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BETRAYED by those we were taught to TRUST

Posted: January 18, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Political

Heartbreaking

Dance is Romance between Space and Time

Posted: January 16, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards, Visual Imagery Tags: Memes, Metaphysical, Relationships

Imagine a circle: at eleven o'clock the phrase, "Dance is Romance," arcs across the top. At eight o'clock and two o'clock are two silhouettes. At eight o'clock stands a long-haired woman in a wide-stance back bend, arms extended gracefully above and behind. From the two o'clock position leaps a lithe male dancer, airborne in a bent-leg ballet jete, arms also extended, in front and behind . Between the two silhouettes stretches the word, ~ between ~. The words, "Space and Time," bend beneath like a chair-rocker at five of the clock to complete the circuit.

Evocative imagery paired with expository prose:

The TWIN Commandments: BE TRUE, BE KIND

Posted: January 14, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: MemeMyself, Memes, Metaphysical, Personal

Simplified to the Essentials

LESS OXYCONTIN, MORE OXYTOCIN

Posted: January 12, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Memes, Motivational, Political, Relationships

A black-background postcard with words (in small text size) "A WORLD OF HURT NEEEDS" then the word (in huge text size) "LESS" then the word (in medium text size) "OXYCONTIN" then the word (in huge text size) "MORE" then the word (in medium text size) "OXYTOCIN" The phrase and each word are on their own lines with text sized to make all five lines equal width.

The ever-schmaltzy “Less Drugs, More Hugs” trope, reimagined and rephrased in a much more cerebral way.

Awkward Chakras Yoga Studio

Posted: January 10, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Metaphysical, Puns

Inside a multi-colored mandala, a man's cartoon figure sits in the classic Padmasana (Lotus Pose) except he's upside down, balancing on his head.

Where you go to get bent into shape.

Sloths Conserve Energy with Lethargy in Action

Posted: January 8, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Animals, Motivational, Nature

Relaxing at home with an attitude of lassitude, being lazy is like that.

Yin-Yang Binge/Purge Sequence

Posted: January 6, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards, Visual Imagery Tags: Abstract, Metaphysical

Encircled by a grayscale pin-wheel swirl, a black and white yin-yang symbol whose contrasting-color circles circumscribe the five text characters, spelling BINGE and PURGE respectively.

Each phase seeding the subsequent cycle

GROW YOUR LIMITS

Posted: January 4, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Motivational

People say, “know your limits.” Agreed, indeed. Then what? Expand them beyond what they were before. Grow your limits.

Welcome to the Hotel Paranoia

Posted: January 2, 2022 Categories: Poetry, Video Tags: Political

The Eagles' Hotel California Album cover, altered to say Hotel Paranoia.

A parody rewrite of the Eagles’ 1977 hit song, Hotel California, relevant to the current times.

Happy New Year 2022

Posted: January 1, 2022 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: MemeMyself, Memes, Personal

Hoping for a happier new year, as always, despite 2021’s disappointments.

Jupiter Has A Spot For You

Posted: December 31, 2021 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Nature, Puns

It certainly does.

Masking Holiday Cheer – for the Second Year

Posted: December 25, 2021 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: MemeMyself, Memes, Political

Two side-by-side photos of Ned Buratovich wearing reindeer antlers and a big red clown nose (like for Rudolph). In the second photo Ned's mouth and nose are covered by a face mask with a Christmas tree on it.

Even imagiNed would not have imagined using this greeting card from last year again this year. But here we are.

Make the Best of Both

Posted: December 4, 2021 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Motivational

Three part cartoon graphic showing sun brightly beaming, dark clouds raining, verdant forest growing.

Some days are good,
some days, not so good.
Make the best of both.

The Original Wireless Charging Device

Posted: December 2, 2021 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Business, Puns

An old school credit card imprinter (knuckle buster) for American Express Cards sits on a checkerboard floor.

The Bluebird of Happiness

Posted: November 30, 2021 Categories: Poetry, Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Animals, MemeMyself

How the Bluebird of Happiness makes you both happy AND blue.

Trauma Begets Drama

Posted: November 25, 2021 Categories: Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Relationships

Childhood Trauma Begets Adult Drama

Mushrooms and Metaphors

Posted: November 16, 2021 Categories: Photography, Quipsy-Quote Cards, Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Nature, Puns

My Metaphors, Like Spores, Germinate Sporadically

SEVEN SUNS from Southwest Pottery

Posted: November 3, 2021 Categories: Photography, Smartsy-Artsy Cards Tags: Abstract

A collage of seven garden-sculpture suns, photographed separately, then combined in a poster.

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