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

Welcome to the 43rd edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-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) American Fiction

3) GDBee's Hovergirls

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

24/7 Fae Farm ambiance, Blackgameselite

Book Contracts with Suzanne Lucas Gossen side Jane Friedman

The Fall That Saved Us Cover Reveal in Thistle and Verse, author Tamara Jeree

Jann Wenner and the art of the fair interview

CENTO Series episode 22

Ordained between hearts

There my disquiet soul oft finds solace

For in dreams, one dares actions

Or desecrate nature's verdant sanctum

https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/What-Dreams-May-Dare-971655253

I found you in the darkness,

Captured by poisonous petals

Stripped of lies and deceit

Playing with the evil

Look at me and see me

We should run away

Oxytocin waves

there is no need in God

https://www.deviantart.com/erotesque/art/Oxytocin-972261568

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? 

American Fiction

What is the role of private ownership in the artistic industry under a government that utilizes fiscal capitalism? Is it a space where those who have money are free to do as they will? Or is it a where those who have money have to act according to some philosophy/standard/viewpoint? 

Leave your thoughts in comments here or the article linked below

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10600-black-writers-your-thoughts/

GDBee's Hovergirls

Congrats to GDBee for getting her first paper publishing , get more information and various links to preorder at the link below
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2500&type=status

or if you are too lazy

I do calligraphic commissions

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

DATES

• October 22: 2008 India's first Lunar probe 

From Official  Indian Space Research Organization (I.S.R.O.) pdf file
https://web.archive.org/web/20100613064645/http://isro.org/publications/pdf/Chandrayaan-1-booklet.pdf

wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1

• October 23: Venus greatest elongation from the sun 46 degrees east
• October 24: Saturn Moon conjunction
• October 25: Moon nearest Earth in its orbit about Earth; Neptune Moon conjunction
• October 26: Moon at Equator, center of Moon plus Earth at Earth's equator;Jacques Villaneuve is the last  non european formula 1 winner in 2008
• October 27: Moon crossing south to north of the path of the sun in the sky, the ecliptic. 
• October 28: The Moon surface facing the earth is fully illuminatedby the Sun, -Full Moon- called a hunter for this time is best for hunting in North America; Lunar Eclipse as the Moon is in the shadow of the earth, when the light of the sun is blocked most by the earth.

Trivia: DO full moon's and lunar eclips'es happen at the same time. 

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

24/7 Fae Farm ambiance

showcased on Blackgameselite

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/400-enter-the-cozy-realm-of-your-dreams-247-cozy-ambient-videos-make-your-dream-link/

Book Contracts with Suzanne Lucas Gossen side Jane Friedman

an in depth discussion , video free to view

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10547-a-discussion-on-book-contracts/

The Fall That Saved Us Cover Reveal in Thistle and Verse, author Tamara Jeree

click the image or url to see the cover and hear from the author

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10549-the-fall-that-saved-us-cover-reveal-in-thistle-and-verse-author-tamara-jeree/

Jann Wenner and the art of the fair interview

I read Wenner's [a creator of 'rolling stone magazine'] New York times 09/19/2023 interview  in completion.  He was asked a very personal question. How did you choose subjects for your book? His answer was honest while judgmental, but he also conveyed his own method for interviews which the interviewee of the times was ignorant of. I find it a simple reality. Wenner didn't relate to non white + non male rock and roll artist cause non white + non male rock and roll artist are different. Labor practices among women are well known to differ than men, even in the same situation. This relates to how non black or non male artist interview , which Wenner judged disconnected to the talking points of white male rock and roll artist.

The complete interview is linked using the photo or url below

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2461&type=status

For automotive lovers, do you know how to say Porsche correctly?

The most recent solar eclipse, only visible in west coast usa

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 27th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The sixth 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) Witches Pendant 3D Model

3) Bulwer Lytton

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Dreadful Tales issue 45

Start a writing business from Kobo Writing Life

Fiyah Mag Issue 27

Happy belated birthday Richard Matheson

Animaltroniek

Grief in SFF from Thistle and Verse

In memory of Rod Serling

Black Education in the USA was never...

CENTO Series episode 6

And the banshee lilts her lamentations

trembling trees bow their hoary heads

and nature is anointed in tears of grief

for the lord of the land dies this night

And the banshee lilts her lamentations

https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Lamentations-962954635

Won't you share an enticing cup of tea

And I will admit I madly giggled

Steeped in ambient impossibilities

What a great old time was our repartee

https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/A-Great-Old-Time-964168685

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

Witches Pendant 3d Model

It all began with a Witchtember, a daily art prompt challenge, entry. The prompt was necklace. Where I made the following. Can you tell the spell of the pendant or the meaning of the Banners of Arms? Maybe you can guess the names of the two clans.

Then, arcencieldigitalart made a 3d contest and so I made a coloring page, do show me your colors?

and with said base I made the 3 d model. It seems embedding from sketchfab isn't working in over-blog. So you have to click to experience the image volumetric. 

Do you think I need to do the whistling blade next?

Bulwer Lytton

I submitted my one sentence. I thought about it for a while. Even though they allowed multiple entries. I wanted to be more honest and give one sentence one go. I chose a story I am working on that makes me laugh as the inspiration. It ended the 30th of June so the time has passed to submit but they invite annually since the 1980s. Have at it next time. 

DATES

• 2nd-> Moon rides low, largest angle beneath the equator of the earth Thurgood Marshall born 
• 3rd->Full Buck Moon, for the deer. Dog Day's Begin, originally corresponding to the summer solstice
• 4th->Moon closest to earth- perigee; Conjunction pluto side moon
  • Belated Flag day story https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-flag-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=905
  • Belated Juneteenth story https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-juneteenth-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=908
• 6th->Sun farthest from earth, aphelion ; Saturn side Moon appear in a straight line, vertical or horizontal in sky, conjunction
  • Aphelion Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-aphelion-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=923
  • Aphelion story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-aphelion-day-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=924
• 7th-> Venus greatest illumination in sky
• 8th) Moon at Equator ; conjunction- Neptune side Moon

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Dreadful Tales issue 45

Start A Writing Business From Kobo Writing Life

https://kobowritinglife.com/2023/06/26/how-to-start-your-writing-business-so-youve-published-a-book-now-what/

Fiyah MAg issue 27

https://fiyahlitmag.com/2023/06/01/issue-27-carnival-toc-cover-art/

Features include:

The Spirit of Bois – a short story by Karyn Díaz

Capsule of Souls – a short story by Dexter F.I. Joseph

Petunia – a short story by Lerato Mahlangu

Sentience – a novelette by Nkone Chaka

 Cover illustrated by Manny Edeko.

Happy Belated Birthday Richard Matheson

His first sale was to the story, Born From Man and Woman

a sequel to the story was written by another writer , while Matheson was alive, and is titled:

She Screech Like Me

ANIMALTRONIEK

And for more tech magic

Here is a $20 project that can turn a can into a musical toy which can be used to aid an instrument

click the image

https://makezine.com/projects/a-can-full-of-tone/

Grief in SFF from Thistle and Verse

My Answers to the questions

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2361&type=status

In Memory Of Rod Serling

his spirit flew in 06/28/1975 

some clips from A Passage For Trumpet

if interested a story overview

Black Education in the USA was never...

bad. Black people, the community or most individuals, are simply financially poor and that comes with a reality no quantity of knowledge can undo.

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10373-education-another-venue-where-black-people-have-been-dysfunctional-to-ourselves/

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 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. 

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/status-update/Welcome-to-another-Hype-Badge-963218072

Thistle and Verse panel on science fiction subgenres UTC-5 1pm EST

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2333&type=status

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2330&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 9th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter 

For someone special, I present music honoring black music from the past throughout the black american experience. To end Black History Month, i share a gallery, celebrating Black joy. Thistle and Verse have a book reveal. And, I begin an epistle series which is another arm of my Rohonamo worlds, inspirited by others. And if you make it that far: Nina Simone y'all and Creative Soul Photography , the cover image of this newsletter edition.

Afro cuban music honoring Chango and the Negro Spirituals in European concert halls

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2265&type=status

A gallery celebrating black joy

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2264&type=status

Book cover reveal of OFf Time Jive from A. Z. Louise by Chloe of Thistle and Verse

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2261&type=status

Messages at the end of a rainbow, is an epistle series. Even though the first published work in the Rohonamo series temporally is moments in a day of Mumu. The first work that was thought upon was Messages at the end of a rainbow. It took longer because of my parameters. Rohonamo, industrially, is meant to show that one can make what they want in another world without changing that world. I don't think that white characters need to be made black or vice versa, specifically to the rings of power series or house of the dragon series. Harad or Sothoryos exist already for those who are in the phenotypical range called Black. I see this not as fan fiction but as complex world building. Allow various artist to build in a world one artist made. I didn't make the world that the Messages At The End Of A Rainbow is in. That was Kuroshi-Tenshi LINK , but the world she made has space for me to make my own space as I like it. 

MOMENTS IN A DAY OF MUMU

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Nina Simone had a birthday, let's celebrate

Creative Soul photography was commissioned by Disney to make a version of Disney princesses reflecting the Pan Black American (black folk from canada to argentina)experience , Cover Photo of this newsletter entry is from this

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2254&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 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?
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2216&type=status

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

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/class-action-filed-against-stability-ai-midjourney-and-deviantart-for-dmca-violations-right-of-publicity-violations-unlawful-competition-breach-of-tos-301721869.html

Some Book Reviews from Thistle and Verse

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

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