Work 4 Love (Compilation Post) by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Let's pretend this is HIVE ONE-A-DAY post #16. Can we do that, together??? I bet we can!!!]

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP! (Or be destroyed!)

Here's stuff...

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11 May 2025

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"Squash Bird" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, liner pen, and crayon on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] They know this bird as "The Accountant!" Technically, though, he ain't licensed. Love him or leave him, he does his thing!

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/52

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I also completed my HIVE ONE-A-DAY post #12! (And, as today is the 11th, that means I'm still ONE UP for the month!) Check it, here:

https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@richardfyates/hive-may-one-a-day-12-by-rfy-hf

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12 May 2025

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Here's my VVVSS (very, very, very short story) for today:

Quest for Fires by RFY (HF)

Atari Asteroids becomes sentient and runs for political office. It wins, and begins using it's city counsel seat to improve the local baseball fields, which in turn increases the number of kids playing baseball...and injuring themselves on the field. All those stolen bases and broken bones...and snow cones...lead directly to kids at home, recuperating... And what are they gonna do while they're on the mend? They play Atari Asteroids, which gives the game MORE POWER! Eventually, it takes over the entire county, and I swear I saw plans on its desk for a new SKATE PARK! Ingenious!!!

THE END???

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"Cotton Candy Drainage" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Psychedelic dentistry. (Not sure it's gonna take off, but we're working on making the UNIVERSE more entertaining!)

https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/richardfyates_spork-2025_cotton-candy-drainage-by-rfy-hf

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"Pho Chloric" by RFY (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, gel pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Think REBEL without a COLOR WHEEL! Ha!!!

https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/49

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"Scribbly Stew" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Gel pen, liner pen, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Theo accidentally opens the WRONG door. He stares for a moment, apologizes, and slowly closes the door...

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/53

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"Manifestations" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, colored pencil, and mechanical pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] I am conjuring with art supplies. The CREATIONS might just be self portraits, but they might also be visual poetry. I'm not sure. Don't need to understand it to do it!

https://teia.art/objkt/868489

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"...and commented..." by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Gel pen, liner pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Purple is not a fruit. The zombies got bored and developed new hobbies, including scrap-booking... The Zombie-Scraps-Co-op has all the supplies you need!

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/54

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"Pink Devil" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen and metallic marker on paper with digital embellishments and color.] Does this little guy look happy? Why is he so chill??

https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/55

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"Beware Lightning Strikes" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on construction paper with digital embellishments and color.] Good advice!

https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/50

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New NEOCITIES post, this time with my recent "what-I've-been-reading" list!!!

https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0144

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15 May 2025

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"Two Bird Entities" by RFY (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, paint pen, and brush pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking! Out of touch AND out of time!!! Poor little birds...

https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/51

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I certainly have been working my fingers to the claw, lately, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't keep up with my HIVE ONE-A-DAY posts! I have now completed 15 in 15 days. Here's is a link to the most recent:

https://peakd.com/art/@richardfyates/hive-may-one-a-day-15-by-rfy-hf

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16 May 2025

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Tonight is the concert! Simple Minds, Modern English, and SOFT CELL!!! It's going to be a experience, of that we can be sure...

I've been working on getting my stuff together for tomorrow's AUTHOR FEST, as well... Remember this?

I'll be sitting at TABLE #20! If you're in the PNW, come say "HEY."

Here are a couple "BEHIND THE SCENES" photos of my creative process...

And now, I'm old and tired, so I might take a nap until Mariah get here, and we leave to start our concert adventure!!!

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You've got to "Work for Love"!!!

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P.S. - All of my stuff in this post is CC0, Creative Commons, and can be used by other folks for whatever they wanna do with it. If you want to say where you got the raw, that'd be cool! Anything that AIN'T mine, ain't mine to give away... END OF LINE...

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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