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Steve and Dave's @steveanddaves1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Joseph Heller’s tousled masterpiece – Catch-22 – was published by Simon & Schuster today in 1961. Catch-22’s protagonist, Capt. John Yossarian, somehow makes his way through the chaos of WWII. Heller’s poignant yet eccentric critique of warfare & life especially spoke to readers during the 1960s.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Grandfather knot clock” by Australian woodworker George Andrew, who handcrafted this piece using Radiata pine and plywood, shaping the dramatic curves using a bandsaw, an angle grinder, and lots of hand sanding. www.woodreview.com.au/photocompent...

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 13h

Georg Scholz (Germany, 1890-1945) : Nächtlicher Lärm (Nightly Noise), 1919 oil on canvas 56.8 × 51cm | 22-3/8 × 20-1/8 in Private Collection Bio in the alt text 👇

Scholz served in the First World War from the summer of 1915-18, and was wounded just a few months before its end.

Painted in 1919, the present work reflects the horror and suffering he had witnessed during the war, as well as the violence and oppression during the years that followed in struggling Weimar, Germany.

No doubt inspired by the quintessential Expressionist image, Edvard Munch’s 'The Scream', 'Nächtlicher Lärm' employs expressive, contrasted colours and sharp, violent shapes to convey the depth of human suffering and terror.

Whilst Munch presents a more universal, existentialist image of the human condition, Scholz’s Nächtlicher Lärm is deeply rooted in the specific historical and political reality of the period.

The night-time setting metaphorically depicts the artist’s psychological state, its silence violently pierced by the cry that emanates from the figure’s mouth and spreads out to embrace the entire space of the composition.

Employing sharp edges and dynamic forms influenced by Futurist art, Scholz transforms his darkest emotions of fear into a powerful and striking composition.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 11h

MUSHROOMS #poem one side makes you larger the other makes you small if you ingest too many you’ll slide a waterfall while on the spiral wall forever in a ball of sparkle

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 11h

A PROBABLE LIE ABOUT PICASSO #dada 🎨 As a young man, Picasso repeatedly fell to the floor while trying to sit in a chair he designed.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 11h

DOES THERE EXIST A PHOTO OF JIM NOT IN DAPPER MODE? 💙📚 #booksky

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 11h

ASPHALT JUNGLE, NOIR CAR FRONT SEAT PLOY 💙📽️ #noir

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Jasper Johns : Gray Numbers, 1958 Gray encaustic on canvas 28 × 22 in The earliest iteration of the gray grid. More 👇

By utilizing a color palette devoid of emotional association and a subject matter that is entirely literal, common, and impersonal, Johns bypassed traditional abstract expressionist emotion to focus heavily on tactile surface texture and formal composition.

The Structural Grid:
The canvas features rows of stenciled numerals ordered within a tight, rigid grid layout. Each row contains exactly eleven characters.

• The Empty Module: Breaking the continuous sequence, the upper left-hand rectangle of the grid is deliberately left completely blank.

Pattern Disruption:
While every vertical row on the left side initiates with a distinct starting numeral, the right-hand boundary of the canvas maintains identical repeating numbers, with the sole exception of the top row.

The Medium:
Created using encaustic—a technique involving molten beeswax mixed with dry pigment—the surface builds a dense, sculpted texture that embeds newspaper collage or deliberate brushwork directly into the physical object of the art.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maple colour, 2019 by US painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt #AutumnWeek 🍂

Painting of a tree in a kandscaoe. The tree has bright red and orange autumn leavers

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

pursuit. The river rolled into view. Swiftly he plunged in and down, transforming to great fish, glints of silver sparking from his writhing sides. ‘Dang, it got away,’ gasped the farmer’s daughter, arriving too late at the river’s bank.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

with dead lead eyes and wobbled in graceful harmony. Spone flashed to the window sill and leaped for freedom. Landing with a tuck and roll beyond the fence, he was up and running wild for the river. Over the hill and through the woods he dashed, ears perked to receive the slightest sound of

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

SPONE MADAGASCAR #flash Spone Madagascar peeled the duct tape from his neck with care. He crumpled it into a lump of dull gray and dropped it out the window. Now able to turn his attention wholly to the surrounding cobras, he moved his hands in gentle sway, a mesmerizing rhythm. The cobras followed

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

MISS REPRESENTATION Pageant officials discovered that Miss Representation was not all she claimed to be.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

JACQUES TATI, A MAN WITH A DADA BRAIN 💙📽️ #dada

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

💙📚 #booksky whimsical writing is enjoyably enjoyable and delightfully delightful

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

JOHNNY OATCAKE #poem #dada My name is not something you buy in a store, Oh, Johnny Oatcake, My name is not something you find on the floor, Oh, Johnny Oatcake, Instead my name’s something found high in the sky, Oh, Johnny Oatcake, Weather Satellite Remington Bligh, Oh,Johnny Oatcake.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

REVIEW #dada The author presents us with an incandescent congeries of ripe brain splattered shards infinitely convoluted while at the same time illustrating an irretrievably sane approach to dairy farming.

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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

born innocent I inherited a thousand sins from those who invented heaven #Vss365 #Sin #PoetrySky #Gogyohka #Photography #ECK #Poetry #Nature my 📷

A honeybee gathering nectar from the bright yellow centre of a pale pink daisy-like flower, with more pink blossoms and green foliage softly blurred in the background.

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Miles Bennell @milesbennell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

SHE VUSS HIS GIRLFRENT! 💙📽️

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

PERRY O'DONTAL #poem #dada perry o’dontal danced a jig, went to town, bought a wig, perry o’dontal ate a fig, drank some ale, sought a pig perry o’dontal wandered away with pig and wig to end the day

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A LIE ABOUT ANNY ONDRA 📽️ In this scene, Anny is about to convince her parents that she be allowed to attend the dance.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I grabbed a bulb mix six months ago on preorder, completely forgot about it and... oh hai Guess past me bought current me a gift

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mary Mary' Vase by UK ceramics artist Kitty Shepherd #Womensart

Ceramic vase with white large dots and simple flower motifs, the vase rests on a grey surface and is against a grey background

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Portrait of a Girl, 1927 by Guan Zilan, Chinese Avant Garde painter #WomensArt

Painted portrait in vivid colurs of a sitting girl in colourful dress holding a toy dog against a green background

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The cast of the TV series The Honeymooners (1955-1956) in a publicity shoot.

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Steve Shilstone @steveshilstone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DEATH, BE NOT A HAMSTER #poem #dada Death, be not a hamster Life, be not a spoon Love, be not a carpet tack lost upon the moon Death, bring lots of jellybeans Life, bring lots of coal Love, bring lots of fuzzy beads to tempt the wily mole

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