Hang this!

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Click on image to enrage; i mean enlarge.

I couldn’t help seeing a video earlier today of the Taliban using cranes to hang people in public. Good grief! I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like having a “religion” like that. The sight of it nauseated me; and I wanted to paint all of it but the hanging corpse. I figured I’d decide what I was going to substitute for the dead body once I had finished everything else. The poison sign came to mind, so I went with it. I didn’t want to think too much about it. Anything but a dead body. What am I missing?

Bannon? Again? Still?

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What will it take to flush this out of the system? I apologize for using artwork as a laxative.

Flatpickin’ Molly

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Something about this video of Molly Tuttle playing an old Martin guitar caught my eye, and I felt the urge to play along. I wish I could have played along with a guitar, but it was easier to sneak a screenshot and use it as a reference for some iPad playing in Sketch Club with a sharpening tweak in iColorama. Check out the video below.

 

Last Breath

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I did this one in December of 2020, but I decided not to post it on this illustroblog. However, now that we’re witnessing a few examples of people who, when they did have plenty of breath to spare, bloviated on and on about their absolute certainty that science, masks, election results, slavery, racism, and so forth were all hoaxes. A few of them – on their death beds – are now using their last breaths to help their fellow cult members wake the f*ck up before it’s too late. Meanwhile, the well-funded Stupidity and Extinction Campaign has raised more money than ever before!

For extra credit: Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy. The Nation

Let’s talk about anything under the sun. I’m an iTalki Teacher.

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Book a lesson at: https://tinyurl.com/portfoliolongo

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You will have an opportunity to apply your knowledge, understanding, and love of English by speaking, listening, reading, and writing. I will have the opportunity to interact with you; discover relevant patterns related to your vocabulary, grammar, and expressive style; and provide occasional feedback so that you can become more technically competent and expressively confident. Otherwise, we can converse improvisationally about anything under the sun.
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Way To Go, Buddy!

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Over the years I’ve come to take “differences” seriously. I take “complexity” seriously too, which makes sense…to me at least. At the same time, I’ve noticed that there are those who fear or even hate “differences” as well as “complexity.” I prefer conversations with them to be either already short or ultimately shortened.

Lay Over

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We trained from CA to Chicago on the Californian Zephyr, spent the night to catch the Capitol Limited to Pgh. Here’s where we finalized our trifecta and more! The Chicago hot dog, no ketchup of course, coupled with polish sausage, at the Chicago Brewery along the Riverwalk! Last night we had deep dish pizza, and for lunch today, an Italian Beef!!!! Amen!

Done while sipping beer on an iPad using Sketch Club