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Tomorrow, December 4, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…
proportion
Such an art-making related word.
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.is
Iceland is an altogether unique island state which an active volcano and stunning landscapes, and a surprising temperate climate for its Northern latitude, so close to the arctic circle.
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Tomorrow, December 3, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…
is
No, it literally is “is.” »Chuckle« Y’know, the word the adulterous president 🤥🎩 tried to redefine, that is it is, is 🤔❔
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Occupy
People can take over prominent places for a peacefully protest against the growing embarrassment of riches. Similarly can a cartoon character embarrass an artist by pointing at some rather off-model mugshots, despite many hours of preparatory sketches.
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Tomorrow, December 2, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…
occupy
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Jest(est)
When I think of a comedian, Buster Keaton comes to mind. He’s supposed to be the master of physical comedy (slapstick), yet I know so little about him. I’m sure most of his work is in the public domain, so studying it should be easy enough.
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And… I’ll extend—on my own—the micro∙blog prompt-based blogging challenge based on randomwordgenerator with the word jest for December 1.
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A quick test. There will be a learning curve. But hey, learning new stuff is fun.
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I’m so excited 😝 about my colored pens that have just arrived by mail! It’s like it’s Sinterklaas already 😊
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Passkeys are DOA, because websites seem to prefer to outsource them to a third party rather than doing the hard work of implementing passkeys as a first party, on the same domain as the website. This makes phishing possible, and therefore passkeys just as vulnerable as passwords.
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Safety
Most security IRL is based on inconvenience rather than impenetrability. Locks can be picked. A locked door inconveniences more than an unlocked door (since a lock requires a key or knowledge and equipment to pick that lock). More locks inconvenience more, duh!
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Oooh 😯 fancy ascii art for the coding aficionados (front end developers) among Flickr users
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I always wondered why my cats are so strong…
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My Microblogvember 2022 (so far…)
I didn’t compete in the very first microblogvember in 2019. It’s a self-challenge to blog every day on the timeline of micro∙blog for the month of November. This year, 2022, will be my first attempt to beat any procrastination to create that might come up during a month. I’ve done 29 of the 29 days so far, with only one day to go. I think I’ll manage the last one.
Here are 29 word prompts (and my solutions):
- Figure (Musk buying twitter)
- Feast (guinea pigs)
- License (Micro∙camp)
- Admiration (Gollum)
- Exemption (House owners)
- Echo (Beethoven)
- Insight (spacecraft)
- Consensus (superheroes)
- Certain (Sherlock Holmes)
- Minister (TV series)
- Display (Adrian Black)
- Suspicion (Hitchcock)
- Adjust (heating)
- Leave (of senses)
- Aluminium (the chemical)
- Franchise (Superman)
- Barrel (beer vat)
- Tire (kitten from playing)
- Novel (fantasy)
- Repeat (Commodore 64)
- Ice (age)
- Graze (box)
- Update (Microblog News)
- Retain (Medieval prison)
- Ritual (Black Friday)
- Commitment (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Motivation (Willy Wonka)
- Trend (life lesson)
- Fish (barracuda)
Mind you, I’m not stopping when November 30 ends. I will keep going, from “November 31” up to and including “November 61” 🤣 After the last official prompt for November 2022 from the @challenges@micro.blog account, I’ll continue with randomwordgenerator on my own. Hopefully by then I’ll have colored ballpoint pens, so I can make it more interesting to look at.
So, my self-challenge ends with the year 2022. Until then, it’ll be nose to the grindstone and solve the current daily prompt with a sketch and some words. I guess I’ll evaluate how it went in the New Year.
If you’re asking yourself why I drew in a notebook with lines, it’s a self-depreciation built in, so I can’t worry about such silly thoughts. It’s already bad for drawing to begin with. I can only make it better.
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Fish
When Jacques-Yves Cousteau wanted to swim with the fishes, he had to invent self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.). What he saw made him want to protect it, since we humans were (and still are) destroying it with our exploitation of the sea.
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Trend
I can see my (hobbyist) art getting better with each year I practice, yet still have ebbs and flows in both quality and quantity. It’s frustrating to seemingly have crossed a threshold, only to see my enthusiasm wane because of some outside force or event.
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If microblogvember is any indication, I’m able to write about 1000 non-random words in 30 days, or 1/50th of NaNoWriMo. No wonder I never won the writing assignment; I’m a very slow thinker, hence writer. Words (and ideas) come to me like boots in molasses, even when I was young.
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Motivation
The little people don’t need much to make them do what you want them to do. Refined sugar will often do it, hyperactively so.
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I’ve done some research on drawing with a ballpoint pen, and it seems it’s in the indelible nature of the medium that practice is quintessential.
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I’ve ordered some ballpoint pens on Amazon for more drawing happiness:
- Paper Mate InkJoy several colors
- Pilot Super Grip black
I’m told the Pilot Super Grip are more opaque than the Paper Mate InkJoy, and since black is rather important for ink drawing…
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