18:01\nthis was called child ren's tales it was not originally intended to be a book for\n18:08\nchildr en rather than having illustrations or etchings you know the stuff kids ki nd of like to see in their\n18:14\nbooks this book contained footnotes and assiduous notes on all of the stories\n18:21\nand where they came from ya kob explained that although the book very well could be enjoyed by childre n it was origin\n18:28\nAlly intended as a serious scholarly Pursuit inten ded for adult consumption\n18:35\nthis was a misconception that would cont inue to reoccur throughout the fairy tale work of the brothers Grim while\ n18:42\nchildren really enjoyed the book and they devoured the stories a l ot of the\n18:47\nEducators and adults in their lives were a bit more skep tical Not only was the\n18:53\nbook dull and illustration it was also thro ughout most\n18:58\nof it incredibly dark there are some seriously bloody and brutal moments in\n19:06\nthose stories that you could argue are not a cceptable for children in fact\n19:11\nthere's one of the stories that I'm going to share later on that was deemed so brutal and horrifying that it was cut\n19:18\nby the brothers Grim from later publications of their book s yakob would\n19:24\nremain steadfast in the idea that this book was not intended for children and that it should not not be adjusted to\n19:29\nPa nder to them it was written to be a scholarly preservation of German cultu re\n19:36\nvilhelm however did begin to change his mind over time vilhelm had always been a\n19:43\nbit more of the Romantic between the two of them yakob was very much dedicated to\n19:48\nthe facts and vilhelm was more i nterested in larger spiritual truths\n19:54\nand he was willing to Pivot t heir work to cat more towards a younger audience\n20:01\nthis is something that would be a bit of a point of friction between the two of them when t hey were working together but\n20:07\non the second collection of fairy ta les vilhelm would have the chance to Pivot\n20:13\ntheir intent however he liked 1812 was a really rough year to be Napoleon\n20:20\nbonapart the Fr ench were facing defeat in Russia and higher-ups like King Jerome were beg inning to see the writing\n20:27\non the wall he began to to pull out of C LE and while they were trying to work on the second book he kept yakob ver y\n20:34\nbusy collecting up German books and art to smuggle with him as h e fled for\n20:39\nFrance and once Napoleon's defeat was finalized yakob w as kept even more busy\n20:45\nwith politics he was sent to Paris from 181 4 to 1815 to recover German art and\n20:52\nliterature that had been taken by the French it was during this lengthy\n20:57\nseparation that a lot of the work was done to compile the second edition of Grim's fairy tales mea ning that most of\n21:04\nit was done under vilhelms hand and as always wh en the brothers are physically separated we get a lot of very angsty\n21:1 1\nletters where they're getting upset about miscommunications due to just how long it takes to get a letter from\n21:18\nFrance to Germany the seco nd volume when it was published wasn't quite the smash\n21:23\nhit that th e first one was but it did a lot to establish the brothers grim as\n21:29\ nthe voice in German folklore the brothers would be reunited in 1816 and\n 21:35\nfortunately they would never be seriously parted again they would c ontinue much of their work together\n21:42\nediting and recompiling fairy tales exploring German folklore and history\n21:48\nand doing some groundb reaking work on the study of the German language in 1825\n21:54\nvilhelm w ould marry dor wild one of their former Nextdoor neighbors who had\n22:00\ ncontributed stories to the first volume of grim fairy tales yakob would n ever\n22:05\nmarry but he did live out the rest of his life in the same ho use as vilhelm dorota and their four children over\n22:13\ntheir years the y spent time as Librarians professors and members of The Academy of Scienc es and in 1838 they\n22:21\nbegan work on the dees V the most comprehensiv e German dictionary ever\n22:27\ncreated vilhelm passed away in 1859 and y akob would carry on after him\n22:33\njust 4 years later but they left beh ind a remarkable Legacy be it their\n22:39\nlinguistic studies their schol arly practice and of course their preservation of German culture at an\n22 :47\nincredibly volatile point in history adaptations like the Disney Prin cess\n22:53\nmovies loving satires on the original fairy tale stories and yes even the edgy\n23:01\ngritty 2010 dark fairy tale remakes none of thes e would have been able to exist\n23:07\nwithout the groundwork laid by the brothers grim and yet there are a lot of stories from these collections t hat\n23:13\naren't quite as well known but they can tell us a lot about th e values that these Tales wanted to promote the\n23:21\nquestions and cont roversies around them and how these stories were crafted and\n23:29\nchang ed throughout time and space let's begin with my new favorite ever fairy\n 23:34\ntale the mouse the bird and the sausage this Story begins as so man y do with a\n23:41\nmouse a bird and a sausage getting together and buying a house and at first\n23:47\nthey are experiencing domestic Bliss they ea ch have their own special jobs the bird goes out into the forest to\n23:54 \ngather wood the mouse stays home and takes in water from the well starts the\n23:59\nfire and sets the table and the sausage of course does all of the cooking and as\n24:04\na final step to all of the cooking he takes hi s little body and slithers through the food to season it so that\n24:10\ni t's perfectly salted every time it's just the perfect setup and they've go t an excellent thing going however one day\n24:17\nthe bird gets talking w ith another bird and that other bird is like hey to me it\n24:22\nlooks li ke you're doing most of the work in the house because after they finished cooking the mouse and the sausage get to\n24:30\nrelax they don't have to do anything but it's the bird who has to wake up early in the morning and spend all day\n24:38\nGathering wood the bird insists that they try and ch ange jobs for a day and\n24:43\nso they draw lots to decide who's doing wh at and their fate is sealed the\n24:48\nsausage goes out into the wild to gather firewood and the results are disastrous\n24:55\nnot far from their home the sausage had encountered a dog now this dog had\n25:00\nconsidered the sausage free game and had grabbed him and swallowed him down the litt le bird arrived and accused the dog\n25:07\nof highway robbery but it was of no use for the dog maintained that he had found\n25:12\nforged letters on the sausage and therefore the sausage had had to pay for\n25:17\nthis w ith his life with the sausage dead for his socalled crimes the bird flies\ n25:24\nhome to find even more chaos the mouse had been making dinner and since he had\n25:30\nseen the sausage cooking he knew that the final step was to slide your body\n25:35\nthrough the vegetables but the mouse isn't greasy enough and he gets stuck halfway through and he burns to death\n25: 43\nbetween the potatoes when the bird returns he can't find the Mouse any where so he throws the firewood all across the\n25:50\nfloor so that he ca n search for the mouse but the firewood then catches on fire and the whole house is consumed in\n25:58\nFlames the bird rushes to the well to try an d get a bucket out but the bucket Falls in and pulls the bird in behind it \n26:05\nand the bird drowns truly you can learn just so many lessons from this story you\n26:12\ndon't carry forged papers um cops might eat you if you're\n26:18\nan anthropomorphic sausage and you really shouldn't try an d slip inside through a pan of hot vegetables if you\n26:24\naren't greasy enough and perhaps most importantly you shouldn't change up a good thing although it may look like it\n26:31\nthe grass is not always greener on th e other side and even if it looks like your friend has the easier side of\ n26:38\nthings it might not go so well trying to walk a mile in their shoe s I will be\n26:44\nhonest that I first read this story because it had a m ouse in the title and you guys know how I feel um about\n26:50\nrodents bu t I've been thinking about this story for days and I need as many people a s humanly possible to hear it\n26:58\nand maybe a great way for me to get the word out about the mouse the bird and the sausage would be to build it its own\n27:05\nplatform using this video sponsor Squarespace Squarespace is the allinone\n27:11\nwebsite building platform that's going to allow y ou to stand out and succeed online using their Cutting Edge design\n27:17\ nintelligence technology you can build yourself a beautiful website and un lock your creative potential creating\n27:24\nsomething that perfectly mat ches your needs your Square space site is going to be there to do whatever it is that you\n27:31\nneed to 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bird and the sa usage is\n28:32\nI can admit ridiculous but this next one is not and it is very gruesome and\n28:38\nbloody so if you want to skip it go ahead to th is Tim stamp in the story titled how some children play at\n28:45\nslaught ering we meet a couple of five and six-year-old kids who are playing\n28:5 2\nbutcher together one of them is the butcher the other is the assistant who's holding a bowl to to catch the blood in\n28:59\nand then one of the children is cast as the pig in this game imitating The\n29:05\nButchers th at they've watched they pin down the pig cut its throat and collect\n29:10 \nthe blood one of the town's people sees what has happened and they panic and\n29:16\nthey grab the kid who has done the murdering and take him bef ore the local Court there they just have no idea what\n29:23\nto do until a wise man suggests that the judge present the boy with an apple and\n29:3 0\na gold coin if the boy took the apple he was to be set free if he took the coin\n29:36\nhe was to be killed the judge took the wise man's advice and the boy grabbed\n29:42\nthe apple with a laugh thus he was set free wi thout any punishment in the first\n29:48\nedition this was followed up by a part two which is somehow even more brutal so\n29:53\nI'm not going to s hare it here but that story was deemed so gruesome that it was\n29:58\ntak en out of later editions of the brothers Grim stories it only appeared in the very first publication and this\n30:06\nwas actually something that ya kob himself protested heavily apparently this was one of the stories that had\n30:12\ncome from the mouth of their own mother and yakob remembers th at after hearing the story he certainly played a lot more\n30:19\ncarefull y there definitely was value to the story and while I get why you\n30:25\n probably wouldn't want kids reading that one I I think that in the origina l intended context of it being a\n30:31\ncollection of folk stories for ad ults it makes a lot of sense to have that story\n30:37\nin there while it is a warning to children to play carefully it's also a\n30:42\nreally inte resting exploration into the culpability of children at what age does\n30: 48\na child become fully responsible for their actions at what age should their\n30:54\nconscience prevent things like that from happening no one li kes to consider the\n31:00\nfact that children can do really terrible thin gs but sometimes they do\n31:05\nand this story presents something very in teresting the child is allowed to choose between an apple the instant\n31: 12\ngratification and sweet treat of an apple versus a gold coin which is something that an adult would certainly\n31:19\nchoose over an apple and t he child chooses the Apple meaning that in all\n31:24\nlikelihood he just didn't understand the serious ious nness and the adultness of\n31:31\nthe act that he was performing it asks questions about who is accountable when a child does something wrong is it the\n31:39\nbutcher who allowed the ch ildren to watch as he slaughtered pigs was it the\n31:44\nchild himself wh o had no comprehension of his action or was it maybe even the\n31:49\npare nts who probably should have been watching their kids a bit closer this is n't a fun story and it's probably not\n31:56\none I'd um you know bring to story time at the local library but it does what\n32:01\nthe best stories do it asks questions that provoke us to think further our\n32:07\nthird s tory is way less brutal and that is the tale of the old woman in the\n32:1 3\nforest it tells of a servant girl left all alone in the forest after he r\n32:19\nemployers are killed by robbers she cries and cries thinking tha t she's going to die out there but then she's\n32:26\nsaved by a dove hold ing a key the golden key unlocks a nearby tree where she\n32:32\nfinds an entire Cas of delicious food she eats and when she grows tired the\n32:38\ ndove brings her another key she unlocks another tree to find a beautiful bed for\n32:43\nher to sleep in and another tree where she finds a whole W ardrobe full of\n32:49\nbeautiful clothing after many days of living in lu xury in the forest the dove asks her for something in return I'm\n32:56\ng oing to lead you to a small cottage said the dove you are to go inside whe re you'll find an old woman seated right\n33:03\nnext to the Hearth she'll say good day to you but you are not to answer her no matter what she does go past her to the\n33:10\nright where you'll come upon a door open it an d you'll find a room where there will be lots of different kinds of rings\ n33:17\nlying on a table you'll see magnificent ones with glistening stone s but you're\n33:22\nto leave them alone pick out a simple one that will b e lying among them and\n33:27\nbring it to me as fast as you can the girl hastens to obey enters the home and\n33:33\nignores the old woman even as she screams at the girl to stop and finally\n33:38\nshe makes her way into the room that the dove described while she was looking for the ring she n oticed the old woman\n33:45\nslinking by with a bird cage in her hand the woman was about to make off with it but the maiden went up to her and took \n33:51\nthe cage out of her hand when she lifted it up and looked inside she saw a bird\n33:57\nwith a Le ring in its beak she snatches the ring an d runs but returns to find\n34:02\nher Dove nowhere to be seen while she's waiting she leans against a tree but\n34:08\nsuddenly that tree begins to move its branches wrap around her and when the\n34:14\ngirl turns around she finds that the tree has become a handsome young man and\n34:19\nthe tw o Embrace he explains that he is actually a prince and that him and his\n3 4:26\nservants and his entire house have been turned into trees by the wic ked witch he\n34:31\nwas able to become a dove for a few hours every day b ut so long as the old woman had the ring he was trapped by\n34:39\nstealin g the ring the girl has freed him and they ride off into the sunset\n34:44 \ntogether that story is really interesting to me because although it is c ertainly unique it contains so many\n34:52\nvery familiar fairy tale eleme nts helpful birds can be seen in in many\n34:58\ndifferent fairy tales the image of a child lost in the dangerous Woods is pervasive that child brea king and\n35:05\nentering a witch's cabin is practically a staple and of c ourse the girls saving\n35:11\nthe prince and turning him human can be fou nd in many tales but to me it rang\n35:16\nmost similarly to the classic t ale of Beauty and the Beast now what's\n35:22\ninteresting is that Beauty and the Beast is not German it is a very specifically\n35:29\nFrench story with some Italian influences but it's definitely not\n35:34\nGerman which is really interesting that either it has influenced this story or\n35:39\ nthis story has probably influenced it either way there is some kind of cr osscultural bleed there now I'm not\n35:47\ntrying to say that the old wom an in the forest is like fanfiction of Beauty and the Beast or something b ut it is some\n35:54\nkind of proof that although they didn't necessarily know it or acknowledge it in their time the stories collected by the\n36:0 1\nbrothers Grim are not solely German in origin and I do think it's worth \n36:07\nexamining if that's important and because a lot of people think i t is why that is so important in their\n36:14\nexploration on the brothers Grim Alfred and Mary David explain all the labors of\n36:19\nthe Grims wh ether in philology or in folklore stem from a basic premise that\n36:24\nt hey share with most of the major figures of the Romantic Movement there is a spiritual force in nature that\n36:30\nfinds expression in literature n ature means not only external nature mountains\n36:37\nforests Lakes but h uman nature which responds to these things the ancient\n36:43\npoets the G rims and their fellow Romantics felt had lived closer to Nature and their Works were therefore\n36:50\nimbued with fundamental truths and values the se truths and values had been\n36:56\ngiven their noblest embod in the anc ient epic poetry much of it lost but they still survived in the\n37:03\nhu mbler form of the folk tale there was a belief that only intensified over time\n37:10\nthat coming from a more ancient like primitive more connected to Nature time\n37:16\nthese stories contain some kind of German quintess ence that by studying and\n37:22\npopularizing these stories they would fi nd some kind of over seing national\n37:28\nidentity to which they could c ling now that's not entirely inaccurate these\n37:33\nstories told by a pa rticular people and region are significant and of course they were in stud y but consigning\n37:41\nanything to belong specifically to any one nation ality can be a bit of a\n37:47\nslippery slope for example very classicall y German things like vogner's ring cycle and the stories of the\n37:55\nbr others Grim were adopted and upheld by\n38:00\nparticular movements of the 1930s and 40s that I can't name or else YouTube\n38:05\nwill block this v ideo suffice it to say trying to claim that anything is\n38:11\nquintessen tially German and defining what values make someone quintessentially Germa n or\n38:17\nquintessentially any nationality you risk alienating people t hat don't\n38:22\nspecifically fit into that mold it also means that stori es like the ring cycle\n38:28\nor like the stories of the brothers Grim ma y be written off by people who for\n38:33\nwhatever reason don't want to e ngage with things that are German specifically\n38:38\nin the case of the Allies in World War II they specifically avoided things that were consider ed very German and that\n38:46\nincluded the tales of the brothers Grim de spite the fact that the tales of the brothers Grim had nothing to do with the\n38:54\ncertain political movements that had taken over Germany and wh at's really crazy is that these stories aren't even\n39:01\ntechnically Ge rman in a lot of cases first off Germany didn't exist when a\n39:07\nlot o f them were being told and collected and stories don't really\n39:13\nresp ect arbitrary borders that's like expecting um rivers or Wildlife to\n39:1 9\nrespect the arbitrary lines that we draw on maps in fact a lot of the\n 39:24\nstorytellers that contributed things especially for the first volum e of fairy tales they were actually French people\n39:31\nwho just a coupl e of years before had migrated over to Germany so they weren't\n39:36\neve n technically German whatever that means because it's a human term that we \n39:42\nhave applied to stories but the stories themselves do not obey th ose labels you\n39:47\ncan find crossover and influence from stories from all across Europe in the\n39:53\ntales of the brothers grim and you could probably make Fair arguments that there are international stories sprinkle d in\n40:00\nthere some things are a bit Universal while the idea of a sau sage um sliding\n40:06\nhis body through the vegetables to season them may be admittedly um quintessentially German the concept of a\n40:13\nlittle girl lost in the forest is universal and can be found in the\n40:18\nstori es of almost all if not all cultures on his essay exploring the idea\n40:2 4\nof ownership and the Grim fairy tales Donald hos explores this idea ver y thoroughly that essay is linked in the\n40:31\ndescription along with a lot of other very interesting discussions uh revolving around the brothers Grim but\n40:38\nhe dispels the idea of a story being able to be owned by a single nationality because first off that's a dangerous and\n40:45\nlim iting way to look at stories and second off stories rarely actually\n40:50 \nrespect International borders but even then the alternative to that some times\n40:56\npeople swing a little bit too far in the direction of univer sality okay so if stories don't\n41:02\nbelong to a single nationality if they don't belong to America or to England or to Germany who do they belon g to you\n41:10\ncould say they belong to all of us that the folk in folk tale is all of humanity\n41:16\nand that stories like fairy tales contain some kind of universal human value but the problem\n41:24\nwith that is wh at are those Universal human values I think that\n41:29\ninternationally w e can all kind of agree that children with knives isn't a good call but be yond that you get into\n41:37\ngeneralizing and stereotyping that just doe sn't really Encompass the full\n41:43\nbreadth and variety and diversity o f The Human Experience so we're left in a\n41:48\nplace where the national istic definition doesn't satisfy nor does the concept of\n41:54\nuniversal ownership in both cases fairy tales are supposed to depict or\n42:00\npre scribe for us what is true as well as what forms of behavior are typical\n 42:05\nnormal and acceptable whether we view them as yours and mine or as ours fairy\n42:11\ntales read from these perspectives confine and limit us narrowing our views\n42:16\nof reality while allegedly giving us greater insight into the other into ourselves or into Humanity from these\n42:24\n perspectives fairy tales own us we don't own them I do find it kind of\n42 :31\nunfortunate that this is a conversation that has to happen at all but the idea that a story can be owned by one\n42:38\nspecific person has bec ome so prevalent over the last few centuries the idea of\n42:45\ncopyright has had a huge impact on The Art of Storytelling in that we feel the\n42: 50\ncompulsive need to assign ownership and to consider the ownership of e verything\n42:57\nit can't just be a collection of fairy stories it is the brothers Grim collection of fairy stories it is\n43:04\nDisney's Cinderel la it is this actor's show it is this author's book it is this\n43:10\npro ducer's movie ownership is important obviously it matters who originally t old\n43:16\na story and what their intent was but that can't be where our consideration of\n43:21\na story ends because the moment that a story leav es one person's mouth and enters another person's mind it is\n43:29\nchang ed it is the egg being cracked open even if all of the pieces are still\n4 3:34\nthere it will never quite be the same it is totally fair to attribut e that\n43:40\nspecific collection of fairy tales to the brothers grim and even to the larger country of Germany but that cannot be\n43:48\nwhere a consideration of these stories ends Donald hos explains so who owns\n43:54 \nfairy tales to be blunt I do and you do we can each claim fairy tales\n4 4:00\nfor ourselves not as members of a national or ethnic folk group as F rench\n44:05\nGerman or American not as nameless faces in a sea of humanit y and not in the\n44:11\nDisney model as legal copyright holders we claim fairy tales in every individual\n44:18\nAct of telling and reading it is b y this process of continual transformation that\n44:25\nstories stay alive without Shrek I bet a whole generation would never have heard of The Muff in Man\n44:33\nWithout Disney's Snow White The Tale of Snow White may be j ust as obscure as the\n44:38\nmouse the bird and the sausage and without t he brother's Grim collecting\n44:44\npreserving and retelling these storie s we wouldn't have this entire plethora of\n44:50\nbeautiful educational a nd imaginative fairy tales that we have today I\n44:57\nhonestly think I m ight uh perish if I try and get through a video without talking about tolk en a little bit so I\n45:03\nwanted to bring up one of his storytelling co ncept and that is the idea of The Cauldron of story speaking\n45:11\nof th e histories of stories and especially of fairy Stories We may say that the pot of soup The Cauldron of\n45:18\nstory has always been boiling and to it have continually been added new bits\n45:25\ndainty and UND dainty a st ory is not an individual incident it is an ongoing\n45:32\nprocess once it has been put out into the world a story drops down into The\n45:38\nCauld ron where it simmers away breaking into its component parts exchanging\n45 :44\nflavors with the tails that lay around it until a new teller wants to spin\n45:49\ntheir tail and they dip into the pot take out these older el ements reform\n45:55\nreshape them repurpose them and put them back into t he pot once the new story is\n46:01\ntold the same as it ever was but irre vocably Changed by time and by the\n46:08\ncomplexities of the human mind tolken mentions many stories that have found\n46:13\ntheir way into the ca uldron the tale of King Arthur of fafnir and of sigur and\n46:20\nof cours e the classic fairy tale I wish to point to something else that these Trad itions contain a a singularly\n46:27\nsuggestive example of the relation o f the fairy tale element to gods and Kings\n46:34\nand nameless men illust rating I believe the view that this element does not rise\n46:40\nor fall but is there in The Cauldron of story waiting for the great figures of\n46 :46\nmyth and history and for the yet nameless he or she waiting for the\n 46:51\nmoment when they are cast into the simmering Stew one by one or all together without consideration of rank\n46:59\nor precedence the importan t part of tolk's cauldron of story is not necessarily what's put in or who put it\n47:06\nin or what their reasoning was what's important is what we take out of it and\n47:12\nthat means that it's really impressive when we find something like the tales of the brothers Grim something that has bee n in this cauldron for so long but\n47:20\nsomething that continues to pro ve itself to be flexible Timeless and significant\n47:25\nbecause it is Ta les like that that will continue to flavor the stew of our\n47:31\nimagina tions for generations to come you guys know that I absolutely love\n47:37\ nresearching highly specific and kind of random topics and putting togethe r this\n47:42\nvideo was an absolute blast I pretty much didn't know anyth ing about the actual Brothers Grim going into this and\n47:50\nthey had in credibly interesting lives and there's a lot of stuff that I wasn't able t o get into in this video so if if\n47:56\nyou want to learn a little bit m ore and do a bit of research yourself I highly recommend checking out anyt hing by Jack\n48:02\nzipes he's written a lot of stuff that was hugely hel pful for putting this video together and his translation of\n48:09\nthe gr im tales is topnotch so go ahead and check that out I will link a couple\n 48:15\nof things in the description and then of course my sources are also in the description in the comments let me know\n48:21\nwhat your favorite Brothers Grim fairy tale is especially if it's one of the more obscure on es on but I mean who\n48:28\ndoesn't love the classics I think my favorite other than the mouse the sausage and the bird is probably Little\n48:35\n Red Riding Hood because I've always been a big fan of cloaks and also beca use we had that really creepy 3D animated movie\n48:43\nHoodwinked on DVD as a kid and that kind of imprinted on my mind like I'm a baby\n48:50\nduc k and I still think about that movie a lot today I am planning on hopping on\n48:56\nthe patreon this weekend to do a little cozy read through of so me more of the\n49:02\nbrothers Grim fairy tales we'll pick a couple I mig ht do it with the rats so\n49:07\nthat I have somebody to read too other t han the Silence of my own mind but if you're interested in that my patreon is\n49:14\nlinked right below thank you so much for joining me this week I really love making videos about Tolen but I really\n49:20\nlike making v ideos about other stuff too and it means the world that you guys are here supporting me even when when I'm\n49:27\ndoing slightly more out there top ics and I hope that you have a very happy hoby\n49:33\nday [Music]\n49:42\ n[Music]\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n\n\n What are your thoughts on Giovanni Francesco Straparola or Giovanni Boccaccio ? I think those two p redecessors inspired the grimms initial style of a full range of tales\, t o the merger of christianity with folk tales from the countryside of europ e.\n\n\n\n That gentleman mouse on the wall will never switch places with the bird + sausage.\n\n\n\n Thanks for sharing the stories. Great point\, on culture attributation. Funny that most whites in the usa are german ame ricans. Good point on how human cultures influence each other with their f olklores. you may enjoy : the roach family and the mouse\; the mouse and t he potato chips\; the park mouse and the apartment mouse https://www.kobo. com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories\n\n\n\n Yes\, copyright has taken over creativity with stories. I wonder is this the problem with all arts. When whites have issue with the presence of black ballerinas? When blacks have issues with the presence of white rappers?\n\n\n\n I concur to Tolkie n in that the stew builds over time. Any writer who interprets work over o ne hundred years old knows this to be true.\n\n\n\n hmm my favorite grimm is the bremen town players:) It makes me giggle thinking about it\, and i like the version when they scare the robbers and lie in that house on the road\, not reaching bremen. it is an excellent story about what inspires m igration\, a destination thought well like bremen\, but what inspires immi gration is finding a home along the way\, like a house on the road\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250226 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Candace Sulcus of the Sanawoc series 02/11.297 DTSTAMP:20250211T075943Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:192-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Candace Sulcus of the Sanawoc series\n\n\n\n play the gam e \, press start\, and tell me what you think\, the goal is to outlas the ogres. The only playable level is one which is helpful to the use. At more powerful levels\, I had issues winning so I knew it was too hard.\n\n htt ps://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/481-candace-sulcus-of-the-sanawoc-series/\n\ n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Fatoumata Diawara\n\n https://www.facebook.com/ reel/2254632758268925\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n A Little Fun\n\n\ n\n \n \n \n  \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n View this pos t on Instagram\n \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n A post shared by ЖАННА О БЕЛЬЕ • КРАСНОЯРСК (@zhanna.my.biusty_krsk)\n \n \n\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250211 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flash Fictions  for february 2025 02/09/2025 DTSTAMP:20250210T005617Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:191-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Flash Fictions  for february 2025 02/09/2025\n\n i call them variants cause the longer versions exist for three of them\, for one i only had one version\, i just named it a variant anyway\n\n TEA AT THE E ND OF AN EXISTENCE? variants\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/ 1157675232\n\n PROMISES OF SHADOWS PLUS ECHOES variants\n\n https://www.de viantart.com/hddeviant/art/1157676369\n\n A MEMORY IN OLIGARCHY variants\n \n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1157676837\n\n A FLASH FROM TH E OTHER IMMIGRANT variants\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/11 57678361\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n A miniature clay modeling instrument\n\n\n\n \n \n \n  \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n View this post on Instagram\n \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n \n \ n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n\n \n A post shared by Achadinhos do F uracão 🌪️ (@achadinhosdofuracao)\n \n \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250209 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 96 DTSTAMP:20250201T193015Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:177-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 96\n\n\n\n my wooden boat gains a ho le\n\n which sucks the air from my lungs\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/ba lem-abrasax/art/My-Strawberry-912791388\n\n\n\n subconsciousness\, leaving behind a marred\n\n fickle exploitation as prevailing gales\n\n I battled for every inch gained beyond\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/pennedinwhite /art/Deliverance-774749158\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n \n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/se ries/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligra phy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 95 DTSTAMP:20250201T192028Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:176-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 95\n\n\n\n So let us greet this ange l with hearts wide open wide\,\n\n And in her gentle presence\, our spirit s gently rise.\n\n A guardian of innocence\, as the sun begins to play.\n\ n A chubby cherub\, bringing peace and wonder to the sight.\n\n She pedals through the rosy light\, a smile upon her face.\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/danielsleepwalker/art/Grace-in-Motion-1026149277\n\n\n\n I am exquis ite\n\n Ashamed I couldn't keep up with the hardy bouncing dandelions\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/squibblyquill/art/Orchid-1010761554\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/r ichard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n \n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcallig raphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250315 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 93 DTSTAMP:20250201T191355Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:174-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 93\n\n\n\n only conflict will cause duress\n\n sometimes a task requires more than one\n\n and it's not weak t o let them show\n\n it often does not take too much\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Assistance-1024449489\n\n\n \n kissed with cruel lips of the rotten gods\n\n they gather deaths like b uttons\n\n and each hollow trunk\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/lorian-ain dal/art/Eeth-Nylth-1025375241\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\ n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collect ion\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en /series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalli graphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250301 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 92 DTSTAMP:20250201T191132Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:173-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 92\n\n\n\n my jingle for PratCat bas ed on BottomCat\, i don't have an image yet\n\n Prat Cat!\n\n The most emo tional!\n\n Prat Cat!\n\n Who's independable!\n\n Strangers\, wish he\, wa s their \"P.C.\"\n\n Seeing how he treats family!\n\n Prat Cat!\n\n The un deniable\, support of the gang\n\n He's the friend\, he's a PIF\, he's a t rue constant gift\n\n He's the least rut rat\n\n Prat Cat!\n\n Yes\, he's the hope\, he's a prince\n\n While sustain everything\n\n He's the least r ut rat\n\n Prat Cat!\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/qtmarx/art/They-All-Ha ve-Hills-to-Fly-Them-On-1023507622\n\n\n\n Save no planet\n\n Take it or l eaf it\n\n is bad for your health\, everybody knows\n\n paralyzing people for no known reason\n\n like there is some universal relations for sale\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/redsterfish/art/Bad-Adrenaline-1023665909\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook se ries \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-au dios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the follow ing pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Mic rocalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250222 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 91 DTSTAMP:20250201T190829Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:172-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 91\n\n\n\n I see it in my shadow\n\n glowing with darkness\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/lorian-aindal/art/Th e-Wilted-Veins-of-Hope-1023331590\n\n\n\n As if it were a lost destiny\n\n the echo of its waves reverberates in my bowels\,\n\n A place of dazzling beauty\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/lucy902/art/I-m-not-afraid-of-the-o cean-1021351360\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https:// www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richar d-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signatu re go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250215 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 90 DTSTAMP:20250201T190158Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:171-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 90\n\n\n\n metaphorical willpower su rpassing the greatest of feats\n\n often no birthing or adoption necessary \n\n because we hold their stories and lessons close\n\n a promise of comr adery come what may\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positiv e-Feature-Poem-Hearts-1022072258\n\n\n\n Surrounded by pristine oceans\n\n He regained his solidity\n\n Warmed by a yellow sun\n\n Illuminated by ne wborn stars\n\n And a love beyond words\n\n Time had ceased to exist\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/ariya-sacca/art/A-Dragon-s-Journey-1012282326\n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en /series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook s eries \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-a udios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the follo wing pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Mi crocalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250208 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 89 DTSTAMP:20250201T185827Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:170-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 89\n\n\n\n ice melts and villains di e\n\n are guaranteed\n\n but as I carved my car from snow\n\n the sky is b rown\n\n is a heavy quilt\n\n like leaves that wilt\n\n so to now forget\n \n that spring was a thing\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/y9ssra/art/Marty rs-Make-Flowers-1016048078\n\n\n\n enter the void\n\n all the money spent and light victimized\n\n with or without you\, the world will always turn\ n\n Nobody really wants this\, they always admit\n\n All the lost ideas\, or did you throw it in the trash can\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/redste rfish/art/Sick-of-Me-1021624723\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \ n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-colle ction\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/ en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcal ligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250201 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Synthographers Conversations 2024 - 01/29/2024 DTSTAMP:20250129T232456Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:168-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Synthographers Conversations 2024 - 01/29/2024\n\n\n\n fo r my tip jar followers\, a set of over 30 ai art instances fully explained \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Synthography-Conversations-2 024-1152950129\n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Shanghai Joe from accented cin ema\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n I have never seen this:) or heard of this. Love ho w you found an instance of toad style. you are having great fun\, that guy tricky does look like tom cruise. YOu missed a berry gordy last dragon re ference option.  Shanghai Joe could be the teacher or the teacher of Sho nuff\, maybe the five fingers of death guy was shonuff's teacher\,the shog un of Harlem. 4:44 i say brilliant\, rare to see a character not white eur opean be a criminal while so openly self hating\, they usually have a fina ncial or some other cover story. 7:22 Italian cinema masters doing well wi th little money\, thanks for the history of Cinecitta. Question\, why the need for the internet\, in the 1970s\, libraries/books + phones meant they could had called\, could had contacted someone in the usa. I argue it was n't technology but money. Yes\, just scrolling the internet today is cheap er than making a phone call and setting up a meeting but I don't think it is that large a gap. Yeah\, distrusting the stranger is gaining ground in media in the usa/western europe. Is trusting the stranger growing in chine se or indian cinema? \n\n VIDEO\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_3kk 5BVPqE\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250129 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 88 DTSTAMP:20250125T190402Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:160-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 88\n\n\n\n May it be months or years \,\n\n I once feared you\, but I no longer wish to.\n\n Life has brought m e undeniable anguish\,\n\n It is all I have that is of value\,\n\n Take it all\, I insist.\n\n Nimue was a wielder of the sword\, after all.\n\n htt ps://www.deviantart.com/themysteriouspoet/art/Baby-Nimue-1009233727\n\n\n\ n a snow owl pokes my ribs\n\n it disappears in the flurry of snow\n\n bea ting with the heart at unison\; a wasteland catharsis\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/lorian-aindal/art/Mute-and-Deaf-1020987189\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epu b series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short- story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.k obo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-148 7995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250125 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Review: Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out o f Slavery - January 22\, 2025 DTSTAMP:20250122T144756Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:155-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Book Review by Richard Murray\n\n for \n\n Freedom at Da wn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery\n\n by Leah Schanke\, SPHR Ill ustrated by Oboh Moses\n\n https://aalbc.com/book_review/9780807524282\n\n \n\n on AALBC.com \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n https://www.tu mblr.com/everythingfox/688794883560013824/catching-some-rays-via\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250122 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 79 DTSTAMP:20250118T230418Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:146-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 79\n\n\n\n the music finally left\n\ n\n\n having been broken\,\n\n\n\n in a room full of ashes\,\n\n\n\n spinn ing in my own blood\,\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/mineralaccident/art/I -found-myself-after-986243842\n\n\n\n in a cup of hot coco\n\n\n\n paintin g the world\n\n\n\n and people's hearts\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/roe savlon/art/Beauty-of-Snow-1006075604\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n PRIOR Cento series elements are in the over-blog\n\n\n\n https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/ \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us /en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audioboo k series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-ja r-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the fo llowing pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission /Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241123 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 87 DTSTAMP:20250119T052001Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:154-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 87\n\n\n\n Unfortunately they mostly go\n\n You need not worry\, you need not fret\n\n But perhaps you'll reco ver\, try as you may\n\n Unfortunately they mostly go\n\n https://www.devi antart.com/marciceman/art/People-Come-And-People-Go-1014772295\n\n\n\n let 's make progress every day\n\n to bring equality to light\n\n with a stren gth that most can't maintain\n\n that would have others throwing a fit\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Black-Be auty-1019725270\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https:// www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richar d-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signatu re go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250118 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 86 DTSTAMP:20250119T051755Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:153-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 86\n\n\n\n the palette knife is firm when hitting\; its mark\n\n\n\n on the horizons of the thick\, curling wa ves\n\n\n\n in one bountiful moment\n\n\n\n one confident\, controlled mov ement\n\n\n\n unite the composition\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/pst o1464/art/One-Night-Impasto-1014982665\n\n\n\n Praying for the day...\n\n\ n\n When we can all go our own way...\n\n\n\n We all waited for this day.. .\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/theendofpretend/art/Final-Goodbyes-10 19177670\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kob o.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murra y-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go t o the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/co mmission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 85 DTSTAMP:20250119T042309Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:152-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 85\n\n\n\n She can snap a human back to reality with the best of her brethren:\n\n\n\n Aphrodite’s always go t things to do.\n\n\n\n She’d rather a surrender to the inevitable.\n\n\ n\n the thrill of lakes unknown.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/everys tupidstar/art/Love-But-Actually-An-Alligator-981888862\n\n\n\n Maelstroms cry\n\n\n\n Towards the mountains\n\n\n\n Even the begrudged adonis\n\n\n\ n That try upon your peace\n\n\n\n It's because you're lightning\n\n\n\n B irds gather at your porch\n\n\n\n They say god missed the paradise\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hoaxdreams/art/Anlangen-990331007\n\n\n\n  \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/ri chard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\ n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\ n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay p age \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligr aphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250104 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 84 DTSTAMP:20250119T041619Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:151-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 84\n\n\n\n Leaving the print of a re ality you remember living.\n\n\n\n I plead for the sanctity of home\,\n\n\ n\n Gently observing the moment.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/againj o/art/Make-Me-a-Dream-1005078133\n\n\n\n so go on and play with your new f riend\n\n\n\n buttons\, arms\, top hat\, carrot nose\n\n\n\n when the firs t snow falls\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-F eature-Poem-Snowman-1017292677\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n \n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collec tion\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/e n/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcall igraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.devia ntart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 83 DTSTAMP:20250119T041430Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:150-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 83\n\n\n\n until they cannot be read \,\n\n\n\n where no thoughts are exchanged\,\n\n\n\n because everybody is babbling\,\n\n\n\n of what next to say\,\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/witherway/art/Scrabble-1007828639\n\n\n\n Zerstuckelt mit Hass\n\n\n\n W ar das Herz einst rein\n\n\n\n ein kampf mit sich selber\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n \n Dismembered with hate\n\n\n\n The heart was once pure\n\n\n\n a fight w ith yourself\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/writingbubble/art/Another- German-poem-1007351325\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n h ttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series /richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241221 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 82 DTSTAMP:20250119T041306Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:149-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 82\n\n\n\n to think we have knowledg e of several millennia ago\n\n\n\n tales of old deities and warriors seeki ng glory\n\n\n\n with artifacts and architecture made to last\n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Ancient-10149 62485\n\n\n\n pieces of Monet glisten on the table and I am lost\n\n\n\n k nowing I ran for the future like a toddler\n\n\n\n whining with low fever\ , cheeks\n\n\n\n in some unnamable place\,\n\n\n\n \"I worry about the fut ure.\"\n\n\n\n Do you remember\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/beyondth esilenttrees/art/The-Future-revised-1008017034\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-sh ort-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://w ww.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n h ttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures -1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241214 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 81 DTSTAMP:20250118T231121Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:148-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 81\n\n\n\n Just enjoy this day\n\n\n \n for everyone to see\n\n\n\n I can dance i can sing\n\n\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/illustrationsandme/art/Amazing-1012743592\n\n\n\n I just wi sh I could\n\n\n\n feel like\n\n\n\n it feels weird\n\n\n\n into the thing s I regard\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/soulesspoet365/art/I-Feel-Li ke-I-ve-Been-Reset-1008319744\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\ n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collect ion\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Audiobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en /series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalli graphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.devian tart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241207 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CENTO Series episode 80 DTSTAMP:20250118T230951Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:147-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n CENTO Series episode 80\n\n\n\n So the Cricket quaffed hi s sherry\; then with a loud chirp most merry\,\n\n\n\n I am searching on t his evening\, on an errand most demeaning---\n\n\n\n By the grim and stern decorum of the countenance it wore\;\n\n\n\n Off he hopped from th' umbre lla stand\, and straight out my chamber door\;\n\n\n\n Out there jumped a big black Cricket\, in length three inches or more!\n\n\n\n Back into my c hamber turning\, my stomach within me churning\,\n\n\n\n Soon I heard that ghastly chirping\, even louder than before.\n\n\n\n To my liquor cabinet tripping\, scarcely had I started sipping\,\n\n\n\n Again I heard a squeak come ripping through the air outside my door:\n\n\n\n \"'Tis some credito r\,\" I muttered\, \"burping at my chamber door---\n\n\n\n Only this\, and nothing more.\"\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/The-C ricket-169114538\n\n\n\n less than two decades until the end\n\n\n\n to le t our imagination roam\n\n\n\n when the world feels infinite\n\n\n\n https ://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Childhood-1012 828356\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Epub series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo. com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Au diobook series \n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray- tip-jar-audios\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To get a microcalligraphy signature go to the following pay page \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/comm ission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241130 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2024 work list- January 4th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250118T155534Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:133-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n 2024 work list- January 4th 2025\n\n https://rmnewsletter .over-blog.com/2024/11/12/01/2024-rmnewsletter.html\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n etching tutorial + examples\n\n video\n\n https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=2ePnvM_PbUg\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n site\n\n https:/ /etchall.com/getting-started/\n\n\n\n more videos\n\n https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=XglJ6ZtNInI\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250104 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Secret Santa 2024 for barrythebear2003 gift - Jan 11th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250116T213405Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:132-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Secret Santa 2024 for barrythebear2003 gift - Jan 11th 20 25\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Secret-Santa-2024-for-barr ythebear2003-gift-1145228286\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\ n\n Nu perspective series\n\n\n\n this year he will draw each day in janua ry an obscure black character from comic book land\n\n\n\n https://www.pyr oglyphicsstudio.com/nu-perspective\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Critmas 2024 - Jan 8th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250116T213052Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:131-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Critmas 2024 - Jan 8th 2025\n\n https://www.deviantart.co m/hddeviant/art/Critmas-2024-1144042031\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\ n\n\n Tumblr Black Author List\n\n\n\n an ever growing list\n\n\n\n https: //www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/772088989507321 856/black-authors-list\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250108 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Art Vs Artist 2024 - Jan 5th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250116T212515Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:129-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Art Vs Artist 2024 - Jan 5th 2025\n\n https://www.deviant art.com/hddeviant/art/Art-Vs-Artist-2024-1142647712\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IN AMENDMENT\n\n\n\n Pillow Fight Championship\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250105 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