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S. J. Naught

@sjnaught.bsky.social
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A poet for the Dark Ages. Just finding my way through. (I just want to write things as crazy as our times and chart a path somewhere new.) Please take a moment to browse my page to learn more & show your support! 🙂 www.buymeacoffee.com/SjNaught

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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Still some of my favorite words to explore 😌
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Oh man, I was so excited to make it to 100 followers! Thanks to some very kind help I was able to get into a few Starter Packs that really helped me so much! Still so thankful 🙏
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I remember making this one and thinking of the symbolism with the lovely people of bsky in mind 😌
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This may really be my favorite darker one 🙂 I really enjoy the ambiguity and sense of motion from the moving lines
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My first bsky post ☺️
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Ruins #drawing #art #ruins #war #artist #sketch #charcoal #artshare #darkness
Dark, vaguely formed rectangles emerge from a nearly all black charcoal sketch of a landscape in a spiral notebook, reminiscent of ruins and rubble at night.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“Shadows on the Cave Wall” Charcoal, ink, and pastel on paper, 2023 #abstract #art #pastel #artist #illustration #drawing #artshare #ink #sketch
Large, dark splotches of ink in black make abstract shapes reminiscent of shadows across the middle of the page, with wisps of blue ink scattered across the top and along the bottom of the page, with a few soft bluish water droplets near the bottom. A mixture of bright yellow and orangish red radiates upward from the middle of the page, shaped like a flame, perhaps the light casting the nearby shadows.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“IN TONGUES” (Probably my favorite from this series— Feels most solid and timeless) Pastel and ink on paper #ink #art #drawing #pastel #sketch #abstract #artist #artshare #alt.text
An abstract painting/drawing with a focal point of a soft white yellow flare of pastel that strikes downward through the middle of the page. The lower third of the page is a pool of dark blue ink with fine wisps of lines made with a dry paint brush which contrasts with the soft yellow in front of it. A jagged soft blue shape like a piece of slate emerges behind the flare above the dark blue shadows as orange bursts of color emanate from behind it like flames reaching towards the top of the page.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thank you for the little boost in followers the last couple days! Did someone give me a shout out in a post or something? Art update: I am still out here producing art & writing poetry! I was trying to post on a daily basis but found that too strict. Decided to take a break & just explore a while 🙂
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
So true. Trying to unstuck myself
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Self knowledge is key 😌
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Hey, very excellent way to describe the Shadow
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
💙
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Hmm.. I wonder when the tricks of the Shadows will poke their heads up next
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“TONGUES OF FIRE” Ink and charcoal on paper #art #artist #ink #abstract #charcoal #artshare #sketch #painting #experiment #drawing
Over a dozen bright orange brushstrokes appearing like tongues of fire emanate from a turbulent pool of bluish ink on the upper third of the page. The blue pool has energetic peaks spiking up from the top, made from a dry paint brush run through the pool of blue ink. Coarsely textured and speedy black brush strokes divide the page to form a slightly arching, horizontal division just about the middle of the page. A field of dark charcoal with the grainy white texture of the paper showing through occupies the bottom half of the page, giving a sense of two contrasting media used in this piece: the fluid and the textured. The blue shape above and the curved sort of horizon in the middle give a slight sense of arriving at new lands, like a coastline but with mysterious waters, and tongues of fire on the horizon.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“IN TONGUES” (Probably my favorite from this series— Feels most solid and timeless) Pastel and ink on paper #ink #art #drawing #pastel #sketch #abstract #artist #artshare #alt.text
An abstract painting/drawing with a focal point of a soft white yellow flare of pastel that strikes downward through the middle of the page. The lower third of the page is a pool of dark blue ink with fine wisps of lines made with a dry paint brush which contrasts with the soft yellow in front of it. A jagged soft blue shape like a piece of slate emerges behind the flare above the dark blue shadows as orange bursts of color emanate from behind it like flames reaching towards the top of the page.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“A STUDY IN DARKNESS” Ink and charcoal on paper #art #ink #painting #abstract #artist #charcoal #sketch #artshare #drawing #alt.text
A pool of dark blue ink covers the bottom half of the page, as large, vague splotches of black ink and a grainy field of charcoal cover the white paper in the middle of the page like dark shadows. Bright orange strokes of color emerge above like a flame, surrounded by energetic wisps of tiny blue ink lines made by a dry painting brush swirled quickly like violent splashes of ocean water emerging from the dark shadows and dark blue pool below.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🩷
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
20 years from now there are going to be a bunch of Mandela Effect videos about Sherwin-Williams where everyone is like, “WOAH! NOW I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT WAS ALWAYS ‘SHERMAN-WILLIAMS’!” I know this because EVERYONE currently calls it Sherman, even AFTER I repeatedly remind them it’s Sherwin
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hey cool! The new alt.text Starter Pack is out! And I am proud to be a part of it! 😃 I always try to paint a detailed picture in words for each of my pieces so everyone can enjoy! go.bsky.app/SHsTzRB #art #alt.text #artist #artshare #starterpack #artists #accessibility #writing
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Remembering how in art class our teacher offered an extra credit opportunity where for each additional art piece we made, we would be awarded 1% of extra credit to our final grade. Needless to say I took FULL advantage. Set a record of like 212% A++++++++… in that class 👍 😆
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Beautiful. Sharing this here where I can rewatch it many times over 🥹
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I have been a little on edge lately. Last night the presence of my new microwave scared the living shit out of me!
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Oh wow cool! I am very proud to be included in another awesome starter pack by @free2beme.bsky.social 🤩 So many cool new people, definitely check it out! 😃 🦋🦋
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Expressing your Self is an act of self love ❤️
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
‘Do you have four wheel drive?’ “Do I have corn meal drive??”
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
What words can you make out? “More Lost Words” Charcoal and pastel on paper #art #drawing #artist #artshare #sketch #abstract #poetry #poet
A dark square drawn in charcoal with hazy edges is surrounded by roughly shaded orangish yellow. Faint traces of the white imprints of letters are barely legible in the midsts of the darkness. (Slightly larger black area and more legible text than earlier posted drawing “Lost Words”.)
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“Shadows on the Cave Wall” Charcoal, ink, and pastel on paper, 2023 #abstract #art #pastel #artist #illustration #drawing #artshare #ink #sketch
Large, dark splotches of ink in black make abstract shapes reminiscent of shadows across the middle of the page, with wisps of blue ink scattered across the top and along the bottom of the page, with a few soft bluish water droplets near the bottom. A mixture of bright yellow and orangish red radiates upward from the middle of the page, shaped like a flame, perhaps the light casting the nearby shadows.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hey this call for poetry submissions looks pretty cool 🙂 (For new and emerging poets.) www.frontierpoetry.com/2025-hurt-he...
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Frontier Poetry 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize
2025 Hurt & Healing Prize Open for Submissions! January 1, 2025, to March 2, 2025 Healing begins when someone bears witness. I saw you. I believe you. As poets, we begin our journey by bearing witness...
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sky Ruins Charcoal and pastel on paper #drawing #art #sketch #artist #charcoal #pastel #artshare
White pastel and black charcoal drawn in energetic wisps that zigzag or arch over the page to form gestural chambers and archways reminiscent of ancient buildings illuminated against a starry black background.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Lost Words (Charcoal and pastel on white paper) #art #drawing #lost #words #poetry #artist #artshare #sketch
A dark square drawn in charcoal with hazy edges is surrounded by roughly shaded orangish yellow. Faint traces of the white imprints of letters are barely legible in the midsts of the darkness.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A black lady officer approaches me. “Are you okay??” I am on my hands and knees at the edge of the world, looking straight down, just outside the National Park with the ruins, the one with piles of stone from the civilization that mysteriously vanished hundreds of years ago. I wonder if… 🧵 1/4
A pen and ink sketch of a wooden wall and tower with a vague, dark opening along a beach— a cloud of smoke rises up from the other side, near a hazy half moon in the sky.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Ruins #drawing #art #ruins #war #artist #sketch #charcoal #artshare #darkness
Dark, vaguely formed rectangles emerge from a nearly all black charcoal sketch of a landscape in a spiral notebook, reminiscent of ruins and rubble at night.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Resharing and testing out the new #poetry tab 😊
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Another charcoal and ink experiment 🤩 ✏️ 🖼️ 🧪 💙 #art #charcoal #abstract #drawing #experiment #artist #artshare
A thick cloud of black powdered charcoal covers the right side of the page as a faint trace of the charcoal fades off across the page towards the left. Faint circles of light blue ink are scattered across the page as well, mixing with and interrupting the black cloud, with faint blue splotches forming a background outside of the charcoal on the lower left and upper left corners of the page.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Abstractish color plate for my upcoming debut poetry book Charcoal and ink on paper, 2023 #drawing #debut #book #abstract #illustration #artist #artshare
A dark, ominous cloud-like figure on the right of the page has an abstract form somewhat reminiscent of the shadow of a plane or bird or darkish angel or clouds in the cosmos— Orange dots of ink scatter across the page, most dense and largest on the left side of the page.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hey this call for poetry submissions looks pretty cool 🙂 (For new and emerging poets.) www.frontierpoetry.com/2025-hurt-he...
frontierpoetry.com
Frontier Poetry 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize
2025 Hurt & Healing Prize Open for Submissions! January 1, 2025, to March 2, 2025 Healing begins when someone bears witness. I saw you. I believe you. As poets, we begin our journey by bearing witness...
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Resharing this recent #art #truth #drawing #experiment #sketch #artshare 😊
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Hey cool!! I’m in a book club starter pack for writers and book lovers! 😃 Please check it out and share to help more of us writers and book lovers connect 🤩💫💙💙🦋🦋
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Jayeanna @jayeanna.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
go.bsky.app/V7Athsp This pack isn’t full. If I follow you, you’ve already been vetted. So if you’re under 5,000, comment below and I’ll add you by Friday. Please repost!
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𝓛 🪷🐾⚾️ @elle-isme.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Chase that!💥
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Just updated my bio on Buy Me a Coffee to include #philosophy as well as #art & #poetry Long ago I decided to devote myself to contributing at least 1 profound & insightful piece that adds more #peace to the world. Feels like the right time to say my calling out loud. www.buymeacoffee.com/SjNaught
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S. J. Naught is Poetry chapbooks, philosophical essays, and drawings through Darkness
Thank you so much for visiting my page! 😃 I am an artist, a poet, and a philosopher who is passionate about the fact that Art has the ability to find new, brighter, and more beautiful ways of seeing t
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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Today Jan. 6, 2025
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Resharing a few of my fave new drawings and poems tonight ☺️
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Hey! My first time in a starter pack!! 🤩 This is so cool!! I have lots of following back to do 🥰
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willyglen.bsky.social @willyglen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
A little #photo shoot for my #art website I’m starting to put together 🥰 Stay tuned!! 🤩 #sketch #drawing #artist #artshare
A drawing of an eclipse using white pastel on black paper with a white eraser and small chunk of white pastel sitting beside it. There is a set of mostly erased words in the middle of the black circle of the eclipse— The words “Still Sun”, the title of the drawing.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A quick figure #sketch silhouette aura experiment… #Charcoal on paper, 2024 #artist #artshare
A white silhouette of a person’s head, ear, and shoulder clearly outlined, drawn using a soft and lightly textured charcoal around the outer edge of the figure, creating something like a gentle black aura which outlines the figure.
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S. J. Naught @sjnaught.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A little “SJ” logo exploration sketching tonight 😊😊😊 #art #logo #drawing #pastel #artist #artshare
A white pastel shape with a roughly sketched yellow pencil outline is drawn on black paper and looks a bit like an “S” with somewhat of a “J” in it. There is a chunk of pastel and also a white and a yellow colored pencil laying at the top of the page.
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