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02/04/2024 RMNewsletter

February 4 2024 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #poetry, #poem, #cento, #poetryormore, #kobo, #kwl, #audiobook, #ebook, #yerewfo, #bard, #zahera, #calligraphy, #commission, #dates, #astrology, #astronomy, #charles, #blow, #taraji, #henson, #tears, #thespian, #pay, #ice, #concert, #national, #geographic, #steve, #parker, #horns, #brain, #jiausiku, #huseofplaywrights, #wierdfashion, #deviantart, #dreamup, #weirdfashion, #darksoul, #photomanipulation

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 5th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirty-seventh of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

2) Jiausiku

3) weird fashion

4) DArk Soul photomanipulation

5)Dark Academia 

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Black South Need A Black Party Of Governance

Taraji P Henson tears

The ice concert

The horns in your brain

CENTO Series episode 37

Revealing that I’m the angel in the grave within

I quickly ran outside

Why? What’s wrong with me?

I feel a sharp pain within my soul

Being pushed hard back within

Years would pass as I keep trying

The door finally opens, now I’m allowed to leave
https://www.deviantart.com/ilia-mae/art/Angels-Grave-in-the-Garden-765982824

burnt offering

what i can’t do

acerbic tongue

what i am

downy plush and wooly warmth

what I am not. 
https://www.deviantart.com/tiger--eyes/art/in-three-two-one-956330905

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

Jiausiku

The Hotel

The image

The Play

Dawanga

The image

the play

The former employee

the image

shadowworld

Journey to a first time

the image

the play

weird fashion

Deviantart asked users to make a prompt of wierd fashion and deliver it to  its Dreamup art simulator but I had in my mind a better idea. Make a prompt and before you give it to a machine make your own work and then compare + contrast.

coloring page

colored page

textured

comparison

Dark Soul manipulation

element collage

photomanipulation

Dark Academia 

This is the first part. I was inspired by a selection possibility in the Dark Soul invitational above. Now I will write a story expounding on the tale.

Elemental collage

Photomanipulation

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Black South Need A Black Party Of Governance

and other issues

the black south needs a black party of governance+if palestineans learn from the native american they will+black ownership has greater value than black merit+magical negroes vs magical negroes for a white woman+where are the hbcu+mandela said it rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
the black south needs a black party of governance+if palestineans learn from the native american they will+black ownership has greater value than black merit+magical negroes vs magical negroes for a white woman+where are the hbcu+mandela said it

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The Ice Concert

The Horns In Your Brain

developed by Steve Parker, the horns are connected to an electronic machine that reads brainwaves.

the video is from magic spoon productions

video

 

official page

 

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2023 Art Summary

January 2 2024 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #plushie, #pokemon, #coloring, #pages, #random, #word, #story, #stageplay, #ircl, #audiobook, #epistle, #messages, #end, #rainbow, #fun, #lego, #ninjago, #spacescraper, #legend of garmadon, #shani and the shadow, #commission, #thebootesartsvoid, #imaginary friend, #isd cup, #faefarm, #juneteenth, #ancestral tree, #witches, #pendant, #summer secret santa, #violet pantheress, #incomplete labors of judasa, #orc, #tofusenshi, #photomanipulation, #xena, #love that pass ships in the night, #around the moon in 80 risings, #tumblrwritingworkshopwithbetts, #sailor medusa, #princess candace, #kingdom of mirrors, #lindy flops, #bayonetta, #sudowoodo, #dedenne, #rainforest, #supertiti09, #The Swim Across The Colby Elv, #drawtober, #sikarengo, #ms wisp, #namwizi, #cursed costume, #scary set, #infigito, #chocoti, #pa bones hustlers, #sgflight, #harvest eternal, #britney spears, #adoptables, #maya, #typeface, #tutorial, #photography, #what's god got to do with it, #winter wonderland

January

February

Joys Of One North Or Somewhere , wabi sabi , poetry free to listen to

March

April

audiobook excerpt, shani and the shadow ,poetry

May

June

Ancestral Tree, juneteenth , audio , excerpt ,poetry

Richard Murray's corner , blood of jesus, movie review

July

incomplete labors of judasa from a griot, excerpt,poetry, poem ,poetry

August

September

October

November

December

Prior Year

Other work or commission

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12/31/2023 RMNewsletter

December 31 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #cento, #poetry, #poem, #rmtja, #poetryormore, #kobo, #kwl, #audiobook, #ebook, #mitzli, #dream, #mesoamerica, #calligraphy, #commission, #dates, #astrology, #astronomy, #patrice, #rushen, #trio, #hawrightnow, #blackomnibus, #jamesearljones, #james, #earl, #jones, #omnibus, #black, #noircity, #noir, #filmnoirfoundation, #inalonelyplace, #eddie, #mueller, #anne, #hockens, #askeddie, #newyork, #newyears, #liza, #minelli, #honestbunch, #vibrators, #thepreacherswife, #moviesthatmovewe

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 53rd or last edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirty-second of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Patrice Rushen Trio

In A Lonely Place

Honest Bunch Vibration

The Preacher's Wife from Movies That Move We

CENTO Series episode 32

trying to look at things clearly

or lost in their own maze

In the news, it was told

You run an assembly line for roboties

https://www.deviantart.com/redsterfish/art/Money-aristocracy-and-physicians-973908519

Here is a poem , a stanza, from me, based on the scheme of another, do you know which? Not a cento but a shaping inspired by the art linked immediately after.


Leopard, Leopard, stalking stare,

From the mountains snowy glare,

What eternal tongue or mind,

Could design thy fractalic rind? 

https://www.deviantart.com/beckykidus/art/Snow-Leopard-Mountain-Majesty-979814407

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

DATES

31 Sixth day of kwanzaa, kuumba, creativity

January 2024

1 seventh day of kwanzaa, imani, faith

Hopping John Recipe

Ingredients
2 cups cooked rice
2 cups cooked black-eyed peas or 1 can (16 ounces) black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
1/2 pound ham, diced
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Pour dressing (recipe below) over salad, mix well, and refrigerate for at least one hour. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Dressing
Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a bowl or a container with a lid, and whisk or shake to blend.

2: January Perihelion - 7:38pm Eastern standard time or UTC -5 the earth is the closest it will be to the sun, at  91,404,095 miles, and on its elliptical orbit about the sun, continuously increases the distance between the earth's center to the Sun's center, till the July  aphelion

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Patrice Rushen Trio

playing Haw Right Now from their album Prelusion on the Black Omnibus show hosted by James Earl Jones

Prelusion, full album

In A Lonely Place

thoughts to the film with Eddie Mueller side Anne Hockens

Another Ask Eddie discussion, involving a discussion of birth of a nation or song of the south

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Honest Bunch Vibration

Can a man be the John Henry to a vibrator?

Find out what some say

Honest Bunch vibrator rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Honest Bunch vibrator

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10680-agree-or-disagree/

The Preacher's Wife from Movies That Move We

check it out

HAPPY BESOONED NEW YEAR!!!!!

!!!

 

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11/12/2023 RMNewsletter

November 12 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #cento, #poem, #poetry, #poetryormore, #rmtja, #audiobook, #ebook, #ancestral, #tree, #calligraphy, #commission, #female, #snake, #cloaca, #theunlimitedfortress, #megan, #folwell, #legend1985, #legend, #film, #soundtracks, #jerry, #goldsmith, #tangerine, #dream, #vi, #redd, #jazz, #instrumentalist, #musician, #angelqiue, #noire, #guillaume, #bo, #fashion, #dandy, #pitti, #ouomo, #leeandlow, #2024, #jchoy, #jenny, #choy, #kobo, #kwl, #indie, #book, #cover, #contest, #moviesthatmovewe, #women, #brewster, #place, #nasa

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 46th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-fifth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem. 

2) Lee and Low 2024 titles 

3)Kobo indie book cover contest

4) The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We

5) Calling N.A.S.A.

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know about female snakes?

The legend soundtracks

The Music of Vi Redd

Angelique Noire and the modern dress code

CENTO Series episode 25

A Surprise Lyric Cento. I will cite the original at the end, but let's see if you can figure it out first.

Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids!
Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids! 

From Richard’s lab come forth each week 
The ripe white monsters of which we speak
Except when he has, a security leak!
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids!

Oh, isn’t it a pity? - Fungoids eating the netty!
Can no one stop these mutant fruits? Where will we find our brave recruits?
Can Chaos get rid, of that dumb parachute?
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids! Yes!

thanks to menaomar of youtube for the original cartoon's lyrics

Cartoon song - I don't know who manipulated the film theme for the cartoon, if you find out, do tell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixpFgIxpffU

original film song - words and music by John De Bello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1mWDyVL7Vs

photo inspiration
https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/Emissaries-of-Ye-Third-Kingdom-974299166

Left to my fate, left to drift on the silver spangled sea 

Till the end of time, 

Beats the heart she stole
https://www.deviantart.com/royalartist91/art/Universal-love-968762349

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

Lee and Low 2024 titles 

they suggested the following

MILES OF STYLE: EUNICE W. JOHNSON & THE EBONY FASHION SHOW
by Lisa D. Brathwaite & illustrated by Lynn Gaines
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/miles-of-style

SAFE PASSAGE
by G. Neri & illustrated by David Brame
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/safe-passage

I wrote a review for Miles of Style, I am getting it published soon. It will be too late for this newsletter.

The seasonal showcase

Kobo indie book cover contest

If you published a book this year on Kobo, submit the cover, you only get one per author so do it for your cover illustrator. It must be an indie book. 

Kobo writing life indie book contest rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Kobo writing life indie book contest

more information
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I submitted the following book's cover as my entry , if you didn't see it already

The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We

 

Calling N.A.S.A.

I asked , don't know if they will reply [I will post in a later newsletter edition if they do]

Most governments in humanity are poor, they don't have the wealth or resources of the USA. Engineering is a process of gradual improvement. For example: people who built unmotorized bicycles went into automotive or aircraft manufacturing. My question: before a mission control for space exploration can be built is the prior construction an air traffic control ?
ask
https://nasa.tumblr.com/ask
First WOman comic [text/audio/video free to view]
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DATES

November

  • 13: New Moon- moon gets the least visible light from the sun; Mars+Moon conjunction; Uranus at opposition to the sun [look reverse of the sunrise]
  • 14: Mercury+Moon conjunction
  • 15: William Herschel born 1738 
Original manuscript of Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762) rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Original manuscript of Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)

Original manuscript of his Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)

Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus

Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus

He was one of the earliest to note infrared radiation in europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel

  • 16: Moon closest to the south pole, runs low; skylab 4 launched 1973, the usa's only space station
  • 18:  Mars +Sun conjunction ; Pluto +Moon conjunction

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know about female snakes?

I admit I knew about female snakes while totally ignorant about female snake vaginas. But I must go to the beginning. I saw the following image.

And I realized something. How can a snake-woman mate? In many images, snake woman seem to have a vagina like a human woman but that doesn't fit the snake anatomy well. Now I know that many species have an organ some call a cloaca [I learned for bird research a while back] which is designed to be a place for peeing/defecating/birthing. And I was right in my guess that snakes have cloacas. So I searched for one for females and I learned this is not commonly known. Knowing this if I ever do a hybrid snake-human woman in the future I will consider that reality in her posture. A study done in 2022 says the following in italic, with the entirety at the URL linked after the italic text. Remember to click read more. 

Despite more than two centuries' worth of data on hemipenes, however, nobody had described an equivalent structure in female snakes. The lack of evidence caused some scientists to speculate that snake hemiclitorises might not exist at all — or that, if they did, they had been reduced to a stunted evolutionary remnant.

A lack of research around female anatomy is a troubling scientific trend. Even in humans, surprisingly little is known about the clitoris. The full structure of the organ, which includes not only the little nub at the top of the labia but also two large internal bulbs full of nerve endings, wasn't discovered until the mid-1840s. Even then, it remained relatively obscure to the medical establishment until Australian urologist Helen O'Connell's work in 2005, which showed that typical textbook depictions of the clitoris were riddled with inaccuracies. In fact, just last month, scientists counted all 10,000 nerve fibers in the human clitoris for the first time.

Data about female reproductive anatomy and behavior in nonhuman animals are even more scarce. A November analysis published in the journal Nature found that between 1970 and 2021, more than seven times as many papers were published about sperm competition in animals compared with female mate selection. A 2014 perspectives article published in the journal PLOS Biology found that about 50% of all studies of animal genitalia published between 1989 and 2013 focused exclusively on males, while 10% focused only on females. 

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I know i am a member , but, damn patriarchy:) 

The legend soundtracks

if you don't know the film, see the following, yes full of spoilers. but, skip to the next topic if you don't want to. And, the reviewers are biased.

Okay, I will place, Goldsmith's first and then Tangerine's second as i can only do linear positioning her for embeds.

Side note before you go, aren't the covers both great. 

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The Music of Vi Redd

DO you know of another Jazz musician who is not a singer while female?

Vi Redd Music , her first album and more rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Vi Redd Music , her first album and more

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an interview

Angelique Noire and the modern dress code

view her fashion tips and see an interview where she discusses fashion

Angelqiue Noire - fashion guide + interview, image cited rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Angelqiue Noire - fashion guide + interview, image cited

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Here are some examples of Angelique Noire in fashion

Some words from a spokesperson to a majority of women , who are rarely advertised

The peoples who have been destroyed or severely diminished by other peoples is a long list

Palestine we know how you feel rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Palestine we know how you feel

https://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkarrington/53310381903/in/feed-12326253-1699158123-1-72157721693861963

 

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04/30/2023 RMNewsletter

April 30 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #salem, #tituba, #tonytodd, #blackamericaweb, #blackgemsunearthed, #witch, #cooleyhigh, #polaroid, #week, #flickr, #lowerthedamnrent, #nyc, #poverty, #basic, #needs, #simone, #biles, #moviesthatmovewe, #calligraphy, #commission, #aevemor, #thebootesartvoid, #microcalligraphy, #coloring, #page, #imaginary, #friend

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 18th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter. Enjoy the Calligraphy of the Aevemor character, created by TheBootesArtVoid . Some more thoughts to Tituba of Salem. Do you have or had you in the past an imaginary friend... I made an imaginary spirit animal, his name is Phillipe Saddletear. In the, IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR: lower the damn rent in NYC, a review of Cooley High, Polaroid week, SpringFlowers tag.

Calligraphy Commission for the Aevemor Character from TheBootesArtVoid

I enjoyed this alot, as I do all my Calligraphic work. It is my uncommon style. As a writer or drawer I like the ability to do both worlds and calligraphy is that. It is the border between said creative worlds and thus where I am very comfortable as a multimedia artist. I made quite a few sketches and other work, which I will not share. I am still trying to get to the place where I let the public in on my processes. It is not that I am afraid or think negatively of it, as much as , I like creating quietly or privately. I am not one who can draw or write online. Anyway, enjoy and if you color yourself, please do so, and I will like to see it. 

Colored Version

Coloring Version

Tituba of Salem ; blackamericaweb ; black gems unearthed;  RMNewsletter
Tituba of Salem and more information shared through Tony Todd

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10239-more-information-on-tituba-and-salem-through-tony-todd/

Phillipe Saddletear

I admit he began more hawkish but I watched a hummingbird show, sequentially, things changed. The eye patch and mechanical talon was from the first sketch. Maybe he talks. I don't know. This character is young. I know the contest said imaginary friend, but I don't have that. And I believe that living beings: plants/fish/humans/the earth can connect to each other naturally. So... let me make up a imaginary spirit animal that isn't what in my heart my spirit animal looks like:)
Phillipe means lover of horses, but he is an avian. So at the last minute I gave him a last name.

Coloring page is after the color version.

Coloring Page

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Half of the people in New York City don't have the ability to afford basic needs. 

Half the people in NYC are unable to afford the minimum rmnewsletter lowerthedamnrent
Half the people in NYC are unable to afford the minimum

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Cooley High from Movies That Move We

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZPXKUAFmQ

Polaroid Week

Polaroid week 2023 RMNewsletter
Polaroid week 2023

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SpringFlowers tag on Deviantart

 Spring Life by paulneptune  rmnewsletter deviantart flowers
Spring Life by paulneptune

url: https://www.deviantart.com/paulneptune/art/Spring-Life-917127665

search the tag: https://www.deviantart.com/tag/springflowers

Congratulations to Simone Biles side husband

congratulations to the couple RMNEwsletter Simone Biles
congratulations to the couple

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10244-congrats-to-simone-biles/

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