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THE HUMAN MIND IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, CAPABLE OF SUCH IMMENSE JOYS, DEEP SORROWS AND AN AMAZING CAPACITY FOR SHEER WILLPOWER AND RATHER REMARKABLE FEATS.

IN THE AFTERMATH OF CLEANING THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, MY MOTHER’S FATHER BECAME AN ADAMANT ATHEIST AND WAS EVENTUALLY THE FIRST CAUCASIAN PERSON TO WALK ACROSS AMERICA AND BACK ON FOOT. THAT’S NEVER REALLY BEEN THE POINT IN WHICH I’VE IMPRESSED BY. TO ONE OF THE VERY, VERY FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO’D REFUSED TO BOARD THE INFAMOUS U.S.S. THRESHER, THERE ARE TIMES AS AN ADULT WHERE I THINK I LOVE, APPRECIATE AND ADMIRE YOU AND YOUR ASTOUNDINGLY VAST INTELLECT MORE THAN I EVER COULD HAVE AS A CHILD.

IN UNASSEMBLING THIS “AWARD”, COMPRISED OF MOSTLY MACHINED MONEL, JUST FOR A MOMENT, I GET TO REFLECT ON THE MYRIAD OF YOUR SCARS AND STORIES AND YOUR LIBRARY THAT COVERED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN EXCEPT SPORTS RELATED TOPICS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.

♥️

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★ NO MORE GODS & NO MORE MASTERS ★

★ THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME ★

FRIDAY THE 13TH, NOVEMBER 2020

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★ 2020ISMS™ ★

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♻️

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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH. WHETHER YOU’RE NUMB OR A FILTER FOR EVERYONE’S SUFFERING AND WHETHER YOU HALF-STEP YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE OR FULLY IMMERSE YOURSELF IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY LEAVE THE PLANET WITHOUT SHOULDERING YOUR OWN SCARS AND STORIES. HERE’S TO FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A DRINK.

HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH.

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SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST: A PASSIVE STUDY IN SUBMERSION IN WATER, EXPOSURE TO ELEMENTS AND DECAY AND THE INHERENT PROCLIVITY OF ALL THINGS TOWARDS ENTROPY. (SPECIAL THANKS TO SARA LEMIEUX, FORMERLY OF BPM)

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SEPTEMBER RISING

DESPITE HAVING BEEN STUNG ON THE LIP EARLIER THIS WEEK, BECAUSE I COULDN’T TOLERATE ONE CRAWLING OVER MY MOUTH ANY LONGER, I WAS SORT OF HAPPY TO SEE BEES IN ACTION AND AGAIN, TODAY. IF YOU GREW UP AWARE OF EINSTEIN’S HYPOTHESIS THAT THE WORLD WOULD LIKELY END SHORTLY AFTER BEES GO EXTINCT, YOU’LL KNOW THAT THEIR RECENT PLACEMENT ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST IS A TERRIFYING PROSPECT. TREASURE THE PLANET YOU LIVE ON IN THE WAYS THAT YOU BEST KNOW HOW. ❤️

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12:38 AM: AN AMERICAN DIARY: SLOWLY, BUT SURELY INTRODUCING A.R.A. WETWORK::SKINWORK—AN ONGOING, SMALL SCALE LOOK AT PROGRESSIVE AND HISTORICAL TEXTILE TREATMENTS, BONDING AND LAMINATION SCIENCES, MEMBRANES AND VARIOUS LIQUIDS AND POLYMERS

HANDMADE WITH LOVE :: WWW.ARAREDAUGUST.COM

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ENTROPY FOREVER. FOREVER ENTROPY. AROUND AND AROUND THE SUN WE GO. WWW.AREDAUGUST.COM

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HOPE IS FLEETING. FIBER(+)GLASS WWW.AREDAUGUST.COM

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6.12.2018: AN AMERICAN DIARY: LIFE IS SHORTER THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW.

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IN BLOOM :: FOR THE HOURS & FOR THE WAVES :: AN AMERICAN DIARY :: HANDMADE WITH LOVE

WWW.AREDAUGUST.COM

(BOOTS ARE BY ADAM KUTY OF POLLACKI SHOES WWW.POLLACKI.COM)

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LAUGH NOW & CRY LATER :: RUBBER AND POLYETHYLENE COATINGS ON OLD POLYCRYLIC KNIT AND NYLON GARMENTS, LIGHTLY PLATED IN STAINLESS STEEL AND SOME IRON OXIDE. FIND WHAT YOU LOVE AND LET IT CONSUME YOU.

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I’D ONCE SEEN SOME GOOFY SLOGAN ALONG THE LINES OF “WELDING IS LIKE SEWING...BUT WITH FIRE AND STEEL”, LIKELY WRITTEN BY MALE IN A PROTOTYPICAL NEANDERTHAL SHOW OF CHEST BEATING MACHISMO, BUT IT’S BEEN FUN TO TEACH MYSELF AN ALMOST ENTIRELY NEW CRAFT, EVEN AT THE PARTIAL COST OF MY SANITY, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND LOSS OF MY PRIOR STUDIO SPACE. MADE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FROM RECYCLED SCRAP METAL WITH MACHINED ASSEMBLY BOLTS AND NUTS WELDED ON, I’M KIND OF STOKED ON THIS CLOTHING RACK. DUE TO THE VARYING ORIGINAL METALS INVOLVED, I OPTED FOR A BLACK PAINT JOB, DESPITE PREFERRING THE LOOK OF BARE STEEL. I’M SORT OF CONSIDERING SANDBLASTING THE WHOLE THING AND CLEAR COATING IT INSTEAD—ANY THOUGHTS?

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3.5.16—IT IS, AT TIMES, SO HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN TWO YEARS. TO MY LOVING MOTHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BOUNTY OF GIFTS, NURTURING, WISDOM AND INSIGHT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR ME IN THIS LIFE. I MISS AND LOVE YOU, DEARLY. ❤️

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AN AMERICAN DIARY: 4:02 AM: I AWOKE ON TUESDAY MORNING, ON NEXT TO NO SLEEP, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE ENTIRELY TRIVIAL NATURE OF AND EXTRAVAGANCE THAT IS FASHION, AS ALMOST ANYONE WHO HAS PURCHASED AN ITEM FROM MYSELF CAN TELL YOU, I TRY MY BEST TO HONOR THAT TRANSACTION AND SHOW MY APPRECIATION IN ENABLING MY LIFE’S WORK AND TO GIFT THEM WITH MORE. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE EXERCISED UTMOST PATIENCE AND KINDESS, AS I WATCHED MY LIFE SEEMINGLY BURN DOWN AROUND ME. THIS IS FOR YOU. HANDMADE WITH LOVE ❤️ WWW.AREDAUGUST.COM