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

Welcome to the 13th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The forty-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) Mandala Sphere

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Questions to writing and things written

What book do you propose for a questionable literary summary?

Children of the Quicksands from Efua Traore

Akira Toriyama Thoughts

why does Tiktok unite so many legislators , not the people, in the usa?

Success on Deviantart
A true story of law enforcement in the usa

CENTO Series episode 45

round and round the detectives go

but one by one, they disappear

smoke and mirrors obscure their views

and the bodies they'll never find

it's a glamorous profession
https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Disappearances-984767753

Engrave your soul's manifesto

where the lies can not distort it

Forging truth to a razor's edge

That the lies may feel it's bite
https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Sharper-than-Steel-984982103
 

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? 

Mandala Sphere

On deviantart in celebration of Holi, a mandala contest happened. But in my mind I thought, wouldn't it be cool if I connect the imagery of mandala which means circle, Holi, which is a festival of colors, with Equirectangular art. I admit I had another more intricate concept drawn but I used the latter concept of four mandalas cause I felt it represented the cyclical nature better. I already admit, when I do this again sometime in the future,  I will change the background each mandala to be a different place.  respecting the two hemisphere concept. 

Mandala Sphere explanation
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/The-Mandala-Sphere-1035238848

My Mandala Holi 2024 flat
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mandala-Holi-2024-1035234983

Mandala Sphere Holi 2024 equirectangular -click to view it properly

https://www.flickr.com/photos/monsignor_klaatu/53610956342/in/dateposted-public/

Coloring page
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mandala-Coloring-Page-1035234493

Tutorial guide
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mandala-Equirectangular-Frame-1035233886

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

DATES

March

31st- Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province 1949

April

1st Easter

Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=892  

Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=893  

3rd : Neptune Venus conjunction; Pluto Moon conjunction

4th-North Atlantic Treaty signed 1949- NATO

5th- Mars Moon conjunction

6th Saturn Moon; Ricard Coeur de lion  died 1199

Note

8th- total solar eclipse

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Questions to writing and things written

I asked the following questions

• Z) To the growing populace in humanity who do not read books and by extension, don't read much, are video learners, what is the financial opportunity for the writer?
•  5) The holodeck in star trek the next generation was technologically possible in Star Trek the original series while the culture of the federation in said original series opposed the purpose of the holodeck, thus no holodeck in the original series [barring special effects limits or capabilities in the 1960s]?
• #) Does literature need its own protocol, like HTTP? 

What are your answers? I give details to the questions origins at the following

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10874-a-question-and-questions-and-a-question/

What book do you propose for a questionable literary summary?

_{Questionable defined as  "how on earth did this published", "why are people reading this", "what decisions even made someone think this was a good idea", etc.} 

It took me a while to think, it was in the back of my mind, but I have a book, I want to roast that I have never read. I admit, it makes perfect sense to me how it got published, why people read it, or the decisions that made it a good idea. My reason for the roasting is the following book claims to be ancient when it is not and that lie to me, warrants the roasting. 
I admit I myself have written a similar work, but with one key difference, I didn't suggest my book is ancient. My book which is in the same genre as the following book is admittedly modern. It is interpretation. 
The book I wish to roast is
is drumroll!!!.... 
The Book of Mormon
This book was written in 1830 and is suggested to be ancient text transcribed into english. That is a lie. And while there are many books I don't care for I don't think they warrant the kindling, but this. 100% for me. 
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1029005156/5121377453

_{why I found this question difficult}
ahhh well, I have submit a blank page:) 
In my writing journey I try to comprehend the positive in every book. 
I can easily admit, I have negative views toward a number of books: uncle tom's cabin,  imitation of life ,  king james bible , chandler harris's the tales of brer rabbit , and twilight :) is included in the list but I can't bring myself to roast. 

https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1029005156/5121375176

_{what financially successful terrible writing may say?}
well someone say's terrible writing concerning at least  50 shades of grey ,  it is very profitable so it conveys something about the modern readership.  Maybe the modern readership is willing to pay for content that would get a failing grade through scholarly review , this even connects to   computer generated art from human prompts. Maybe the modern audience at least in the anglophone is becoming less judgmental and more willing to extrapolate from words what they want to see or accept blemish in images that convey most of what they want to see? I can be totally wrong of course.

https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1029005156/5121395359

Children of the Quicksands from Efua Traore

illustration by Rayseb

excerpt at the following link
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10881-children-of-the-quicksands-from-efua-traore/

the cover

Akira Toriyama Thoughts

I recall being in school and i loved to draw, but I was raised in a different artistic heritage so i was surrounded by friends who drew, fellow child black artists, and  they all drew dragon ball. I was talking about tintin and sunman. totally alien to them. So, Toriyama's cartoon was a gateway into the arts for many black artists in my offline life. 

 I have never drawn anything dragonball related. Seen it for years , like some of the toons. 
To toriyama, he is fortunate, it is the most fortunate artists who gets to make a work that inspires so many strangers while making one generational wealth to loving ones once their spirit flies. 

https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1029262088/5121421750

why does Tiktok unite so many legislators , not the people, in the usa?

You can answer here or in aalbc
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10883-tiktok/

Success on Deviantart

_{the ever ongoing dialog war in art communities concerning computer simulated art through human impetus}

_{some thoughts}
part of this is financial right? I think all of us are being short in not mentioning how much money has been earned and the truth about what it means. as i said elsewhere, artist can tell when the market has changed and regardless of how the law goes, the market has changed. With these tools, the average person will not be interested in getting a human artists because for no money they can get a computer to make a satisfactory simulation or better. The reason fewer people played instruments in humanity was recorded music devices. Did recording music devices tell humans to stop? no. but once humans realized the musicman job at theaters/pubs/community events was leaving thus the money to do the art was leaving they didn't continue performing for free nor did latter generations have the inspiration of so many musicians to pick up and start using instruments. so, this is the reality. The future will have more artists, yes for those who read this far artists, who speak to a computer and get results. Yes. And this is coming from a undisputed traditional artists, look at my gallery if you have doubts. So, the future is here. In 50 years in the usa. most artists will create through said means. But traditional art will not die, i imagine people will pay for traditional artists to create traditionally. Traditional art has markets but they will get tighter. And for me, while I wish I made 12,000 on deviantart in 2023 with my poetry or calligraphy , i am not bitter nor scared. I will keep creating as long as i can, even if few to none want to buy. 
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1032405910/5123375808

I want to say, AI art is very popular everywhere, those people I know offline who are artists who use it prove it to me. AI art is here. But I Think you are correct. People miss the amount of touch up work with synthography that goes on though I add as a logician, at some point, the computer will not make as many mistakes. The star trek holodeck is the goal and i know it is achievable. It doesn't mean I can not whittle wood in my spare time 
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1032405910/5123377063

I will speak as a traditional artist, check my gallery if you think I am lying.
I know synthographers or what I like to call magic paintbrush users and I accept it 100%. . 
Will people become accustomed to using prompts like star trek on the holodeck with that volumetric display? yes. 
Will this mean less fiscal opportunity for traditional artist? yes
Does this mean any traditional artists is hindered in continuing to create their art? no
Always Be Creating 
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1030743741/5123385908

A true story of law enforcement in the usa
read it if you dare
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2615&type=status
 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

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? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

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

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2549&type=status

Taraji P Henson tears

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10731-taraji-p-henson-doesnt-have-the-solution-to-her-problem/

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

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

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

Welcome to the 49th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-eighth 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) King of Dead Horses Ring

3)Photomanip storybook

4)KWL Horror roundtable

5) October 2023 bestseller list

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Disney 100

aiotune Powerpuff/Hello Kitty

Modern Black Federalism in the USA

Caribbean Christianity

CENTO Series episode 28

ici, la pluie bat son plein

elle attire sans pitie, toutes les betes

ecaille par ecaille

clouee sur un tapis de ronces

et lentement

fane
here, the rain is in full swing

she mercilessly attracts, all the beasts

scale by scale

nailed to a carpet of brambles

and slowly

fades
https://www.deviantart.com/sihlaryn/art/Eau-de-Rose-design-960125658

and fading memories forever haunt

of the hearts of those bereaved

with fingers stretched outward, yearning
https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Reaching-973082810

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? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

King of Dead Horses Ring

no story or poem story. I just wanted to make an item for a competition. I am proud that I made this as I tend to make art that is multifaceted, graphic plus text. I realize for adoptables I need to focus on jewelry design.  I have another coming up.

adoptable version

coloring page

Photomanip storybook

I made a photomanipulation. After many attempts at trying I figured out how I can do photomanipulations in my own creative context. I am not a huge or big fan of using other people's work. I feel confident I can make anything I imagine as literature or graphic. But, the photomanipulation contests want multiple elements , as a collage I can do the multiple elements. 

I have another photomanipulation coming soon.

The storybook photomanipulation- everything is cited in the post.

Collage of my elements, a coloring book page

KWL Horror roundtable

My Indexed thoughts

21:15 thanks for the point on simplicity with advertising, a good hook
25:40 thanks for the marketing for a team of writers
29:50 nice admittance to the basics
34:50 bookfunnel [ https://bookfunnel.com/ ]
40:23 let world building unfold when you are a character driven writer
47:10 watch out for the flow of fear in horror
48:17 what is in the dark is the key, the unknown, all concur
50:35 nothing is unsolvable
51:15 for writing teams you need to know when to moveon for the best of the team
54:30 you want to go where your readers are, and your readers are everywhere. . . what do they want from me and how can my books be seen
 

Discuss

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10690-horror-roundtable/

And a question and answer to learn more about Kobo

Kobo is willing to communicate so if you have questions and missed this, use the following email to  writinglife@kobo.com 

writerbeware to help authors  https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/

remember to check your prices

October 2023 bestseller list

Have you read any of these books

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2533&type=status

DATES

December

• 4: Moon furthest from center of earth, apoge; Mercury greatest visible distance from sun in the sky, 21 degrees east, elongation;

National Cookie Day in the USA

Did you know, Mr. Cookie Monster proclaimed his own National Cookie Day in the 1980 book The Sesame Street Dictionary. This day was started in 1987 by the Blue Chip Cookie company.
referral
https://web.archive.org/web/20131022044601/http://www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com/national-cookie-day-1987/
referral
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-30-fi-4956-story.html

• 5: Six United States Navy planes [ flight 19 + training 49 ] disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle, 1945
• 6: The line from the Center of the Moon to the Center of the Earth is at the Earth's equator; Neptune appear stationary in the sky; Latin Church saint day for Nicholas, patron of children; 

First presidential address by radio, 1923

referral
https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/dec-6-1923-calvin-coolidge-delivers-first-presidential-address-on-radio/
transcript
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-6-1923-first-annual-message

• 8: Moon crossing the path of the sun in the sky, the ecliptic, from north to south; 
• 9: Venus + Moon appear vertical or horizontal in the sky, conjunction

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Disney 100

At the 18th of October , Disney turned 100 years old. After the photo are my thoughts.

yesterday they had on local television a celebration of the 100 , which i had no idea of, before presenting encanto and I thought to myself Disney probably will be only angry at one thing today. And that is how little competition Disney has garnered from other artist in the USA. Yes, Disney the firm, from Walt's time to now is competitive and likes to be the main/sole/primary cartoon source in the usa. But, Disney was correct when he spoke to the artists who wanted to strike years ago.  Owning your own business is what he did to free himself from others, as an abused artist. He wanted his workers to do the same but most did not feel or have the strength to do that and I think workers still don't. 

Visual ode

aiotune Powerpuff/Hello Kitty

Introducing the CocoaPuff girls

AND! Chocolate Kitty

Modern Black Federalism in the USA

The Black Populace in the USA, in all of its forms, always had a group of extreme federalist. But they have never functionalized their position.

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10616-black-federalism-in-the-usa/

Caribbean Christianity

Jean Ann Field Ridley  has made a book to make christianity relatable to black children in the caribbean.

I quote her

The series is written to address the erroneous suggestion that the Bible and Christianity are about and for White people and that it is therefore the White man's religion. This is a view strongly held by some elements within the Caribbean culture.

My Reply

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10622-racial-and-cultural-representation-in-biblical-storytelling-the-caribbean-experience/?do=findComment&comment=63810

The post

Photographers , participate or share

https://blog.flickr.net/en/2023/12/01/get-ready-for-your-best-shot-2023/ 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

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

Welcome to the 41st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twentieth 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.  But a surprise await.

2) Favorite 2 colors

3)Fall challenge

4)Drawtober Day 3

5) Movies That Move We review Grey Matter

6) Black Rose the samurai, an introduction

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The truthtellers

Anyaboz animation

Meet Jason Reeves,  owner of 133art

What is the worth of Africa, as a continental region,  to the USA empire? 

CENTO Series episode 20

off in search of salt and sea

like the moss that creeps over angel wings

begging intimacy, playful bites beneath silken sheets

winter

i watched the crows build their nest

where everyone is a neon glow,

tasting for the thrill of unknown

descent

i tell the moon i love her

cozy among the thorns

embarrassed at the bruises in the early morning light

spring

i’ve seen you clip your own wings, claim it’s necessary

a diminutive thing, still perched at your bedside

i heard the sway of porch chimes,

https://www.deviantart.com/everystupidstar/art/Tree-of-Life-967176500

And with it I follow ruinous glee

denying they, who leer their envy

Of she, most sacred ruin

https://www.deviantart.com/brabimital/art/Love-s-Funeral-Shroud-966158854

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? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Favorite 2 colors

I was asked
"What are your favorite color mashups? In other words, what colors do you think go best together in one illustration. I will hype the deviation you choose to make your case as well as one from your gallery if it isn't your artwork. Explain why in only 2 sentences."
My Answer
I have too many great color duets but among my work, I think medium brown with light green, but those are two key colors of the earth , used to sharing the same light.

the following shows a more elaborate green brown duet and in nature.

What is your favorite color duet?

The questioning post
https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/status-update/Welcome-back-to-another-Hype-985400863

Fall challenge

In the group the challenge is simple, draw something seasonal, i made autumn dice, with 2 magic shadows, ala eight sides combined: six physical  + two of shadow.

Drawtober Day 3

It is cityscape, i figured what if a cityscape's shadow becomes the mansion of shadows.

Movies That Move We review Grey Matter

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10583-movies-that-move-we-review-grey-matter/

Black Rose the samurai, an introduction

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2483&type=status

DATES

• October 09: Indigenous People's Day
• October 10: Venus Moon conjunction; Pluto appear stationary,before appear to move again
• October 13: Moon at Equator of Earth ; Boston Americans (modern day Red Sox) won the first World Series 1903... they faced the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates

Roy Hobbs scored the winner

just joking

• October 14: The side of the Moon that face the earth does not get light from the sun, or a New Moon; The Moon will also pass in between the Sun and the Earth thus a solar eclipse; The moon is moving north to south of the path of the sun in the sky, the ecliptic; MErcury Moon conjunction.

Trivia: Does a New Moon happen whenever a solar eclipse happens? 

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The truthtellers

Gary Webb discovered a public secret. The USA is an empire. It's government did and does things for its empowerment that sometimes must never be admitted to or have no proof. All empires do this. I know this is real. People say they want the truth, but most of said people don't. The truth is like the magic mirror gate test. Most people, and that includes indigenous people in the usa, recent immigrants from central america to the usa, descended of enslaved black folk in the usa like myself, of course whites in the usa, and many or most others when faced with truths to what they hold dear will run away screaming.  

Interview on Democracy Now

More Links to interviews side Gary Webb on Democracy Now

https://www.democracynow.org/topics/gary_webb

film trailer

Anyaboz animation

click the image or link below and enjoy

https://www.tumblr.com/ypshadowking/727746129286086656

Meet Jason Reeves,  owner of 133art

interview and images

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10532-meet-jason-reeves-owner-of-133art/

What is the worth of Africa, as a continental region,  to the USA empire? 

I think the greater question is the last government in Africa to defeat a foreign, non african,  power in any fashion was ethiopia. Which government in africa is closest to making that a reality again? 

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2446&type=status

Photographers, give this a show

Enjoy Kin Truly Playing Lovingly

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

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

Welcome to the 26th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The 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) Happy Belated Juneteenth

3) Blood Of Jesus movie review

4) Happy Belated Solstice

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A Poem From A Child To a Parent

A Question Of Art

Mermaid coloring page

CENTO Series episode 5

So that my demons  may

end(s) in sweet sleep

will you sing to me?

https://www.deviantart.com/pufflespower/art/WIll-you-sing-to-me-956728193

cuddle the fluffy ones

let them be a source of love and devotion

and smile in the language of their kind

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Baby-Animals-962295073

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? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Happy Belated Juneteenth 

If you’re from the U.S., have you celebrated Juneteenth before? If you are from elsewhere in the world, are there similar celebrations of liberation in your area?
Yes, it is a tradition in my household, as well as Black Solidarity Day or Kwanzaa. All humans have celebrations of freedom cause all humans at some point were , or or will be enslaved by other... humans. I will add one thing. Freedom is important, but not all people's freedom is imagined the same. To restate, the assumption from many is that two people imagine each other free the same way, all to often that isn't true. It isn't is everybody free as much as, can everybody be free at the same time. It sounds obvious, but ... it usually isn't. 

In what ways do you express your heritage or your culture’s history through art?
In my writing I wrote two story collections based on Black Myths . 
Sunset Children Stories

Looking West and West

In terms of art, I made a recent work for Juneteenth

What is a quote that inspires you?
I will give two
<If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.> Malcolm X
< We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves." > Jean JAcques Dessalines

Showcase of Black Work for Juneteenth in Deviantart

Blood Of Jesus

Poll and Transcript and Discussion

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10354-blood-of-jesus-from-richard-murrays-corner-of-movies-that-move-we/

Happy Belated Solstice

May all be cool in the northern hemisphere summer, may all be warm in the southern hemisphere winter. A solstice is when the a pole is angled most toward the sun, thus causing the effect of the sun standing still. Another way of saying it, is the ecliptic , or axis based on the equator of the earth has the largest angle distance to a line from the sun center to the earth.

Enjoy two stories

Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/?tab=comments#comment-909

Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/?tab=comments#comment-910

Enjoy and sign up to my free email newsletter
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Photo reference

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lou1003/39754533505/in/dateposted/

A nice photo set

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A Poem From A Child To a Parent

A Question Of Art

"What type of art do you want to learn/get better at making?"  
The easiest or most honest answer is all art. I have written poetry or other forms of literature for most of my life and it is just a process, no matter the awards or adulations offline or online. To my graphic work the same. 

Now, to answer your question. I need to learn or become more comfortable or suitable with digital art. Deviantart has great digital art tutorials from various members I have on a list to use one day.  Currently, I am working on learning + improving modeling art. It is 2d like  holograms not volumetric displays< the holodeck of star trek>. In a literature sense, in terms of work I am less experienced with, I am doing the July Jubilee stageplay contest and for my Black Games Elite group I will be working in the second half of the year on a literature based game.
I end with a simple message to any artists who may read my words. Be comfortable with what you are most comfortable in creating. If you like making stick figure comics, and never seem enthused to do anything else, then keep making stick figure comics. No shame exists in creating where you are happy. If, you feel you want to create in a less experienced field, remember, you are new there. All fields of art have tons of tutorials or guides or rules, but, if you have little experience respect that truth and be busy creating over technique. I have only done a few models and I know my technique as I create them can improve but at this stage I need to focus on creating and learning where I will like to create in the medium. So, do likewise to places you are new too. If you never wrote a poem before, finish the poem first and adjust it if you want, but focus on writing more poetry than appeasing the many rules on poetry. 

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

Welcome to the 21st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter. A discussion between black authors on science fiction subgenres hosted by Thistle and Verse with Yvette Lisa Ndlovu , Celestine Martin , Abriana Tuller. IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR: Black Chibi from Briana Lawrence, The Impressions Three The Hard Way Theme, Sarah Bernhardt Hamlet. 

Someone asked: "What do you consider your main goal as an artist or art appreciator?" 

The following was my answer

I will start with art appreciator. My main goal as an art appreciator is to spread the work of my fellow artists. It is that simple. In my various online places, I share the work of drawers/writers/photographers/videographers/ or other artist. I can't dictate, guarantee, or control at the moment if a work i share or discuss will lead to greater fortunes for the artist who created it. As in the same way very few of whom can appreciate my work can dictate, guarantee, or control any fortune to me based on my art. The reality is, in modernity, those who have huge followings, or globally famous, do have the ability to guarantee some level of fortune to any artist by appreciating their work publicly. Even if the appreciation is negative.  I can't tell you how many writers were aided because someone famous publicly spoke of their book, positively or negatively. The best negative example is what some have called the worst movie ever. Is that fair to all artists? no. Does that make appreciating from someone in my current standing, popularity wise, irrelevant? no. But, financially, art appreciation is related to the appreciator. If the medici's or other wealthy clans of italy chose other artist we would not know michelangelo or leonardo or similar; or, their work will not be for fortunes at auction as you read this.  Having said that, all appreciation is valuable to the labor of an artist. Why? The value has two parts and a third potential. First, it provides an artist with the ability to say someone is noticing my work, in whatever way. For example, I had people call my writing crap in public, in my presence. That is ok. They had to read it and in choosing to do so, they spent time that they were not forced to engaging in my work, which is a small part of a humongous set of works, and that feels good. Second, the publicity of appreciation allows the potential of the stranger who goes by it. Whether online publicly or in a small private group. Even if the appreciator speaks total negatives to a work of art, that doesn't mean those that interact to their appreciation have to come to the same conclusion. One of them may find in said art work , xanadu.  

I present as an accompaniment to this point, a story in video form from , the great in my opinion, Ray Bradbury

The third potential value is when someone likes your work vibrantly. It isn't guaranteed and isn't warranted or needed all the time, but no artist hates when someone says, what you made is beautiful, and that positivity sharing plus growth is simply good.

As for my main goal as an artist:)well, the first thing I must answer is if I was financially wealthy, would I still be creating? The answer is yes. I have been creating my whole life. More gold than all in Erebor, will not change that. At the moment, not evading the question, what is my main goal? As a multimedia artist it is split. As a writer, I want to earn revenue as the main goal, but I haven't written absent the second goal to enjoy writing. Not yet anyway. As a drawer, as in my calligraphy, or programmer my main goal is to make what I think is beautiful or fun. The secondary goal is to make money, but I don't see financial profit as a main goal. 

I want to end with one point. When one's goal is to make money. The idea of time matters. The goal of a firm on the stock exchange is to make money all the time, morning noon or night for its entire history. But, human beings have two types of time allowed for making money. It is the time they have left, or the time that hasn't ended. I am fortunate to have the time that hasn't ended. My labors plus loving ones allow me time to keep creating for revenue and not need the immediacy that time you have left brings. For those artist who are allowed time they have left. A simple truth, no one can predict whether your art will lead to comfortable revenue. So you must be ready in your mind, for when the time is up. Just a suggestion. 

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

Welcome to the 16th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter. The Stellantis open invite is on for children between 10th and 12th grade. It closes on the 21st of April so they have a solid five days. I earned another Daily Deviation in Deviantart, The Construction of Holiday Rex. 

I saw an episode of a series called Now Hear This on P.B.S. concerning the art of the european  orchestral musician named Schumann. His open mindedness in approaching his music stemmed from his dealings with his own mind. 

If you know a child in the 10th to 12th grades, they have 5 solid days and it is free 

Stellantis - Drive for Design Contest

Project Brief

The global race to cut emissions to zero is a vital step toward tackling climate change. The entire Ram Truck lineup will offer electrified solutions with disruptive, leading-edge, advanced technology in the years to come. We’ve given you our vision of the future with the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept. Now, we want to see your design of what an electric pickup truck would look like. This year, we’re challenging students to sketch the future of a Ram truck.

Entrants must be legal U.S. residents in grades 10-12 currently attending a U.S. high school.

April 21, 2023

Entries due

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The Construction of Holiday Rex

My Holiday Rex gif became a Daily Deviation. The poem was the focus, but like most of my poetic works it comes attached to an illustration.  You only get a daily deviation every six months which means two a year is maximum. That makes it a rare label.

If you want to read more of my poetry, consider the following

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Another Black individual goes into a white organization story. Maybe Neneh needs a black ballet organization to join?

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

Welcome to the 8th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter 

How was your Valentine's day, I hope well. Enjoy the Valentine day art below. Salvador Carnival began on the 15th and ends on the 22nd. I added a stream, that you can see live shows from Salvador, Bahia districts. My first stageplay is ready. Tell me what you think. It is a preplay to a larger work that will be in my JiHi series. Tell me what you think.

ROSES 

https://www.deviantart.com/thebootesartvoid/art/The-Petals-Of-Tradition-948755849

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10122011@N04/52677635512/in/dateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10122011@N04/52678144266/in/dateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10122011@N04/52678144691/in/dateposted/

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If you like the cover, consider my commissions

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Four days before Carnival in Bahia, this was Salvador

LINK

See the Carnival in Salvador Bahia

Enjoy my first stageplay

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Onto-the-53rd-Annual-President-s-Play-950123510

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Enjoy these post Valentine's day treats

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

Welcome to the 6th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter 

This is the month of purification. What makes you feel pure? Purity defined as unchaotic internally, not unmixed. Enjoy the events and dates for the month, remember, even old dates may have informative or fun links. The 2nd is the Festival of Iemanja in Salvador Bahia, Odoya Iemanja!.  Odoya mean mother. And it is also groundhog day. A list of groundhog day events throughout the USA is linked below for you to connect to. Note in the EVENTS AND DATES below, the Green Comet. On the 21st is Mardi Gras in New Orleans, laissez les bon temps rouler!.  I share my submitted and late entries into the promoting positivity challenge in Deviantart. Check them out below. They are varied in nature or content. Hope you enjoy. At their terminal is a question to Black history month. And the main section ends with two covers , one of thriller from Michael jackson by Wayne brady side the Postmodern Jukebox, the other of nothing else matters from Metallica by Tia Simone side the Post Modern Jukebox. If you make it that far, enjoy the surprises.

EVENTS AND DATES

• 1-Space Shuttle Colombia disaster 2003
• 2-Moon rides high- highest angle above equator ; Festival of Yemenya ; Groundhog day; A Green Comet will approach earth that hasn't been as close to earth < 42 million kilometers > since the stone age. LINK LINK2 LINK3 
• 3- New York State  prohibited slavery on this day The 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery in the United States of America outside the encarcerated, was proposed on January 31, 1865. New York is the 5th state to pass the law on Feb 3, 1865. If you live in the USA , do you know when the state you live in prohibited slavery? 
• 4- Moon at apogee from Earth, farthest from Earth in its elliptical orbit
• 5-Full Snow Moon - most snow in northern hemisphere, sometimes called a hungry moon cause food was scarcest.
• 7- First ballet performance in Bowery Theater , New York City , 1827, it was the Deserter, by Jean Bercher Dauberval, some say the first ballet performed in the United States of America LINK
• 8- College of William and Mary chartered in 1693, its wren building is the oldest college building in the United States of America<U.S.A.>. The college itself is the second oldest in the U.S.A. If you want to read their original charter use the following LINK
• 9- Moon on Equator- a line of the equator from earth is through the virtual center of the moon
• 10- Mercury+Pluto conjunction ; The Treaty of Paris 1763 was signed which ended the Seven Years War <1756-1763> LINK The funny thing is the USA in the Treaty of Paris 1783 became officially recognized by England, thus accepted.  The Seven Years War was a prelude to what will later be called the War to end all wars LINK
• 12-Moon at descending node- moving north to south of the ecliptic- the path of the sun in the sky ; Abraham Lincoln born 1809
• 13- Chuck Yeager born 1923 LINK
• 14- Valentine's day LINK and ENJOY
• 15- Venus = Neptune conjunction
• 16- Moon runs low- greatest angle beneath the equator for the moon; Saturn = Sun conjunction; Nylon or Linear Condensation Polymers patented1937 #2,130,948 to Wallace Carothers , he committed suicide drinking Potassium cyanide LINK
• 17- Pluto + Moon conjunction
• 18- Mercury + Moon conjunction ; Louis Comfort Tiffany born 1848 LINK
• 19- Moon at Perigee- moon closest to earth in its orbit ; Saturn + Moon conjunction; Copernicus born 1473  he would write the De revolutionibus orbium coelestium or On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Title , Order of spheres 
• 20- Frederick Douglass died 1895 writer of Composite Nation LINK ; New Moon - Earth blocks sunlight to the moon ;  Presidents day in the USA, did Frederick Douglass's Composite Nation speech make him President Worthy ?
• 21-Neptune Moon conjunction; Mardi Gras, earliest news Link1 Link2 Link3  ; 1857 Half cent denomination discontinued in the U.S.A. 
• 22- Moon on Equator ; Venus+Moon conjunction ;  Jupiter+Moon conjunction ; Ash Wednesday ; George Washington born 1732
• 24-Moon ascending node- going from south to north of the ecliptic- the path of the sun in the sky; Sid Meier born 1954- cocreator of the Microprose company co-developer of the Civilization game 
• 25-Uranus+Moon conjunction; Christopher Wren died 1723 the exterior of pembroke college chapel that he designed LINK
• 27- Mars+Moon conjunction

February 2nd was Yemenya Day

let us honor the Spirit of the Sea

A child of Earth

Granddaughter of the Sun

Great Grand Daughter of Nature

https://www.deviantart.com/oradiancporciuncula/art/Iemanja-829291882 

May she give me more luck 

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories

Do you know where the nearest Groundhog day is to your location?

https://countdowntogroundhogday.com/groundhogs-from-around-the-world

PROMOTING POSITIVITY ENTRIES

• Section 1: Prompt 1 - comment on any art I wanted , to see the various entries commented on utilize the following journal link  https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-1-Prompt-1-941477089
• Section 1: Prompt 2 - comment of unique art forms, to see the various entries commented on utilize the following journal link https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-1-Prompt-2-941478176
• Section 2: Prompt 1 - use 4 colors for 4 seasons
  https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-2-Prompt-1-947227324
• Enjoy the seasons image and the 4 seasons rondo poem

• Section 2: Prompt 2 - remake an artwork in a style- view the following journal link  to compare the original and the remake https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-2-Prompt-2-947230376
• The remake, the character is Wise Alek, I am slowly building him or his world. I finally has his theme song

• Section 2: Prompt 3 - remaking an older art work in another style, use the following journal link to compare the older to the newer https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-2-Prompt-3-947235678
• The remake- a pregnant woman serenaded by a cloud

• Section 2: Prompt 4 - 5 random items to make a story, details in the process in the following link https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Positivity-December-2022-Section-2-Prompt4-947552463
• The story of, The Final Distance of The Twenty Third I.R.C.L. Tour of Earth

• Late Entries
  • Section 4: Prompt 1 - asking the composite about the black concerning the arts https://www.deviantart.com/forum/community/politics/2691569/
  • Section 5: Prompt 1 - on promoting positivity https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/My-Final-Thoughts-on-Positivity-Challenge-2022-947598367

Black History Month Questions

1. Regardless to who you are, composite nation members look above to Frederick Douglass in the 20th of EVENTS AND DATES, can you name an art form that originated in the Black community in the U.S.A. that has not been embraced by other communities, non black or black from somewhere else outside the U.S.A.?
   • For example: Rap or Hip Hop or Jazz of the Banjo do not count as answers.
2. If you are Black, whether African /Asian/Indigenous to America/ male/female/young/old/latino/sino/anglo or any other non phenotypical association, are you a member of a Black owned website? 
   • What would happen if every Black person on earth joined at least one Black owned website? I am a member of the African American Literary Book Club. Owned and Administered by Troy Johnson. Let us try to get every Black person in the internet to join at least one Black owned website.

Cover of Thriller featuring Wayne Brady aside the Post Modern Jukebox

And Nothing Else Matters featuring Tia Simone side the Post Modern Jukebox

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Enjoy more Lunar New Year Celebration craft

Mui Gwai by Alice Meichi Li LINK

https://www.myplasticheart.com/214-mui-gwai-by-alice-meichi-li/ 

Red Envelope show celebrating chinese new year
https://www.myplasticheart.com/red-envelope-show-2023/

The following is Filigre Inlay from a person whose online name is Grandma Handicraft.

youtube-gyroscope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZF2QsDk7o
tumblr- pendant
https://www.tumblr.com/ilikeit-art/705775479278452736?source=share

I read from somehwere but I have no idea if true, the following...Filigre Inlay is an intangible cultural heritage of China. This form of art was invented during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (770-221 BC), and peaked during the Mid-Late Ming Dynasty (1435-1644).

The following is more legitimate information

The Filigre Inlay technique discussed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX41yWwGsm8

Pele saw his two grandchildren from the daughter he had out of wedlock with his maid and put said daughter in his will
https://www.ladbible.com/sport/pele-secret-daughter-will-inheritance-151288-20230117

Double dutch queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smn4juIHtuI

If you like my storytelling , consider the two following books to be read

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

Welcome to the 5th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter 

Happy Year Of The Rabbit

To any Black reader whose forebears were enslaved in the usa a question of what will you do if you got some of what is owed you? And to all artist ponderences on what will happen to Deviantart and the usage of computer programs to generate graphical content based on text prompts.

新年快乐 ( xīnnián kuàilè ) 

Happy New Year

It is the year of the Rabbit

The following are photos from Sulamain Ellison at a festival and art from cited individuals, plus a half surprise

Here is the part surprise, for those who know , it was bound  to be presented

Click the video below to hear+ see but if you want the original the following is a anchor LINK

The film

And if you are more into serials

BUT WITH ALL THIS TALK OF RABBITS... it is also the year of the cat!

Black Descended of Enslaved May get reparations for Reconstruction and post reconstruction periods like the failed war on drugs, what will you do if you were given five million dollars?
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Deviantart has been sued, so I wonder what that will mean for the website where I host alot of my art and have great art connections

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Some Book Reviews from Thistle and Verse

At the end of every newsletter entry this month I will post the 2022 year in review 

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