MarkarTurner

An old, royal man rages through a shadowy, curtained room followed by bright, chaotic lines like trails from sparks in green, yellow and red

If Christmas happened, why is evil tearing things up now? Film: the Wise Men in a time of tyranny like today. horizongate.org/watch
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#magi #epiphany #motiongraphics #drawing #animation #originalmusic #Jesus #Mary #Joseph #nativity #worldturmoil #genocide #stars #milkyway #light #darkness #poetry

A dead tree stump sits in the dry sand and gravel in front of the ruins of a block building. A new sprout with leaves is growing out of the stump against a blue sky.

Behavior stuck in the animalistic past cannot turn off our Light.
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#America #animality #Creation #darkness #evolution #faith #greed #Jesus #Light #Love #MAGA #nonviolence #theexception #thenorm #violence #war #warmongering #winnersandlosers

books, art and media are thoughtful gifts for your friends, loved ones, and yourself. horizongate.org/2025/12/the-...
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#art #artshops #books #Christmas #crafts #films #gifts #poetry #stories

Numerous hands extend towards a central bright area in a dynamic composition. Vibrant colors and sketchy lines create a sense of spontaneity in many hands reaching from darkness toward the light.

current US regime manifests the need for change deeper than just voting them out.
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#Goodness #materialism #voting #selfindulgence #choice #change #culture #freedom #individualism #evil #Love #money #degradation #existentialthreat #DavidBohm #IliaDelio #relational #ignorance

No Kings Day with a good attitude
To be called upon to be so is the supreme affirmation of our humanity and confidence that we have the capacity to carry it out, if we so choose and commit. We know what is good and what is not
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#attitude #humanity #Love #respect #arrogance #relationships #bullying

YouTube video by Mark Turner "The Way Opening" by MarkRTurner, October 11, 2025

Motion graphics over a digital painting with poem reading and music growing out of my life amid the mounting evils of the early twenty-first century. My poem struggles with the conditions but describes my response rising above them like light in the darkness. youtu.be/ZLjLcIbalU8

"Inklings Noosphere", 38.25"x48", digital painting, Mark R. Turner. A colorful abstract image featuring swirling geometric patterns and shapes. Bright colors and bold lines create a sense of movement through space and time with energy creating the cosmos.

It is not impossible, but it requires choices by each of us. "Inklings of Utopia" at horizongate.org/2025/09/inkl...
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#behavior #choices #destruction #extinction #future #global #goodness #hope #love #mystery #newcreation #noosphere #PierreTeilharddeChardin #relational #violence

A dazzling hummingbird is captured in mid-flight, against a deep, blue textural sky. Its vivid, multicolored plumage creates a striking contrast against its blurred wings conveying a sense of the tiny bird's motion and energy. The semi-abstract drawing evokes the symbolism of grandeur even in the miniature world of the hummingbird.

For those who are "impartial" and "non-political"
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#impartiality #empathy #Goodness #oppressed #marginalized #PerpetratorsOfEvil #choice #objective #selfcentered #NotOfThisWorld #Jesus #takingsides #hummingbird #redemption #GoodSamaritan #neutrality #complicit

A tightly integrated collection of organic shapes with a wide array of colors seems to float in dark, nebulous space like an asteroid.

What comes first to deal with our fascist mess? horizongate.org/2025/08/what...
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#Values #Faith #Doubt #Wonder #Awe #universe #Mystery #lightyears #galaxies #fascist #fascism

Dynamic, swirling lines and vibrant colors intertwine, creating an energetic and complex abstract composition. Formation is not simple and we often do not look pretty in the process, but the One who forms us looks closely and loves the beauty most do not see.

Analysis of the cult and the way out - horizongate.org/2025/07/the-...
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#wealth #materialism #religious #Americandream #righteousness #bully #conman #personalitycult #immigrants #democracy #Fascist #oligarchy #Nazi #generalstrike #selfcentered #hope #inspiration #Jesus #commongood #Love #TrueSelf

American flags and the original Declaration of Independence are the background for the statement "Declaration of Independence from the MAGA Cult"

July 4th - Sign on like the first 13 states signed on 249 years ago.
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#ChristianNationalism #antichrist #Christ #evangelicalright #church #cult #personalitycult #fascism #dictator #whitesupremacy #nazi

American flags form the shape of the Christian Cross behind the statement "Time to leave the cult and remember humanity".

For those ready to stop supporting the destruction and inhumanity
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#ChristianNationalism #antichrist #Christ #evangelicalright #church #cult #personalitycult #fascism #dictator #whitesupremacy #nazi

The phrase "Love Calls to Impeach and Remove" is superimposed upon a background of abstract shapes that look like roots.

Love moves us to repent and heal the damage done.

A detail from an abstract drawing which looks like two snakes moving diagonally toward upper right decorated with party lights. Superimposed over the scene are the two phrases: "We hold the gift of choosing our evolution." and "Some are choosing extinction." The URL "horizongate.org/indpndnc" is across the bottom.

Blog & Poem: "Exclusive Independence"
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#adolescent #boast #consuming #culpability #death #delusion #discipline #failures #Freedom #ignorance #incompetence #Independence #modesty #movies #myimage #particles #pride #reality #selfcenteredness #selfdelusion #TV #worship

the legs and feet of a man and woman standing by their cars bound by chains while fragments of their faces float around them

Blog: "What Possesses Us?"
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#Jesus #demons #spirituallife #possession #denial #fear #power #greed #Legion #hoarding #generosity #hate #Love #lying #Truth #imprisonment #freedom #psyche #believe #demonmongers #exorcise

a prosperous, young, Caucasion man and woman pose in front of their two expensive cars and large house, unaware that they are bound by many chains and that fragments of them are floating around the premises

We think we possess but are mostly unaware of being possessed. Exorcism is needed all around, especially of demon mongers in power. horizongate.org/2025/06/what...
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#demons #spirituallife #denial #fear #greed #hoarding #generosity #hate #Love #lying #Truth #freedom #psyche #believe #exorcise

A soliloquy of one in power warning us of their plight
1st 2 Stanzas:

That boast of confidence
In my own genius
Indicates a measure
Of self-delusion and
Dressed up incompetence.

Here am I immersed in
My misconception of
Solo independence
Mistaken for freedom.

more:
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"Learning from the Trees" - a poetic contemplation on our resilience "under the radar" www.patreon.com/posts/poem-l...
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#creation #primordial #comrades #helping #inclusive #violence #deforestation #recovery #roots #nighttime #dream #nightmare #caregiver #conflict #destruction #healing #light

Here is an object of swirling shapes growing out of a primordial crater under a dawn sky with energetic foreshadows of forms to come. It is titled Evolving Hope, by Mark R. Turner. What does hope look like? We can only draw symbols as we keep growing toward a Goodness beyond what oppressors try to sell us.

In the night awakened
Troubled sights and sounds
On your heart weighing;

Your turn in the prayer watch
Called by the Spirit
In the Company

Believing what cannot
Be circumscribed or sold
And not to worry;

Your turn to move
The minute increment
In humanity’s growth,

horizongate.org/IntheNight

colorful, abstract calligraphy flowing across the pale background seeking form and shape

My Poetry Page is live. Take a break from the stream of trouble on your screen. horizongate.org/poetry
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#poems #poetry #poet #contemplative #retreat #peace #thoughtfulness #meditation

YouTube video by Mark Turner Ash Wednesday Contemplative

Contemplative film of music and nature photography to help us remember our True Selves. Ash Wednesday begins the good season of introspection and realignment. youtu.be/5fTWa8xNfug
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#ashwednesday #nature #stressrelief #retreat #lent #ashes #connection #contemplation #meditation #spiritual

Six colorful planets float against a backdrop of a starry galaxy. A golden, cosmic net connects them all telling us to know the security of Grace which holds all wherever each member goes in the universe. The vibrant hues of blue, red, orange, green, yellow, and purple on the planets contrast strikingly with dark space and the glowing galaxy.

The evils we are witnessing unwittingly give us the grace of blatantly showcasing their wrongness Seeing evil clearly should motivate us to walk away from it. horizongate.org/2025/03/step...
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#animalistic #believing #capitalistic #evolution #incarnation #materialist #nationalistic #newcreation

photo of Colorado erosion-sculpted rocks overlooking a valley of reddish cliffs with sparse vegetation and, in the far distance, rugged blue mountains under a dusky sky

Creation has sculpted this scenery for eons. Now we as members of creation contribute to or detract from the process growing our beauty. See blog "Building the Good is Sustainable" horizongate.org/bldngthegood
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#creation #creationprocess #sustainableresistance #resistance #spirituality #opposition

Changing your mind for the better advances the common good globally.
Download your copy of this poem at horizongate.org/poemgrphc
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#contemplation #growth #thought #growingup #personaldevelopment #meditation #lifechanges #commongood

Book cover showing a vast cultivated plain partly planted reaching all the way to the horizon. Title is Tales to Cultivate the Soul: 11 alternative stories. Author is Mark R. Turner.

Born in the spontaneity of theater make these play like “movies” in your mind. Journeys of humor and pathos in the city, forest, small town and on the farm. Tales to Cultivate the Soul: 11 alternative stories bit.ly/Tales2Culti
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#stories #ebook #comedy #satire #contemplative #drama #goodreads

a tree stump in dry dirt is sprouting a single twig with green leaves in front of the ruins of a building with blue sky - composition by Mark R. Turner

No matter what any regime perpetrates, I will still sprout. This blog from 2 years ago is still valid. horizongate.org/2023/01/all-....
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#surviving #liferesilience #resistance #distopian #overcoming #resilience

Repaint my painting with the art workbook.
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#crafts #coloring #art #artstudies #abstract #kandinsky #painting #diyhandcrafts

Another real highlight from last year. It was a bit of a scramble down the river bank but we were rewarded with something really beautiful.

#landscape #photography #nikon #peakdistrict

A book cover showing a gift bursting open with beams of light from inside. The title is Treats & Retreats for Christmas: stories, poems, essays & drawings. The author is Mark R. Turner.

Let the profound lessons of Christmas echo into the new year with this little volume of short stories, poems, essays, and drawings. The themes we celebrate in the season are bedrock for life always. Get it at horizongate.org/Treats More books at horizongate.org/books
#stories #poems #drawings #books

abstract design using hieroglyhic writing in subtle colors and bold black shapes by Mark R. Turner

"Unknown Writings" This asemic writing recalls the billions of people who have expressed their hearts but have not been attended to; millennia of writings, images, talking, music, dancing, cooking, ... all unknown. Humans, made to express, keep being humans … blog at horizongate.org/2024/09/the-...