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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 9h

Of course, being a poet as well as a visual artist, there's all that poetry I've been writing recently, written with no help from generative AI. Some of my most creative recent examples include: "The Dogman", "The Nameless Terror", "A Caring Visitation", and "Making a Stand".

The Dogman

By Richard H. Fay

An entity of elemental rage,
A monstrosity neither man nor wolf,
A man with a wolf’s aggressive aspect,
A wolf having a human’s upright stance,
The dogman prowls the darkened countryside.

An animalistic shade of nature,
A spirit of the savage wilderness,
A beast possessing paranormal traits,
A legendary fiend made flesh-and-blood,
The dogman spreads terror across the land.

An incarnation of infinite fears,
A devil sent to harry humankind,
A manifestation of man’s nightmares,
A demonic menace on moonlit nights,
The dogman hunts the woods for mortal prey.

The Nameless Terror

By Richard H. Fay

In an unquiet house
Wherein restless wraiths dwelt,
During an uneasy night
When eldritch spectres stirred,
I found my heart tested
By a nameless terror.

As I crossed the threshold
Of my unlit chamber,
My unwelcome presence
Roused an unknown something —
I found myself assailed
By a faceless horror.

A frame of ragged form
Like a tattered black cloak
Swooped downward upon me.
Like a mailed knight of yore
I found the nerve to fight
‘Gainst a peerless rival.

A swirling ebon shape
Surged in my direction,
Then parted around me
Like a substanceless mist —
I found I had stood firm
‘Gainst a bodiless shade.

A Caring Visitation

While abed with the flu,
With blankets flung off,
During what I took to be
Merely a fevered dream,
A familiar silhouette
Of a departed loved one
Appeared at my bedside.

I awoke hot and sweaty
To discover the discarded covers
Had been pulled back over me.

Making a Stand

By Richard H. Fay

As a strange titan stomped into
This tranquil bucolic vill,
A determined damsel strode out.

As a two-headed abomination
Burned both cot and barn,
A woman in mail faced the threat.

As menfolk fled in abject fear
From the torch-bearing terror,
That female warrior stood firm.

As the menacing monstrosity
Laughed at her bold defiance,
The maid raised her glowing sword.

As magic steel bit into flesh,
Twin visages grimaced gruesomely,
Then the lethal lass felled her foe!

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 9h

Contrary to what some AI bros/bots argue, most genuine artists have no need to get their creativity from AI. Most are capable of tapping into their inner creativity. That being said, let's show these AI chuds just how creative we can get! Let's do a human creativity art share!

Sliding Through Another Dimension
In this weird and rather surreal scifi artwork by Richard H. Fay, two glowing human figures (one male, one female) slide through a strange swirling dimension populated by both cone-shaped and jellyfish-like alien creatures.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 9h

If the account that said real artists are getting their creativity from AI is run by a genuine person and not a bot, then that person truly doesn't know the artists I know. I know some incredibly creative artists, and I seriously doubt they're getting their creativity from AI.

AI Slop Glazers & Grifters
@AISlopCallout
“Real artists are *literally* getting their creativity from AI” so we’re just making stuff up now? Show me the study, survey, or literally any data from which you are basing this.

Idiot probably knows one artist who is an AI glazer & they’re basing this entire statement on them.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 14h

New image version of my poem "I Am Done", rendered using a legacy version of MS Paint and GIMP. Don't worry, I'm not ending it all. I'm just extremely fed up with the state of things nowadays. #poem #poetry #done @stuartmiller1.bsky.social @corutaniconnolly.bsky.social

I Am Done

By Richard H. Fay

I am done with others breaking my heart.
I am done with strangers putting me down.
I am done with people doing me wrong.
I am done with humans waging their wars.
I am done with mankind wrecking the Earth.
I am done with society.
I am done with life.
I am done.
Done!

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 14h

You see, the administration could not hold the football players responsible and then risk having no football team when it came time to play the big games. Because of "school pride", football players were simply above being punished for misbehaving.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 14h

I recall there was a food fight in the cafeteria in HS (I missed it, thankfully) involving a group of football players and some other kids. Afterwards, the school administration sent the football players out to intimidate the other kids into confessing that they were responsible.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 14h

I've always assumed one reason that sports programs get funded when arts programs might not is because sports are the circuses part of "bread and circuses". Sports are better at amusing the masses. Plus, "school pride" and all that. In my HS, football players could do no wrong.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 16h

AI bots have been coded and trained to disrespect artists, as part of the tech bro campaign to destroy the spirit of artists and gaslight the public into thinking artists are figures to be hated and scorned. Make no mistake, it's a war of words being waged against artists.

RED16
@red16lry9
yh
and the way ppl disrespect them really makes me sick
like why
especially the AI bros
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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 16h

There's this idea in modern society that art is fine for a hobby but not for a business, job, or career. This idea was in place before the nonconsensual exploitation of art by generative AI systems became an issue. It was like society was already primed to look down upon artists.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 16h

Again, just before generative AI burst onto the scene, I had Elon bros call me a "parasite" simply for being an artist. I've had folks in my own field argue with me when I call my art a "business", insisting that my art is a "hobby", even though I make a profit doing it.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 16h

I recall a time, just before generative AI burst onto the scene and became such an issue, I happened to be carrying on an online discussion with a retired blue collar worker who said, when I told him I'm an artist "I thought I was talking to someone with a real job". Seriously!

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 16h

I think many non-artists have become convinced of the idea that "art" invariably means "elitist Fine Art" and "artist" invariably means "elitist fine artist". To them, art is artists taping bananas to walls. They fail to see the art all around them.

Reid Southen
@Rahll
People will consume the work of artists, designers, and creatives all day long and then tell you how much they hate you when you speak up for yourself or your industry.

Corey Beepington
@RoboticCorey
Love when people say "oh the arts dont matter because they dont contribute to society" then sit down to watch Netflix or play a video game.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 17h

Do these poems sound like they were written by a fascist?

Politicians
By Richard H. Fay
Vultures of the human ecosystem,
Scavengers of modern culture,
Pick the bones of the
Poor,
Young,
Old,
Sick.
Traitors to society’s promise,
Malefactors acting out false realities,
Place their blame on the
Weak,
Meek,
Brown,
Black.
Kleptocratic powers that be,
Plutocratic heads of state,
Play their games in the name of
Lies,
Greed,
God,
Sin.
Grandstanding mouthpieces
Spewing their empty pledges
Spread deplorable messages of
Hate,
Strife,
War,
Death.
Time for a change!

Death of Reason

By Richard H. Fay

Reason itself has died an awful death,
Slain by disciples of ruinous chaos,
Sacrificed to power and avarice,
Throat slit open upon the altar
Of division and strife sown
By malefactors evading
Lawful accountability
For misdeeds done
For little reason
Other than
"I can!"

Why?

By Richard H. Fay

Countries devastated
Neighborhoods pulverized
Households decimated

Families shattered
Innocents murdered
Children massacred

Nations ruined
Landscapes ravaged
Dwellings destroyed

Spirits wrecked
Lives taken
Kinfolk killed

Homes razed
Blood spilled
Death sown

Strife
Woe
War

Why?

Kleptocracy

By Richard H. Fay

Flaunt the laws
To fill the personal coffers.
Take all you can
And demolish all the rest.
Enrich oneself
At the expense of others.
Weaken democracy
In the name of selfish gain.
Rape the nation
While letting citizens suffer.
Damn the people
To crushing impoverishment.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

When you've got some sites stating that Twitter/X is now 60%-80% bot accounts, the chances that bots are replying in one's Twitter/X threads are very high. It's almost guaranteed some replies will be from bots. One must assume the worst of the offensive replies are now from bots.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

Watching bot argue with bot over at the other place is a surreal experience. The one thing they typically have in common is a tendency to use trollish language and of lacking any sort of truly logical argument. Their logic is twisted at best.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

And, yes, I believe the account that was telling AI users to off themselves was also another gaslighting bot, sent out in the wild world of social media to sow trouble, to keep the AI debate growing, and to reap the rewards of making those against AI look like wannabe terrorists.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

Where did I say I condone such behavior? Nowhere! Two wrongs don't make a right. I will block folks from either side who tell others to off themselves. As a matter of principle, I blocked both offensive bots on that thread and shut down comments.

Klashbash
@MeritMachine
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Replying to
@AzureLionProd
I guess we’ll sweep the anti-AI zealots under the rug that are saying if you make AI art you should end yourself.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

Hardly! I suggest you read some of my political poetry and then get back to me on that one!

Klashbash
@MeritMachine
Scratch a Luddite and a fascist bleeds.
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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 18h

Who says I DON'T know about fan art? Who says my intellectual property rights attorney (yes, I have one) hasn't already told me her views on fan art? In the past, I have made my personal views of fan art perfectly clear. I can't say I'm a fan of doing fan art.

Klashbash
@MeritMachine
Wait until you find out about fan art and the people profiting from (apparently) stealing characters, worlds, and styles of other artists.
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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I suppose you could prompt AI to generate something "in the style of [insert artists name]", but then isn't the user merely aping the style of the artist named in the prompt? It it really the user's own voice and style? Somehow, I doubt it!

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can you even have an artistic voice of your own if you use AI? Doesn't AI makes random choices regarding various aspects, including style? Isn't style part of the artistic voice? Style arises from choices made by the artist, but with AI, the user isn't making all of the choices.

Is this a 3D model?
@IsThisA3DModel
Using AI is antithetical to your artistic voice so it actually matters quite a lot if you use it.

Kris Kashtanova
Your artistic voice is the most important part.
Doesn't matter if you use AI or not.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My absolute favorite music style and period is Baroque. My absolute favorite Baroque composer is Telemann. Telemann was one of the most prolific composers in history. I've only begun to scratch the surface of recordings of Telemann works on CD. Why would I need AI music?

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Won't hurt my feelings, since regardless of what happens, I've still no intention of listening to AI music. I'm happy with my music on physical media.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

>"Yes, this probably hurts your feelings..."< Good grief! These AI bros just can't help themselves, they just HAVE to use the abusive language of bullies and trolls.

nicksaraev
@nicksaraev
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Yes, this probably hurts your feelings. It's still going to happen.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Beyond listening to classic Casey Kasem Top 40 countdowns on iHeart Radio, I don't typically stream music. I have an extensive, and rather eclectic, collection of music on CD. I even have some things on vinyl. I prefer listening to real musicians playing real instruments.

nicksaraev
@nicksaraev
I am not joking when I say this.

Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.

AI music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all AI music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.

Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
12:41 PM · Sep 28, 2026
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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, I decided the building is more a mansion than a castle, especially with the added windows.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Revised my art "Creepy Castle in Silhouette" to better work on items. I cleaned up and reworked the lines of the building, rearranged and added some windows, gave the image a wavy bottom, and got it to work in letter size. Here's the revamped work "Creepy Mansion in Silhouette".

Creepy Mansion in Silhouette
Spooky-looking barren trees stand behind a creepy mansion sited on a rocky hill in this Halloween-appropriate silhouette artwork by Richard H. Fay.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But of course! Projection being such a common tactic used nowadays by both net trolls and politicians, 'twas inevitable that the bots would start protecting, too. They've probably been trained on a bunch of projection.

Eric Bourdages
@EZE3D
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The bots are accusing us of being bots 😭

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More spooky wall art... Here's my weird horror artwork "Tortured Souls" on a poster: Tortured Souls Weird Horror Artwork Poster. www.zazzle.com/tortured_sou... via @zazzle Would make for a different piece of spooky season decor. #zazzlemade #poster #spooky #horrorart #weirdartt #ghosts

zazzle.com

Tortured Souls Weird Horror Artwork Poster | Zazzle

Contorted ghostly faces wail, scream, and cry in this original dark horror artwork by Richard H. Fay.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm a huge proponent of a well-rounded liberal arts education, one that includes some education in the arts and humanities as well as math and the sciences. That was the sort of education I received when I was in college, back during the last century (late 1980s to early 1990s).

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's part of the campaign to erode learning and culture and create a neo-serfdom citizenry for the neo-feudalism envisioned by the oligarchs. Serfs have no need for art, or music, or cosmetics, or...

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Too many Americans fail to see how the arts and humanities enriches their lives. Sad, but true!

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seen in reply to a post about US cuts in govt. student loans in areas of study like art, music, religious studies, and cosmetics: "How do these degrees enrich our lives?" Bet the remark was from a bot, but it sums up the attitude problem the US has toward arts and the humanities.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New image version of my poem "Tired". I've been feeling like this a lot lately. The world is definitely getting me down. #poem #poetry #tired @stuartmiller1.bsky.social @corutaniconnolly.bsky.social

Tired

By Richard H. Fay

I'm tired of life.
I'm tired of facing this life's
Disappointments,
Disillusionments,
Dissatisfactions.
I'm tired of dealing with life's
Difficulties,
Distractions,
Dysfunctions.
I'm tired of living through life’s
Disagreements,
Discordancies,
Discomforts.
I want to die
To find some peace
From this disordered life,
But in spite of all the
Discouragements,
Disconcernments,
Disgruntlements,
I keep on living
Nevertheless.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Artist! Quote with the artwork you cannot explain! "Head Abstract". I wanted an abstract work with an 80s feel, and this was the image in my head, but don't ask me to try to explain it. It just is what it is. It doesn't really mean anything.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New image version of my mixed-metaphor (mixed metaphors deliberately here, for a sense of confusion) poem "Tongue Tied". Background digital manipulation of image by Petra from Pixabay. Free to use under the Pixabay Content License. #poem @stuartmiller1.bsky.social @corutaniconnolly.bsky.social

Tongue-Tied
By Richard H. Fay
Pleasant words that flow in my mind
Like a babbling brook
Tumble off my twisted tongue
Like a toppling rockfall.
Sincere meanings become jumbled up
Like a simmering stew
Confusing my honest intentions
Like an obfuscating fog.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been witnessing the dumbing down of society for decades, but AI has accelerated this dumbing down to the nth degree. The dumbness is now numbing. If this keeps up, the idea of "human intelligence", which was already becoming a joke, will become nothing but a pale memory.

Sami Sadek
@Skullgrin140
There has been a severe pivot into over reliance when it comes to the use of AI.

To the point where intelligence is decaying faster than you've ever seen before, in a lot of ways I'm so grateful that I don't buy into this con because it's setting up mental disintegration.
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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I was in college, I didn't even have a usable word processor (the primitive one for the C-64, with dot-matrix printer, just wasn't usable for anything practical). I used dead tree sources, a pen, a notebook or note cards, and a typewriter. And yet, I wrote some long papers.

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Richard H Fay — Artist, Photographer, and Poet @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A trend that continues to blow my mind is the tendency for some young AI addicts to ask things like "is it even possible to write a 10-pg term paper without using AI?" How do these youngsters think us old folks wrote term papers? We painted them on cave walls! (Not really.)

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