Andy Black

The villain that makes #booksky tremble

It's sad how in a very short span of time, I see something like this and suspect A.I. -- but hey, 2019, the before-times

Sculpting dreams: Sazen Lee's blend of hyperrealism, surrealism, and fantasy — Visualflood Magazine In the realm of contemporary art, Sazen Lee stands out as a visionary sculptor who masterfully intertwines hyper-realism with elements of surrealism and fantasy. His latest collection, a mesmerizing a...

It is! Here's an article about the artist
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Sazen Lee, 2019

Other people’s Dorito’s, man. Nacho cheese should be a private affair

#unwelcomeclouds

Man, this sculpture
"Amalgam (Origin)" by Nick Cave, 2024

Via ResistanceIsAbsurd
#filmsky

Just now: A classic, perfectly executed, marching band roll-step so I can smoothly walk without spilling my overfull coffee

THIS is what throws out my knee??

Iranian artist Meysam Shalviri

There's a company developing a contact lens that accesses a databases of faces and floats (for your eyes only) a person's name over their heads. Suddenly, I'm awesome at parties.

Via DevourBooks
#booksky

Something bearded this way comes.
I mean, look at this thing!
#rightoutside

Threw the pumpkin into the compost -- and I swear the compost grunted

Jury selection today, the defense attorney asked me, "Screenwriter? Have I seen anything?" I listed some shows, and the defendant exclaimed, "Hannibal?! Goddamn, I love Hannibal!" The attorney hissed for him to be quiet, but I pointed to the guy,"Right on, thanks!"
Booted!
#scriptsky
#fannibals

Man, insomnia. Just read that Marlene Dietrich would eat a sardine-and-onion sandwich on rye as her cure. The smell would knock me dead, too

Because I freakin love him for it

I'd love a biopic about why, after winning 12 Grammies, Stevie Wonder said yes in 1978 to writing a double-album soundtrack to a documentary about plants.

Fave sign from today, "I like my democracy neat, no ICE!"
#NoKings

Via DevourMedia:
#booksky

Somebody counted the number of wikipedia articles that have been written about the element mercury vs Freddie Mercury. And I'm afraid it tallies at mercury (5112) and Freddie Mercury (4256)
#sad

Ah. It's walk-face-first-into-spider-webs season

Can you think of any scenario that would lead to "model cheaper than CG" today?? -- and then let's make it happen
#filmsky

Fascinated with the concept of a house spider. Do you choose the spider or does the spider choose you? Do you leave the door open a little extra to draw in juicy insects? Will I hurt its feelings if I name it Shelob -- or will that go to its head?

I threw out my back... stepping into pajamas

Wisco vacay, let’s go

A different take on nuclear proliferation from the pov of the physicists who built the things in the 50s. Very Frankenstein's Monster

When I first got on bluesky, I made a crack about how nice it'll be for zombies to discover a plastic spoons-worth of microplastics already in our brains... and a guy dm'd me to explain it's not a literal spoon.

I still think about that guy. (And his brain.)

Turned in a big outline, and I can't stop thinking about how I spelled whoa "woah" -- and now I'm convinced the whole project teeters on this one typo
#scriptsky

The guy who invented the Pringles can had his ashes interred... in a Pringles can. But lame Orville Redenbacher was buried in a regular coffin rather than a microwave popcorn bag
#facts

Is there a word for going room to room, looking for the black reflective surface of your missing cell phone? Because that's a daily activity for me