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Obtuse
Please lord
Spare me of righteousness
Allow me NOT to save souls
Let me bathe in sin
I seek honesty
I worship trust
Yet I am a heathen
To be clear
Spare me of righteousness
Allow me NOT to save souls
Let me bathe in sin
I seek honesty
I worship trust
Yet I am a heathen
To be clear
Author's Note
Painting by Poetspeak
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Re. Obtuse
28th Jan 2025 9:37pm
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28th Jan 2025 9:51pm
I am ready my General...take the next step...I will follow...Hugs and love Oral
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28th Jan 2025 9:57pm
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28th Jan 2025 10:08pm
Re. Obtuse
28th Jan 2025 9:57pm
It's like watching shadowy figures move through the room. Sin in motion, maybe?
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28th Jan 2025 10:34pm
Yes
Sin and depravity creeping and crawling in the underbrush... Not be be extinguished quickly...
Stay vigilant
Sin and depravity creeping and crawling in the underbrush... Not be be extinguished quickly...
Stay vigilant
Re. Obtuse
28th Jan 2025 10:07pm
I truly like the artwork it looks like shadows moving in the dark deepness of lost time 🤔👍💪👊🪬 SHAMAN 🪬
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28th Jan 2025 10:36pm
We are at the beginnings of a lost period Stoney...
It's evolving through me and my paintings are talking to me. Let me out they're saying.
It's evolving through me and my paintings are talking to me. Let me out they're saying.
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29th Jan 2025 3:14am
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28th Jan 2025 10:37pm
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28th Jan 2025 10:35pm
That last stanza is powerful. the picture with shadows in a tilted attic is goes well with this
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28th Jan 2025 10:39pm
It's a giant rack and ruin embrace ....
Been hiding for too long but now exploding in front of us ....
Thx F
Been hiding for too long but now exploding in front of us ....
Thx F
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28th Jan 2025 10:46pm
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28th Jan 2025 10:56pm
Futuristic, barren cities with ghost and shadowy figures moving about, haha needing government contacts for a loaf of synthetic bread. Tight
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28th Jan 2025 11:06pm
This ain't no Mudd Club
Right brother ME ?
Yeah, it's seeping out and my blood is BLACK ..
Right brother ME ?
Yeah, it's seeping out and my blood is BLACK ..
Re. Obtuse
28th Jan 2025 11:34pm
I don't see dark and evil, I see honesty and beauty. Love the extra cool art, and the purity of this piece.
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29th Jan 2025 00:15am
I'm re-emerging Wendy..
Where have I been ?
Actually I know but that's another story left untold...
Glad you see beauty, I'm honored
Thx
💜🖤
Where have I been ?
Actually I know but that's another story left untold...
Glad you see beauty, I'm honored
Thx
💜🖤
Re. Obtuse
28th Jan 2025 11:43pm
Dear PS,
This brought a bit of a giggle and a “go you!” Why hide who we are? And I like a bit of dark side…so long as there’s a mall somewhere there 😊
DIG!
H🌷
This brought a bit of a giggle and a “go you!” Why hide who we are? And I like a bit of dark side…so long as there’s a mall somewhere there 😊
DIG!
H🌷
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29th Jan 2025 00:47am
Dear H,
I've got plenty of dark side. I try to keep that contained but sometimes it overrules me.
No matter, that's when the good stuff floods the avenue..
BIG THANKS
Dig the Dig
🤠
I've got plenty of dark side. I try to keep that contained but sometimes it overrules me.
No matter, that's when the good stuff floods the avenue..
BIG THANKS
Dig the Dig
🤠
Re. Obtuse
29th Jan 2025 3:52am
Speak, it's like a house of mirrors with ominous shadows hovering. Pictures are worth a thousand words though, great ink as well. Appreciate you.
Damian
Damian
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29th Jan 2025 12:50pm
Yes, ominous for sure.
No color doesn't mean there isn't any..
Black and white say so much....
Grey for nuance
Thx so much Sir D
No color doesn't mean there isn't any..
Black and white say so much....
Grey for nuance
Thx so much Sir D
Re. Obtuse
29th Jan 2025 9:10am
"Don't bless me father for I have sinned" ;-)
This reads like a prayer, my kinda prayer & I LOVE your artwork, it's deliciously dark.
HUGE FUCKING LIKE 🖤
This reads like a prayer, my kinda prayer & I LOVE your artwork, it's deliciously dark.
HUGE FUCKING LIKE 🖤
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29th Jan 2025 12:53pm
Father won't bless you, he's too busy sinning himself somewhere...
Coveting his neighbor's wife comes to mind...
Things that make you go hmmm..
Thanks so much on my painting, it needed words to complete thee..
Appreciate the RL
☠🖤
Coveting his neighbor's wife comes to mind...
Things that make you go hmmm..
Thanks so much on my painting, it needed words to complete thee..
Appreciate the RL
☠🖤
Re. Obtuse
30th Jan 2025 2:12am
Well, I don't think any of us are responsible for saving souls anyway, so I guess your prayers are already partly answered... 🤷♀️
That art... WOW! I see so many things, from leaves to stars to grasping fingers... it's compelling and a bit disconcerting. Excellent work, my friend.
❤️k
That art... WOW! I see so many things, from leaves to stars to grasping fingers... it's compelling and a bit disconcerting. Excellent work, my friend.
❤️k
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30th Jan 2025 4:00am
It's funny because I just paint stuff and I never think about it much as to what it looks like. But my readers always tell me and then sometimes I see it myself. When I look at this one I see lobster claws and tentacles removing meat. In a dark swampy body of water in the Everglades...
Thanks k, you've always been a great supporter...
Appreciate
💓
Thanks k, you've always been a great supporter...
Appreciate
💓
Re. Obtuse
30th Jan 2025 5:16pm
I love the monochrome. The words slice through the bull.
Kind Regards
James
Kind Regards
James
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30th Jan 2025 6:32pm
Yeah, this image was an actual gouache painting were I removed the color digitally to make that powerful monochrome effect.
Cutting through the bull ... I like that comment !
Thanks James
Cutting through the bull ... I like that comment !
Thanks James
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Anonymous
30th Jan 2025 7:58pm
Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have a bit of heathen in us. The black and grey of the paint reflects the mood and feeling well.
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30th Jan 2025 8:25pm
I really liked Bowie's album HEATHEN ...
He has been a real inspiration to me..
Lou Reed too.
Misfits
Bukowski
Good company for poets.
Thanks on the painting.
It hits hard.
Some of us like that ..
He has been a real inspiration to me..
Lou Reed too.
Misfits
Bukowski
Good company for poets.
Thanks on the painting.
It hits hard.
Some of us like that ..
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2nd Feb 2025 7:14pm
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