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31/12/24

🌲

I looked at this chart: World Religions Family Tree.

https://usefulcharts.com/products/world-religions-family-tree

https://www.youtube.com/@UsefulCharts

30/12/24

🌼🌹💮🌸🌻

LOVE IS UNIVERSAL

29/12/24

📸😤⌚

# LAZY #

THE PHOTO EXCHANGE DOES NOT SATISFY MY PHYSICAL NEEDS

# BORING #

28/12/24

💋

GUILTY OF LOOKING AT ATTRACTIVE WOMEN IN REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF ON A SCREEN

28/12/24

🎉

HARD men are GOOD to find

27/12/24

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Cardiacs - THE SEASIDE

27/12/24

🎁

❤️

22/12/24

✨

A moment of appreciation.

22/12/24

🐍🏆

⚫ HOW DARE YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE TO ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ⚫

😔 HOLD YOUR HEAD IN SHAME 😔

🎲 NEXT TIME ROLL OVER AND TAKE IT 🎲

22/12/24

😇

PROTECT YOUR GENES

YEARS OF USING CONTRACEPTION

PROTECT YOUR GENES

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

20/12/24

🐏

Peace & Love

The Very Best Lovemaking Is Always Planned

⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟

5 Star Review

19/12/24

🏰

ANTI-SOCIAL BRITISH HOUSING

HATE THY NEIGHBOUR

NO VALUES

NO MORALS

19/12/24

⚡

SHOW UP & DELIVER

19/12/24

😈

I read this All About History Bookazine: History of Halloween.

18/12/24

👼

I read this book: Angels in Art by Nancy Grubb.

My visual bibliography continues.

Books are one resource, people are another.

18/12/24

🎄

A selection of handmade decorations bought at Country & Eastern, the museum shop at The South Asia Collection, Norwich, UK. The Christmas tree at the entrance is a sight to behold.

17/12/24

🌏 Creative traveller

🌏 Creative traveller made every effort to paint light over darkness at the Voodoo Daddy's Open Mic, Norwich, UK.

17/12/24

👤📱🗎

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

PSYCHOTIC COMPATRIOTS

COMMIT CRIMES ON FOREIGN SOIL AND GLOAT ABOUT IT ONLINE

17/12/24

⚫ ️

RAGING SPEEDHORN - LOST RITUAL

17/12/24

⛈

YEARS OF MEDIATING

FIGHT ON THE FRONTLINE

Is this overtime?

17/12/24

🎁

WORTH £5

Support Local Vendors

16/12/24

💬

GUILTY OF TELLING CHINESE WOMEN THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL

16/12/24

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I read this book: Kazimir Malevich by Gilles Néret.

16/12/24

⌛👣

👤 CRIMINAL FRIENDSHIPS 👤

🏴‍☠️ MIDDLE CLASS THIEVES 🏴‍☠️

👆 BLOODY DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS 👆

👃 YOUR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ARE NOT A DEFENCE 👃

💸 GET OUT OF JAIL SAVINGS 💸

15/12/24

📖

I read this book: Stories in Glass: A Guide to Medieval Stained Glass in Norfolk. Text by David King. Photographs by Paul Harley.

15/12/24

🏀🧗

Some Things Never Change

15/12/24

⚖

Never judge a man by his Postcode

I represent myself and no one else

14/12/24

👎

SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS WAS CREATED USING AI

HERE IS MY VOTE

14/12/24

⚫ ️

CATTLE DECAPITATION - TERRASITE

14/12/24

🔄

YEARS OF TEACHING REDUCED TO NOTHING BY PEOPLE WHO THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THE UK

14/12/24

💱

Ownership

No conflict

No debate

Your net profit on Etsy for all last year was -£17.82

13/12/24

🤖

I NEED TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF YOUR MBTI TEST INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY GETTING TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE

13/12/24

🍃

I read this book: Henri Matisse by Volkmar Essers.

'When we speak of Nature it is wrong to forget that we are ourselves a part of Nature. We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.' - Henri Matisse

13/12/24

👤💣

FIRE

CLEANING UP SOMEBODY ELSE'S MESS

12/12/24

👼

YOU HAVE GOT 0 MESSAGES

12/12/24

🐉

I read this book: Islamic Art close-up by Sheila R. Canby.

Admittedly, I have been exposed to Islamic art but I would not consider myself to be knowledgeable. There are various pieces of interest within these pages. One painting I am particularly fond of is from Mughal, India titled 'The raven addresses the assembled animals'. As part of the composition there is a makara (described as an indigenous Indian dragon) and a Chinese-style dragon.

The Year of the Dragon continues...

https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=00034196001

12/12/24

⌚📄

I AM AN EXPERT AT FUELING CONFLICTS BETWEEN MEN AND I HAVE NEVER NEEDED TO PHYSICALLY DEFEND AN ALTERCATION

12/12/24

👤🤯

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

BEYOND DELUSIONAL COMPATRIOTS

EXPECT TO BE GIVEN A SIXTY PAGE LIMITED EDITION BOOK FOR FREE

12/12/24

🎁

WORTH £5

https://www.bigissueshop.com

11/12/24

⚫ ️

PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

11/12/24

🦠

VIRAL FRAUD

LUDICROUS LIVESTREAM

A MILLION SUBSCRIBER VICTIMS

11/12/24

👐

YOU LOST ONE FOLLOWER

11/12/24

💰

CLASSLESS

UPPER CLASS PAEDOPHILE

MIDDLE CLASS MURDERER

WORKING CLASS SAINT

10/12/24

⚫ ️

KoRn - UNTOUCHABLES

Cover art by Eric White.

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT

10/12/24

🐉

I read this All About History Bookazine: History of Japan.

10/12/24

🎭

HOUSES OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY

ANTI-SOCIAL SHARED BRITISH HOUSING

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PAYING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RENT TO LIVE WITH STRANGERS

HOUSES OF MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY

09/12/24

✌

Guess who?

ROLEPLAY Stand anywhere Look anywhere ROLEPLAY

STOP LOOK LISTEN

READY FOR ANYTHING

09/12/24

⚫ ️

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

09/12/24

🟡🔴🔵

I read this book: Wassily Kandinsky by Hajo Düchting

08/12/24

👤⛓👤

TURN THE TABLES

STOP READING BOOKS BECAUSE IT IS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW IT IS WHO YOU KNOW

TURN THE TABLES

SUSPENDED DISBELIEF

08/12/24

⚫ ️

nordic GIANTS - AMPLIFY HUMAN VIBRATION

07/12/24

🌏 Creative traveller

🌏 Creative traveller celebrated at the Festive Publishing Fair, National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich, UK

06/12/24

👁

SEE YOU SOON

06/12/24

👤👹

The Masks We Wear

06/12/24

👂

IF I KEEP UNDERMINING YOUR EFFORTS NO ONE WILL SUSPECT ME OF PROFITING FROM DOING THE SAME THING

05/12/24

🎁

WORTH £5

https://www.bigissueshop.com

05/12/24

👤👶

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

DECEPTIVE COMPATRIOTS

WILLINGLY SHARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR ENEMIES

ABUSING CHILDREN FOR INTERNET CLOUT

05/12/24

🎁

Self-published

At One's Own Expense

05/12/24

📷

If I just stand here observing no one will suspect me of profiting when someone else must take the initiative

04/12/24

👑

I read this magazine: History Extra: Your Essential Guide to Medieval Life.

The necklace was custom-made in Jinja, Uganda.

04/12/24

🌈

Stained glass windows as part of the collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.

https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/stained-glass

04/12/24

👤🎰

IGNORE

04/12/24

💌🔥

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

FLIRTATIOUS COMPATRIOTS

SEND MULTIPLE SEXUAL PHOTOGRAPHS BEHIND THE SCENES

03/12/24

👤🕶

ASHES TO ASHES

DUST TO DUST

THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING

03/12/24

⚫ ️

FINAL NAIL - PROMO 2024

There is not a CD available so I bought the digital version.

The process of purchasing digital media stirs memories of growing up as one of the young adults normalising file sharing. As a response System of a Down released a cleverly named record: Steal This Album! The generic CD design featured a CD-R with black marker scrawl. There were also four unique designs with art by each member. This was a standout marketing strategy that reeled me in. Interestingly, it is now possible to stream most things for free. Some individuals may have still never paid to see a live music performance or invested in physical media.

03/12/24

👤🎲

WHO ARE YOU?

SHADOW BANNED

BLIND TO YOU FOR YEARS

WHO ARE YOU?

02/12/24

💐

Reality is Horrifying

02/12/24

✨

I read this book: Odilon Redon by Michael Gibson.

'With my eyes more widely opened upon things. I learnt how the life that we unfold can also reveal joy.' - Odilon Redon

02/12/24

👤🔮

I AM NOT ENJOYING YOUR COMPANY AS MUCH AS YOU ARE ENJOYING MINE

01/12/24

⚔

I read this book: Pieter Bruegel by Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen.

01/12/24

👁

SEE YOU SOON

01/12/24

🌏 Creative traveller

THE TARGET

Festive Publishing Fair at the National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich, UK

Saturday 7th December ⭐ 10AM - 4PM

01/12/24

🎁🏴

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

THE FIRST DAY OF ADVENT

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

30/11/24

🔫👤

HOLD YOUR GUNS

Years of using my real name online

Voluntary community building initiatives that certain individuals will not consider as work

30/11/24

✏

2007-2024

30/11/24

🐑♥

THE HUMAN RIGHT TO VISIBLY DISAGREE

HERE IS MY VOTE

REFUSE TO THUMBS UP OPPRESSORS

29/11/24

⛰

I read this book: Caspar David Friedrich by Norbert Wolf.

'I have to surrender myself to what encircles me. I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.' - Caspar David Friedrich

29/11/24

📱💨

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

MANIPULATIVE COMPATRIOTS

BELIEVE I AM SWALLOWING LIES

29/11/24

👁👁👁

HONOUR

The courage to speak the truth to power

29/11/24

⚫ ️

$fractured1$ $fractured2$

INGESTED - The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams

28/11/24

🦠

PAY US WITH YOUR TIME

HOW DARE YOU NOT SHARE YOUR 2024 POSTS FOR FREE

CREATIVITY IS IMPORTANT IN THE WORKPLACE

LIVES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN MONEY

28/11/24

👃

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

ENTITLED COMPATRIOTS

CONSTANTLY BANGING ON ABOUT THE RESOURCES DADDY BOUGHT

28/11/24

⚫ ️

PUNJABI LOUNGE - 3 CD'S OF SUBLIME CHILLED BEATS

27/11/24

🤡

Here is my latest photograph for you to publicly Like

27/11/24

🎁

WORTH £5

https://www.bigissueshop.com

27/11/24

🔺

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

MALICIOUS COMPATRIOTS

CANNOT STAND TO SEE YOU RISE

26/11/24

⚫ ️

Hatebreed - PERSEVERANCE

My favourite track is I Will Be Heard.

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT

26/11/24

👤

I read this book: Matisse: Cut-outs by Gilles Néret.

'Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a fighting spirit. Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941, increasing frailty, and the confines of a wheelchair, the indomitable Frenchman never stopped in his quest to make art.'

26/11/24

⭐

I read this book: Michelangelo by Susie Hodge.

I am extremely privileged to have seen Michelangelo's dome at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. The photograph does not do it justice.

26/11/24

👊

MY FOLLOWERS WILL PROTECT ME

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

25/11/24

🚪🌏

The South Asia Collection

This is a magical cave to explore in Norwich, UK. A short visit is more than rewarding because of the sheer amount of unusual items on display and many of them have a price tag. I can recall some eye-catching festive items from when I ventured in around this time last year.

https://collection.thesouthasiacollection.com/

25/11/24

🤠

I read this book: This is Gauguin by George Roddam. Illustrations by Slawa Harasymowicz.

25/11/24

🎪

I read this book: Marc Chagall by Monica Bohm-Duchen.

25/11/24

🛡

FIGHT ON THE FRONTLINE

25/11/24

⌚💸

RULE OF LAW

THE COST OF JUSTICE

WHO HAS GOT THE DEEPEST POCKETS

UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

24/11/24

🖊

The Scribe

Speak now or Forever hold your Peace

24/11/24

🦌

I read this book: Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet by Kurt Behrendt.

24/11/24

👤👍

THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES I HAVE TRAVELLED SOLO

NO SPONSORS

NO CAMERA CREWS

24/11/24

🐑

I read this book: Jan Van Eyck by Till-Holger Borchert.

23/11/24

🌏 Creative traveller

I decided to continue the momentum of working on my independent art after the public exhibition. For this project, I have completed 24 canvases of various sizes over a 12 week period. My creativity is influenced by personal knowledge and experience of diverse places of worship around the world.

23/11/24

⚔️

BEST KEPT SECRET

SHOW UP AND DELIVER

23/11/24

🦄

FOREIGNER

OUTCLASS THE LOCALS

22/11/24

🔥

2 points in a Group with people you will never see again

'You earned the top contributor badge!'

It's official you're the top contributor in the Group

'Keep up the great work.'

22/11/24

🟥

I read this book: Piet Mondrian by Susanne Deicher.

22/11/24

👁👁👁

I see you looking but I have no idea what you are thinking

22/11/24

☀️

The touch of the sun as it reaches through stained glass.

'The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.' - Carl Jung

21/11/24

⭐

BADGE OF HONOUR

AN UNFORGETTABLE LESSON

21/11/24

⚫ ️

Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

My favourite track is Through the Loop.

21/11/24

📚

I read this book: El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) by Michael Scholz-Hänsel

21/11/24

☣

REAL ABUSE IS NOT A GENRE

21/11/24

⚔️

Two more dragons caught in Norwich, UK.

20/11/24

👥

BEST KEPT SECRET

The Quantity of Followers is Not a Reflection of Worth

20/11/24

⛓❤⛓

Relationship Status

Distance makes the heart grow fonder

19/11/24

🏛

I read this book: Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments by Paul Roberts.

19/11/24

🎲☎

PLAY THE GAME OF CHANCE

GAMBLE

PLACE YOUR BETS

WORK IS A LOTTERY

19/11/24

⚔

Protect Yourself & Protect Everyone Around You

19/11/24

🕙

Change is Inevitable

What steps are necessary to protect original art?

18/11/24

🎱

Reject Parasocial Relationships

18/11/24

😇

I read this book: Raphael by Christof Thoenes.

18/11/24

💕🔍

AN AMBIGUOUS TRAIL OF HEARTS

18/11/24

🧱

I read this book: Diego Rivera by Andrea Kettenmann.

'As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see.' - Diego Rivera

17/11/24

🚶

I HOPE THAT MY NORMAL REAL LIFE INTERACTIONS ARE NOT PUT ON THE INTERNET TODAY

ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SHARE

ThickTok

17/11/24

🕥

Change is Inevitable

What constitutes Project Management experience?

16/11/24

👤

DO NOT GO OUTSIDE WHERE THERE ARE STRANGERS

STAY AT HOME AND INTERACT WITH STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET

REMEMBER TO SMILE

16/11/24

⚫ ️

Disturbed - The Sickness

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT

16/11/24

🕙

Change is Inevitable

Is it worth taking photographs of the creative process?

16/11/24

☁

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

FICKLE COMPATRIOTS

CHANGING THEIR LOYALTIES WITH THE WIND

15/11/24

🕑

Change is Inevitable

How do you value art?

15/11/24

🟩

I read this book: Gerhard Richter by Klaus Honnef

'I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings.' - Gerhard Richter

15/11/24

⌛

BEST KEPT SECRET

A Friendly Follower

☯

15/11/24

⚫ ️

Staind - Break The Cycle

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT

This was one of the first bands I ever bought the clothing merchandise along with Slipknot for their Self-Titled Album. There used to be an alternative music shop in Plymouth, UK called Different Class. The business sold CDs, hoodies, T-shirts and flags for many of the bands I was particularly interested in listening to at that age. I am remembering some past lessons from spinning old records and consuming them with a new frame of mind.

15/11/24

🕙

Change is Inevitable

What are the disadvantages for an Artist publishing work on the internet?

15/11/24

⛓⌛

Join this Social Media Group so we can fuel drama and watch how you manage the situation

UNQUALIFIED MEDIATORS

INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATORS

14/11/24

🕞

Change is Inevitable

What are the risks for an Artist accepting to work for free in exchange for exposure?

14/11/24

👣⚖

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT

14/11/24

⚫ ️

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

14/11/24

🐍

I AM AN EXPERT AT TURNING A WIN INTO A LOSS

14/11/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

Is it acceptable not to invite anyone into my studio?

14/11/24

👥

BEST KEPT SECRET

Choose what you Click

14/11/24

💔

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

JEALOUS COMPATRIOTS

I AM NOT REMOTELY ATTRACTED TO YOUR PARTNER

13/11/24

🕖

Change is Inevitable

Is it wise to employ an athlete within an educational institution?

13/11/24

⚪

I read this souvenir: A Hand-Drawn Panoramic Map of the Forbidden City.

13/11/24

⚫ ️

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer

13/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable

Is it beneficial to employ an Artist within an educational institution?

13/11/24

🗣

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

SOCIALLY INEPT COMPATRIOTS

TALK ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ARE PRESENT

12/11/24

⚫ ️

Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

My favourite track is A Lesson Lived is a Lesson Learned.

12/11/24

⚪

I read this souvenir: A Hand Painting of the Temple of Heaven.

12/11/24

💛

I read this book: Gustav Klimt - Gilles Néret.

'Whoever wants to know something about me, they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognize what I am and what I want.' - Gustav Klimt

12/11/24

🐉⌚🦁

The Greatest Equalizer

12/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

Is it important to actively refuse certain opportunities?

12/11/24

👥

BEST KEPT SECRET

Absorb the blows

11/11/24

🕣

Change is Inevitable.

What are the advantages of living with a Foreign Artist?

https://www.singulart.com/en/blog/2022/06/08/top-10-foreign-artists-inspired-by-paris/

11/11/24

⚫ ️

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

11/11/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable.

What are the benefits of collaborating with an Artist?

11/11/24

🕚

Armistice Day

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/stories/two-minute-silence

11/11/24

😀

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

FAKE COMPATRIOTS

RENTING A WEALTHY IMAGE

11/11/24

🐉⌚🦁

The Greatest Equalizer

10/11/24

⚫ ️

Music from the Motion Picture: Inception - Music composed by Hans Zimmer

10/11/24

🕣

Change is Inevitable.

Is it compulsory to keep a record of the cost of any resources?

10/11/24

🎖

Remembrance Sunday

LEST WE FORGET

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57322/for-the-fallen

10/11/24

🏴 ‍ ☠ ️

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

PIRATE COMPATRIOTS

IGNORING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

09/11/24

🕘

Change is Inevitable.

Is it acceptable to maintain the commitment at any hour?

09/11/24

🙌

BACK AGAIN WITH YOUR HANDS OUT

09/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

Is it necessary to keep all of the notes I have handwritten throughout this project?

09/11/24

👍👍👍👍👍

UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING OF VALUE

THESE ARE MY WORDS

THIS IS MY WORK

08/11/24

🕞

Change is Inevitable.

Is it advisable to keep a record of any private messages I have sent related to this project?

08/11/24

🕯

I read this book: Illuminated Manuscripts by Richard Hayman.

08/11/24

⚫ ️

Squarepusher - Selection Sixteen

Composed, performed and produced by Tom Jenkinson.

My favourite track is Tomorrow World.

08/11/24

🕤

Change is Inevitable.

Do I need to consider the monetary value of each stage of the creative process?

08/11/24

👽

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

RACIST COMPATRIOTS

07/11/24

⚫ ️

Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children

07/11/24

🕓

Change is Inevitable.

Is this a job or an opportunity?

07/11/24

👀

THE WATCHERS

Fake Friend Internet Stalkers

ONCE UPON A TIME...

TENUOUS LINKS

FOLLOWS YOU AROUND IN REAL LIFE

I DO NOT KNOW YOU

06/11/24

🌱

I read this book: Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights by Hans Belting.

06/11/24

⚫ ️

METALLICA - METALLICA

06/11/24

🕥

Change is Inevitable.

Is it essential to include a signature as part of the photograph?

06/11/24

🇬 🇧

Made in Britain

06/11/24

👐

YOU LOST ONE FOLLOWER

05/11/24

👁

I read this book: The Mission of Art by Alex Grey.

05/11/24

⚫ ️

VULVODYNIA - MOB JUSTICE

05/11/24

🕤

Change is Inevitable.

Is it necessary to publish mistakes on the Internet?

05/11/24

🐍

OPEN TO INTERPRETATION

04/11/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable.

04/11/24

👍

UNEDUCATED INEXPERIENCED ANONYMOUS NARCISSISTS TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME

04/11/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable.

Is it necessary to document progress on the Internet?

04/11/24

🌃

Katatonia and Cobra the Impaler at Epic Studios, Norwich, UK. This show brings back memories of burying myself in my work whilst listening to Viva Emptiness.

03/11/24

⚫ ️

Coffin Mulch - Spectral Intercession

03/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

What is the value of being transparent?

03/11/24

💉

CONSENT IS NOT OPTIONAL

THE ESCALATION OF ENDORPHINS

CAPITALISTIC ENTERPRISE

02/11/24

⚫ ️

Signs of the Swarm - Amongst the Low and Empty

02/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

Do I need to consider if my self-initiated project will affect my teaching career?

Is this teaching?

02/11/24

🐇

HOME SWEET HOME

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

01/11/24

⚫ ️

Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

01/11/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

Does the local community benefit from your art?

01/11/24

🖤

please LIKE me

31/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable.

Who is engaging with the art?

31/10/24

⚫ ️

VOICES OF BACEPROT - RETAS

Cover Artwork by: Dede Cipon

31/10/24

🕙

Change is Inevitable.

Is it acceptable for an Artist to use his own hard-earned cash to create art?

31/10/24

👤

Reality is Horrifying

Real Monsters Walk Among Us

30/10/24

⚫ ️

METALLICA - ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

30/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable.

Is it socially acceptable to ask an Artist to work without payment?

30/10/24

🐉⌚🦁

The Greatest Equalizer

30/10/24

🗣

Stealing Reputation

29/10/24

⌛

I read this book: Illumination from Books of Hours by Janet Backhouse.

29/10/24

🕧

Change is Inevitable.

29/10/24

⚫ ️

System of a Down - Hypnotize

29/10/24

🕤

Change is Inevitable.

29/10/24

👤

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ONE OF MY POINTLESS FOLLOWERS

28/10/24

⚫ ️

MESHUGGAH - CATCH THIRTYTHREE

28/10/24

🕞

Change is Inevitable.

28/10/24

🌃

I read this book: This is Van Gogh by George Roddam. Illustrations by Slawa Harasymowicz.

'Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.' - Vincent van Gogh

28/10/24

🌼

I read this book: Flowers in Medieval Manuscripts by Celia Fisher.

28/10/24

☠

USE THE APP

HIDE BEHIND YOUR SCREEN

DO NOT BE CONFIDENT TO APPROACH A PERSON IN REAL LIFE

BREEDING COWARDS

27/10/24

🖌

I read this book: Monet: Impressionism by David Spence.

27/10/24

☠

AMALGAMATE

COLLECT THEM ALL

NO RHYME OR REASON

26/10/24

♦

I read this book: Paul Klee by Susanna Partsch.

'Art does not reproduce what is visible, but makes things visible.' - Paul Klee

26/10/24

👁

I read this book: Leonardo by Martin Kemp.

26/10/24

☠

I NEED TO SEEK THE OPINIONS OF STRANGERS TO REINFORCE MY POINT OF VIEW ABOUT MY PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP

Thick Tok

25/10/24

🎷

Magnolia at Voodoo Daddy's, Norwich, UK. I have felt the irresistible energy of this band's performance several times in different venues. They are deservedly a local favourite; worth your time and attention.

Send them money in exchange for music: https://magnolia11.bandcamp.com/music

25/10/24

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The Grey - Anthology: The Grey and Dead Fire

25/10/24

🕔

Change is Inevitable.

25/10/24

☠

Unprofessional Background Check

Clueless Detective

25/10/24

🕧

Change is Inevitable.

24/10/24

⚫ ️

Music from the Motion Picture: Kung Fu Panda - Hans Zimmer and John Powell

Featuring "Kung Fu Fighting" performed by Cee-Lo Green and Jack Black

24/10/24

🕓

Change is Inevitable.

23/10/24

☠

QUALIFIED VOYEUR LIVING A FANTASY

OVERCONFIDENT INCOMPETENCE

22/10/24

⚫ ️

RAGING SPEEDHORN - HARD TO KILL

22/10/24

🕓

Change is Inevitable.

22/10/24

☠

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

JUNKIE COMPATRIOTS

21/10/24

🕊

I read this book: Art + Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura.

21/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable.

21/10/24

☠

SHADOW AWARDS

1000 deleted Posts

1000 deleted Comments

1000 deleted Messages

20/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable.

20/10/24

☠

I OWE YOU ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

19/10/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

19/10/24

☠

SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET

JUNKIE COMPATRIOTS

18/10/24

⚫ ️

Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I

18/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable.

17/10/24

⚫ ️

Ephel Duath - Pain Necessary To Know

16/10/24

🌼

I read this book: Arts and Crafts Tiles: Morris to Voysey by Rob Higgins and Will Farmer.

16/10/24

🌼

I read this book: Arts and Crafts Tiles: William De Morgan by Rob Higgins and Will Farmer.

15/10/24

⚪⚫

I read this book: Caravaggio by Gilles Lambert.

15/10/24

☠

STAY DISCONNECTED

15/10/24

⚫ ️

Converge - The Dusk in Us

15/10/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable.

14/10/24

👼

YOU HAVE GOT 0 MESSAGES

14/10/24

🕐

Change is Inevitable

14/10/24

⚫ ️

Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet

13/10/24

🕑

Change is Inevitable

13/10/24

⚫ ️

Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com

12/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

11/10/24

⚫ ️

Antony and the Johnsons - Antony and the Johnsons

11/10/24

🕔

Change is Inevitable

10/10/24

⚫ ️

Immolation - Acts of God

10/10/24

🕚

Change is Inevitable

09/10/24

⚫ ️

Celestrial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst for Torment

09/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

08/10/24

🧭

I read this book: William Blake: Masterpieces of Art by Michael Kerrigan.

08/10/24

⚔️

Recent dragon hunting at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.

08/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

07/10/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

07/10/24

⚫ ️

Sigur Rós - ()

07/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

'When an artist looks at a subject, he looks with everything he is. Everything that he has lived, learned, observed and experienced combines to enable him to identify with the subject. The technical process simply serves as a vehicle of transcription and not as the art.' - Edward Steichen

I read this quote at The Family of Man photo exhibition in the Modern Art Museum, Clervaux, Luxembourg.

06/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

06/10/24

👔🎸

Which uniform?

Which armour?

05/10/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

05/10/24

⚫ ️

This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You

05/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

04/10/24

⚫ ️

Throwdown - Haymaker

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

04/10/24

🕘

Change is Inevitable

03/10/24

⚫ ️

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum

03/10/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

A rainbow is an optical phenomenon. What does a rainbow mean to you?

02/10/24

⚫ ️

Explosions in the Sky - the WILDERNESS

02/10/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

02/10/24

👥

BEST KEPT SECRET

The Internet is Forever

01/10/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

01/10/24

📖

LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE

01/10/24

🐉

国庆节快乐

30/09/24

🦉

I read this book: Carving Japanese Netsuke for Beginners by Robert Jubb.

29/09/24

🦴

An evening of random acts of violence, camaraderie and unspoken understanding between strangers. An epic lineup at the Roundhouse, London, UK.

Life Before Death Achievement Unlocked: Survived the mosh pit at a Cannibal Corpse show.

28/09/24

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The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton - irony is a dead scene

28/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

27/09/24

⚫ ️

The Prodigy - Experience

Written, Produced, Engineered and Recorded by Liam Howlett.

Made in England

27/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

26/09/24

⚫ ️

God is an Astronaut - God is an Astronaut

26/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

25/09/24

👥

BEST KEPT SECRET

Pause before Publishing

25/09/24

⚫ ️

a perfect circle - eMOTIVe

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

25/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

24/09/24

⚫ ️

Once Awake - Bridgeburner

24/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

23/09/24

🖼️

I read this book: Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces of Art by Michael Kerrigan.

22/09/24

⚫ ️

Morag Tong - Grieve

22/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

I do appreciate the people who recently spent their time to look and engage with my art. I am especially grateful to the individuals who gazed with depth, read any messages, asked questions in an attempt to understand my vision and those who purchased the work. I remember you.

On reflection, I cannot recommend anyone attempts to emulate what I do as a means to live. It is not a financially viable way to survive.

20/09/24

⚫ ️

DVNE - Voidkind

20/09/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

19/09/24

⚫ ️

✝✝✝ - ✝✝✝

19/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

19/09/24

🖊

I read this book: Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms by Michelle P. Brown.

17/09/24

⚫ ️

Full Blown Chaos - Full Blown Chaos

17/09/24

⛪

I read this book: How to Look at Stained Glass: A Guide to the Church Windows of England by Jane Brocket.

16/09/24

⚫ ️

Cult of Luna - The Long Road North

16/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

15/09/24

⚫ ️

✝✝✝ - GOODNIGHT, GOD BLESS, I LOVE U, DELETE.

15/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

14/09/24

⚫ ️

Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

14/09/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

13/09/24

⚫ ️

Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification

13/09/24

🟡

I read this leaflet: Santa Maria del Popolo: The Gate and the Church of the Holy City, Rome, Italy.

13/09/24

🟡

I read this book: Brief guide to Sant'Agnese in Agone.

12/09/24

🟡

I read this book: Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.

11/09/24

⚫ ️

Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)

09/09/24

⚫ ️

暮色绽放 Twilight Blooming - Twilight Blooming

07/09/24

🌏 Creative traveller

Norwich Market POP-UP, Norwich, UK

CLOSED

An open studio and exhibition of my accumulated art work. I began working on a new Series that utilises collage and origami.

06/09/24

🌏 Creative traveller

Norwich Market POP-UP, Norwich, UK

ONE MORE DAY

CLOSED SUNDAY

04/09/24

🕒

Change is Inevitable

03/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

02/09/24

⚫ ️

Rendered Helpless - From Nothing Comes All

Performed, Written, Recorded, Programmed and Produced by Alexander Paul.

02/09/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

02/09/24

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I read this book: AUTHENTICITY? Observations and Artistic Strategies in the Post-Digital Age edited by Barbara Cueto & Bas Hendrikx.

01/09/24

🕛

Change is Inevitable

01/09/24

⚫ ️

Exile to Decadence - Where Demons Dwell

30/08/24

🧠

I read this book: Art is Beauty in the Brain of the Beholder by Prof. Dr. D. F. swaab.

30/08/24

👃

I read this book: Class Struggle and Mental Health published by Freedom Press.

30/08/24

🕕

Change is Inevitable

29/08/24

🟨

I read this book: Pablo Picasso: His Life's Work.

https://www.dosde.com/en/

28/08/24

🐉

I read this book: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Selected Works.

I discovered this book in The Amnesty Bookshop: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/amnesty-bookshops

27/08/24

🧍🧍🧍

I read this book: PAPERCHAINS: Our Stories from Lockdown edited by Sam Ruddock and published by Story Machine.

27/08/24

👁

SEE YOU SOON

27/08/24

🌏 Creative traveller

Norwich Market POP-UP, Norwich, UK

Stall 132

Tuesday 27th August - Sunday 8th September

26/08/24

⚫ ️

黑麒 Black Kirin - 庚子 Gengzi

26/08/24

🟡

I read this book: Basilica, Sancta Maria Ad Martyres, Pantheon, Rome.

21/08/24

⚫ ️

黑麒 Black Kirin - 箫韶 Xiao Shao

20/08/24

🗒

I read this book: Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler.

18/08/24

⚫ ️

黑麒 Black Kirin - 金陵祭 Nanking Massacre

17/08/24

🕊

I read this book: A Beautiful Idea: History of the Freedom Press Anarchists by Rob Ray.

16/08/24

☠

VIRAL

15/08/24

🎭

An unforgettable show: Sabotage performed by NoFit State Circus in Brighton, UK.

https://www.nofitstate.org/

13/08/24

⚫ ️

殞煞 Vengeful Spectre - 殞煞 Vengeful Spectre II

12/08/24

📓

SUDDEN REALISATION I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST'S LIFE WORK

07/08/24

⚫ ️

黑麒 Black Kirin - 秦淮 Qinhuai

07/08/24

⛪ ️

I read this book: Spirit of Norwich Cathedral by Daniel Tink & Stephen Browning.

06/08/24

⚫ ️

弒主 Regicide - 殉葬真我 Spiritual Immolated

05/08/24

🚲

A bicycle trip starting at Whitlingham Country Park, Norwich, UK.

https://thebroadsbybike.org.uk/

04/08/24

⚫ ️

殞煞 Vengeful Spectre - 殞煞 Vengeful Spectre

04/08/24

🐉

I read this All About History Bookazine: History of China

03/08/24

⚫ ️

Nine Treasures - Arvan Ald Guulin Honshoor

03/08/24

☠

STAY DISCONNECTED

03/08/24

🖌

I read this book: The Silent Traveller: A Chinese Artist in Lakeland by Chiang Yee.

20/07/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

ONLINE FUNERAL

02/08/24

⚫ ️

山神廟 Sren Hlin Mrews - 雲山夢樹 Clouds, Mountains, Dreams, Woods

02/08/24

😷

I read this zine: Wuhan Diaries by Z & Friends.

31/07/24

⚫ ️

黑麒 Black Kirin - 哀郢 National Trauma

30/07/24

🏰

I read this book: Caring for the Past & the Future by The Norwich Society.

20/07/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

MANAGE THE IMPOSSIBLE INTERNET DREAMLAND

25/07/24

⚫ ️

天行健 Norcelement - 在黑暗中创造光明 Flame in Darkness

20/07/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

DIGITAL PARASITES

19/07/24

👋 👋

I read this book: Chinese Ceramics by Fang Lili.

19/07/24

🐛

A much needed getaway to The Bug Parc in Norwich, UK. It is accessble on foot, if you do not mind leaving a bus at the side of a main road and bravely walking alongside the hedgerows. Once I made it past a sign that read 'THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE', I knew I was on the right path. There was an incredible range of creatures to attempt to spot here, knowledgeable talks and an informative, up close and personal handling session.

https://www.thebugparc.com/

17/07/24

⚫ ️

Fearless - 暮色领主 Lord of Twilight

17/07/24

🙏

CREATIVITY IS PRODUCTIVITY

SUPPORT ARTISTS UNTIL THE END

15/07/24

⚫ ️

冰霜之淚 Frost Tears - 九章 Nine Chapters

14/07/24

🐉

This is a dragon captured in 2013, it inhabited the City of Dreams Casino, Macau. I was enthralled by the architecture and interiors of numerous casinos in Macau, but I chose not to gamble. The exchange of money for more money has never appealed to me.

I recommend the magnificent show: The House of Dancing Water: https://www.cityofdreamsmacau.com/en/enjoy/entertainment/the-house-of-dancing-water

13/07/24

🖊️

I read this book: The China Journals: Ideology and Intrigue in the 1960s by Hugh Trevor-Roper.

13/07/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

SHORT TERM MEMORY MELTDOWN

10/07/24

☯ ️

I read this book: Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health, Wealth and Happiness by Lillian Too.

09/07/24

⚫ ️

God of Resurrection Vol. 7: Underground Metal Attack From China

08/07/24

🐅🐅🐅

I read this book: Three Tigers, One Mountain: A journey through a bitter history and current conflicts of China, Korea and Japan by Michael Booth.

06/07/24

🦗

The Last Emperor directed by Bernado Bertolucci.

06/07/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

REALITY DISCONNECT

05/07/24

🥇

I read this book: Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City by Lillian M. Li Alison J. Dray - Novey & Haili Kong.

03/07/24

⚫ ️

B:East - Beast Reign The East: The Chinese Folk Metal Compilation

01/07/24

⭐

I read this book: Xi: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown.

30/06/24

👋 👋

I read this book: Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future by Tom Scocca.

29/06/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

TRIANGULATION MANIPULATION

27/06/24

🤝

Made in China

Continuous Cultural Exchange

27/06/24

🌏 Creative traveller

A really long book on show at the Norfolk and Norwich Millenium Library, Norwich, UK.

The concertina book is a collection of images that were shared through Instagram Stories over a year (2023). This project shows a physical example of daily self-publishing online through social media apps. An unmeasured amount of time spent consciously communicating through the Internet.

Alongside the project, there is a display of zines. The zines about Chinese culture were the ones I created at Zine Club. Throughout the process, I recognised the opportunity to share my experience about China and on occasion practise speaking Chinese (Mandarin). The realisation of this activity was one of continuous cultural exchange. Some of the neighbouring zines were also created at zine club and others were sourced from the zine library. From my perspective, the overall theme is the documentation of culture. This notion is reinforced by including the zine: Document Your Culture by Emma Warren.

25/06/24

🌻

I read this book: Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams along a Shanghai Road by Rob Schmitz.

22/06/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

ALGORITHMIC WITCHCRAFT

17/06/24

💬

I read this book: China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation by Xinran.

17/06/24

☠

FOREVER LINKEDIN

16/06/24

🐉

A rare hybrid dragon caught in Norwich, UK.

01/06/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

FABLE ENABLERS

08/06/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

DAILY MIND RAPE

01/06/24

🎸

BANE OF SOCIETY

BORN WITH CONNECTIONS

01/06/24

📚

I read this book: The Book of Thetford.

30/05/24

🛡

The heroic tale of George and the Dragon at Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich, UK.

https://puppettheatre.co.uk/

29/05/24

🏙

I read this book: Beijing: The biography of a city by Jonathan Clements.

29/05/24

♎

Mythical beasts at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK.

17/05/24

🐉

I read this book: China by Edward Rutherford.

What books have you discovered in a local independent bookshop?

06/05/24

⚔️

More dragons caught in Norwich, UK.

Can you spot them all?

02/05/24

⚔️

Five more dragons caught in Norwich, UK.

01/05/24

⚔️

Three more dragons caught in Norwich, UK.

23/04/24

⚔️

A day hunting dragons in Norwich, UK.

https://www.theshoebox.org.uk/the-dragon-of-norwich/

23/04/24

🐉

St George's Day

https://www.stgeorgesholiday.com/st-george-dragon-story/

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/st-georges-day/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-st-george/

At several events, I have attempted to explain the difference between eastern and western mythological dragons.

12/04/24

🛣️

I read this book: Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen.

05/03/24

🟥

I read this book: The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell.

24/02/24

🏮

Happy Lantern Festival

20/02/24

🥋

My celebration for Spring Festival included performing Kung Fu techniques with musical accompaniment on stage for an audience.

I welcome the opportunity to champion martial arts through performance in the local community. The first time I ever observed a live Kung Fu performance was at Kung Fu Corner in Kowloon Park, Hong Kong.

12/02/24

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