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@jamesdcooper4.bsky.social

Steel Worker, Marine, School Teacher, Crisis Worker. Wannabe Artist and foodie. Father, Husband and Friend

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Thank you! I’ll get back to it, soon!

02.03.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing wrong with them

02.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did two with my wife and daughter nearby and that’s it. The other 250 were done all alone. The one on the left was completely with them watching. The blue one was about half done with them watching.

02.03.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Painting ain’t about me per se. I paint to heal myself from the shitstorms I’ve witnessed and participated in. If I’m lucky, very lucky, other folks will see something of mine that helps them heal, too. I do not know how else to exist…

02.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Funny thing about me is that I paint alone while listening to jazz or new age or classical music. But I know things I’ve heard or read influences me in ways that I never imagined

02.03.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes it was. I thought it was older somehow by another few years. I’m thinking I first heard it in 2021 then. I find it beautifully magical and thoroughly American.b

02.03.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I knew you’d understand. I said the same thing 4 years ago. I cried my damn eyes out listening to it this time last year because, like you, I knew what was coming. Conservatism kills…

02.03.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful is a good way to describe it. A poet trying to make sense of something so devastating many decades ago.
β€œWe're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place”

02.03.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When you have friends, distant as they may be, who get your way of thinking, good things happen. Humbling but good. Thank you Jet! Thank you very much!

02.03.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I am quite humbled. All I can say is, Thank you very much and I could not be happier that you have that piece. If you have 16 minutes to listen to a single song by Dylan, β€œa murder most foul”
I created this piece seemingly out of nowhere, but I listened to that song about 10 times a few days b4…

02.03.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listened to the original 1963 song, β€œMasters of War” by Bob Dylan and versions by the Staples Singers, Eddie Vedder and Odetta. Progressive minds have done well in those 63 years. conservatives have at the very best remained the same criminal, fearful souls as they ever were. SMH

02.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face . ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
01.03.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy smokes. Homemade Gyoza is pretty good stuff, with typical potsticker dipping sauce. A homemade Asian sesame dressing for the Napa cabbage, ribboned carrot and julienned cucumber. The Girls said Wow! They gave 4 hugs or 4 stars for their ratings #realfoodforrealfoodlovers

01.03.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just about supper time! I haven’t eaten since yesterday and that was a salad

28.02.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine your child dying during this War in Iran, when Obama had a true working Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) that this our
pedophile-in-chief ended on May 8, 2018, only because Obama is a Black man. War is a form of psychosis and there is a psychopath in the White House.

28.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like my (day of) Super Bowl prediction that the U.S. would attack Iran was about 20 days late. I don’t know how bad this will be, but making more enemies doesn’t help our country. Oh martial law is coming and that means no
mid/term elections. SMDH

28.02.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

War in all its forms is psychotic!
So many parallels mirroring today as well as 1935 Germany

28.02.2026 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This third episode is got me all messed up.

28.02.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate that

28.02.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll shut up! Love you man

28.02.2026 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Took Freeman 15 years and Kevin Costner’s help to get it made.
This is stunning in every emotional way possible. And a lot of psychology wow

28.02.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Starting the 3rd episode. Been looking for making mistakes, found nothing yet other than a modern phrase or two.

28.02.2026 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That f ing Amazon

28.02.2026 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2 things!
1- A.I. eliminates jobs and lots of them. I understand technology marches us into the future, but our job creation policies better keep up.
2- the Morgan Freeman/Kevin Costner produced series, The Gray House, is incredible but soul wrenching to watch. Wow! 😳

28.02.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bridges? Unimpeachable, every last one of them…

25.02.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œDamaged” 2026
Acrylic on canvas 14”x14”

25.02.2026 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ©΅πŸ™πŸ½πŸ©΅πŸ™πŸ½πŸ©΅

25.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To counter the shit stinkin’ state of the disunion, I’m tweeting a pic of our Baby 6 years ago, now just about to be 17. When you give love, you get love back in a great many ways. She loves an old fashioned coffee shop. Goodness will guide us when love for others is inside us…

25.02.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How do they get in the house! We have double bolt locks for crying out loud πŸ˜‚

24.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to some good ass music as I continue to wind down from the chaos of 11 hours at my job. A couple hours of creating art is good, but not like music good! That drummer!

24.02.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0