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

Welcome to the 10th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The forty-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.  

2) Poetry for Joe Biden's state of the union speech

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Christina game from Dualmask

What is an art medium you appreciate but don't practice, and why?

Proof the War on drugs was a lie

Who are some of your favorite women artists?

Relief from Mary Ann Ozurumba

Frederick Douglass view on the constitution's role in slavery in the usa

First Black Female Owned Marijuana Business in Brooklyn

CENTO Series episode 42

on ships across the universe

many new sights to see

amid glistering crystalline stars

in the vast technological lands

clashing blades of light
https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Science-Fiction-Sci-Fi-981641377

All our empires of vanity erode and crumble down

And every moment now is precious

Reminding me that all is spiraling toward entropy

Am I an inch closer or is my dream bucolic fantasy
https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Toward-Solstice-981624443

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

Poetry for Joe Biden's state of the union speech

I made a poem in reply to Biden's 3/7/2024 speech.  Did you write anything or create anything involving said speech? Share in here or on the AALBC page.

Title:  Biden's Pulpit
Author: Richard Murray

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10869-thoughts-on-joe-bidens-state-of-the-union-speech-2024/

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Christina game from Dualmask

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/452-christina-game-updates-from-dualmask/

What is an art medium you appreciate but don't practice, and why?

glass blowing, i have seen it many many times, but it is not cheap, you really need to have a house. it isn't something to do in an apartment. I wouldn't even accept working a kiln in a loft.  but glass blowing is lovely, figurines from it. really a lovely art, the light, photographers in a glass blowing shop always have fun. 

https://www.deviantart.com/moonbeam13/journal/Watercolor-Wednesday-1025866594

Proof the War on drugs was a lie

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2597&type=status

Who are some of your favorite women artists?

Growing up Zora Neale Hurston, Billie Holiday,Josephine Baker, I have many favorite female artist in various genres. 

What historical contributions by women do you think are underappreciated or should be highlighted?

Well, I think it must first be said that in the usa at least women have been vital members of every organization. PRotest movements/non violent movements, government law, a woman made the foundation of medicare in the fdr administration the first woman to be in a presidential cabinet if I am correct, Anyone correct me if I am wrong, sporting popularity, disney- many inkers were women whose names were not uttered as much, film , in the silent era there were more female directors than the early sound era, so... undervalued or in need of highlight is many. I will now answer the question and say, in the world of streetart,I think a number of female streetartist never get mention. I don't remember a few of their call names. But there you have it.  

Share your favorite artwork by someone who has given you strength!

I Will share lyrics from Sade:) and her band.
....
I always hope that you remember
We'll never really learn the meaning of it all
What we have is strong and tender, so hold on
In the middle of the madness
When the time is running out and you're left alone
All I want is you to know that
It's strong still, can't pull us apart
Nothing can come, nothing can come
Nothing can come between us (Nothing can pull us apart)
Baby, nothing can come, nothing can come between us
Nothing can come between us
I always hope that you remember
What we have is strong and tender
In the middle of the madness, hold on
So it truly is a good thing
And I always wanted you to know
There is always this, and this is everlasting, hold on
It's about faith
It's about trust (Yeah, yeah)
It's about faith (Ooh yeah)
It's about trust
Nothing can come, nothing can come
Nothing can come between us
Baby, nothing can come, nothing can come between us
Nothing can come between us
Can come (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Can tear (Nothing can come between us)
Can pull (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Us apart (Nothing can come between us)
Can come (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Can tear (Nothing can come between us)
Can pull (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Us apart (Nothing can come between us)
Can come (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Can tear (Nothing can come between us
Can pull (Nothing can come)
Nothing can come
Us apart (Nothing can come between us)
 

My showcase
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Women-s-History-Month-2024-1026545107
 

Showcase

https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Womens-History-We-Can-Do-It-1009653759

Relief from Mary Ann Ozurumba

I have seen this artwork for years and never saw it properly cited. I call this a victory.
 

Title: Relief
Artist: Mary Ann Ozurumba - marianas_art
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2598&type=status

Frederick Douglass view on the constitution's role in slavery in the usa 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/456-1860-frederick-douglass-%E2%80%9Cthe-constitution-of-the-united-states-is-it-pro-slavery-or-anti-slavery%E2%80%9D/

First Black Female Owned Marijuana Business in Brooklyn

read more about it

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10861-nycs-nypd-cost-the-city-and-state-alot-of-money-but-should-it-be-more/

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 48th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-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)  Literary opposition to Gaza

3)Celebrating the Flickr x Black Women Photographers Grant 2023 Finalists and Recipient

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know what a machicolation does? 

What does the standardization of grammar mean?

What is the lesson in the Palestinian?

Dark Academia

CENTO Series episode 27

A woman's third eye sliced by stagnant wind

Not an iota of regret

But I will always drown out the sound with the

Two pillars breaching heaven
https://www.deviantart.com/leehon/art/Ta-An-Gra-Athraithe-Ni-Bhfuair-Se-Bas-969188947

That is a dream we work to make real because, like it or not,

These are expected reactions to creatures from the darkest pit
https://www.deviantart.com/shining-scribe/art/One-With-The-Shadows-972011448

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

Literary opposition to Gaza

your thoughts?

join a discussion

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10665-national-book-award-finalists-oppose-the-ongoing-bombardment-of-gaza/

Celebrating the Flickr x Black Women Photographers Grant 2023 Finalists and Recipient

Photographer: Genesis Falls

Title: “Children at Play”

see all the black female photographers

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2525&type=status

DATES

November 

• 26: Uranus+ Moon conjunction
• 27: Full Moon, Moon reflecting the light from the sun maximum
• 28: 1895 first automobile race held in the USA

The Chicago Times-Herald race

the route

the winning car

second place

the award

• 29: Moon largest angle from its center to the center of the earth and the equator while closest to the north pole; C. S. Lewis born 1898, author of the narnia series. I like the dawn reader best.
• 30: 1st solar eclipse recorded in europe. Ireland 3340 b.c. [ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/first-solar-eclipse-in-the-world ]

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know what a machicolation does? 

learn below

What does the standardization of grammar mean?

 the introduction

This is a time of much division. Families and communities are splintered by polarizing narratives. Outrage surrounds geopolitical discourse—so much so that anxiety often becomes a sort of white noise, making it increasingly difficult to trigger intense, acute anger. The effect can be desensitizing, like driving 60 miles per hour and losing hold of the reality that a minor error could result in instant death.

Read more, click the image or link below

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2493&type=status

If unconvinced I said the following about the film, The Intruder

 the movie was a financial failure but Roger Corman admitted this was an art film, which he was able to barely afford, but he wanted to do. Comprehend this movie had to be a loser. Shatner's character didn't die? the rich guy of the town wasn't convicted of some crime. The black guy didn't become a hero. The truth is, the intruder speaks to the truth of alof of interracial situations in modern humanity. It is the same as the pawnbroker with rod steiger. 

The populace in the usa: white black or other, likes convenience. Likes narratives. Any art that goes against narrative is rarely liked. If the matrix ended with neo being killed and the system rebooting and then in some far date in the future, the sun returns and  the machines don't need the matrix for power, that would bea downer. audiences like a set narrative. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10571-aalbc-at-the-movies/

What is the lesson in the Palestinian?

Notice I didn't ask about their relationship to jews/zionists/israelis. The Palestinian at once time circa 1947 had a situation that had two main problems for them. 

1) Their country was governed by an outside force, the united kingdom of britain

2) A set of immigrants with ever growing support from The United States of America- the most powerful military among the college of human governments on earth circa 1947 plus said united kingdom wanted into their country.

The lesson is straightforward: never accept foreign control + never accept immigrants who don't share your heritage plus culture. If you do these two things you end up  like the palestinian in israel as well as the native american in the usa. 

Don't be a fool. 

Dark Academia

The following is a question and answer I gave concerning the Dark Academia artistic theme.

Do you have any favorite pieces of media that fit the dark academia theme?

I can't say the following film is most beloved or most favorited by me, but I like the films: "the covenant" ... I recall an old legend, I do not know where it is cited online, I read it offline. The old legend, told my way,  says that in spain, under a mound somewhere, is a gateway to a classroom. In this classroom, a negative spirit teaches all the students spells pertaining to shadows. The students live there and at the end of the course, the student with the worst grades must stay , their soul locked their forever.

How do you feel about dark academia as an aesthetic? Would you incorporate elements of it into your art or everyday life?

In my mind dark academia and the modern goth artistic movements are similar. I am an open minded artist so I don't have any biases to any aesthetic. I am not one to dress in it, but it is fine if someone else does. I know people offline who are goth or have a similar taste.  In terms of my own work, I can't recall anything that is dark academia. But I have written quite a bit. I have written work that deals with people learning magic and doing negative things but I don't see that as dark academia. Just learning negative magic or powers doesn't equate to dark academia for me. IF so, then every sith student in star wards is an example of dark academia and I don't see it that way. I think the larger environment has to bound to the darkness. Having house slytherin doesn't make harry potter dark academia.  Now,  a story about Durmstrang, the rival school to hogwarts, that teaches the full spectrum of dark magic <if you want me to write something, message me>

Share dark academia art in your comment, whether you made it yourself or a favorite artist did!

I realized I have little to nothing in my deviantart galleries that fits dark academia... here is what I think fits, I am open to read your thoughts on whether you think it does or does not:) 

the following is some art of mine I think is Dark Academia, what say you?

Referral

Catalog from Glenat

https://www.calameo.com/read/000490875d8456fb8d14c?authid=GRW1zV0CDItX&page=1

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