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June 2, 2026! - It's June and a Gemini maybe coming for you! New this time around, do you Recycle to Repurpose You maybe surronded by raw art materials you've been wishing for, so don't throw anything away. Bi-Folds, Boxes and Doors - Oh My! We've found ways to repurpose, save the dump and keep the Earth happy. 

FLIRTING & BODY LANGUAGE:
* It takes between 90 seconds and four minutes to decide if someone likes someone else romantically

* 55% of the message picked up from someone comes through body language

* 38% is picked up from tone, speed and inflection of the voice

* 7% is picked up from what is actually said

* If someone likes someone else, their pupil size increases and so does their blink rate

SO SWEET:
Flirty body language is a subconscious dance of non-verbal cues that signals attraction, comfort, and availability. It communicates interest without the pressure of direct words, often blending signs of approachability with a touch of playful vulnerability.


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Note to Self™ - Love this quote, "I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it." Epictetus (c. 55 – 135 AD) was one of the most influential Stoic philosophers of the Roman era. Born into slavery in what is now modern-day Turkey, he overcame extreme adversity and physical disability to establish a highly regarded school of philosophy in Greece.

GMO and AI Free - this Website is a 100% genuine HUMAN effort, nothing artificial or modified. Only spell check when we remember.

Friends with Benefits - When FB, IG and Flickr say check your photos or else, I go and check them ALL out, and the best part, I've found most of you, who over the years have put a beer in my hand or coin in my pocket or dinner on the table but always a smile on my face. My Friends with Benefits in Black and White

The Young and Foolish me was there, I highly doubt the wiser me would even go today. But I did go and I did see things that you people wouldn't believe, 25+ years ago and graffiti is still popular, the Unofficial Graffiti Museum A Follow up, 2 out 5 are no longer with us, the rest have families! Follow the link for a little graffiti from the UK to Korea!

Try this RecipeSingle, Home Alone and Hangry :-\ But you're tired of salads, soups, sandwiches and take home, then maybe it's time to dust off that cookware, wash your hands and give this super easy recipe a try. Who knows, maybe next time you won't be home alone, just sayin' We've tried this recipe and it works! Easy Ground Beef Bulgogi Style Recipe

Need to Contact - message Rick at (443) 390-6599 or theunartist@outlook.com

Drink Beer 80+ Beers - Over the years I couldn't believe I've actually had more than 85 different beers. After going through all my photos, I realized I had taken well over 100 pictures of beer, wine and liquor labels. From beers to wines to the hard stuff and some of the labels are simply better than some art I've seen! Drink This

Out of Order 2026Out of Order 2026 - I was there, my first year doing Out of Order at Maryland Art Place (Inner Harbor) was 2004, that generation of artist really made an effort to impress! Fast forward to 2026, not even close but an improvement over recent history. Still worth it after all these years! Out of Order

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? - "What Jessica Bowers (J Bowers Baltimore City Paper) thought were simple Klan figures, a Fifth Grader in any civics class in the US would whisper to their classmate, 'It's Abu Ghraib'.  WOW, now that's about as wrong as midnight and noon... At this rate of professional growth, Jessica Bowers, we are afraid, will never never get out of Kansas!"  About Show #7

Great EatsEat This - You're home alone again on another Friday night with nothing to do.  Here's a handful of Hamburger recipes to warm up to, we really didn't know you could do all this to hamburger.  Don't despair, there's always Saturday night, good luck!  Cool Hamberger Hamburger Recipes


Lost and Found - here's a new section of artists that somehow along the way lost themselves on the internet only to resurface and be found again!  We just heard from one of our original featured artist, THH70, back and busier than ever! Lo-Fi Urban Abstract Graffiti

our featured artists:

Michelle Bennethum"I had a dream a few years ago that I was on a spaceship and part of some kind of experiment. When someone was very ill, others would volunteer to give them images to get better. I prepared by slicing apples real thin in neat pieces and then putting them in a dish to eat."  Michelle Bennethum

Olavi Ahokas"Well, The true story is I had a visit from the Jehovas Witnesses and after 15 minutes, he became a nuissance... I don't have a beef with different kinds of religious groups, as long they keep their activities to themselves, not at the front of my door." Olavi Ahokas

Tina von Weisen"I thought that explained Tina's love for the human face and figure. Well that is not all of it, Tina added one last thing that really opened my eyes, she says, "Since birth I have a slight hearing disability, because of that I have to rely more on peoples lip movements and gestures to fully understand them. That might be one of the reasons why I'm so fascinated by face and body language. "  Tina von Wiesen

Photographer Tracy Kimmons"In shooting photography, all is in the eye of the beholder. The choice is forever mine to be the silent witness as well as an active participant with all my subjects. I invite you to taste the journey that I experience as an artist. The following pieces are examples of what lies around us, in front of us and within us to observe and to cherish. It is within our power of perception that makes each experience unique. "  Tracy Kimmons
2026 - Year of the Horse Chinese Zodiac. People born under this sign are known for their energetic, independent, and adventurous personalities. February 17, 2026 to February 5, 2027. Besides 2026, the years of the Horse include 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2038 Chinese Zodiac

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Quotable Quotes:
Beauty is not in the perfection but in the flaws.  "It's the crack that makes the plate exquisite."  Duane Michals

Winston Churchill once said,  "The man who doesn't step on anybody's toes is standing still."

"If it's not one thing it's another, if it's not that it's something else" Rosanne Rose Anna Danna

"Live the life you love, and use the god you trust, and don't take it all too seriously." Love and Rockets.

"Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice. And she said we are all just prisoners here of our own device..."  HOTEL CALIFORNIA, THE EAGLES

"I am too involved in what I am doing, I cannot tear myself away from it.  For me nothing else exists."  Henri Matisse

"As someone once said, you can't avoid the aging process but you can always stay immature!" from a good friend, Lisa

"I wasn't expecting anything and I got even less..."  Jiminy Glick, Comedy Central

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."  Oscar Wilde


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What is Art?
This may be the second oldest question and probably no real answers, only guesses. If this is true, does art really exist outside the "eye of the beholder", is it a state of mind, a fleeting moment in a timeless universe, the play of shadows and light, can we taste it, can we hear it, can we read it? Maybe it is easier to define what art is not. A few thoughts on WHAT IS ART...

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re:  Ibsen said, "There must be a troll in what I write."  Art, today, encompasses the dream postponed into anything-goes.  Justified in letting the artist descend into mediocrity, spiraling around an ego put upon a pedestal.  As if, all that a person does is art.  And it is.  But I have no time for it.  I agree with Harold Bloom in a recent interview.  He asked, would you want just anyone to do surgery on you?  Of course not.  You want someone to know what they are doing before they cut into you.  Yet today we look at the arts as if everything is the fine craftsmanship of a great artist, and much of it isn't.  Until you become yourself what benefit can you be to others?  Mediocrity appeals to the mass, and it appeals to the mass ego.  And though it may be art, it is not the exceptional dream, enchanting the child, like a kiss walking home to my knowledge, in an unformulated illustration which wakes me up.  Michael Carrico


Realism v. Abstraction - "But throughout, the public generally continued its love of realism. Western art, in particular, flourished, and if what we read today in some journals is true, major museum and gallery curators are beginning to believe that at least some of the hype over certain 20th century art movements has been overblown. One recent article even went so far as to call minimalism and abstract expressionism 'scams', stating that curators are beginning to dust off the great works of realism that have been languishing in their basement vaults."  Realism

"Ultimately, I view my inspiration for the creation of abstract images to be the never-ending fluctuations of energy and matter as seen in interstellar space. I believe these far-flung aggregations of evolving matter to be the essence of truth and beauty. In my opinion, this endless evolution of chaos toward order represents the highest level of absolute potentialities, a timeless representation of a seemingly endless universe."  Abstraction


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