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08/13/2023 RMNewsletter

August 12 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #kobo, #ebook, #audiobook, #poetry, #cento, #poems, #poetryormore, #inthehollow, #tipjar, #audios, #rmtja, #benjamin, #franklin, #london, #veronique, #greenwood, #nytimes, #claire, #moses, #crystal, #palace, #park, #ibbini, #paper, #craft, #sprite, #light, #katherine, #colleen, #galinstan, #nerdforge, #thingswithstrings, #Bmovie, #tcm

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

Welcome to the 33rd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twelfth 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

Ben's Benjamins and the dinosaurs

ibbini detailed paper craft

Sprite Light and EXTRAS

What is a B movie

CENTO Series episode 12

Elle s'offre a moi lascive et allongée

Aussi belle aussi nue que la vérité

Quelques hôtels ou de vieux amants

Reconstruisent leur monde d'avant

She offers herself to me lascivious and elongated

As beautiful as naked as the truth

A few hotels or old lovers

Rebuild their world before

https://www.deviantart.com/contrepoison/art/ZERO-STARS-MOTEL-Motel-zero-etoiles-958932220

blindly spent

gazing upon

how you

are

of Death

https://www.deviantart.com/lucienrising/art/Waste-911834761

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

Poetry or more ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Poetry or more Poetry of the months or seasons , 2015 to 2017 text only" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Seasonal or astrological poetry from Richard Murray between 2015 and ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1

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?

In The Hollow audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "In The Hollow a story read from mother to child" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/in-the-hollow

I do calligraphic commissions

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

DATES

13th- Venus is between the Earth and Sun
15th- Venus|Moon conjunction; Ignacio Anaya Garcia born 1895, inventor of the nacho
16th- New Moon ; Moon at Apogee- Moon is farthest from earth while the moon is on the ecliptic, the path of the sun in the sky , but on the opposite side of earth, thus it can not be seen cause it is in the earth's shadow. I think this should make this the least dark new moon as the moon is farthest from earth.
17th - Cat's nights < a poem https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-943> in old ireland they say a witch can turn herself into a cat eight times, one a day from the 9th to the 16th , but if she turn herself into a cat on the 17th, a ninth time , she can not turn back bwahahaha! Cat's have nine lives:) ; 1978 first atlantic ocean crossing balloon flight, the Double Eagle 2 < Balloons are not dirigibles, balloons use a flexible material to house the material at rest or excited, like hot air, while a dirigible places material in a rigid structure. So for example, a balloon or a dirigible can be filled with hydrogen, a gas lighter than air. The Balloon casing will be lighter than the dirigible which is solid but the dirigible casing will protect the volatile hydrogen from being influenced from outside better on average than a balloon the casing plus the dirigible casing will allow greater pressures inside on average than a balloon casing. In parallel, the balloon casing is lighter so you need less hydrogen. The first dirigible to cross the atlantic ocean was the Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin 127 of germany in 1928>
18th- Mercury|Moon = Mars|Moon conjunction
19th - Moon on Equator. The center of the moon plus the center of the earth make a straight line at the equator of the earth.

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Ben's Benjamins and the dinosaurs

One of the most important concepts in the following article is that the USA's connection to currency use relates to the inadequacy of coins, historically based on valuable materials, being retained. Even before the usa was born in its european colonial form it's leadership was heavily into arithmetically based financial marketeering... the dinosaurs are simply cute

Benjamin Franklin's currency and the Crystal Palace Dinosaur sculptures rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — Benjamin Franklin's currency and the Crystal Palace Dinosaur sculptures

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2391&type=status

ibbini detailed paper craft

photo example

ibbini paper cradt rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — ibbini paper cradt

full gallery
https://www.ibbini.com/gallery
explaining some of the process
https://www.ibbini.com/works-in-paper

Video of the work imaged above

An overgrown garden often comes to mind when creating these pieces; the flowers, plants and trees slowly outgrowing their former arrangement. 24cm (d) x 36cm (h) layered laser cut papers, hand assembled over 3d printed molds. #digitalcraft #paper #sculpture #algorithm #vase #lasercut #pythoncode #paperarts #cloisonne #computationalgeometry | Julia Ibbini | Austin Farwell · Together

1.2K views, 60 likes, 6 comments, 11 shares, Facebook Reels from Julia Ibbini: An overgrown garden often comes to mind when creating these pieces; the flowers, plants and trees slowly outgrowing...

https://www.facebook.com/reel/638714504558780

Sprite Light

Started in 2017 thus six years to get here. Katherine Connell wanted to mix fashion with art.

main page
https://spritelights.com/
process
https://spritelights.com/journey/

A segment of her journey, making a flexible galinstan circuit. Galistan is a metal that is not toxic<ala touch the skin> and is liquid at room temperature < ala flexible at room temperature while providing a pathway for controlled current flow>

EXTRAS

Martina side Hans who makeup Nerdforge , converted Martina's room into a wizard study, enjoy

And things with strings vic

Things With Strings on Instagram: "This weekends fun little project - 210 x 210mm with 379 nails #stringart #stringartist #stringartproject #stringandnails #threadart #thingswithstrings #psychedelicstringart #geometricstringart #geometry #geometricart #uvart #blacklightart #psychedelicart #timelapse #artprocess #creativeprocess #timelapseart #artreels #artreel #art #artist #melbourneart #melbourneartist"

2,120 likes, 14 comments - things_with_strings_vic on May 8, 2023: "This weekends fun little project - 210 x 210mm with 379 nails #stringart #stringartist #stringar..."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr-gcR6JXK_/

What is a B movie

Explained in a short history from Turner Classic Movies

But, before you view. My thought...

At the end of the day, the studio system for the television was treated like the railroads for the car. Two working systems were busted up under the guise of antitrust, but functionally to aid a new industry in not having to deal with an old one that will be in recovery because of the changes. You can add it is like the Ma Bell being broken up when the Internet starts rolling strong.
In retrospect , the film industry never recovered and now like Ma bell, like the trains, has recombinated after being forcefully broken up but the damage of those years has hurt the financial methodology.

rmaalbc aalbc richard murray rmnewsletter link url — My third creative table, where I list the work I have created alongside activities of others in the village

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

08/06/2023 RMNewsletter

August 5 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #poetry, #poem, #kobo, #ebook, #audiobook, #cento, #tools, #fetish, #trevor, #brown, #little, #mermaid, #disney, #hans, #christian, #anderson, #moviesthatmovewe, #movies, #earliest, #african, #africanfuturism, #nnedi, #okorafor, #wole, #talabi, #tlhuchu, #huchu, #dilman, #dila, #mazi, #nwonwu, #tlotlo, #tsamaase, #derek, #lubangakene, #rafeeat, #aliyu, #mame, #nougouma, #diene, #arlene, #davila, #matt, #flegenheimer, #marc, #tracy, #nytimes, #eloi, #morlock, #gratitude, #alexanderpaupoff, #love, #pass, #ships, #night, #plantdye, #pocket, #handmade, #dress, #plantdyefortextiles

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

Welcome to the 32nd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The eleventh 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) Love That Pass Ships In The Night

3) Are you eloi or morlock?

4) Gratitude

DATES

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Plant Dye Pocket on Handmade Dress

Tools for fetishes

Little Mermaid Review from Movies That Move We

Earliest second phase Africanfuturism

Everyone joins the Black complaint line in the usa

Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry played on the same stage

CENTO Series episode 11

Not knowing if I was up or down, I clung in vain to the roof-top
Or plummeted, I know not which...
For my tower stood on nothing but a rough-hewn asteroid,
All whirling round me, God's own kaleidoscope...

https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/Anabasis-965876507

Sweet, little, unforgettable thing

No and I'm not sorry,

I'm just loving my body

so incredible

https://www.deviantart.com/fkataylor/art/The-Real-Qveen-2023-Redraw-965966657

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

Poetry or more ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Poetry or more Poetry of the months or seasons , 2015 to 2017 text only" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Seasonal or astrological poetry from Richard Murray between 2015 and ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1

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?

Shani and the Shadow audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "Shani and the Shadow A Upendi style poem that display one part of a longer journey" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/shani-and-the-shadow

I do calligraphic commissions

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

Love That Pass Ships In The Night

A work I intentionally made within a day using 9 random prompts. Listed below, I hope you enjoy. Really enjoyed this challenge.

9:30 am
The last person that should be trusted with a secret
A Frenchman
Apolitical parade
Twenty years in the future
Fossilized tooth
Blank sticky note
Oversized feather
scalpel

LOVE THAT PASS SHIPS IN THE NIGHT by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/LOVE-THAT-PASS-SHIPS-IN-THE-NIGHT-974879079

Are you Eloi or Morlock?

I am an Eloi. The traveler didn't traverse everywhere, somewhere else the local morlocks had ate most of the local eloi and began to eat themselves, eventually, the local morlocks murdered themselves off, and most of the local eloi died off of starvation. But the eloi who survived used the local green palance and lucked up to learning. they thrived by one time invites from individuals among other tribes of morlocks or eloi who went against the grain. One day they left eart, the traveler, never knew of this clan of eloi.

What is your vote?

https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/poll/H-G-Wells-Time-Machine-Poll-Which-Team-are-you-on-8321140

Gratitude

Gratitude some say is being thankful or giving good will but in modernity I will suggest the best way to describe gratitude is spreading positivity to be positive. No one owes you positivity back for being positive to them just to be positive yourself. But, sharing positivity to be positive I think, is the best deterrent to negativity in all its forms as well as positivity for negative sake.
Speaking focusedly , as an artist, all other artists work i see allows me to absorb positivity even absent intent, cause the creativity to make any art can only add in the door stop of imagination to the door of the mind.

Inspire and Empower: Gratitude by AlexanderPaupoff on DeviantArt

In my final year of high-school, a teacher I greatly admired made a comment that seemingly came out of nowhere and took deep root in my mind. She remarked on her dislike for the word 'gratitude' ...

https://www.deviantart.com/alexanderpaupoff/journal/Inspire-and-Empower-Gratitude-974549189

DATES

August 6th- Moon going from south to north of the ecliptic, the path of the sun in the sky; Honor of the catholic feast of the transfiguration, when Jesus spirit becomes radiant as john the baptist still lives, in religio-history , it is the only miracle that happened to jesus.
August 8th- Jupiter-Moon conjunction; Uranus Moon conjunction; catholic saint dominic feast day, founder of the powerful dominican order
August 9th- greatest elongation of mercury in the sky 27 degrees east, mercury is farther away from the sun in the sky than any time in the month
August 10th- catholic saint lawrence, saint of firefighters, cut a light on in the night sky
August 11th-Catholic St. Clare, the patron saint of television- 1958 look it up , she was personal friends with Francis of Assisi, wrote the first rules of life for a catholic order by a woman, to her own, The Order of Poor Ladies. The order she started is the first catholic order to have a rule of poverty. patron saint of eye disease... I think she did use her time to write a lot. The story about her joining a convent and her father's anger and her arranged betrothed rage and francis's role or perceived role is pure telenovela:) her father:)
August 12th- Moon highest over equator

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Plant Dye Pocket on Handmade Dress

from

Plant Dye For Textiles

See the short

https://youtube.com/shorts/y5kYFnB6dNc?si=HZfotUaIQzEaIz5K

The following is a complete video on the process of how she uses local leaves for dyes

Tools for fetishes

Tools are simply tools, they are used to aid in doing something. By default some tools have the ability to allow someone to do a team of human's work themselves. But, at the end, the tool is never the source of the problem in the resulted craft. That is the human role.

I Guess You Want a Cookie? by trevor-brown-artist on DeviantArt

https://www.deviantart.com/trevor-brown-artist/art/I-Guess-You-Want-a-Cookie-973377851

Little Mermaid Review from Movies That Move We

My Thoughts

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10423-movies-that-move-we-little-mermaid-review/

Earliest second phase Africanfuturism

free to read in completion

Earliest Africanfuturism a story collection rmaalbc aalbc — Earliest Africanfuturism a story collection

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/390-earliest-africanfuturism/

Everyone joins the Black complaint line in the usa

Growing up in the black community in the USA you always hear elders speak of nonviolent striving. The concept is simple. Follow the law, become a fiscal capitalistic mastermind, and you will wear down or upend the powers that be who allow themselves illegal growth or cheat fiscal capitalistic rules for their betterment.

But what you learn time and again as a Black person is not the futility of nonviolence. Nonviolence is not futile. But it has impotency against violent power. In the USA those in power achieved that power through violence. Nonviolence can't undo or overcome that power to the enslaved/restricted/limited/impotent, it never has in human history< ethiopia/china/cuba/haiti/ireland unlike their peers or similars didn't achieve through nonviolence and the reason is clear> and I argue nonviolence will never undo violent power< if gandhi's movement in india, if the nonviolent adamant black community of tulsa oklahoma , if the native american's hyper green lifestyle long before the green movement of white hippies couldn't overcome violence, how can less honest or less focused attempts succeed?>

I am not advocating violence from blacks to whites or the government system in the usa ... i am not advocating any impotent group utilize violence in the usa to their oppressor... but I am stating a simple historical fact. Power matters, power through violence isn't to be scoffed at, ownership through violence has a strength that is very strong. Those without the ability to gain power through violence or ownership through violence are not futile or dysfunctional but they have a ceiling of potency.

Now the following are two pleas. One from a latino of the usa and one from a woman of the usa, asking when the anglo, male, white owners or powerful will share power or share ownership?

Latinx side Women join Blacks in the nonviolent complaint line rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — Latinx side Women join Blacks in the nonviolent complaint line

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2390&type=status

Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry played on the same stage

Rock and Roll is Black y'all

Showcasing the great Norma Jan Wofford, aka the Dutchess

let no one tell you black women are foreign to the guitar

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

07/30/2023 RMNewsletter

July 30 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #poetry, #poem, #cento, #kobo, #ebook, #audiobook, #poetryormore, #wabisabi, #joys, #north, #somewhere, #industry, #entertainment, #hollywood, #matt, #stoler, #substack, #kechant, #sewell, #nypd, #lackadaisy, #rhapsody, #flapperfoxy, #fanart, #calligraphy, #journey, #theonewithbear, #kwl, #rtnnightmare

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

Welcome to the 31st edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The tenth 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)What is some advice you would give to a new artist?

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Entertainment Industry Is Going The Way Of The Automotive In The USA

Why Kechant Sewell left the NYPD

Lackadaisy Rhapsody

Calligraphy Journey

KWL science fiction

Black leadership preaching

CENTO Series episode 10
Are you really happy, my dear moon?

are you satisfied with your day?

so all alone in the night

covered by your glow's splendor

Bist Du manchmal einsam, mein lieber Mond?

bist Du zufrieden mit Deinem Tag?

so ganz alleine in der Nacht

überdeckt durch Deines Scheines Glanz

https://www.deviantart.com/lovelybird2022/art/poetry-art-dear-moon-917116853

perceive in order to comprehend

truly have appreciation for the maker and

again

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Symmetry-965485637

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

Poetry or more ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Poetry or more Poetry of the months or seasons , 2015 to 2017 text only" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Seasonal or astrological poetry from Richard Murray between 2015 and ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1

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?

Joys Of One North Or Somewhere audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "Joys Of One North Or Somewhere a set of poems emitting wabi sabi" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/joys-of-one-north-or-somewhere

I do calligraphic commissions

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

What is some advice you would give to a new artist?

Was asked by RTNNightmare, and the following is my answer.

Try to always remember the difference between the creative life side the commercial life of an artist.
The creative journey is eternal. There is no time or place or judgement that can satisfy the artists creative destination.
The proof will be in your future, when you make some heavy lauded work. Take two year after said work is lauded, and you will be more creatively unsatisfied with said work than two years ago.
The commercial journey is mortal, is straight forward. The goal is to make money using your art. The audience taste is the determinant. The ability for your work to get outreach is more important commercially than the work itself.
Remember to find communities online that enjoy the art work you do or may enjoy it. You are just starting so commercially you don't have a name to be recognized so you must go to the people who may find your work interesting.
The media tools will not direct them to you.

You have to try and comprehend and embrace that duopoly. Some, including artists, will tell you that the commercial goes hand in hand to the creative but that isn't true. And that isn't a negative.
Jean Michel Basquiat< streetart>
Philip K Dick <writer>
Penny and the Quarters<music>

All of these people posthumously found commercial success that they were not even remotely close to when living. Does it mean that when they were alive their work was crap or creative garbage. No, creatively it was fine as all work is creatively fine. But commercially, it wasn't good enough. The sad truth is that audiences tastes change, work gets outreach it never had and then can come a horde of money.

An Example of my work

Margot and Eliot Monogram by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Shop Upgrade to Core Get Core Join Log In Deviation Upload your creations for people to see, favourite, and share. We got your back. Learn more Deviation Actions Description When I saw the ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Margot-and-Eliot-Monogram-770738822

RTNNightmare post

Status by RTNightmare on DeviantArt

Welcome back to another Hype Badge Feature! This is a monthly feature where a question is asked, you answer and provide a deviation to feature, and I select 2 or 3 answers and Hype the deviations ...

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/status-update/Welcome-back-to-another-Hype-974227895

DATES

30th- Moon runs low, smallest angle compared to the south pole; henry ford born 1863
31st -1928 roar of JAckie, the Metro goldwyn Mayor lion first heard on screen

AUGUST

named for Augustus Ceaesar- august means to grow; Perseid meteor shower 11th and 12th- best seen after midnight; circa 20th Venus rises before dawn to become a morning star; 27th Saturn reaches opposition, in the sky to the sun, and brightest of the year

1st- Lammas day- originally meant to honor the first fruits of the harvest <remember all of the oldest human traditions come from the farm> and later added to the christian calendar to honor the eucharist ; Full Moon- called sturgeon moon cause the sturgeon are caught easier now ; 1793 meter length first defined
2nd- Moon at Perigee- closest to earth
3rd-Saturn Moon conjunction; 1923 Calvin coolidge sworn in as president by his father
4th- Neptune Moon conjunction ;
5th- Moon at Equator; Toni Morrison died 2019 - what is your favorite book of hers?

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Entertainment Industry Is Going The Way Of The Automotive In The USA

Fiscal Capitalism in the USA has always been about cheating. Fortunes made from stolen land, forced labor, auniversal illegal allowances, auniversal murder of competitors, dysfunctional financial trading systems all served and serve to grow and maintain the wealth of a certain group, not to invite competition or share wealth in the USA's history and in modernity to the global system the USA manages. And it isn't all doom and gloom for the USA. Western Europe, Korea, Japan plus many others all require the USA to protect them from countries with true militaries. So the last bit of the Entertainment Industry <music/sport already went before film>goes the way of the automotive/electronic/real estate industry in the usa as dominated by foreign actors allowed by an open market that other countries with true militaries dont allow in their borders. The question is, with nothing but being a police man to most of humanity outside the usa while machines are able to do most uncreative jobs, what industries will be left in the usa for humans? and,.. will they be enough?

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2386&type=status

Why Kechant Sewell left the NYPD

If you want to know, go to the following

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10417-why-kechant-sewell-left-the-nypd/

Lackadaisy Rhapsody

A rhapsody is a musical form where improvised or spontaneous bridges between musical segments not aligned to each other is made as one song. The original rhapsody was the person who interwove epic poems to speak, as epic poems are long and need improvised bridges.

I was referred to this example by the following

Lackadaisy Jazz Band-Sketch by FlapperFoxy on DeviantArt

Shop Upgrade to Core Get Core Join Log In Deviation Upload your creations for people to see, favourite, and share. We got your back. Learn more Deviation Actions Badge Awards 1 Description If you ...

https://www.deviantart.com/flapperfoxy/art/Lackadaisy-Jazz-Band-Sketch-973088305

Calligraphy Journey

the title of TheOneWithBear ManHua, Sunshine Through the Willow Tree.

It took half of year for my fellow calligraphist to make the electronic brush as well as practice the forms.

Calligraphy comes in many forms but usually is a measure between legibility<the ability to read> side figurability <the ability to see an image>

For example, the following is the tughra or signature of Sulemain the magnificent of the Ottoman empire

Metropolitan museum of art show rmaalbc — Metropolitan museum of art show

One can tell it is writing but it isn't meant for those that know the signs of arabic. It is designed to show an image, figurability.

In parallel TheOneWithBear's example below is no less craftwork, or calligraphy, but is meant for more legibility.

TheOneWithBear title of my ManHua, Sunshine Through the Willow Tree rmaalbc aalbc — TheOneWithBear title of my ManHua, Sunshine Through the Willow Tree

LINK TO THE VIDEO

TheOneWithBear deviantart

Status by TheOneWithBear on DeviantArt

https://www.deviantart.com/theonewithbear/status-update/I-can-t-explain-to-you-973115963

The following is an example of my calligraphy

Ebonee- in my style- ink calligraphy color by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Ebonee-in-my-style-ink-calligraphy-color-897403531

KWL Science Fiction

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10432-for-science-fiction-writers/

Black Leadership Preaching

I hope this is comprehensive enough

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2392&type=status

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

04/09/2023 RMNewsletter

April 9 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #leo, #sullivan, #easter, #good, #news, #calendar, #191st, #street, #april, #dates, #3d, #model, #arcencieldigitalart, #streetart

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

Welcome to the 15th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter. Enjoy the early Spring which is what Easter represents. Anyone paint eggs? I placed two Easter Illustrated Stories from my Good News Calendar. The 191st street streetart invitation will be due the coming 14th. And, I learned recently of a 3d art contest. Enjoy the sun folks.

The following is a link to April dates. https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/03/04/02/2023-rmnewsletter.html

HAPPY EASTER

The following are two quick illustrated tales for you

Illustrated Easter Tale in my good news calendar RMNewsletter — Illustrated Easter Tale in my good news calendar

Another Illustrated Easter Tale in my good news calendar RMNEwsletter — Another Illustrated Easter Tale in my good news calendar

191st street

3D Art contest

It is open to any form. I have to admit, with my crafting desires aside my inability to have a crafting shop. Not negative inability, merely honest. Having a physical laboratory requires a house , land, space. Urban life is not suited for most physical studies. Books/hand held crafting, nothing that is grander. And again, it isn't a problem. But I realize through 3D modeling I can make fictional forms to the various craft I am interested in. It is something. But, what to do for this contest? I have a contact page. If you don't want to leave a comment, contact me through there. https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/contact

https://www.deviantart.com/arcencieldigitalart/journal/Contest-3D-Art-in-all-it-s-forms-956559237

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Rest In Peace Leo Sullivan

Leo Sullivan rest in peace , RMNewsletter artist flash gordon fat albert — Leo Sullivan rest in peace

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10215-leo-d-sullivan/

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

3/26/2023 RMNewsletter

March 26 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #nyc, #streetart, #basquait, #191st, #jasmine, #marie, #blackgirlsbreathing, #breathing, #al, #harrington, #nba, #cannibis, #entrepreneur, #chevelin, #pierre, #independence, #haiti, #art, #farmers, #usa, #sketchfab, #figuro, #chess, #table, #pubg, #spacescraper, #Tredectaenite, #templar, #payne, #rmstoryboardfilm, #storyboard, #death, #example, #audiobook, #rmtja, #audio

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

Welcome to the 13th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter . 191st street in NYC is offering artist a chance to repair the station the city degraffitied. I plan to present my submission at the next edition of the newsletter. And check out my first chessboard. I submitted a work for the 4th Pubg global contest. And I finished the storyboard film for my story, Death By Example from last year. A noteworthy If You Made It This Far , concerning Black Women's Mental Health, and the prosperity of paid athletes when they no longer get salaries for sport.

191st street tunnel art

Oh saint Basquiat , what shall we do. I have an idea of what I will submit. I will place it in my deviantart. Full details is at the following

191st art invitational RMNewsletter — 191st art invitational

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10159-191st-street-art-invitational-april-14th-2023-is-the-due-date/

My first 3d shape

Richard Murray chess table , first attempt, can 3d scroll RMNewsletter — Richard Murray chess table , first attempt, can 3d scroll

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/364-richard-murray-first-chess-table-view-and-rotate/

The Spacescraper of Mhatta
The Climb of Tredectaenite Templar Payne jr.

Backstory

The Spacescraper by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

In the future, humanity exist on various planets or moons about the sun. The ancient humans left the modernity to be only one heritage, the spacescrapers. Buildings whose base is on the land ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Spacescraper-955359903

Storyboard film

Richard Murray Humblr

THE SPACESCRAPER OF MHATTA Submitted version https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/PUBGMFANART-4TH-GLOBAL-DESIGN-CONTEST-SUBMISSION-955357415 Coloring...

https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/712914442938105856/the-spacescraper-of-mhatta-submitted-version

Coloring page

PUBGMFANART 4TH GLOBAL DESIGN CONTEST COLORING PAG by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

The SpacescraperI made the following character for the PUBGMFANART 4TH GLOBAL DESIGN CONTEST,In the future, humanity exist on various planets or moons about the sun. The ancient humans left the ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/PUBGMFANART-4TH-GLOBAL-DESIGN-CONTEST-COLORING-PAG-955358400

Submitted version, wish me luck

PUBGMFANART 4TH GLOBAL DESIGN CONTEST SUBMISSION by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

The SpacescraperI made the following character for the PUBGMFANART 4TH GLOBAL DESIGN CONTEST,In the future, humanity exist on various planets or moons about the sun. The ancient humans left the ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/PUBGMFANART-4TH-GLOBAL-DESIGN-CONTEST-SUBMISSION-955357415

Death By Example, a work from 2022 has a storyboard film finally!

Richard Murray Humblr

Death By Example fastforward from Richard...

https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/712919905486422016/death-by-example-fastforward-from-richard-murray

Audiobook, Death By Example

Death By Example audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "Death By Example A leader takes responsibility for his own and offers a gift to the rest of humanity" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a ...

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IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Jasmine MArie and Black Girls Breathing Question and Answer plus aids , mediation , black women, rmnewsletter — Jasmine MArie and Black Girls Breathing Question and Answer plus aids

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Al Harrington a successful pharmaceutical company owner, he used to be an paid athlete, Kobe Bryant peer Rmnewsletter — Al Harrington a successful pharmaceutical company owner, he used to be an paid athlete

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Chevelin Pierre honors Haitian Independence, on January 1st, but let's celebrate it now anyway RMNEwsletter — Chevelin Pierre honors Haitian Independence, on January 1st, but let's celebrate it now anyway

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10158-happy-belated-haitian-independence-day/

Black Farmers in the USA RMNewsletter — Black Farmers in the USA

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

3/19/2023 RMnewsletter

March 15 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #metrofocus, #slavery, #13th amendment, #13th, #amendment, #easymoney, #federal, #reserve, #frontline, #pbs, #nice, #france, #rio, #carnaval, #alain, #ughetto, #no dogs, #italians, #allowed, #claymation, #artetcinemas, #michelle, #yeoh, #silicon, #valley, #bank, #tiktok, #internet, #deaths, #maternity, #londonium, #nippon, #livestream, #official, #lance, #reddick

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

Welcome to the 12th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter .

Lance Reddick, thespian's spirit flew. Be ready for the March Equinox, the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere or fall in the southern hemisphere.

I didn't know much of LAnce Reddick but I enjoyed him a lot in the John Wick series, may his spirit fly high. If you want to donate, send money to https://www.momcares.org/

Lance Reddick rmnewsletter — Lance Reddick , rest in peace

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IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

White people say slavery isn't over in 2023 ; metrofocus, rmnewsletter — White people say slavery isn't over in 2023

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The Age Of Easy money Frontline PBS , RMNewsletter — The Age Of Easy money Frontline PBS

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10136-age-of-easy-money/

Did you know the Rio Carnaval had some roots in Nice of France?

Nice and the fabulous Rio carnival - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Massena Museum, 65 street of France, 06000 Nice, open Mondays and Wednesdays to Saturdays (11am - 6pm), closed Thursdays and Sundays, phone : 04.93.91.19.10, ticket full price : ...

https://artetcinemas.over-blog.com/2023/03/nice-and-the-fabulous-rio-carnival.html

Of Immigration, no country outside the United States of America in human history, ever had such a large pro immigration community in itself and the USA never had over 50% pro immigration

View an example below

No dogs or Italians allowed - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Animation movie directed by : Alain Ughetto, writing credits : Alain Ughetto, Alexis Galmot, Anne Ascaride, produced by : Alexandre Cornu, Mathieu Courtois, Luis Correia, Nicolas Burlet, Enrica ...

https://artetcinemas.over-blog.com/2023/03/no-dogs-or-italians-allowed.html

michelle yeoh, silicon valley bank, tiktok, maternity deaths, londonium, the streaming official rmnewsletter — michelle yeoh, silicon valley bank, tiktok, maternity deaths, londonium, the streaming official

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St. Patrick Day's story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-eostre-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=889

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03/12/2023 RMNewsletter

March 12 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #rmnewsletter, #lesharkis, #richard, #murray, #richardmurray, #lego, #ninjago, #rmstoryboardfilm, #artsdawn, #tutorial, #tulsa, #oklahoma, #blackwallstreet, #massacre, #whiteriot, #krsytal, #marquis, #thedavenports

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

Welcome to the 11th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter . Enjoy a funny unofficial LEgo Ninjago skit. Coloring page and storyboard film are available. Black Tulsa, Oklahoma in more depth. And introducing in full gilded glamour, the Davenports by Krystal Marquis.

Fun Ninjago Invitation by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Mystake is being controlled by another oni, but someone placed the tea kettle top onto her tea kettle, which will save her? But who is this mysterious person, and why? You can find out by reading ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Fun-Ninjago-Invitation-952543588

Fun Ninjago Coloring page by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Mystake is being controlled by another oni, but someone placed the tea kettle top onto her tea kettle, which will save her? But who is this mysterious person, and why? You can find out by reading ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Fun-Ninjago-Coloring-page-952543437

Richard Murray Humblr

THE LEGEND OF GARMADON VANCE Garmadon was strolling along looking to use something to play golf with. He came upon a tea kettle top. After inspection he realized it was needed to prevent an negtive...

https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/711122943542968320/the-legend-of-garmadon-vance-garmadon-was

The truth of Black Tulsa

Tulsa Oklahoma in depth, audio and text , rmnewsletter — Tulsa Oklahoma in depth, audio and text

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2279&type=status

If you want to read a book that takes you into a Black Gilded Moment somewhere in the USA consider

The Davenports from Krystal Marquis rmnewsletter — The Davenports from Krystal Marquis

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
The Davenports (Fiction, Hardcover) by Krystal Marquis (Dial Books, Jan 31, 2023)
LINK

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Do you know this story about France when North Africa freed itself.

Les Harkis - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Feature movie directed by : Philippe Faucon, writing credits : Philippe Faucon, Yasmina Nini - Faucon, Samir Benyala, produced by : Istiqlal Films, Pyramide Films, cinematography : Laurent Fénart ...

https://artetcinemas.over-blog.com/2023/03/les-harkis-5.html

TRY IT YOURSELF

Give it a go

✒️Art & Calligraphy🖋 on Instagram: "Drawings for beginners 🥰 Would you try? Favorite 1-2? Follow us 👉@artsdawn for more!🙌 Via lingdang666 Doüyin app #drawing #artwork #draw #artist"

578K Likes, 1,435 Comments - ✒️Art & Calligraphy🖋 (@artsdawn) on Instagram: "Drawings for beginners 🥰 Would you try? Favorite 1-2? Follow us 👉@artsdawn for more!🙌 V..."

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpN9ZF-I82e/

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

03/05/2023 RMNewsletter

February 28 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #aalbc, #rmaalbc, #wabisabi, #gdbee, #black, #history, #month, #blackhistorymonth, #astrology, #march, #stephanie, #mill, #mills, #vladtv

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

Welcome to the 10th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

Do you know of Wabi Sabi, a perspective philosophy from Japan. I have created a work in its honor. GDbee created coloring pages for Black History Month. One is here, click the associated link to get more.

WHAT IS WABI SABI?

I am no elser student of the viewpoint/aesthetic/lifestyle. As I comprehend it, the goal is to embrace unorder. Not to seek it out but to embrace it. For a HaikuWriMo I created the poetry set with the Wabi Sabi concept as I comprehend it. Itself, a concept that suggest one does not need to make a scene if one is not complete in comprehending a thing.

I have a preview before links to the complete work.

In the audio of Kobo or the literature+ GIF <graphics interchange format> in deviantart in more detail in their descriptions

THE PREVIEW

THE AUDIO

Joys Of One North Or Somewhere audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/joys-of-one-north-or-somewhere

audiobook JOYS OF ONE NORTH OR SOMEWHERE by Richard Murray on Kobo , part of the richard murray tip jar audio series

THE LITERATURE OR GIF

Joys Of One North Or Somewhere by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Joys-Of-One-North-Or-Somewhere-951602662

Gif and test of JOYS OF ONE NORTH OR SOMEWHERE by Richard Murray , aka Hddeviant

BLACK HISTORY MONTH COLORING PAGES

GDBee , a great artist, recently with work showcased at Times Square in NYC made some coloring pages for Black History Month. One is below, but click the image or the link to see more.

Black history month 2023 coloring pages from GDBee, rmnewsletter — Black history month 2023 coloring pages from GDBee

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2268&type=status

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

STephanie Mills interview on Vladtv rmnewsletter — STephanie Mills interview on Vladtv

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2269&type=status

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

02/19/2023 RMNewsletter

January 17 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #salvador, #bahia, #carnival, #valentinesday, #valentines, #thebootesartvoid, #dallaslogan, #dallas, #logan, #rose, #bloomnation, #audiobook, #thelastflail, #kobo, #deviantart, #stageplay, #53rd, #annual, #presidents, #play, #holiday, #scriptastic, #playwrights, #jihi

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

Title: THe petals of tradition ; photographer: thebootesartvoid ; valentines day rmnewsletter — Title: THe petals of tradition ; photographer: thebootesartvoid

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

Title: Te Amo Bloomnation campaign ; photographer: Dallas Logan ; valentines day rmnewsletter — Title: Te Amo Bloomnation campaign ; photographer: Dallas Logan

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

Title: THe Verona bloomnation campaign ; photographer: Dallas Logan ; valentines day rmnewsletter — Title: THe Verona bloomnation campaign ; photographer: Dallas Logan

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

Title: Birthday Cake ; Photographer: Dallas Logan ; valentines day ; rmnewsletter — Title: Birthday Cake ; Photographer: Dallas Logan

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

title: Southern belle ; photographer: Belinda Vickerson ; rmnewsletter ; valentine's day — title: Southern belle ; photographer: Belinda Vickerson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/belindavick/52687513991/in/feed-508775-1676330091-3-72157721657630675

The Last Flail audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "The Last Flail A Valentine letter born public" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail

I made the cover. Go to my deviantart page, my name there is Hddeviant

If you like the cover, consider my commissions

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

Four days before Carnival in Bahia, this was Salvador

LINK

See the Carnival in Salvador Bahia

Enjoy my first stageplay

Onto the 53rd Annual President's Play by Richard Murray ; holiday scriptastic tournament; house of playwrights; deviantart — Onto the 53rd Annual President's Play by Richard Murray

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

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Enjoy these post Valentine's day treats

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02/12/2023 RMNEWsletter

January 17 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #salvador, #carnival, #valentinesday, #valentine, #black, #history, #month, #bhm, #littlemermaid, #blackity, #ccrb, #civilian, #complaint, #review, #board, #nypd, #gdbee, #rayseb, #hddeviant

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

Welcome to the 7th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter

I offer others questions and my answers concerning Valentines Day. And Carnival is alive and kicking in Brasil. Are you ready for your local variant? I offer others questions and my answers concerning Black History Month. I will love to know your answers, remember you can guest comment. If you want to read the 590 page civilian complaint review board assessment to the NYPD in 2020 read above IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR.

Happy Besooned Valentine's Day

What medium or style of art are you most obsessed with?
None, I am not obsessed to any medium or style of art. But the art I will like to be satisfied in creating that I am farthest from is literature based games. But I am romancing it, so to speak.

What love-themed artwork(s) do you believe are the most powerful, and why?
I will say love songs are the most powerful from love themed artworks. Why? At their best they are a blend of two heart felt passions wrapped in one.
The words when best, have a comprehension that can be sung by a mute lover through their eyes or a lonely yearning person calling out in isolation.
But, when a vocalist is at their best, they can utilize the words to emit frequencies that massage the doubts or dismissals from one who has no memory of a loving touch or provide paths for memories in the wind to re-enter the silverhaired.
Unlike the film, the song need not be seen.
Unlike the painting, the song touches the body.
Unlike the book, the song has a voice when one can't imagine it on their own.
If you are interested in some love songs, consider the list in the following work, I suggest Nat King Cole, Fly Me To The Moon

Album Yourself Submit by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Prince Menelik Album coverThe posture for those that don't know is inspired from the many albums of Soul music, defined as music primarily from Black artists descended of enslaved people in the ...

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Album-Yourself-Submit-935178300

Check out his inspirational track, in his description, one day I will make music for his track

Has love or obsession inspired you to create a work of art? If so, share it in your comment and talk about how the feeling inspired it!
Yes, love has inspired the following work. I am a private person. It is a gif + poetry, click to see.

Valentine's Day 2022 Color gif by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Poem Title: The Last Flail Never touched, the love, warmestSaid or wrote, in omni-pain, fessOnce ignorant, have me their messwhile safe, my unnamed, farthestBut when will the omni-pain rest?All else

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Valentine-s-Day-2022-Color-gif-906988319

If you will like something to color for Valentine's day consider the following version, please share with me if you do

Valentine's Day 2022 BW by HDdeviant on DeviantArt

Poem Title: The Last Flail Never touched, the love, warmestSaid or wrote, in omni-pain, fessOnce ignorant, have me their messwhile safe, my unnamed, farthestBut when will the omni-pain rest?All else

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Valentine-s-Day-2022-BW-906988146

If you want to listen to the poetry , I offer the following

The Last Flail audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "The Last Flail A Valentine letter born public" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail

Referral Page
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Carnival

Salvador Carnival begins on the 15th and ends on the 22nd

And honoring Yemanya never ends, Odoya Iemanja!

Odoya Iemanja - video at link - model:Lila Deva photographer: DOCEZERO video designer : uendelns rmnewsletter — Odoya Iemanja - video at link - model:Lila Deva photographer: DOCEZERO video designer : uendelns

Video is available at the link below

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2227&type=status

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Q&A

What Black artists have inspired you, and what about their work do you find inspiring?

For writing: Zora Neale Hurston+ August Wilson+ Dwayne McDuffie

For drawing: Jean Michele Basquiat

For sculpting: Dahomey sculpture artist , Edmonia Lewis

For dance: Sammy Davis Jr, Gregory Hines, Michael Jackson

For photography: Gordon Parks

For Music: Louis Armstrong, Marvin Gaye, Sweet Honey on the Rock, Sade

I have more but they came first to mind

Zora Neale Hurston for cognizing the value of Black Art that was being forgotten or lost during her own time, while creating art that cherished an aspect of the Black community that wasn't as in favor as other black artist or white owned media cared for.

August Wilson for the way in which Black communal life is presented complexly while unaffrontingly, I find too many Black artists write Black people as weapons.

Dwayne McDuffie for influence on Milestone and his width of imagination.

Basquiat for his unique art way and being a fellow New Yorker, surviving for a time, the life of an artists, which can be tough

Dahomey sculpture's for an art work I like a lot they made and it is poignant to me personally.

Edmonia Lewis for never quitting while having two elements of herself that she had to accept met various resistance, and her cleopatra is magnificent.

Sammy Davis jr for how multitalented he was while always a dancer at heart

Gregory Hines for how he always presented tap dance in a street way

Michael Jackson for making dance mandatory in musical acts after him

Gordon Parks for how long it took him to begin to make it, in his 40s but he never stopped trying and reached out creatively when he did, not settling

Louis Armstrong for being relevant artistically while watching his art form change/grow/morph throughout his entire life

Marvin Gaye for telling it like it is with his art

Sweet Honey on the Rock for the soul in their voice

Sade cause she never forces the sound.

I have many Black artist I am inspired by.

I hope I can do as they did to me to someone else Black.

What are some of your favorite artworks that depict African American culture?

The People Can Fly written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Leo and Dianne Dillon. Virginia Hamilton in the spirit of Zora Neale Hurston kept alive stories that many Black homes had forgotten on their own intention. And she rewrote them lovely. Leo Dillon cause working with his white wife, Dianne, they just had a great sense of making art that didn't seem imitative but was accessible in intent to all.

A few private works in my home. :)

In what ways do you think art can be used to foster understanding and appreciation across cultures?

Art by default is messages from one or many individuals about their heritage<what they carry > or culture < what they grow> to whomever access it.

I argue that art is meant to convey, the comprehension or appreciation some want art to instill in those who access art must come from the accessors themselves.

I like the works of Ravel or the marches of the national socialist part of germany. But neither of said artful acts is why I don't attack french people or why I don't concur to the Nazi party.

Art unfortunately is asked to be the peaceful bludgeon and that is unfair.

The best way to utilize art is to allow art, the freedom of art. Said freedom will generate art work that you may oppose or dislike heavily, in my case Birth of a nation by Demille. But, it exposes the truth of the communities that create them.

And rightly or wrongly, the truth is the beginning to any peaceful comprehension or appreciation between any, even if said duo is never reached in part or whole by one who access art.

If you are interested in my writing , consider the following

Sunset Children Stories ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Sunset Children Stories Modern versions of Tales from Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe or ancient Humanity" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. A Collection of Modernized Fables and ...

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

enjoy my interpretation of a mascot for deviantart