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“No Exit” by Richard F. Yates

This is a digitally modified photo I took, recently, (at the Cowlitz County Fair) of a “dark ride” (which seemed to have some minor rollercoaster elements to it.) I didn’t catch the NAME of the ride, but I loved the blacklight effects and the “horror show” aesthetic. Unfortunately, I didn’t TRY the ride, but itContinue reading ““No Exit” by Richard F. Yates”

“NON-COM-ARTS (A Community for That OTHER Kind of Art)” by Richard F. Yates

[I originally posted this on my Steemit.com blog on the 10th of July, 2019. [Editor’s note!! Steemit.com was purchased by a dictator, so I use HIVE now. It’s a decentralized blockchain controlled by the users!] It was the initial SEED from which this project has sprouted. The concept came from the relatively recent invention ofContinue reading ““NON-COM-ARTS (A Community for That OTHER Kind of Art)” by Richard F. Yates”

Who? What? When? Where? Why???

I’ve been around the block. I’ve seen the ugly places. The burnt out shacks in the alleys. The overturned dumpsters. The forgotten gardens and ivy-covered fences and rusting cars on blocks behind the garage. These things ain’t always pretty… (Symbols rarely are…) There is something SICK going on—several somethings: racism, greed, ignorance, intolerance, bigotry, homophobia,Continue reading “Who? What? When? Where? Why???”