this year on thanksgiving i am thankful that i get to do what i do without a publisher, syndicate, or anything like that, which would have been a requirement not long ago. this is a result of you, even if your only engagement with my work is scrolling by it occasionally. thanks. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/319e41507e8aeb6de00bad0f8ef673283ac10f4f0785e25c05971a8c69a0a0ee.file

thanksgiving is basically the one day of the year where i get to potentially flex that a supermarket job i took six years ago required me to take a one hour online food safety certification course

“has it always been like this?”. hate to reference it but this observation is the opening for one of the most famous 20th century american poems from like 70 years ago https://hell.twtr.plus/media/376485b6a0c702598d8013da005d659acbfdfbb4b4aafc4755fdbf6448a0b0c0.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/46e040c029e45afcb813aa6825751066b5f635ff8ffcbb2fe7a91b3123f070ee.file

coffee filters. air filters. water filters. the vacuum needs a new filter. what am i filtering. maybe life is filtering. maybe i am a filter

“1700s oil portraits slop” alright we’re all excited but lets dial it back. “2nd millennium BC megaliths slop”, “medieval stained glass slop”, these things do not exist

its possible the internet is going a little too far with the word “slop” now https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cb8f49c527b86e2151bea9ecc95df2ae043e0bab8aa7d78c2c4cbf3566cb3f6c.file

you may also notice the people in the back appear to be wearing turbans. i believe this is a historical reference to the political situation in jerusalem at this time. either way the style here is that perfect split between drawing and painting - the gems, its just really good. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/55f8aecc8a3cb19c79331ad608d1836485e7ae935b16ee03de4ab974f5b16915.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/20227c4ceb5645cdedf5643667623a972a4080370bac2e5cc4a5fe482ec17bed.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f59aeecf66d851180f69f15a81dcf09752b1d557d4e0a790c7e7190071ffdea5.file

bizarre illustration style detail here is Christ looking towards but away from this oddly realistic fly. naturally the fly represents sin, the more unbecoming parts of the world, while he clutches a bird - specifically a goldfinch: the soul, redemption, levity and higher things https://hell.twtr.plus/media/68be120a2b6644067fe62013265abd80b4eab22b75f98a36b4470ae698e9d373.file