jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Our little Baby nearly 17 years ago. I have no idea how an old broken down Marine from Columbus, Ohio could ever become so lucky to have such a great daughter. Oh that gentle little face and the eyes that could see everything. #daughterlove🩵 Her mother and I love her so…. 030
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"Being called "woke" in a world that can sleep through other people's suffering, isn't an insult." Pope Leo XIV I am not religious at all, I can only believe in the good that we can do. But I do Love Good People! We can end poverty by outlawing billionaires! #FreeDemocracy 031
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 11/10/2026don’t know if it’s a theory or a fact, it tastes like a fact at least. But when you make chili it tastes even better the next day. So I just finished it at 0130 eastern time. Needs to simmer for all of 15 minutes tomorrow (today) to soften up the poblanos and reduce a bit 151
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I hope Critical Thinking makes a comeback. I hope Culture and the Arts take over. I hope education gets a lot more funding than war gets. I hope we disallow propaganda and outlaw poverty. I hope, I hope, I hope 031
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gyrations of goodness is well known to the ether. #goodnesswillguideusifloveisinsideus 031
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A pic I took a few days ago. Prince’s song, “Play in the Sunshine” came to mind immediately 041
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’m sitting here making a peanut butter pie with a layer of chocolate in the middle and a crust made of chocolate animal crackers. Richie Havens’ “Freedom” came on and I find the sound as mesmerizing now as 50 years ago. I can’t believe racism exists… 010
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“A Cool Hand” 2026 Acrylic on cardboard 14”x14” 041
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Look Mack, you do know if you give me my dog gone breakfast, I would not have to stare at you and watch your every move” 121
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A few days after Kindergarten began and a few days after her senior year began earlier this month. National Daughters Day 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Uninvited Men” 2026 Acrylic on canvas 14”x14” 081
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Okra Man of New Iberia. Willis Jacob, 86 and his Army retired 66 year old daughter, Tammy Shannon, grow the most sought after okra in southern Louisiana. Simply wonderful human beings… 010
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 13/09/2026All those red lights keeping me from going home! Haha, home now. “Lunatic Fringe, I know you’re out there” 011
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Here’s looking at you, Kid. #photog 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“The Sky Was All Magenta and the Moon was Happy" 2024 Acrylic on canvas, 14”x14” 021
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“Sunrise and the Sea” 2026 Plaster and acrylic on canvas 20”x16” 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Simply Tree" 2025 Acrylic on Canvas, 14"x14" 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I reworked some colors on the textural piece from a couple months back by adding some gold/bronze & light lime green here and there to offset a lot of the crimson/violet. My wife loves it now and wants to frame it😂 I’ll never figure her taste in my art out 010
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Our Baby, now a senior in high school, sigh 😔 She still holds tight to us… 021
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🎶 let the rain come down down, 17 days 🎼🎵 011
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 26/08/2026After spending some time at the ocean, I have been reminded that humans worship a god they can’t see or a conman who’d rob them blind or money they can’t truly take to the grave, but they will desecrate the beauty of their planet in as many ways as they can dream up. We burn 37 billion of oil yearly 010
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So peaceful the sound. If you can't make a joyful sound, listen to some, declare it while recording it and share it! Simple enough, no need to harm a single being #summertime! 031
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The cool kids #summer2026. The last real vacation until Baby and her Bestie are adults. Where does the time go, life is short even in its longest days 040
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In my 21,000+ days worth of observation on this earth, a human being cannot truly love their own family unless they love themselves enough to love other human beings and their families. I love my family enough to lift up those less fortunate than us because love creates safety… 010
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 14/08/2026 Veteran perspective #abstractart 041
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If I could have ever written a song it would’ve been the R&B song "Fortune Teller", by Allen Toussaint, who used the pen name Naomi Neville. First recorded and released by Benny Spellman in 1962, he’s great, then by many others! Robert Plant’s version in 2007 may be the best remake ever! 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“Barreling down the boulevard, Looking for the heart of Saturday night, reaching my peak” 021
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 08/08/2026To seek perspective and to understand our own meta cognition is the very thing we all should be doing on so many levels! My wife’s flowers one more time again… 261
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 08/08/2026About 20 degrees out of 180 from a video by the Mars rover. All that wonder & majesty out in our part of the universe, yet a too large percentage of humans think and behave with small mindedness, fear and hatred. I don’t want anyone or anything to hold us back any longer… 030
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 07/08/2026When you support a woman with everything you have, she will create miraculous beauty for the entire world to see 020
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Since I can’t paint everyday or once every week for that matter due to my job, I do try to take a striking photo each day. I hope to become a great artist someday, but photography will have to suffice for now… 050
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Redlining Folks? Economic destruction for you and for me, too! Like ignorance, conservatism Kills, always has, always will. Who do you wish it kills? Come on now, be honest… 130
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A blue dot in a sea of blood red hatred! #photog 041
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“The Red Tendrils of Hate Will Find a Black Woman, No Matter How Hard She Works for Her Children and Your Children, Too” 2026 Plaster, glue, yarn, acrylics on canvas. 14”x14” 071
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Well, I have survived cooking for Baby’s besties. I never heard 4 or 5 17 year old girls talk so much and then go silent for a solid 15 minutes when I handed them the sliders and French Bread Pizza 😂 Whew 160
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 25/07/2026My wife and daughter make love come so easy. I am very fortunate, thankful and just plain lucky 110
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Life can be so nice! Steamed okra, savory mash sweet potatoes, ribs, ham green beans & new potatoes, I eat my bacon & cabbage just like a savage. Woooooo woooooo 161
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Pretty good stuff, supper was good 100
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Never know just how much you love salad until you can’t have a salad due to the high risk of contracting Butt Covid or whatever that psychospora nonsense is called. Gonna have fried cabbage and bacon with a honey garlic balsamic reduction tonight instead. 1121
jamesdcooper4.bsky.social @jamesdcooper4.bsky.social · 21/07/202629 years ago! Where does all the time and the body strength go? Hopefully the younger me served you well. My body is so broken now that the art I create is my only hope to serve the greater good. #goodnesswillguideuswhenloveisinsideus 141