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Edward Rooster's avatar

Slart, This is amazing. I see no waste at all, not one second, your life has been art itself.

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SLART's avatar

Thank you Edward, I do see this now and again. My art wouldn't be the same without the life path I've had so far. I appreciate you reading my post all the way through.

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Remember our school years's avatar

Hi Slart

Can I tell you something? (from someone who has a history with Creative Writing) It's true, your writing has served your fine arts with the greatest loyalty that they ever deserve, if not more. They come as a wonderful couple under the same roof of You - Slart!

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SLART's avatar

Thank you thank you thank you, it means a lot. It appears I have been gently led down this path of joining my words with my visual art. About a year ago, someone said they'd like to hear more about my art behind the scenes, and the characters that often appear in my art. Substack feels like a good home for this, as other platforms prefer fast-paced video and clicbait. Substack is a place to read some good writing with a cup of tea. ☕

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Remember our school years's avatar

Hi Slart

As I was reading your piece just now, I was also reflecting on my own. May be I don't belong to your world? Which should be: "lovingly, we're so into chattering away for too many nights, it couldn't be more wrong if we could have cigarette and beer to hide our shyness..."

Whenever I get to write, I can only write about "disappointment", "misunderstanding" between people. But ever so, think the method we use to analyse writings from different hands is all the same: heart and skill (like how the Starbuck guys say with their coffee - "Pour your heart")

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SLART's avatar

I say just write how you write, there is no should :-) I am definfately going to have some rants in my writings here too. You said it, pour your heart out! Keep doing that.

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Beth Raps's avatar

I love this! I love your explanatory notes throughout. For fans of your work, this is a short course in how you got to be you and the influences lurking beneath the surface in your work. Beautiful piece!

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SLART's avatar

Thank you so much, Beth! It's great to see you in this corner of the internet. I have started to realise that other people may be interested in the thoughts behind the work, as I feel that way with other artists.

On another note, I would love to see you write a weekly Subtack....

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Beth Raps's avatar

Egad!

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SLART's avatar

Hopefully you are using 'egad' as in affirming my words :-D Not anger or surprise!

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Beth Raps's avatar

Well, I definitely wanted to remain ambiguous. :)

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SLART's avatar

Ah, I forgot to say thanks. As you got me on this track of writing about my art, so thank you!

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SLART's avatar

Good use of that word. Also, thanks for the new word!

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