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That Post You Almost Didn't Notice Until You Saw This Fancy Title and then Couldn't Resist Looking

NoNamesLeftToUse@nonameslefttouse (77)2556d

@NoNamesLeftToUse The Writer/Artist Himself here again

^{and today I make an ordinarily rare appearance.}

Whatever that means...

^{What The Hell Are Those}

Chaos

^{But I finally got to take a break.}

I have to tell you folks something...

This shit — it's hard to put down.

I had stated, roughly two weeks ago, something like, "I'm taking a break."

Then, it rained. I can't take breaks when it's raining! A break means I need to be outside somewhere, hopefully as far away from wifi and all of these addictive technological life additives as possible.

The weather improved, and you haven't heard a damn thing from me for a little over a week. That felt good.

Sure, I was still lurking in the shadows, browsing around, dropping a few votes here and there, consuming that content. I made an effort to spend more time away though, and that was hard to do.

I shouldn't even be alive right now!

^{Damn. That line would have made a great clickbait title...}

I'm slightly injured. My left foot is pooched. ^{^{'Pooched' is slang for "fucked up" where I come from...}}

The dirtbike survived, and that's all I really care about.

Found a nice trail. This trail led to a place I've never been. Twas an old gravel pit, of sorts. Many little hills. Up and down. Up and down.
^{And up and down and up and down and up and...}

Oh. Fuck.

Down!

^{A cliff. I dropped twenty feet, at least.}

Normally I inspect these places before I start going nuts.

And that's exactly what I was doing. Inspecting, too fast.

Oddly enough, had I been going faster, I probably would have launched into one of my highest jumps, ever. All jumps are the same, it doesn't matter how much air is beneath the bike. If you know how to land, you know how to land.

I went front-tire-first into an embankment. Total nosedive. That made me do a perfect front flip over the handle bars. I landed on my frikkin' feet!

But that hurt.

^{Gettin' too old for this shit.}

So now, I'm an artist, with a limp.

I can confidentially say, "I'm a lame artist," and not even feel like I'm insulting my own work or artists in general.

Isn't that exciting!

Not really.

^{But I thought it was funny, so I wrote it.}

^{Where To Now}

Spent a lot of time...

^Thinking.

I see a lot of politics happening out there in Steem World.

I'm well aware of the changes coming. Two days to go.

There's a lot I could say, about things. I could easily be right in there, speaking my mind, saying my piece. I promised myself awhile ago though, stay out of it.

I spent a lot of time over the past couple of years, saying my piece.

I'm to the point now where I welcome any kind of change. Something needed to happen, and now something is happening.

And now I'll end this post

^{with something 'motivational', maybe.}

I'm reading the "worries" from some folks, here and there. Talking about the little guy, worried about the little guy.

We all start somewhere. Here, that somewhere is usually the bottom. That's where I started. I can point at hundreds of others I've met over the years and say, "they did, too."

Your first Facebook account started with you, and no friends.

Your first Youtube channel started with you, and no subscribers.

Everyone, everywhere, starts at the bottom.

It's not permanent!

^{Unless you give up before you get started.}

I've been here three years. I hope things improve for me now. I hope I can once again begin climbing the ladder, like the old days.

So if you're one of these folks, a content producer who feels like they are being handed the shitty end of the stick, think about where you'll be and where you want to be in three years. Forget about next Tuesday.

If you don't want to struggle forever, simply work your way out of it.

That's my plan. And those doom and gloomers got nothing on me.

Anyway.

^{Those are my words.}

That's my artwork up there. It's new, and I hope you liked it at least a little bit.

Until next time...

Ciao.

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Credits:

All art and images seen here were produced digitally, by me.

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^{"I know, I know. 'This was a stupid time of day to post.' Now, or never. Deal with it! ;)"}

Comments · 19

@dreemit(73)· 2555d
Your poor foot :( Actually, fuck that, taking risks is one of the best things about this place and getting hurt is our way of remembering those risks- speaking from experience LOL

The art is stunning as usual.

Glad you're still here!
@arcange(79)· 2555d
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@daveks(83)· 2555d
Take care of yourself! Did the bike survive that tumble?
@ginnyannette(69)· 2556d
So that first one up there is pretty interesting. It looks like two miniature people that are opposite poles, with very large pelvises. The pelvises are doing all the talking. That could be interpreted in a lot of ways. And then there is the miniature people with the large dancing limbs that are in the background - dancing limbs are less important than talking pelvises I guess...

The last one actually looks kind of feminine to me. Your people don't usually look like women to me. But her opposite is in the sky up there. Opposites and balance seem to be a theme with your art today, or, well, the theme I have decided to give it.

Well, at least you didn't crunch your hand or you might be typing only one paragraph with only one hand and deciding to join in on those photo challenges ;)

So does anyone know where you are going when you take off on a ride like that? I sound like your mom :)
@ervin-lemark(76)· 2556d
Reading about your nose dive and front flip... You are lucky to be able to type the lines above.

Ps: I decided to open the article 😂
@c0ff33a(76)· 2556d
It’s a relief the dirt bike survived unscathed, I imagine you would have made a graceful view taking a nose dive into a cliff. Anyway of all the bits you could have landed on at least the feet are relatively resistant - I shudder to think of a tank slapped to Crown Jewels.
@kansuze(69)· 2556d
I always thought art galleries were unfair to artists because the gallery owners took such a large cut. It seems a bit like we're going to that model now. I do get that it will encourage curation but won't that reduce content creation at the same time? And things are already slow... I participate in some of the themed days. What you get from them are bit-sized glimpses into other people's lives and flora & fauna from around the world -- wonderful, since I have always believed the greatest purpose of the internet is to bring us together. I hope your pooched foot heals quickly.
@ryivhnn(73)· 2556d
I normally have a preference for your swirly cloudy stuff and the long stuff that I keep looking for the cat in, I think this head one is one of the first head ones that has actually spoken to me. Unfortunately I can't understand what it's saying.

:O so that cliff jump episode is one of the few times you probably should have gone faster?! D: well I'm glad you're now a lame artist rather than formerly an artist, hope you're not lame for too much longer :)
@minismallholding(75)· 2556d
That stunt sounds amazing. Shame it wasn't caught on camera. Hope there was no long term damage to your foot.

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@enjoywithtroy(71)· 2556d
Sorry to hear about your accident hope you're doing better. Yeah breaks are meant to be broken just like rules. Reminds me of an Old English song preach not me your musty rules. Good to hear from you
@joshman(74)· 2556d
Welcome back!

Top-down change is welcome, but we can also be a source of bottom-up change if we band together like an angry mob with pitchforks.
@dalz(81)· 2556d
I was just wondering .... what happen to you :)
@bashadow(70)· 2556d
I liked the Art work, being lame does not seem to have hurt you at all. If it was a crash and burn you would be like the phoenix, but for now just a lame artist. The bottom is a good place to start. I don't know why so many people worry about being at the bottom, there is no where to fall, I guess one issue with being at the bottom is catching the ones that fall from the top, and some of them fall a long way and they hurt when they hit the bottom rung people, I know from experience having been hit one or two a few times, from those that were high up.

I think HF22 I am going to try to not say a word about, but yeah, who am I kidding. Stupid time of day or not to post, its a stupid time of day for me to still be up, so I am glad you picked a stupid time to post. I just wish the four cent rung would stop moving, then I might feel like I am making progress and regressing.

I like both the pieces, I think the top one has more going on visually for me than the bottom one, but I still keep looking at the "where to now" one. It is almost like the two pieces are polar opposites of each other, but they are both happy pictures, even though one looks like death and the other like life. You do a nice job of showing happy dead things, I guess they have different burdens than the living things.
@tamaralovelace(70)· 2556d
Hahaa...an artist with a limp makes not a lame artist!

I did...I did like your new artwork, I think the limp added a lil somethin', ya know?? lol
@tarazkp(86)· 2556d
Glad the bike is okay as having a pooched bike would suck.

You are right about the bottom up work and for those little guys reading this who haven't backed themselves to be somewhere in three years from now, what are they expecting to happen?

_{NOSE DIVE (inspired by, Where To Now)}

I know you don't wear a helmet because, you are that kind of guy, but I also wanted to respect your privacy.
@meesterboom(81)· 2556d
I almost didn't notice this post until I saw the fancy title and then couldn't resist looking...

Nice to see you back, hope that foot gets better quick, getting older is a pisser!
@dandays(73)· 2556d
I was thinking of releasing something today too but the timing just didn’t seem right, like you were saying. What I’m saying is, thanks for confirming your suspicions whatever your name is.
@abh12345(80)· 2556d
Welcome back, with a limp. A Go-pro attached to the helmet could have caught this amazing stunt, although it may freak you out to re-live the moment.

Where to now? The main face (I can't see any more just yet) looks hopeful of brighter days :)
@synrg(66)· 2556d
This was the perfect time to post, what are you talking about... I almost didn't see this post until I saw the fancy title and then I couldn't resist looking; now my mind has been expanded by some amazing artwork, and I can go about my night... thanks @nonameslefttouse you're the best! 👍