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02/25/2024 RMNewsletter
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading.
Welcome to the 8th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.
1) The fortieth 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) Valentine's Nostalgia
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR
Google Lumiere
mlk jr said
Jeffrey Wright first actor nod reaction
The truth of voting
art is magic ,for science or knowledge can always be reduced to what can be comprehended, a part of art is always the imaginative unknown
CENTO Series episode 40
Inside his shell his softness cried.
The crab scuttles across the sand,
It's hard shell shining in the night,
https://www.deviantart.com/ariya-sacca/art/The-Crab-975481401
Alchemist of the alphabet
Forming spells
A grimoire waiting to be filled
https://www.deviantart.com/carpevesperum/art/Written-Magic-976011048
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 ...
Richard Murray Centos 2023 ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Richard Murray Centos 2023 a cento poetry collection" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. A collection of Centos , poems made from the lines of other poems, with all source poems ...
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?
The Ancestral Tree audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo
Listen to "The Ancestral Tree for Juneteenth , made in 2023 but good for any year" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get
I do calligraphic commissions
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995
Valentine's Nostalgia
I made a video book or gifbook based on the idea of valentine's nostalgia, from thefulcrum. They said think outside the box, so I thought, let's use the first european valentine letter as prompts to a computer simulation system. I had to break it up. I used deviantart dreamup to make three images for the first stanza while three for the second stanza. Then I used an art style common in the time of the poetry for each image. I chose the image that fronts the gif. But enjoy it all below. Read the description for more detail.
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Valentine's Nostalgia gif by HDdeviant on DeviantArt
valentine's nosalgia www.deviantart.com/thefulkrum/... I used the first european valentine's day poem, stated in here www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/a... and broke it up into two stanzas, the computer
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Valentine-s-Nostalgia-gif-1022598102
video
Valentine's Nostalgia video by HDdeviant on DeviantArt
valentine's nosalgia www.deviantart.com/thefulkrum/... I used the first european valentine's day poem, stated in here www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/a... and broke it up into two stanzas, the computer
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Valentine-s-Nostalgia-video-1022597062
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR
Google Lumiere
It is a text to video application, not ready for mass consumption. But in github already.
If you want to read more
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2582&type=status
mlk jr said
a video of wisdom from the late great martin luther king jr.
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2593&type=status
Jeffrey Wright first actor nod reaction
Jeffrey wright speaks on his earliest thoughts to knowing he was on the oscar roll for his performance in American Fiction
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10803-jeffrey-wright-reaction-to-first-best-actor-oscar-nod/
The Truth Of Voting
Instances in the usa have displayed the truth of voting
11/12/2023 RMNewsletter
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading.
Welcome to the 46th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.
1) The twenty-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) Lee and Low 2024 titles
3)Kobo indie book cover contest
4) The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We
5) Calling N.A.S.A.
Dates
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR
Do you know about female snakes?
The legend soundtracks
The Music of Vi Redd
Angelique Noire and the modern dress code
CENTO Series episode 25
A Surprise Lyric Cento. I will cite the original at the end, but let's see if you can figure it out first.
Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids!
Attack of the Killer Great Fungoids!
From Richard’s lab come forth each week
The ripe white monsters of which we speak
Except when he has, a security leak!
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids!
Oh, isn’t it a pity? - Fungoids eating the netty!
Can no one stop these mutant fruits? Where will we find our brave recruits?
Can Chaos get rid, of that dumb parachute?
Great Fungoids, Great Fungoids! Yes!
thanks to menaomar of youtube for the original cartoon's lyrics
Cartoon song - I don't know who manipulated the film theme for the cartoon, if you find out, do tell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixpFgIxpffU
original film song - words and music by John De Bello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1mWDyVL7Vs
photo inspiration
https://www.deviantart.com/chaosfive-55/art/Emissaries-of-Ye-Third-Kingdom-974299166
Left to my fate, left to drift on the silver spangled sea
Till the end of time,
Beats the heart she stole
https://www.deviantart.com/royalartist91/art/Universal-love-968762349
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 ...
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?
The Ancestral Tree audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo
Listen to "The Ancestral Tree for Juneteenth , made in 2023 but good for any year" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get
Lee and Low 2024 titles
they suggested the following
MILES OF STYLE: EUNICE W. JOHNSON & THE EBONY FASHION SHOW
by Lisa D. Brathwaite & illustrated by Lynn Gaines
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/miles-of-style
SAFE PASSAGE
by G. Neri & illustrated by David Brame
https://www.leeandlow.com/books/safe-passage
I wrote a review for Miles of Style, I am getting it published soon. It will be too late for this newsletter.
The seasonal showcase
Edelweiss review book
https://www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=4928356&page=1
URL
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10640-lee-low-spring-2024-titles-for-review-consideration/
Kobo indie book cover contest
If you published a book this year on Kobo, submit the cover, you only get one per author so do it for your cover illustrator. It must be an indie book.
more information
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2510&type=status
I submitted the following book's cover as my entry , if you didn't see it already
The Ancestral Tree audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo
Listen to "The Ancestral Tree for Juneteenth , made in 2023 but good for any year" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today and get
The Women of Brewster Place reviewed from Movies That Move We
The discussion on AALBC
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10643-the-woman-of-brewster-place-review-in-movies-that-move-we/
Calling N.A.S.A.
I asked , don't know if they will reply [I will post in a later newsletter edition if they do]
Most governments in humanity are poor, they don't have the wealth or resources of the USA. Engineering is a process of gradual improvement. For example: people who built unmotorized bicycles went into automotive or aircraft manufacturing. My question: before a mission control for space exploration can be built is the prior construction an air traffic control ?
ask
https://nasa.tumblr.com/ask
First WOman comic [text/audio/video free to view]
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2511&type=status
I do calligraphic commissions
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995
DATES
November
- 13: New Moon- moon gets the least visible light from the sun; Mars+Moon conjunction; Uranus at opposition to the sun [look reverse of the sunrise]
- 14: Mercury+Moon conjunction
- 15: William Herschel born 1738
Original manuscript of his Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)
Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus
He was one of the earliest to note infrared radiation in europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel
- 16: Moon closest to the south pole, runs low; skylab 4 launched 1973, the usa's only space station
- 18: Mars +Sun conjunction ; Pluto +Moon conjunction
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR
Do you know about female snakes?
I admit I knew about female snakes while totally ignorant about female snake vaginas. But I must go to the beginning. I saw the following image.
Malika Gyan|OC Design (Adventurous) [Shade02]|[JH] by TheUnlimitedFortress on DeviantArt
adventurer braidedhair characterdesign conceptart fantasyart indiangirl originalcharacter prettygirl indianmythology malika_gyan
And I realized something. How can a snake-woman mate? In many images, snake woman seem to have a vagina like a human woman but that doesn't fit the snake anatomy well. Now I know that many species have an organ some call a cloaca [I learned for bird research a while back] which is designed to be a place for peeing/defecating/birthing. And I was right in my guess that snakes have cloacas. So I searched for one for females and I learned this is not commonly known. Knowing this if I ever do a hybrid snake-human woman in the future I will consider that reality in her posture. A study done in 2022 says the following in italic, with the entirety at the URL linked after the italic text. Remember to click read more.
Despite more than two centuries' worth of data on hemipenes, however, nobody had described an equivalent structure in female snakes. The lack of evidence caused some scientists to speculate that snake hemiclitorises might not exist at all — or that, if they did, they had been reduced to a stunted evolutionary remnant.
A lack of research around female anatomy is a troubling scientific trend. Even in humans, surprisingly little is known about the clitoris. The full structure of the organ, which includes not only the little nub at the top of the labia but also two large internal bulbs full of nerve endings, wasn't discovered until the mid-1840s. Even then, it remained relatively obscure to the medical establishment until Australian urologist Helen O'Connell's work in 2005, which showed that typical textbook depictions of the clitoris were riddled with inaccuracies. In fact, just last month, scientists counted all 10,000 nerve fibers in the human clitoris for the first time.
Data about female reproductive anatomy and behavior in nonhuman animals are even more scarce. A November analysis published in the journal Nature found that between 1970 and 2021, more than seven times as many papers were published about sperm competition in animals compared with female mate selection. A 2014 perspectives article published in the journal PLOS Biology found that about 50% of all studies of animal genitalia published between 1989 and 2013 focused exclusively on males, while 10% focused only on females.
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2471&type=status
I know i am a member , but, damn patriarchy:)
The legend soundtracks
if you don't know the film, see the following, yes full of spoilers. but, skip to the next topic if you don't want to. And, the reviewers are biased.
Okay, I will place, Goldsmith's first and then Tangerine's second as i can only do linear positioning her for embeds.
Side note before you go, aren't the covers both great.
The Music of Vi Redd
DO you know of another Jazz musician who is not a singer while female?
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2474&type=status
an interview
Angelique Noire and the modern dress code
view her fashion tips and see an interview where she discusses fashion
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2475&type=status
Here are some examples of Angelique Noire in fashion
nimrod-tiger: "The simply gorgeous Angelique Noire, pinup, fashion model " More pics on my IG @TheBlackPinup 😘😘😘😘
https://www.tumblr.com/thepinupnoire/163753424256/nimrod-tiger-the-simply-gorgeous-angelique-noire
ALTAngelique Noire ALTThe Black Pinup photographed by Vestige Photography MERRY CHRISTMAS!🎄🎁 🧑🏾🎄🎄🎁
https://www.tumblr.com/thepinupnoire/704583918428569600/merry-christmas
Sparkly #veil by @niccococreations 😊 #AngeliqueNoire _______________________________ #Pinup #PinupStyle #Rockabella #BlackPinup #PinupGirl #Fashion #Retro #BlackBarbie #BlackAndWhite #BarbieDoll...
https://www.tumblr.com/thepinupnoire/164292766216/sparkly-veil-by-niccococreations
Angelique Noire @TheBlackPinup on IG
https://www.tumblr.com/thepinupnoire/163252630120/angelique-noire-theblackpinup-on-ig
Some words from a spokesperson to a majority of women , who are rarely advertised
And that's the vision: As Brooks wrote, "Editors, we want to be seen. Designers, we want to be dressed. Retailers, we want options. Women, we must do this together." Gifs: Refinery29 WATCH THE VIDEO
https://www.tumblr.com/marvalouslynerdish/152484918545/watch-danielle-brooks-just-gave-the-most
The peoples who have been destroyed or severely diminished by other peoples is a long list