Category: Art
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Basketball Diaries-Short Selling “gaming” & LBJ.
The NBA season is heating up with teams like the Spurs and Thunder leading in the West, and the Knicks performing excellently in the East. Allegations of organized gambling scandals are resurfacing, drawing attention to the darker side of sports betting. Key players’ legacies are examined as the season unfolds.
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Tradecraft Doodle Works I
The pithy essay discusses the influence of compositional elements in art over the next three months, highlighting themes of memoir strategies and contemporary expression amid personal uncertainty. It also presents an editorial design featuring a title and artist details, reflecting on existential concepts and the intersection of art and theoretical physics.
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No AI for Old Man:8/19 to 9/10/2025 Journal.
The essay explores the interplay between artificial intelligence, power dynamics, and societal structures through a post-modernist lens. It critiques the influence of technology on art and culture while underscoring the historical continuity of power. The author reflects on individual wisdom against the backdrop of capitalism and the evolving nature of knowledge in the contemporary era.
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July 9th, 2025
On July 9th, 1777, America embraced new ideals, emphasizing faith and virtuous conservative principles against threats like China’s nihilism. The author explores the intersection of art, technology, and culture while promoting freedom of artistic expression. The narrative reflects concerns over US-China relations and highlights virtues like kindness, wisdom, and strength.
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July 6th 2025
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Sunday, early bird special project overview. Breakfast, Denny’s grand slam special with extra whip, OJ, bacon and whipped American cheese. The grateful trees showed up once again for me. Attending faith old groups sounds like a must today, while relaxing back from Nattur. On the agenda, among considering how do fundamental particles spin, in empty…
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For Your Consideration
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance hosts the NoMa Paseo De Las Artes competition, inviting local artists to submit original visual artwork. The 23rd Uptown Arts Stroll takes place in June 2025, celebrating the region’s artists. Salvador DC’s artwork reflects cultural identity through a collage, emphasizing community and artistic connection.
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Pictographic
The essay explores the concept of “Pictographic” art, emphasizing the intersection of street aesthetics and modern art through photography. It discusses the transformative impact of photography on art practices, featuring personal projects and exhibitions while drawing connections to historical influences and figures like David Hockney. The narrative focuses on capturing and reinterpreting urban identity.
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Thoughts on David Lynch
David Lynch, the influential filmmaker and artist who passed away at 78, has left behind a legacy characterized by surrealism and innovative storytelling. His films, including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks, exemplify the intersection of dream-like imagery and psychological depth, rooting them in the broader context of 20th-century surrealist art and literature.
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Graphic Design Referenced
The essay explores the evolution of graphic design over centuries, emphasizing how artificial intelligence is reshaping its future. It reflects on both historical and contemporary practices, highlighting the ongoing importance of traditional tools alongside technological advancements. The narrative urges designers to adapt and embrace AI as a transformative ally in their craft.
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Christ-Mas: Volume 2
Volume One explores Nihilism’s contemporary relevance, especially in China, through critical essays linking art and political theory. It examines the evolution of artistic styles like Fauvism and Postmodernism, emphasizing their connections to historical events, particularly World Wars. The discourse reflects on the human condition, power, and the creative act amidst socio-political challenges.
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Christ-Mas:Volume 1
Arts Journal / Zine 91 / Christ-Mas: Volume 1 of 4– –The essay connects art criticism and philosophy, exploring the concepts of Modernism and Postmodernism through Salvador DC’s art cards. It examines the act of creation, power, and faith, using various historical narratives. Ultimately, it aims to cultivate joy and provoke thought on Postmodernity while…
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Just do it!
The content discusses the importance of advocating for user experience (UX) in design, particularly for a digital agency aimed at B2C and B2B clients transitioning to cloud e-commerce solutions. Key responsibilities include leadership in UX design, strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, user research, prototyping, and continuous improvement to enhance design systems and processes.
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in American Otaku Series, Art, Art Criticism, Art Journal Magazine, Art On Paper, Artist Books, Artist Media Campaign, BookCLub, Contemporary Philosohy, Creative Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction Design, CTTDC Projects 2014, CTTDC/Updates, Culture, Curatorial Exhibition, Design, Design Workflows, Digital Design, Digital Memoir, DIY Web Design, DIY Wordpress, DIY Zen Ideas, Drawing, Editorial Design, Editorial Rebuttals, Editors Monthly Op Ed, Essay Non-Fiction, Essay-Fiction, Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Gonzo, Gonzo-Sports, Graphic Novel-Comix, Graphic Novel-Mr.GustoX, L.O.P Magazine, Lessons In Modern Art, Line On Paper Magazine, Memoir Critique 2016, Mise-en-Scene, Newsletter, NYC Comic Con, Online Marketing, Painting, personal tech commentary, Photography, Poetry, Satire & Criticism, Sketch Book Series, Studio Walls DC, Technology, The Weekly Think Tank, The Will to Power, WordPress, Wordpress White Paper/EssentialsArts Journal is a weekly to monthly creative zine focused on exhibiting creative essays and fictional storytelling. Our ethos emphasizes the author’s personal journey, engagement with the world, self-discovery, and narrative structure. The themes of authenticity, mutuality in expression, and the need for both showing and telling are central to its creative mechanism. Current Issue…
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Mr.GustoX-Part Two
“Chat Allegro is a southern belt Mindsey Grams mammalian conservative fellow with an upright desire to preach endless fairy tales, whilst maintaining secret firewalls of telegraphic deception amongst the heard . Mr.Allegro kindly informs of the situation at hand while braking into song, in some sort of strange Neanderthal ritual candid spirit
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Mr.GustoX-Part One
On the Bootes galactic system Mr.GustoX is nearly 5,000 years old as his home planet adheres to an entirely different set of laws in physics and space time curvature dynamics.
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Editorial Concierto
The art of conversational mise-en-scene was famously ejaculated by the acting party behind the biggest blacklist show in the modern universe
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New Media
The newspaper ad clipping described the following job opening in glorious detail. “Work at a fast paced art gallery with experience in original intaglio prints while learning about the amazing world of contemporary art
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Works On Paper-Late 2015
Line, shape, texture, color and composition have always been fundamental visual cues in my art. These drawings are a collection of forms I have been exploring on paper for the past two weeks now. They are executed on 6×9″ inch Cold Press 140cm Watercolor paper pad. Within a digital context the art of drawing on…
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Revolt Against Reason
Our current political climate can be seen as a convoluted ecosystem. Revolt Against Reason is a candid fictional short essay analyzing the connection between culture politics and art history. Exploring the DaDa art movement which gave birth to perhaps one of the most radical uses of artistic expression ever seen in the early phase of…
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Creative Agenda
I recently completed another art journal scrap book filled with endless ideas, thoughts, memories and design project workflows. With my current commute workflow lasting several hours each way, I have plenty of time to collect my thoughts on paper
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