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Mysterious Johnson

@mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social
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artist, poet, storyteller, itinerant philosopher, triflin bish my name is Tim, but you can call me Mysterious a midwest member of the #EastCoastKin arts collective

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
here ~ you write poetry about the far off ridge dune covered forest that you walk in winter blaze orange cap & boots there are cedars graves house remains a heart & two Ps carved on a tree
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
progress motherfuckers
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
latest work
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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Dublin #painting. "Heuston II" was painted back when I used to hang around the bridge for the views up the river and the sense of space by the station. I still get a thrill every time I pass through the space even if I don't get as many opportunities to spend time there. #Art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear
Landscape format in painterly acrylics on canvas. A painting of two halves, the bright top half of the sky and a dark bottom half of the bridge, street and buildings. At the bottom of the picture tram tracks in navy and blues leave a bridge continuing straight ahead to a street which disappears in the the distance in the centre of the painting. Most of the scene is open space just off bridge in front of railway station, with bridge lamp and stone pier on right in lilac, blue and navy, and station behind it in navy but for pale slits of windows. Just past the station to its left is a chocolate coloured wide 3-story building with a dark blue roof and a pale cupola on its left corner.  A clump of trees is in middle distance on left, rendered in very dark blue with dark olive tops. Straight ahead the centre are muted reds and greys in strokes indicating distant buildings. The scene is all under tram wires crisscrossing against a yellow painterly sky, the only other item which pierces it being the lamp rising on the right from the bridge pier. I took this photo of the painting before I signed it.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
'Painted By Light' (2026) -- Mill Street Canoe Portage, Brunswick, ME Even If You Find Yourself In the Midst of Darkness, There Can Be the Most Wonderful Light... #Scape #ForestFriday #BWFri #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #PaintByWords #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Several minutes after sundown, the still river's surface reflects the gentle ambient light painted across the sky as opposing river banks meet together on the dark horizon
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Brigid E. McBride. 🐝🌱🇮🇪🇨🇦🇺🇦 @brigidemcbride.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Blazing Silver Skies.” “But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.” ~ Shel Silverstein #Sky. #Night. #Moon. #Trees. #Cloud. #Nature. #Photography. #NaturePhotography.
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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hibiscus #Macro 🌺🌺🌺
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 27/07/2026
Golden glow. #photography #BloomScrolling #flowers #yellow
A big yellow flower glowing in the sunlight.
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife." -Steve Irwin
A photo of a deer in the middle of a field of grasses in the country.
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
these hearts are my Love Series. For my wife. She picks me up when i'm feeling low. She holds my hand, even when we walk through the fire. She's my favorite person. My constant accomplice. My best friend. So if you want to buy it, I don't blame you, they're pretty. But I made them for her.
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices." - Alfred A. Montapert
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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GirlRebuilt 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @girlrebuilt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
#MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon Tiny pink flower about to bloom. #macrophotography #flower #bloomscrolling #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #ECK #sonyalpha
A macro photograph of a tiny pink flower with orange stamen, just about to burst open. In the background are more pink buds and some yellow and orange flowers.
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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Summer starts to packing in a lazy sorta way marsh mallows bloom days end a little sooner a sassafras leaf turned orange & fallen to ground while the hot remains and we play water games Summer is making plans right under our noses
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feral cats hollerin' @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
your lost love for me now buried in roadside dirt a poisonous pea #haiku #photography #micropoetry
Lathyrus latifolius, a noxious fuschia pea sprawling, with chicory seen on roadside scene, framing wild company
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I never knew silence could say “I love you” until we danced… #RomanticSaturday #Roses #ArtInNature #photography #Art
A blossom where silence feels beautifully alive.
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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Coneflower #Macro 🩷❤️💚
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“If all were rain and never sun, No bow could span the hill; If all were sun and never rain There'd be no rainbow still.” ― Christina Rossetti,
A double rainbow over the east bay in california photographed from a balcony.
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#NatureIsArt Swamp milkweed starburst - today #Phonetography #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #flowers #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #hoodedcluster #mesmerizinggeometry
Macro/close-up high contrast photo of a burst of star-shaped milkweed flowers opening on an orb-shaped cluster, with budding clusters close below, and a few other open stars at the bottom of the image.
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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Are raindrops like snowflakes Night night little sleepers So many contemplations yet so few hours A small fable ~ raindrops fell concentric circles galore little children cut them out hung them up like stars to wish upon a midnight dream & we all screamed for ice cream cones #littlesleepers
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Spring Hill Artistic 6.5 in x 7 in [papier mâché, painted tissue paper, wood glue, steel wire] I've decided I'm gonna name these based on words I can see from the newsprint when they are all polished. #papiermache #sculpture #art #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
papier mâché heart
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“The sun was soft honey and rose colored along the horizon; the old trees were deep black silhouettes against it, with long purple shadows sliding out from their earth-slippered feet.” ― Marti Healy
sunset over the oregon coast
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
the zinnias are glowing right now! #bloomscrolling #photography #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
bright af zinnia. pink as it wanna be
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Saw this little guy on the fencerow yesterday afternoon. Quite striking and bold color. Love his little orange leg bits. #bug #moth #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
black and white moth with orange leg tufts. think he's an eight spotted forester
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
oof. #hotaf
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GirlRebuilt 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @girlrebuilt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#MacroMonday Hibiscus, detail. #macro #macrophotography #hibiscus #flower #bloomscrolling #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #ECK #sonyalpha
A macro shot of a pale yellow hibiscus flower with a bright pink centre and vibrant yellow stamen.
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
pretty in the morning light! this little guy is called a Royal Catchfly. he is covered in a sort of sticky sap- but not an insect eater that i'm aware of... much be some kind of defense mechanism. MO native. #bloomscrolling #photography #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
royal catchfly
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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Rain kissed snapdragon #Marco 🩷🤍💛💚
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
this is the view from my father in law's back deck. #wide open Missouri sky. #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte #BlueSkyArtShow
big sky country
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Rosemarie @roabrams.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Two flowers have opened in this heat Hosta and Crocosmia (partially opened) #bloomscrolling
Lavender colored Hosta flowers in dappled lightPartially opened red Crocosmia flower
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#wip this is 120 grit all over. starting to see some interesting patterns coming out. not sure if this is one i would try to sell or not... not sure about the overall quality. #art #sculpture #papiermache #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
papier mache sculpture in progress
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.” ― Stephen Chbosky take care kind friends🩵
clouds
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
here comes the color! the legs have undergone an extreme exfoliation treatment with the scraper and some 80 grit sandpaper. the color is coming! it will only get richer and more marbled as we go through the finenesses of grit. #wip #sculpture #art #papiermache #naiveteismyforte #EastCoastKin
sculpture in progress
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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Food Chain Lots of fun was had watching this Black-crowned Night Heron patiently wait for dojo loaches to surface before striking! #bestofjune26 #birdoftheday #birds #photography #eck #nature #art #wildlife #bluesky #monday #blueskymonday #birdphotography #scape #naturephotography #heron
A Black-crowned Night Heron hangs from a rusted chain above muted green water, its sharp bill clasping a dojo loach as patience gives way to the certainty of instinct.
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#NatureIsArt Radiant feverfew - today #Phonetography #FlowersOnSunday #SundayYellow #flowers #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #centralfocalpoint #lookssquishy
Several tightly overlapped daisy-like tanacetum parthenium aureum, or golden feverfew flowers. They have large domed, bright yellow highly textured centers made up of tiny florets. The petals are short, white, delicate, radiating out from the center. There's a peek of green foliage bokeh in the background.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy pride, bitches
A bright rainbow in the sky
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AnnaLois @annalois36.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Capillary Curve for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Macro #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #plant #strelitzia #light #abstract #green #houseplant #macrophotography (Android phone camera)
I know every so often I post a macro photograph of a leaf from my Strelitzia plant but it fits today's theme so well. Tried to take it with my tiny pink plastic dinosaur (cracker tat) behind for amusing shadow interest but couldn't get the sharpness. The dinosaur is propped up against the base of the plant and reminds me to be more 'roaaaarrr' each day. You'll have to make do with the simple gorgeousness of the leaf alone.

Image taken using a macro setting of a section of a green Strelitzia leaf illuminated by sunlight. There is a notable curve on the brick-like capillary structure, sweeping from bottom left towards top right. It is an intense mixture of greens from lime to a deep grass green.
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Orchid Cactus, Backlit 6-2026 Home Garden An Epiphyllum (orchid cactus) bloom, caught with the sun directly behind it — the petals turn the light into magenta, the throat into pure gold. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #flower #backlit #cactusflower #magenta #nature #floralphotography #botanical #sunlight
Extreme close-up of a magenta Epiphyllum (orchid cactus) flower, backlit by sunlight so its throat glows golden-orange, with long pale stamens cascading downward against the deep pink petals.
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Coneflower #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #photography #naiveteismyforte
coneflower
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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A #painting from the north west of Ireland. "Croaghloskey" was one of those scenes I bumped into every day when I lived with a little dog in a big landscape where every cottage we walked past was populated with an old man and a dog. This is our place, I would say to her. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #Art
Landscape format in acrylics on mat board. A largely purple and turquoise feel off this depiction of a hill with a patchwork of fields on it. Bottom third of painting is a field in the foreground of a mess of broken teal and rust and purple strokes, mostly short horizontal ones but for along the very bottom where there are vertical ones suggestive of grass. At the far side of the field is a dry stone wall of pale grey stones, running slightly diagonally down from left to right as it undulated gently. Past it is the hill, flat topped with its bottom slopes on both side cropped at the edges of the painting. It has a dark diagonal hedgerow running from the bottom left up to the right edge halfway up the height of the hill. On the near side is a ploughed field of diagonal purple and a alizarin lines running perpendicular to the hedgerow, with a solid purple-grey triangle in its bottom left corner. On the far side of the hedgerow cut out of the rust of the hill are 8 fields of various greens and blues randomly arranged with dark outlines of varying thicknesses. The sky is teal, with a darker horizontal band at the top. Signed top right, Liam Daly
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feral cats hollerin' @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Well, either I committed a kind act today or helped someone steal a car. I will take the ambiguity of the doubt.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 27/06/2026
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026
'Altered Realities' (2026) -- Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park, Brunswick, ME To Revel Again & Again in the Art of Seeing & Experiencing... Mouth Asunder... #Scape #ForestFriday #BWFri #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #PaintByWords #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Bright sunlight streams through a break in the canopy illuminating the darkness and highlighting a hedge of tall trees thriving on the banks of a large pond with a perfect reflection and plenty of visual texture
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
ok now all the color is in there... can you see it? it's more than skin deep. all shall be revealed soon. are you excited?! i know I am #papiermache #sculpture #fineart #EastCoastKin #naiveteismyforte
the color is in the sculpture. look round the edges of each bit... the pure color is there, waiting to be revealed
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way." — Pablo Neruda
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
19th and Wyandotte #urbangaze #EastCoastKin #photography #naiveteismyforte
powerlines, chimney, rooftops and blue sky
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
few more layers and another sanding done. now I'm adding the colors. This is acrylic painted tissue paper, I add it in between layers of newsprint to be revealed later during the final sanding. I can see the finish line now... hope it turns out! #fineart #sculpture #papiermache #naiveteismyforte
sculpture in progress
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Mysterious Johnson @mysteriousjohnson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I have this little experimental sculpture in the yard - it's just fallen branches and twigs from our trees, stuffed into a tomato cage. We are growing a bean (scarlet runner) up it - hopefully it goes all the way up! #naiveteismyforte #bloomscrolling
sticks n flowers
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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
28 yrs of adventures floating on water have filled my archives with stories to tell until my last day ~ Stories like a seagull perched on a pole or a red fox coming out of marsh to swim ahead of me only to vanish back into marsh or the first & last time being on water with Pete by my side.
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