Catholic Hangover
Catholic Hangover (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Chanting freestyle witchcraft.
Feasting on The One
at banquets advertising guy comedies.
The beauty of the church
I decry.
Diocesian sacrifice.
The church forbids marriage
if either party is infertile and I do
I think Madonna is the only fit Catholic
to pass
the ball for St Michael's.
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Image initially made with Fractal Zplot. Post-processed until it felt guilty enough.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, found poetry, google poems, view with binoculars, catholic hangover, madonna takes no sacks, cruelaninal, blog with a view
Gollum Leads the Way
Gollum Leads the Way (2009)
"It's the only way. Go back, or go in."
--Gollum
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Image initially made with Sterling-ware 2. Post-processed until it became my precious.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, gollum, gollum leads the way, lord of the rings, my precious, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Peter Rabbit Sells His Soul
The Natives Are Restless
The Natives Are Restless (2009)
Whether Hawaii style or swimming
the swamps of south Florida no one cares
what you see through your telescope. If you invest
wisely in the skirmish between the Theatre of the Vampires
and Darkest England you won't wind up
in stew. Unusual drum music
and other exotica like carbon paper
and flutes may be downloaded, and Mexican
complaints whip out faster than meat
shaken by belly dancing. I sense you're not
particularly interested in me. You might
hang a snap of my loin cloth on Flickr
and think differently after spinal taps by spear
and a sloppily shrunken head.
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Image initially made with Fractal Zplot. Post-processed until the revolving spit malfunctioned. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of the natives are restless.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, found poetry, google poem, the natives are restless, bwana a go go, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Water Lilies
Water Lilies (2009)
French films, newly sexualized by critics,
synonyms for hybrids, light floaters
better planted in a framed bayou
by Monet. I burst out of green sleeves,
my hands like koi under a pond's sheen,
a prop in Bardot's backdrop.
Something breaks the surface
Someone bends the design
until synopsis is like awful wallpaper.
The lotus is jealous of all splashing
giving rise to a new new wave.
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Update: I corrected a wrong word typo.
Image originally made with Fractal Zplot. Post-processed until it could no longer change the filter. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of water lilies.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, water lilies, google poem, found poem, i'm not your stepping stone, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Werewolf Syndrome
Werewolf Syndrome (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until Phish wrote a song about it.
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Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, werewolf syndrome, view with binoculars, lon faked it, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Nefertiti
Nefertiti (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until it changed from polytheistic to henotheistic.
I usually listen to music while I work on art. Here's a shuffle of what's been playing in "the studio" lately:
1. "Mannequin" (Live) by Firehose
2. "Anti-Orgasm" by Sonic Youth
3. "Man with Golden Helmet" by Radio Birdman
4. "Don't Let Me Down" (from Let It Be -- Naked) by The Beatles
5. "Lo Batt" (Peel Session) by Man or Astroman
6. "Words" (long version from Archives Box Set) by Neil Young
7. "Tension Makes a Tangle" (from Secrets of the I Ching) by 10,000 Maniacs
8. "Said the People" by Dinosaur Jr.
9. "My City Was Gone" (Live at the Fillmore) by The Pretenders
10. "Nancy Reagan's Head" by Mission of Burma
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Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, nefertiti, view with binoculars, egypt a go go, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Neck Problems
Neck Problems (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until it became a pain...in the...well...you know.
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Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, view with binoculars, neck problems, pass the ben-gay, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Cliffside
Cliffside (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Going back into photoblog mode for a spell. Enjoy a few new pieces in binoculars view.
Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until I used that mudslide filter.
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Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, cliffside, view with binoculars, i can see for miles, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Shields Up
Shields Up (2009)
The daily handlers of Congress feel more vulnerable.
Your un-numbered patch enhances journalist's rights.
Your global cooperative explodes like twin stars.
Back in the real world malware is everywhere.
Websites that scan your drives kill Facebook friends.
Please clean up whatever HDTV mess you made first.
Your energy barrier still somehow lets Twitter through.
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Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until she can't take much more, Captain. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of the phrase shields up.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, found poetry, google poem, shields up, im givin her all shes got, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Who Invited the Crows?
Who Invited the Crows? (2009)
I invited your friends
on reservations with nothing who said
Oh, king, I am so grateful for scraps, you said.
you said. Do you think I am responsible
you said. Spook me with your cawing,
Plymouth hurt my head, you said, and who ever said
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Image initially made with QuaSZ. Post-processed until fully scavenged. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of the phrase who invited the crows.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, computer art, who invited the crows, are you going to eat that, cruelanimal, blog with a view
The Sun Gets in Your Eyes
The Sun Gets in Your Eyes (2009)
[Click on the image above to see the view with binoculars.]
Sunglasses filter your radar.
Slather sunscreen over
your dark lenses
because you don't know what
love is. Expose
all storms not burned away
to me. So what
clouds left burn off like rice
paper. I write
to you about a sun upside
down until images
fill your brain with fire.
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Something else new. Image initially made with Sterling-ware 2. Post-processed until appropriately supermassive. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of the phrase the sun gets in your eyes.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, found poetry, the sun gets in your eyes, and now you are peeling, view with binoculars, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Gumby Doppelganger
Gumby Doppelganger (2009)
I look like stop-motion
photography but
my rubber tail is
a square,
hard lines. I live
briefly
to ascertain,
to massacre.
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Image initially made with Sterling-ware 2. Post-processed until it became plasticine. Text is a Google poem collaged from search strings of the phrase: gumby doppelganger.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, found poetry, gumby doppelganger, but got no pokey, cruelanimal, blog with a view
Cyclops
Cyclops (2009)
As Cyclops, Scott Summers became deputy leader of the X-Men. While he was a skilled tactician, his social skills were lacking. Scott had fallen in love with his teammate Jean Grey, but his reserved demeanor prevented him from expressing his feelings for her for years.
--Marvel Database
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Something new. Image initially made with Sterling-ware 2. Post-processed until totally optically blasted.
Tags: fractal, fractals, fractal art, fractal blog, digital art, cyclops, x-men, scott summers, you're a dick, cruelanimal, blog with a view
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