Kevin Collins

Calling it done!

The Tree of Death, buried deep beneath the black lands, the roots of which hold the Dead Sea Scrolls.

While I worked on drawing a Sketchfab poseable 3D head, Charlie took an unprecedented 1 1/2 hour slumber betwixt my knees, absolute unit that he is.

Powerful gesture! Right on, Jessica! 💪

Parra's swan song is more dear to me every time I return to it.

Be well, everyone in NE Philly, though I know some are lost 🥺

Narrowly missed being in the area (not quite the intersection) by a couple hours 😦

Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023

Indeed I shall! Hey, it's better than a lot of what gets pushed out into the social mediasphere anyway!

Jfc seriously! Something more substantiative than "omg not that" would have been more helpful

Hah! Same here, although mine are still more Studentish, skills-honing exercises than art! 😅

Your work always stuns me! Not that I'm 100% sold on bluesky, but please don't let the awkward new-platform feeling (which, it may only be me feeling it) deter or discourage you!

Climate change threatens the mental well-being of youths. Here’s how to help them cope. A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”

Difficult to imagine a way to help anyone cope with quite reasonable despair, don't you think?

YouTube video by Eastern Rebellion - Topic Bolivia

Happy birthday Cedar Walton!

Cedar Walton – piano
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Sam Jones – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Released - 1976
Recorded - December 10, 1975
Studio - C.I. Recording Studio, New York City, NY
Label - Timeless
Producer - Cedar Walton

#jazzsky

I wish it would matter. But it will not, after Coronation Day 🙄

Bots | Bluesky Bots are accounts on the network that post automatically. Popular ones include bots that post the magnitude of recent earthquakes, photos from an archive on a regular schedule, etc.

Oh goody! Fraudulent impersonators abound here too! This will be Twitter pt 2 ere long. JFC this Feelgood Fest didn't even last until the inauguration of our dipshit-relect. Any of my scattered assemblage of followers actually bots? Speak up please. I hate this shit.

His Beanness. I made the mouth a bit too big, so in the second one I deployed a VERY Bean-type of solution...

The profoundly beautiful Helena Mankowska, from her photo as reference, in graphite, chalk, pastel, just a wee bit of ink. Just a bit!

With all gratitude to the inspiring muse!

#portrait #artofinstagram #drawing

Mystery Drones give us terror,
But school shootings hardly a shrug?
Abandon all reason,
For now is the season
Of Christians fellating a thug!

Perfection

YouTube video by Eddie Palmieri - Topic Oyelo Que Te Conviene

Hoping pianist Eddie Palmieri enjoys a return to health and wellness after reading that he has had to take some time off. Also, there is far too little son montuno on #bluesky and that needs to change!

Oyelo!:

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Ras habte's work is one of the marvels of our world. That hatching alone is a masterclass.

Good to know - thanks!

Richard #Bona doing the thing with the fantastic Gerald Toto and Lokua Kanza. Their two albums are treasure!

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YouTube video by Bobby Hutcherson - Topic Goin' Down South

Happy birthday Harold Land!

Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
Harold Land – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Joe Sample – piano, electric piano
John Williams – bass, Fender bass
Mickey Roker – drums

Released - May 1971
Recorded - July 15, 1970
Label - Blue Note

#jazzsky

Surrealist portrait of a friend from a while back.

Thanks so much for this! I'm in awe of the work I've seen here! This is an couple graphite pieces of mine, of a friend and of actress Anya Cholatra.

Stunning work, Élle!

So is there a secret technique for getting anyone to engage here? Do you have to resort to saying something controversial or use hashtags or what?

So far I've received Ones of likes - I'm absolutely whelmed!

Bean!

Graphite, 4H-6B

Vocalist Rokia Traoré, graphite on smooth bristol