The Cheesemeister's Photoshop Phucquery: A Space Oddity Makes An Embryonic Journey

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I call this one "A Space Oddity Makes An Embryonic Journey."

You can call it "Cie Was Fucking Around In Photoshop And Really Has No Idea What The Fuck She's Doing," and that would be quite accurate.

It got to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" stage, and then I named it and added it to my Fart Gallery, which is my folder for my art practice. Because that is how I roll.
So, this is for David Bowie, because he was and is wonderful. He gave me the gift of being his wonderfully unusual and unique self, which taught me that being different is a good thing. It isn't an easy thing, but the best thing to be is yourself.
It hasn't been easy being different in a world that demands conformity.
I'd rather be in good company with good-hearted oddballs like David than in with a hard-hearted in crowd who will only break bread with those they deem acceptable in a very superficial way.

~Cie~

With music!

Inktober 2017: Day 9: Screech

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Original freehand drawing by The Real Cie

Now you know why I say I write because I can't draw

30 Days of Haiga 2016: Day 22: Autumn Memories

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Created by The Real Cie on Sketchpad 4.0

With love for Mal Young

30 Days of Haiga 2016: Day 21: Tranquility

Freehand drawing by The Real Cie using Sketchpad 4.0

30 Days of Haiga 2016: Day 20: Red

Freehand image created by The Real Cie using Sketchpad 4.0

My Eyes Have Seen Me

My Eyes Have Seen, Version 4

Photoshop manipulation by The Real Cie

Model: The Real Cie

My Eyes Have Seen Me

51 and still wondering why life hurts so much

Lost dad, became half an orphan at 45

Diagnosed bipolar, borderline and obsessive-compulsive at 38

Divorced at 29

Mother at 25

Married at 23

Met son’s dad at 18

First suicide attempt at 16

Troubled teen

Ghost whisperer

Alien, born 1965

~Cie~

This shaky selfie actually is a pretty accurate illustration of what it's like to be inside my soul on a bad day. Today was a pretty bad day. This has been a really bad spring for my depression.

 

Prompts Used:

 

NaPoWriMo Day 9 + 10: An Abecedarian Calligram: Shadow of a Man

Shadow of a Man Version 6

Photoshop Manipulation by The Real Cie

 Shadow of a Man

             Amazing

                 Beautiful being

              Creature of love 

             Diamond in the rough

           Envisioning creating a better world

             Fanciness was foolishness in your eyes

           Gifted, talented, mind razor sharp

              Heart fragile as blown glass

               Ingenuous although leery

             Just a simple person

             Kind and gentle

             Little lost boy

             Mystery to himself

             Never really at peace

               Only the music made sense

             Pain drove him to erroneous choices

             Quietly he slipped away to recover

                Real and true and better than he knew

                   Such a gallant soul deserves far better

                  Than to die feeling abandoned and alone

                   Unquiet ghost haunting empty house

                  Valiant nonetheless unto the end

                  Wishes don't come true

                    Xanatos waits until

                    Your time reaches

                 Zero at last

                                       ~Cie~                     

                   

Notes:

The shape is an hourglass or an urn or something. I started out with idea of making a butterfly but gave up in frustration. Someone less dyslexic than I am might succeed.

To my wonderful writing sister Thalia for coming to my defense recently:

NaPoWriMo 2015 Day 2: Bright as Touched

Supernova Version 5

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Bright as Touched

Shining star

Star light star bright

Bright eyes

Bright mind

Mind like a trap

Mind like a razor

Razor's edge

Razor cuts

Cut scene

Cut away

Away from it all

Away from home

Home away from home

Home is where the hurt is

Is anybody out there

Is anything real

Real as it gets

Real as it feels

Feels like loneliness

Feels like a dream

Dream of your goals

Dream becomes nightmare

Nightmare when sleeping

Nightmare when waking

Waking at dawn

Waking to confusion

Confusion sets in

Confusion distorts

Distorts your truths

Distorts your life

Life becomes lie

Life becomes loss

Loss of your mind

Loss of your self 

Self loathing

Self lost

Lost little boy

Lost soul

Soul of time past

Soul of the music 

Music brings healing

Music is forever

Forever remembered

Forever loved

Loved very deeply

Loved by those whose lives you touched 

Touched with an angel's wing

Touched with light from the farthest star 

Star 

Wing

Love,

Jess

This is a blitz poem.

It was harder than I thought it would be to write!

Definition 

A form of poetry created by poet Robert Keim in 2008. It is a 50-line poem of short phrases and images. 

The "Blitz" poem is well-named, as the fifty short lines are read in rapid-fire fashion. 

“The form really relies on sound and rapid "flow." ~Rob Keim. 

Here are the rules: Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”) 

Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”) 

Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be “house for rent”) 

Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines 

Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48 

Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47 

The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47) 

There should be no punctuation, except for an ellipse after the final two words in lines 49 & 50.

Read more at: http://www.poetrysoup.com/types_of_poems/b

Wordless Wednesday: You're Lost Little Boy Version 13

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