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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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12/17/2023 RMNewsletter

December 17 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #poem, #poetry, #cento, #poetryormore, #audiobook, #ebook, #kwl, #kobo, #writinglife, #calligraphy, #astrology, #shipoffools, #rmtja, #tipjar, #richard, #murray, #graystar, #innovations, #Anouk, #Wipprecht, #Timecruisers, #ferro, #fortis, #aquila, #roy, #tukkers, #far, #west, #photomanipulation, #dark, #horse, #ring, #16th, #iq'o, #ch'en, #harvest, #eternal, #complete, #pabones, #hustlers, #dice, #lamuerta, #barbie, #muerta, #cursedcostume, #manhattan, #mourner, #myth, #what'sgodgottodowithit, #god, #lyric, #tina, #turner

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

Welcome to the 51st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirtieth 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)Far West PHotomanipulation

3)Dark Horse Ring

4) The 16th Iq'o Ch'en 

5) Harvest Eternal complete

6) Pa Bones Hustlers Dice complete

7) La Muerta Barbie

8) The Myth of the Manhattan Mourner

9) What's god got to do with it ,lyric

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

GrayStar Innovations

from the house of Anouk Wipprecht 

Timecruisers

Ferro Fortis Aquila

CENTO Series episode 30

All the crazy people, where do they all come from?

Father Mackenzie cleaned up the mess 

All the crazy people, where do they all belong?

With a mop and some hot turpentine...
https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/Eleanor-Rigby-The-True-Story-977480296

As my love for you dies

as sharp and serious as a pistol in the eye
https://www.deviantart.com/fkataylor/art/Dear-Indiana-Daughter-977900427

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? 

Far West Photomanipulation

It took me a while but I figured out a way for my style of artistry to create in photomanipulation. I create collages. In that way I am making all the elements to add to the photomanipulation in one page. I wrote a larger story but I didn't share it.

Collage

Photomanipulation

Dark Horse Ring

For the adoptables I have figured out to focus on items of jewelry. All my designs, and through suing stock I can give them added texture. I explain the item in the post. 

Coloring page

adoptable

The 16th Iq'o Ch'en 

Another item. This was for a pirate theme. I did great research on the maya. Take a look at the adoptables description.

coloring page

adoptable

Harvest Eternal complete

I made the poem already. But I finished the typeface, and made the calligraphy. Enjoy.  The design was inspired by another artist work.

typeface

calligraphy coloring page

Calligraphy colored

poem

Pa Bones Hustlers Dice complete

I finished the dice and the poem but realized t lacked a tutorial. I made the object to be simple to draw but no one took a crack at it.

tutorial

My version

The Poem

:) for those who know

La Muerta Barbie

For the cursed costume Barbie, it took me a while to figure out what to do for the cursed costume. 

The Myth of the Manhattan Mourner

my first photo share, based on a ghoul placed outside a home near where i live. 

The Myth

It started as most mournful wives journey's begin, with death. For most wives, a husband or a child enter the spirit world absent the other. But, the Manhattan Mourner had both. And absent two she knew no other, and lived all alone. Her money must had been good cause she never was evicted. But, if you cry at the foot of her townhouse, to a love that is shared, she will grant you audience, and tell you what you need to end the shared sorrow. If the love isn't shared, she gains half of the life from each who don't share that fate would give. But no one knows what she does with the time?

Night

Light

What's god got to do with it ,lyrics

the image that inspired the lyrical modulation

Enjoy the lyrics

DATES

December

  • 17: Saturn+ Moon appear on a vertical or horizontal line in the sky, conjunction
  • 19: Neptune+Moon  appear on a vertical or horizontal line in the sky, conjunction; beware Pogonip, or frozen fog, in the western states of the USA
  • 20: Moon's equator + Earth's equator are sharing the same space
  • 21: December Solstice, beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere and shortest day+longest night, beginning of summer in the southern hemisphere and longest day+ shortest night. The sun appears to stand still on this day, reversing  direction afterward. The axis of the earth creates the largest angle with the plane/disk of the path of the earth around the sun. 

STORY 1 : https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-december-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=963

Story 2: https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-december-solstice-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=964

  • 22: Jupiter+Moon appear on a vertical or horizontal line in the sky, conjunction; Mercury between the Sun and Earth, inferior
  • 23: Uranus + Moon appear on a vertical or horizontal line in the sky, conjunction; A visit from St. Nicholas first published 1823

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

GrayStar Innovations

Introducing his robotic arm

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Graystar innovations robotic arm

https://oc.makerfaire.com/maker/entry/93/

from the house of Anouk Wipprecht 

Anouk Wipprecht modeling her creation rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Anouk Wipprecht modeling her creation

See her work in action

testing

Timecruisers

Giant vehicles as if from a Jules Verne

Timecruisers of Abacus Theater Rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Timecruisers of Abacus Theater

URL - has video, do look
https://zagreb.makerfaire.com/maker/entry/192/
Official Website 
https://www.abacustheater.nl/nl/timecruisers-straattheater

Ferro Fortis Aquila

from Roy Tukkers

Ferro Fortis Aquila from Roy TUkkers rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Ferro Fortis Aquila from Roy TUkkers

view in action

 

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12/03/2023 RMNewsletter

December 3 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #audiobook, #ebook, #poetry, #poem, #cento, #poetryormore, #rmtja, #calligraphy, #disney, #100, #aiotune, #powerpuff, #hellokitty, #caribbean, #christianity, #jean, #ann, #field-ridley, #deviantart, #adoptable, #dualmask, #wpl, #weaponscombatleague, #blackgameselite, #jane, #friedman, #olgola, #photomanipulation, #storybook

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? 

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

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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.

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Disney ode

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

Bible Stories As Told To Caribbean Children - Jean Ann Field Ridley  rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc
Bible Stories As Told To Caribbean Children - Jean Ann Field Ridley

 

 

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07/23/2023 RMNewsletter

July 22 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #poetry, #poem, #richard, #murray, #ebook, #audiobook, #cento, #calligraphy, #tony, #jaa, #accentedcinema, #youtube, #video, #essay, #labor, #996, #china, #fast, #furious, #momoa, #jason, #vin, #diesel, #nato, #russia, #ukraine, #themanfromearth, #bixby, #todd, #rescuerestore, #photomanipulation, #olgola

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

Welcome to the 30th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The ninth 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) My First Photomanipulation 

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Working with pencils

The Impact of the dark Tony Jaa

NATO and the war to come

The Man From Earth

Comprehending Race

CENTO Series episode 9

Through barren forest and icy lands

Fiercer than wolves that prowl the night 

Her arms, a fortress embrace so tight

https://www.deviantart.com/hippiedragonmama/art/Fortress-Of-Love-962689659

You give me always a helping hand

Without to have the feeling it hurts

I'll say for now to you good bye

https://www.deviantart.com/cartoonmotions/art/The-thing-that-make-me-smile-960950117

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? 

My First Photomanipulation

I used three warrior images from my own craft with the photo, which is from the photo source of the contest creator

DATES

  • 23rd : moon on equator
  • 24th : Marvin the Martian debuted in 1948 bugs bunny cartoon Haredevil Hare
  • 25th : Moon from north to south of the Ecliptic, the path of the sun in the sky 
  • 26th : Mercury side Venus conjunction, alignment in the visible sky ; 1788 New York becomes the 11th state to accept the US constitution . 
  • 27th : Peggy Fleming born 1948, only winner of a goal medal for the usa in the 1968 olympic winter games, her compulsory figures I CAN'T FIND IT-IF YOU CAN DO TELL her free skate LINK

 

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Working with pencils

Love the 1896, no cover for dust

The Impact of the dark Tony Jaa

In asia the word black is never used for black asians, but the word dark is used

and what is the labor environment in china like or why is fast and furious popular in china?

NATO and the war to come

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NATO and the war to come

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The Man From Earth

See the film for free and join in the multilog

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The Man From Earth- free movie view plus multilog

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10402-my-favorite-movie/

If you want to see my thoughts as i watched the film, which can be akin to a huge spoiler reel, use the following link

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Comprehending Race

Here is a partition of a quote, the complete is at the link at the bottom of this sector

You and others seem to think phenotypical race is or can be substituted for biological race. Again, each type of race has rules. Gender race <male/female/hermaphrodite>isn't based on the air. it is based on sexual organs within members of the same species. biological race<human/cro magnon/bluejay/tigershark/fern> isn't based on the sea. it is based on the variance of the dna molecule between species. phenotypical race<black/white> isn't based on the stars, it is based on appearance which is derived from elements of the dna sequence... between members of the same species. Linguistic race<anglo/latin/sino/bantu> isn't based on fire. it is based on the language someone speaks most effectively. Geographic race < african/european/asian> isn't based on the sun. It is based on the geography of where one's ancestry comes from. 

You and others seem to think, very erroneously, that discussion or concepts around phenotypical race can justify or prove that members of the same species are not members of the same species.  Who told you that? 

Yes , white europeans have tried to use and still try to use and do legalize to suggest or had laws stop that suggest phenotypical race or geographic race can can lead to a determination of a different species for humans with an appearance other than white or a geographic root other than european. But, that is merely a false conclusion that they used their military power to instill.  But that doesn't mean that any two  members of the same species are the same.   They are not. Similar? yes. Identical or essentially identical or near identical? 100% no. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10404-tell-me-whats-wrong-with-this-story-and-picture/#comment-62001

 

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