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I cherish accessible art.

Art can be a luxury, and some art forms require deep devotions of time and energy to complete. Some art demands high prices because of scarcity, name recognition, or other subjective or objective qualities. Sometimes, I make art like this, and I can’t part with it for less than what it is worth to me. If it took a great deal to make, I need that energy back in return.

But.

I cherish multiples.

I cherish being able to make art that’s as accessible as a cup of coffee or two. If something about my collections of lines, patterns, and figures pleases people, I cherish creating multiples to be enjoyed by as many people who vibe with it as possible. Sometimes money is scarce, I often have been in the same boat and loved being able to buy a patch or a sticker from a favorite artist, something to inspire aesthetic tingles when I look at it even when I can’t get the big fancy pieces.

Stickers, patches, small prints, and lowbrow art found here daily ✌️

Just arrived :

Suggested donation sticker 🪬

Evening, beautiful beings. I’m doing what I can to raise money for a cause that calls to me loudly. Hopefully we shout back with whatever we have and whatever we can.

Other than covering basic costs to make these, I’m collecting proceeds to donate to @breakingthesilenceisrael

Suggested donation : $3 - 7

DM to purchase 🩵

Stickers are 4x4in, glossy, full color on vinyl.

Breaking the Silence is an NGO established by veterans of IDF. They speak out about the occupation and against actions of IDF that perpetuate Palestinians’ ongoing experience of injustice & violence. I hope for a future where more Israelis can hear & understand the reality on the ground. At the very least, I hope you visit and follow Breaking the Silence.

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v. 3/2024

Peering through an infant’s eyes

When the world was simple, black & white,

High contrast, clear dark & light

The figures moved along one line

When I always stayed in frame

I knew which space to occupy,

The one that matched my name

Now walking talkies jibber jabber

Mocking jays twitter in confident

Echoes of choice radical voices

Verses shift meanings, whispered ear to ear

Every mouth speaking out of both sides

Throwing around so much noise

I can’t hear my own voice in the clamor

The overlapping hues shudder & jar me

Emerging opaquely in technicolor radiance

Bright Prussian blue stones thrown into

Sterile white rooms filled with families,

The ripples generated reach my generation,

Streaks of shrieking blood reds degenerate,

Seeping from a dusted, extended human hand

It’s arm cradled in a lovingly crocheted sweater

Black, green, and red beneath the rubble

Chalk white fragments still bury and burn

More pale rooms filled with families.

Yet despite all of the painful knowing,

These sickening sights nauseatingly

Gnawing at my bruised purple mind,

I strain not to shut my stinging eyes

To see the full spectrum of living color.

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“Ceasefire Now” is a message in need of sharing. The sticker of this design is now a donation gift for a suggested donation of $3-7. The donations will be collected by me, tiedyegadfly, and donated to Breaking the Silence.

Breaking the Silence is an NGO organized by veterans of IDF who tell their stories, speak out about the violence, and take action against the current system in Israel. I hope you take a look at their work and include them in your follows about the current struggle.

Donate on Venmo (preferred) or PayPal (through Kofi)

Note as “ 🍉🍉🍉” in payment

.:: Transformation Potion ::.

A bit of bone

A butterfly

And mushrooms

Drink with experience.

My theory of art is that aesthetics alone are enough of a statement to be “art.”

This world is pretty flipped up and confusing, and if a piece simply evokes those aesthetic tingles that brighten someone’s moment, that, to me, is absolutely enough to be honored as “art.”

Art is often commentary simply by being an imitation of some aspect of reality seen from the perspective of the artist. A piece created by an artist just wanting to draw something pretty can hold a thousand meanings to a thousand or less people, isn’t that a mysterious miracle?

With that, here’s a new addition to my giclée collection! One of two smaller print offerings celebrating a connection with Mother Nature, and also celebrating beautiful babes 😉 she and her partner are 4x6 prints on 5x7 paper. DM to order 😘

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