tiktok

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

Welcome to the 14th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The forty-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) March challenge

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Introducing marcia williams

tiktok reality

Screenplays with thoughts from William Shatner aside

Cute library from writeddreams2reality

Posse from Movies that Move We

What is in your kitchen?

A day in Harlem through time

CENTO Series episode 46

a blessed treasure of earth and sky

whether grind, soak, peal, or simply apply
https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Herbs-985412517

the Sun can't see her mirror,

you'll always understand why,

but she's waiting for something,

Self-respect and self-awareness,

A history that writes itself when it's all okay.
https://www.deviantart.com/7evid/art/In-Between-977310841

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

March Challenge

from the AI challenge group

View video at the link

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2640&type=status

and if you are a Sarah Jessica Parker fan

the following is a video of works for a challenge by pgrainbow of deviantart

DATES

Happy Belated Birthday Toshiro Mfune, april 1st

Janus Films trailer

the original trailer

never forget Winnie Mandela , april 2nd

never forget bill Withers, april 3rd

never forget isao takahata, april 5th

https://archive.org/details/grave-of-the-fireflies_202311

never forget Lorraine Graves, , April 1st

At least she got to see Misty Copeland

https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/

April 

• 7 :  Moon at Perigee; moon at equator; Venus Moon conjunction; neptune moon conjunction
• 8: New moon, solar eclipse; moon from south to north of the ecliptic; mercury moon conjunction

A solar eclipse , shadowing, from on a planet occurs when a moon is between a star and said planet. A total socal eclipse is when the alignment of a moon and a star is such that  said moon completely blocks out the sun.  The reason why this is a total  is it is a new moon while also crossing the ecliptic, which is the path of the sun in the earth's sky. 

• 10 : mars saturn conjunction; jupiter moon conjunction;  uranus moon conjunction
• 11: Moon in inferior, between sun and earth
• 12Gary Soto born 1952

Oranges 1983 is from him

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=35513

• 13: Moon rides high, largest angle between equator and north pole. 

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Introducing marcia williams

enjoy the photographers works

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10906-marcia-williams/

an example of her work

tiktok reality

_{I commented to the video below}

exactly, in my memory, tiktok is the first social media website not owned in the usa to have a dominant share of usa traffic. I can't think of any other website that wasn't usa owned with such a presence in the usa. The internet isn't the usa's, but the usa wants all major social websites to be owned in the usa or by the usa's allies. 

Screenplays with thoughts from William Shatner aside

I provide my thoughts on screenplays or stageplays utilizing William Shatner's response to an interview with another as support. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10907-segments-of-an-interview-with-william-shatner/

Cute library from writeddreams2reality

Posse from Movies that Move We

question, have you ever seen a black cowboy space film?

Video review by clicking below

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10912-posse-review-from-movies-that-move-we/

What is in your kitchen?

I searched my favorites, other artist work,  plus my own work with the words BAKE or COOK? 

I found the entries at the following URL. 

A day in Harlem through time

Look at the changes of the area of the famed photo in time

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10926-in-front-of-a-harlem-brownstone-195819962023/#comment-66392

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 13th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The forty-fifth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

2) Mandala Sphere

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Questions to writing and things written

What book do you propose for a questionable literary summary?

Children of the Quicksands from Efua Traore

Akira Toriyama Thoughts

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

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

CENTO Series episode 45

round and round the detectives go

but one by one, they disappear

smoke and mirrors obscure their views

and the bodies they'll never find

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

Engrave your soul's manifesto

where the lies can not distort it

Forging truth to a razor's edge

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

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

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

Mandala Sphere

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

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

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

Mandala Sphere Holi 2024 equirectangular -click to view it properly

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

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

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

I do calligraphic commissions

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

DATES

March

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

April

1st Easter

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

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

3rd : Neptune Venus conjunction; Pluto Moon conjunction

4th-North Atlantic Treaty signed 1949- NATO

5th- Mars Moon conjunction

6th Saturn Moon; Ricard Coeur de lion  died 1199

Note

8th- total solar eclipse

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Questions to writing and things written

I asked the following questions

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

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

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

What book do you propose for a questionable literary summary?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children of the Quicksands from Efua Traore

illustration by Rayseb

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

the cover

Akira Toriyama Thoughts

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

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

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

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

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

Success on Deviantart

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welcome to the 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/

 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2283&type=status

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2282&type=status

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

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

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

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2284&type=status

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

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

Welcome to the first Newsletter entry. 

When next we meet, the december solstice of 2022 will be in the past. So it will be winter in the northern hemisphere while summer in the southern hemisphere. 

Below are my audiobook links with excerpts from them on the kobo page but if you want a video you can see the youtube or tiktok. I shared the Blackspecfic report from fiyah magazine, all black writers utilize. My top tumblr posts of 2022 is present. 

The world of african superheroes coloring book is linked, it is circa ten dollars. 

Some astrological dates or historical information.

The National Hockey League was started in 1917 on December 19th

The december solstice is the 21st and mercury will have its greatest elongation 20 degrees east

On the 23rd , in  1672 Saturn's moon Rhea was seen and the 23rd will be a new moon and the moon is lowest under the extended equator of the earth

On the 24th the moon is closest to earth, perigee, and the moon will be in conuunction with : mercury then venus then pluto 

The poem is entitled: The Stone of Suriel
Artist: Richard Murray

Audiobook
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-stone-of-suriel

More information

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2175&type=status

The poem is entitled:  Xicotencatl the younger's last dream
Artist: Richard Murray

Audiobook
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/xicotencatl-the-younger-s-last-dream 

More Information

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2176&type=status

The poem is entitled: One in a couple
Artist: Richard Murray

Black and white version
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Ryder-of-Ccayco-BW-939443464

More Information

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2177&type=status

BLACKSPECFIC report

click the image below

MY TUMBLR YEAR IN REVIEW