#freestyle collage

[ghost-37]

JUJU WATKINS 🌎💕(2024) Landon Khiry

[thepuffywatermelon-blog]

Alice in Wonderland Collage ⏳🕰️🃏♠️♟️♣️♦️♥️

[r4wrbi3]

Pinterest collage feature my beloved!

Vent / poetry /whatever below

As I look towards the ceiling.

I’m reminded of my place at your feet.

skin, fur and bones with a heart of gold.

revere the bitten hand that feeds

Bones with little meat,

words with no weight.

I’m reminded why I ran

I stray far.

I tug and tug and tug

I’m still tethered to my past.

I still fear what you taught me

I tug and tug and tug

It hurts it hurts it hurts

My heart feels heavy, stomach gnawing

As much as I fight.

The poison knows, it’s made a home.

It seeps through my veins

Dragging me back to your feet

The cycle continues and I’m reminded

I love like a dog. That is to say, foolishly.

leashed to your heart and loyal to a fault.

[rodrigoribeir7]

[poetdreamerfool]

lupine 24 (2023) mixed media contemporary collage SVG poetdreamerfool

[xaviergalatis]

Xavier Galatis - 10MG (JADY)

©2023

[mrs-bond]

Hi there. I'm looking for people to be long term friends with preferably in the United States. I say that cuz I'm from the South East United States. Plus, people more suited to my age. I'm 31. Also, want someone that's settled down too. I love peaky blinders a lot. Favorite character from that show is Thomas Shelby. Really love Cillian Murphy, Daniel Craig, and Oppie a lot. Other thing I rp too, but mainly as Oppie, Daniel Craig, and Thomas Shelby. My style of rp is freestyle to literate. Topics of Rps I enjoy are hurt/comfort, smut, bdsm, and happiness. In bdsm rp I prefer to be dominant. Topics I don't prefer is sadness and death.

I prefer someone that can talk about more than just one topic cuz that turns me away. I like to talk about anything. Also, I have anxiety, emotional empath or empath in general and highly sensitive person. I want someone that's aware and understanding of that.

I write once in a blue moon, but only on ao3 though. I enjoy making edits, headers, and collages for Cilly, Thomas Shelby, Daniel Craig, and Oppie.

I hope that someone out there takes the time to read this post because I'd like to have more friends than what I have now. I don't want a friend that's going to be false, catfish, or a predator. I want a friend that's good and sincere.

[mcromwell]

"Let's Move to the West"

Greener pastures aren't always greener... A freestyle collage and wax pastels in the Trash Book.

[roseverie]

Hey, what programs do you use for your art? For drawing, editing, collages and stuff? 🤍

- For my art I use ‘Procreate’ on my iPad.

- For collages I make them often on my phone so I use ‘PicCollage: Photo Video Editor’. I literally only use the app for the section called freestyle, it’s just a white background that you can drop images on (sometimes I do it on my iPad with Procreate too.)

- I also use an app called ‘Magic Eraser Background Editor’ if I need to get rid of the background of objects/clothes etc, to make it a transparent background.

- I don’t really utilise other editing apps that much, any sort of editing I tend to just use the built in iPhone photo tools.

[randomvarious]

Today's mix:

Fuse Presents Hell by Hell 2000 House / Techno / Deep House / Electro / New Wave

Goddamn, man, I'm not gonna say outright that this mix in particular is the greatest shit in the world—although it's pretty close!—but the ethos behind it certainly represents what has ultimately led to some of the most astonishing sets that we've ever had the pleasure of witnessing as a species. There's this late 70s-and-80s-rooted spirit that's equal parts unpredictable and eclectic, in which the overall route of the set doesn't feel pre-planned at all, because the DJ takes risks by linking tracks together that you yourself would never expect to hear in succession. The overall journey from point A to point B that you get taken on is one that's long and winding and full of surprises, and the DJ themselves doesn't really have any particular destination in mind to begin with either, because the perpetual question that's always most immediately on their mind is, "hmm, what banger do I want to play next? 🤔"

And I feel like this flying-by-the-seat-of-its-pants approach to DJing has largely faded from the limelight and has gradually been replaced by either the DJ who specializes in one specific dance subgenre that's in one specific range of BPMs for a whole set, or the DJ who just plays mindless EDM claptrap from a pre-loaded USB stick 😒. All of it's so safe and hermetically sealed shut. Where's the danger, the fun, and variety of it all?

See, what you really have to understand here is that there was no place on the planet that was more sonically diverse than your typical late 70s and 80s dancefloor. House, freestyle, synthpop, disco, hi-NRG, pop, post-disco, art punk, art rock, art pop, electro, hip hop, funk, boogie, post-punk, new wave, dance-pop, dancehall, two-tone ska, glam rock, sophisti-pop, soul, alternative dance, R&B, etc., etc., etc., all had the potential to be played at any given moment during a set, and the ultimate job of the DJ was to craft a breathtaking sonic collage out of any of it.

And that's exactly what Germany's DJ Hell channeled here with this commercial mix from 2000 for the second ever installment in Belgian club Fuse's own series. But what's more is that while Hell was deriving his inspiration from an attitude of a bygone era, he also happened to have about an extra decade of music at his disposal that his spiritual predecessors didn't. And the 90s ended up seeing a mega-expansion on the frontiers of electronic and dance music entirely, so while Hell certainly picks out his classics from super popular acts like Donna Summer and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, on here you're also gonna find stuff from contemporary dance legends like Todd Terry and Carl Craig, different flavors of rock from Tuxedomoon, Sparks, and the Flying Lizards, Brazilian-sampled techno from Andrew McLauchlan, and deep house from Bougie Soliterre. In reality, almost none of this track list makes any lick of sense on paper, but that's the inherent beauty of the whole thing, folks! Once you put it on and get a taste of Orange Lemon's (Todd Terry's) "Extended Club Mix" of "The Texican," you really start to get a feel for the vision that's been laid out here, and it's one that's mindbendingly motley, and more in the vein of how a lot of old DJ sets used to be!

The best DJs to me are the ones who appear to be doing it purely off the dome and are just living right in the moment while barely thinking ahead. They know how to wow a crowd with a memorable blend of classics, a contemporary hit, and obscurities from any decade, place, or genre, but they make adjustments if and when they feel the need to as well. And above all else, they possess an uncanny ability to play songs that you don't see coming—or that you never even knew existed in the first place—while also convincing you that the choice they made is one that's both thrilling and logically sound. It's a tough act to balance, like a halftime gimmick who rides a unicycle and spins plates on a long rod that sits on their chin while also juggling bowling pins, but DJ Hell is someone who clearly has the knack for it and puts it on full display here.

The world could always use more of this kind of DJing in it, especially when so many of us now have access to more music than we know what to do with that's all sitting right at our fingertips.

And by the way, I didn't really get into specific tracks with this post here, but "Desire," by 69, which is just a nice alias that was used by Carl Craig, is one of the most stunning combinations of string synth and drum break that I think I've ever heard in my life. Good lord, what a tune that is! 🤯

Listen to the full mix here.

Highlights:

Speedy J - "Evolution" Ché - "The Incident (Wet Dream Mix)" Orange Lemon - "The Texican (Extended Club Mix)" Liaisons Dangereuses - "Avant-Après Mars" Tuxedomoon - "What Use" 69 - "Desire" Mitsu - "Shylight" Donna Summer - "I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Megamix)" Sparks - "Beat the Clock" Phuture - "Rise From Your Grave (Wake Side)" Foremost Poets - "Pressin On" Bougie Soliterre - "Superficial (Main Vocal Mix)" G Strings - "The Land of Dreams" Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Two Tribes (Annihilator Mix)" Dopplereffekt - "Rocket Scientist" Andrew Mc Laughlan - "Love Story" Filippo "Naughty" Moscatello - "Disco Volante" The Flying Lizards - "Steam Away"

[writerblock-sucks]

[ ☕️ ] fan video … faith dancer’s analysis

faith’s masterlist

note | thumbnail made by me

warning(s) / includes | n/a

a/n | posted based on this youtube series, i do not claim to have a dance history or degree (or whatever) so everything here is either a rephrased version of what the youtuber said in other videos or my way of showing a more in-depth detail on how i see faiths’ dancing

taglist | @lovely-sanie @skzfairies @skz-angel @still-astray @felixsbrat @smh-anon @alyszaen @alixnsuperstxr

intro

known for being the nation’s hidden gem, the member is consistently complimented on her dancing abilities 

the second longest training period in stray kids, of 4 years thought to be put in to the next jyp girl group, accommodated quickly to the hardcore and intense chores that only boy groups were know for at the time [clips of her on sixteen and stray kids survival show]

faith is part of vocalracha, but on many occasions has been given the chance to show her extensive dancing capabilities 

stray kids faith [faiths’ scars + case 143 fancam starts play on screen]

tutting

tutting is a style of dance that requires incredible body control, a skill i believe faith has mastered to the point i would put her in the top best body control in 4th maybe even kpop overall

isolations and body locks are also a buy product of faiths’ tutting skills, making for readable, accurate, and clear dance moves

and depending on the music, her body movements and dancing can come off as feminine and dainty or powerful and masculine

her understanding of isolation and body locks makes her appear taller and more masculine, making for cohesive performances with stray kids and any other male idols

fluidity

smooth and seamless execution of dance moves are again thanks to her extensive body control

[faiths’ easy + domino fancams start play on screen]

but also her completion of isolations, and body rolls are a good example

watch how both seungmin and faith execute the body roll in silent cry

[shows both seungmin and faith silent cry fancam side by side]

watch how the seungmin’s body roll stops at his stomach, making the movement look “broken” and choppy

while faith finished her body roll, hit all key points (chest, stomach, pelvis, and tailbone), and her hand glides along her body down to her thigh

putting her understanding of lines and fluidity to work, creating a fluid yet big movement

imploding

imploding is a form of explosive style, meaning the energy one has is compressed and contained inside the body, making a popping effect

imploding dance style means one needs muscles, so it’s not surprising to see this [shows a collage of faiths’ muscles]

however, faith’s imploding skills can be accounted to where she comes from

south africa, which as a rich history in many things, one known being the dance history

faith's most used dance style from south africa culture is pantsula, bhenga, and bujwa

[faiths’ charmer, wolfgang, double knot fancams start playing]

fast footwork, body control, fluidity, etc, and everything that is used in all forms of dance that faith uses in her dances and freestyle is used in these south african dances

outro

to end of where we began, how her home country affects her

not only as a dancer but also as a producer, being raised in a country in riched with extensive musical history

helped lay the groundwork for body control and fluidity, that many would train years for

combined with her physique and quick learning, proves why she should be known as the nation’s hidden gem

[…]

however her dancing is not only skill, her stage presence is eye-catching

even if she isn’t in the center stage still draws viewers' eyes cause of her aura alone

stray kids being noted as concept chameleons, faith is not exempted from the skill, pulling off covers like fancy by twice or bang, bang, bang by big bang

her rapping and singing skills help transition in many songs, meshing well with the other members

shows she is not just ‘the female member of stray kids’ and that stray kids are a well-oiled machine that works together, and each member is an important part that makes the group what it is

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[collagemakerphotoeditor]

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[thepuffywatermelon-blog]

Freestyle collage made my me, inspired by this fanart that's been in my gallery. 🌌🏫

[stealreserve211]

Huge list of album recommendations (continually updated)

Gille' Loves - 薔薇彩の吸血鬼 (Gothic rock, Visual kei)

Prefab Sprout - Swoon (sophistipop, indie pop)

SOS Band - Sands of Time (synthfunk, boogie, disco)

Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I (singer-songwriter, freak folk, prog)

David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees (art pop, singer songwriter)

Nelories - Mellow Yellow Fellow (Shibuya kei, indie pop)

The Kinbotes - S/t 1984 (lofi rock, indie rock, outsider music)

Dream Dolphin - Atmospheric Healing (ambient, new age, downtempo)

Muslimgauze - Mullah Said (tribal ambient, dub techno)

Antonio Vega - Oceano del Sol (alternative rock, singer songwriter)

Terry Allen - Juarez (outlaw country, alt country)

03 Greedo - Purple Summer (hip hop, cloud rap, trap)

Acetone - S/t (1997) (slowcore, alt country, indie rock)

Marine Timekeepers - A Perfect Knowledge of Dreams (dream pop)

Strawberry Switchblade - S/t (dream pop, synthpop)

Steve Hiett - Down on the Road by the Beach (Ambient rock, singer-songwriter, surf rock)

Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs (indie rock, singer-songwriter)

Angel'in Heavy Syrup - IV (psychedelic rock, noise rock)

Maniac Mansion - Collection Plate (underground hip hop, outsider music)

Maria Kannon - Maria Kannon (1991) (psychedelic rock, garage rock)

Felt - Ignite the Seven Cannons (jangle pop, post punk)

Durrutti Column - LC (post punk, dream pop)

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (post punk, gothic rock)

Laughing Clowns - Ghosts of an Idea (post punk)

Kan Mikami - Mikami Kan no Sekai (singer-songwriter, avant folk, enka)

Todd Edwards - Prima Edizione (UK garage, garage house)

Pictures - Pictures (1983) (art pop, experimental)

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - I Don't Want to Be Alone, Stranger (Funk, soul)

The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (ambient, downtempo, sound collage)

Annie - Anniemal (Electropop, dance pop)

Mandy More (with one 'o', not Mandy Moore) - But That is Me (singer-singer-songwriter, folk, psychedelic pop)

Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus (concious hip hop, abstract hip hop)

Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything (psychedelic rock, pop, singer-songwriter)

Djavan - S/t (1989) (MPB, sophistipop)

A Forest Called Mulu - A Search for the Unexplored (trance, downtempo, trip hop)

Strange Boutique - The Loved One (dream pop)

Gigi Masin - Wind (ambient)

Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II (cloud rap)

Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - The Gift of Tears (psychedelic folk, avant folk)

Bear Garden - I am a Gardener (singer-songwriter, indie pop, electronic)

The Wake - Here Comes Everybody (dream pop, jangle pop)

Negativland - Escape the Noise (plunderphonics, sound collage)

Mike Oldfield - On Hergest Ridge (new age, ambient folk, celtic)

High Tide - Sea Shanties (heavy psych, prog rock)

Bigg Jus - The Black Mamba Syrums pt. 1 (experimental hip hop, concious hip hop, turntablism)

Tales of Terror - S/t 1984 (Hardcore punk, horror punk)

Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (Experimental rock, post punk, noise rock)

Cressida - Asylum (psychedelic rock, prog rock)

Telex - Wonderful World (synth pop, electro)

Sophie & Peter Johnston - S/t 1987 (synthpop, singer-songwriter, new wave)

Exposé - Exposure (freestyle, pop)

ILoveMakonnen - Drink More Water 3 (hip hop, singer songwriter)

Sequentia - Canticles of Ecstasy (classical music, gregorian chant)

Harry Case - In a Mood (synthfunk)

[loverusticacreativeleadership]

Leadership in the Era of Unpredictability

Art and the World After This by David Maggs

The Enlightenment era of prediction and control is changing into a world today of chaos and unpredictability due to covid, climate change, colonialism, and tech.

Complexity economy - address multiple issues at once, looking at world as relationships/systems/networks that are connected

Replace the practice of addressing separate challenges with an understanding of the system as a whole to address multiple issues at once. This reminded me of critical theory, where we are trying to better understand how systems impact a community in order to promote equity. So both are attempting to look at a bigger picture before diving in to try to fix things.

This reading was saying that artists and creativity are needed more now and in the future to cope with the unexpected challenges that humanity is going to face, however, I’m curious how AI plays into this. Unfortunately AI is a huge threat to artists because it’s so easily accessible and can be used to create art for free on sites like chat gbt. A lot of companies are already using AI to replace artists and creative thinkers. At the time this was written in 2022 AI was much less advanced and less accessible than it is now so it wasn’t a worry for the author, but now I worry that in the future there will be no need to employ artists at all.

Ted talk by Michael Jones

Embracing unpredictability. This is similar to “art and the world after this” where they discuss how we live in such an unpredictable world now, so creativity/ability to respond to unforeseen situations is very valuable

Michael Jones is talking about art that isn’t meticulously planned ahead of time, for example the piano piece like a tv soundtrack where he just plays what he feels like playing and the art just flows in a more organic natural way instead of a performance of a specific piece. Similar to freestyle rap or improv acting.

I usually have a plan for my art before I start it, but back in highschool I took a collage class where I would just start putting things on the page and then kind of just add what felt right and what looked right to me instead of thinking about what I wanted the finished piece to look like and making a plan based on that. Some of my collage pieces are shown below.

Importance of having your own creative voice

Article by Michael Jones

Improv and creativity require artists to listen and respond accordingly (aka good leadership, listen/reflect and then act)

Importance of allowing questions to sit and remain unsolved to create discussion and many different possible solutions before addressing the question

‘Truth’ is constantly changing

This is similar to the reading last week by Katherine McKee where she says that nothing lasts forever because communities and culture are always evolving.

[poetdreamerfool]

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