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Elliot Lessing's avatar

Also Larry -- Regarding your "audience" (including me) who have taken it upon themselves to guide your Art Practice, Healing Journey etc or are simply aspiring writing critic hacks with questionable fashion sense, check out the last hand drawn LTD ED Art vs Art sticker on this post and consider making one and slapping it on their forehead at will. https://loadedpen.substack.com/p/art-vs-art-stickers-2019

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I enjoy writing weird stuff like this but I'm afraid to do it after last night. .main Fear is the backlash. "Lay off the pot, larry" " I don't get it larr." Frightens me to death.

If they only knew that I'm all over the damn place and it's intentional but it isn't. R stevie Moore inspired me to write weird poetry. I don't even know who Bukowski is.

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Hi Larry! Sometimes "fear" is a good sign. Especially within an Art or Creativity context. And it can simply be taken as a positive sign that you are actually on to something. 3. Hazard to check out my Liveblog3000 stuff as it is all over the place. Happily. Joyously. Deliriously. Pushing the threshhold of even my superbly excellent taste. And note: Who are we as Artists if we are not challenging ourselves in the most damnittohell devilmaycare kamikaze beautiful loving ways? 2. Get clear on who the "they" are -- and who THEY ARE NOT -- AND what "they" bring to the table -- within your mind? actually? both? neither or other? Fear of what? -- shutting out an "audience" who, what? don't bring their shit to the table? need or require an appropriate S&M dance partner to act out their (and your) unhealed wounds, neurosis, trauma, sublimated sexual scenarios/games involving restraint and/or punishment? Like hell they're not! Tell ya what, read a paragraph of Gabor Mate, heal your own wounds and kick those jerks out of your Art Practice! There's no room for both. You can have them contact me if they have el problemo with it. 1. check out the video below FINALLY >>GROUND ZERO: TRUST YOUR SELF! GIVE YOUR SELF >PERMISSION< --- especially when it comes to Art Making Creativity. OK genius writer. Pass the bong and have at it! https://archive.org/details/guillermo-gomez-pena-radical-art-radical-communities-radical-dreams-tedx-cal-arts

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