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Louis Bloom

December 7, 2015

tags: analogy, art, commentary art, jobs, literary device, Pop Neoism, war

by The Vigilant Lens

i watch cars pass by
their tires softening the screams
of just murdered puddles

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Had Bill McKibben Ridden a Slow Bike to Uruguay

December 5, 2015

tags: art, commentary art, COP21, imagery, Neoism, poetry, Uruguay, words

by The Vigilant Lens

the ocean doesn’t blow
the wind won’t float
and the tap water shouldn’t burn
though it can
but it will
and it does

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I Feel Fine

December 4, 2015

tags: art, commentary art, COP21, DOD, Indian Island, The Dandy Warhols, visual narrative

by The Vigilant Lens

if only the pentagon would attack them with a prius
also,
bill mckibben did not skype his way to COP21

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Mario Ruoppolo Always Rings Twice

December 3, 2015

tags: art, film, Iraq, literature, love, Love Poem, Visual Art, war

by The Vigilant Lens

our breath heavy with garlic and cheap wine…
i long for you to die in my arms
so that i might never forget you
until our story is rescripted
by intervening disinformation

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Downwind Locavore

December 2, 2015

tags: art, cars, commentary art, COP21, Fukushima, Visual Art

by The Vigilant Lens

if COP21 had been held at fukushima,
we could have reminded the world’s leaders
that we can’t even control our celery.

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First Tuesday Selfie

December 1, 2015

tags: art, commentary art, Internet art, Missy Elliott, Neoism, PNW, Pop Neoism, Post-internet art, selfie, visual narrative

by The Vigilant Lens

#iArting with
unfiltered instaAuthenticity until
it floats

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Hannibal Lecture

November 30, 2015

tags: AltArt, art, class, commentary art, image, is too writing, Neoism, PNW

by The Vigilant Lens

good ideas
kept dim and caged
otherwise the chaos of an informed class might spread

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