Fright Night w/Fiona

The Graf Photography of Fiona Milne is a great find!

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Photo © Fiona Milne

Tonight is about monsters…. scary ones! Very scary!

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Photo © Fiona Milne

Fiona has her own graffiti blog FIONA FERRET GRAFFITI – THE WRITING ON THE WALL You’ll want to follow!

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Photo © Fiona Milne

Her shots are taken in and around Sheffield, England.

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Photo © Fiona Milne

I only hope you can sleep tonight!

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Photo © Fiona Milne

She’s not scary, but sometimes street art is.

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Photo © Fiona Milne

I have put links to 6 of her posts at the end of this post.

 Pics taken by Fiona Milne – 2012 – 2014

⭐ THANK YOU FIONA! ⭐

Brickworks/Graffit Works

Sand, Sea and Spray

The Future’s So Bright I Gotta WearShades

Whistle Stop

April Splashes

Living It Up In Leicester

Photo © Fiona Milne
Photo © Fiona Milne

 

Fiona’s Faces

I’m ecstatic to present the Graf Photography of Fiona Milne!

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

Fiona has her own graffiti blog FIONA FERRET GRAFFITI – THE WRITING ON THE WALL You’ll want to follow!

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

Her shots are taken in and around Sheffield, England.

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

I’ve followed her since I began GLaM & finally asked if she’d consider sharing some of her work with all of us over here.

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

She is so lovely! She sent me links to 6 of her posts, and said I could present what & how I wanted. What a thrill for me!

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

There are scads of pics. I won’t be able to post them all, even in the 2 or 3 parts I am planning….

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

….so I have put links to all 6 of her posts at the end of this post.

Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne
Photo @ Fionna Milne

 Pics taken by Fiona Milne – 2012 – 2014

⭐ THANK YOU FIONA! ⭐

Brickworks/Graffit Works

Sand, Sea and Spray

The Future’s So Bright I Gotta WearShades

Whistle Stop

April Splashes

Living It Up In Leicester

 

Chasing Dragon Tail – Chinatown Interlude

Xia, Shang or Zhou, he’s in a Chinatown alley just off Dundas W.

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Artist: Fario

I love that he boards on a sword!

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Artist: Fario

It seems she is running away…. from him?

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Artist: Fario

Will she’ll jump from bridge to dragon’s tail?

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Artist: Fario
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Artist: Fario
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Artist: Fario
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Artist: Fario

Pics taken by Resa, May 16, 2015

Toronto, Canada

Here is a YouTube link of a clip of the artist Fario painting this mural. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY2dvO2mtw

This is a bit just before the dragon’s claw.

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Chinatown Interlude

In a Chinatown alley just off Dundas W. by Spadina…

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Artist: Fario

… is the Interlude.

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Artist: Fario

From an Emperor …

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Artist: Fario

.. To a Pig Thing …

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Artist: Fario

.. and a Monkey King ..

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Artist: Fario

Though bereft of mortar,

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Artist: Fario

This half of a mural sings.

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Artist: Fario

Pics taken by Resa, May 16, 2015

Toronto, Canada

Here is a YouTube link of a clip of the artist Fario painting this mural. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY2dvO2mtw

Above is only half the mural. The pic below is a 1 off shot between halves.

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Closer on the Empreror & horse

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The Eschatological Dog

Delightful? A few poems are. Poignant they all remain, & dog me.

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With his one-of-a-kind poetry style, Dean trains his unique eye on the end of the world, or of humankind, death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming & Judgment.

Artist: Crisp
Artist: Crisp

There is no escape like reading! What about reading about what one may never escape from? Dean’s words took me into that darkening day. He used the color of meaning to paint the way.

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Yet, I never felt like running from it. I wanted to remain, to hear what the poet, writer, musician had to say about the decay, and mores.

Artist: Richard Manoakeesick
Artist: Richard Manoakeesick
Dean’s words string true, even if they bite you. Might as well face the music he presents, it feels healthy.

 

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Dog is God backwards, but I have a feeling Dean knew this when tempting us with his title.

Artist: Unknown to me at this moment - from Toronto's Queen W. Graffiti Alley
Artist: Unknown to me at this moment – from Toronto’s Queen W. Graffiti Alley

  I’ll be ordering another Dean J. Baker book, in paperback, tomorrow. There are still 2 or 3 I don’t own.

You can read my review of “Silence Louder Than A Train” by clicking on the pic of the cover

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Dean, what a long revealing journey from “Baker’s Bad Boys” to “The Eschatological Dog”! From dog turd to dog word you have enchanted me.

Dean is a prolific writer, and all of his many books are available on Amazon in EBook and/or Paperback. He even has his own Amazon page.

Dean J. Baker’s Amazon Page

OR

Buy his works on Create Space where you can find my most recent purchase, “In Riparian Fields”

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Visit Dean on his website Dean J. Baker – Poetry, and Prose Poems

Dean has several other interesting Blogs that you will find linked at the bottom of  his site.

Reykjavik, Florence & Barcelona

An entire shipload of thank you(s) to Janet Small for these shots of street art from 3 cities!

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small

 

Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small

FLORENCE, ITALY

Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small

BARCELONA, SPAIN

Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small

Okay, so the Banksy is in the Picasso Museum. He does lots of street art, and it’s a Banksy!

Photo © Janet Small
Photo © Janet Small

 Pics taken by Janet Small –  2014

Janet isn’t a blogger, but her hubby Dave from Teresa of Avlla Turns 500 is

⭐ THANK YOU JANET! ⭐

 

Versions Of The Self

Christy Birmingham’s  new book of poems is one of the best you will ever read.

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Through what I see as 8 versions of her self, Christy reveals 8 versions of my self.

Artist: Unknown
Artist: Unknown

Yes, her metaphors are cunning, and her near rhymes, feet & other poetic abilities are alluring,

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  However, it is her ability to stay focused on the self that make these poems very special & simply personally meaningful.

Artist: Tiff Seymour
Artist: Tiff Seymour

Read “Versions Of The Self” & be wiser, as you will discover in Future Selves.

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BTW, the concept of “Versions” itself, is poetry! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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Pics (not the book cover) taken by Resa – 2014

Don’t miss out on”Versions Of The Self” available in hard copy on Create Space

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OR: in KINDLE from Amazon

Pathways to Illumination

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is available at the Redmund Productions Book Store.

Also, check out  Christy’s blogs Poetic Parfait & When Women Inspire