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moved to a cheap beachy apartment in Venice blocks from Santa Monica Community College where Allen Ginsberg read & taught the best going mad so went to see him read in standing room only auditorium, folk in the back hoping for Howl like kids at Skynyrd yelling for Freebird #poetry #read #beat #story

eliminating contestants they tell me don’t look back in anger closure was invented by a Springer producer to exploit idiots judging toe jam folk killing network satire profiting every 15 minutes struggling recording life is art to entertain earth tolerating us til it gets enough plastic. #streetart

growing up suburban white picket fence hell, wrapped up snug as a bug in Dante’s warm electric blanket, Hi Oprah, I suck as a drummer cause my parents never beat me, a whole generation born to adventure far away from brady bunch rabbit ears you gotta run run run run take a drag or two. #writing #art

sqeezing sterno thru a sock while breaking the 4th wall in small town reality distills drama baby blurring lines over time documenting this strange live action merry-go-round crafting a story, Hey gang let’s put on a show in grandfather’s barn somebody bring the apple pie #artsky #writing #travelsky

dreaming of Babylon my arms tire swimming against the tide to prove I’m worthy but I don’t want to be worth the obvious confusion always plotting to make life tougher the cost of passion can’t be bought, please just shut up & create you know it’s easy as long as you obey the applause sign #streetart

Hungry for trying venturing everything Boston Italian North End giddy up cobblestone cafe cannolis and random rainy night waterfront edibles exciting to read choose restaurant window menus need to save for a cocktail or twelve before waiting 1am drunk outside Mike’s lining up yum #poetry #art #photo

walking into a bar brain acts fast passing from bright sun ext to divey dark daydrinking, QUICK pick your bar stool between planted shot glass regulars, don’t hesitate keep moving scan area sit, lay out a couple ones to show you ain’t broke but not enough to attract thirsty shadows #photography

crew on the road traveling day after month knocking out shows sharing 24/7 when you move I move eat sleep work a kinda circus but the animals are us, prep shoot strike load up to next hotel gotta do friggin laundry! Hi new local hires here’s the story we’re spinning, jump in the water’s fine #travel

Observance #5amwritersclub #heritage #writingprompt #randomclick #wednesday

The eagle has landed Mitchell P #art

scouting office locations for unique & cool space always add art to improve look around town digging artists who do you like go see Kyle in old converted church gallery BAM fresh found energy inspiring absorbing a new art community connects all thread into the fabric of a city #artsky #painting #pic

Going down the road feeling cold rain & snow darting windshield wipers rhythm hit the 4/4 beat of FM radio all together now we sing as defroster fails muting salty sight, roll down window to see passing trucks shake bounce us heading West for Montana Nico knows a place to crash #photography #poetry

Climbing fire escape balanced pot of baked beans and homemade bread dipping into full moon midnight rising over row home roof shingles laughing eating high up visiting east coast friends we're not old just experienced, never stop moving forward to survive what was and will be you #eastcoastkin #art

listening to 101 rush hour hum along Jane says nobody walks in L.A. as warming Santa Anas push afternoon porch swing along our neighborhood ecosystem Tia the performance artist Slash dealer walks down to Sunset for food, if you stand on your toes you can see the Pacific! #sound #photography #artsky

Speeding weaving Burbank side streets slam over old Zoo bridge surprise skid stop avoid the fucked 5, cut thru Griffith Park save 30 secs slide BOOM into Los Feliz buzzing lost tourist minivan SHIT speed trap heart pumping music screaming disappear into back road alleys HA made it HOME #streetmural

flying off mountain Denali basecamp a sudden snowstorm slams our tiny Otter propeller plane can't see the wing my totally white out window everything gone but pilot’s voice, we’re gonna drop to 100 feet follow a creek with less trees to hit, while I start filming to show how we died #writing #nature

Spice Girls Mitchell P #art

Living on red bull vitamin C and vodka hiding out in true west desert chasing roadrunner dreams dancing on heads of peyote buttons, staying creative alive not for them for me working on a play called Van Gogh’s Syndrome, asking questioning how do you know you’re great & does it matter #story #artsky

Waking in bathtub 32 flavors of hungover cowering from vampire morning sun drag ass down hill for cigs & Olde English 800 on credit, last night shooting hustler style pool at the Smogcutter a thin slice of brick run by Filipino triplets who still pay the smoking fine for better pool playing #bluesky

Outrunning thunderstorms way out west no room for squares thru Donner Pass rockies releasing late afternoon windshield rays speeding blind no reverse, steering with knees while cross referencing gas station folding accordion maps that all seem to suggest if you’re here you’re home. #nature #artsky

Standing inhaling chaotic control Jackson Pollock reaches past art into Peggy Guggenheim’s Manhattan paint me exciting new deep soul, expose the beauty of fuck you to bop and pop to your own chorus just like Thelonious pulling chords from thin air seeing life as a personal dare #art #writing #story

One thing a long life can teach is that "talk" means "communicate", not "run your mouth" Pretty much everything on this earth has a story and will "tell" it to you if your mind is open and free of preconceptions Even the stones

Beach geometry. High-angle view of Santa Marta at golden hour. Parallel diagonal rows of blue canopy tents cross the pale sand beside calm silvery water, and palms line the promenade, documenting coastal daily life from above #luiscordobapharchive #caribbean #santamarta #scape #beach

#MusicChallenge #EmojiSounds Day 7 -🏍️ Steppen Wolf- Born To Be Wild (Easy Rider) 🎶 Heavy metal thunder🎶 Mars Bonfire drew inspiration for the song from a poster "Born To Ride," of a motorcycle coming out of a volcano. The ultimate biker anthem, it featured in Easy Rider. youtu.be/egMWlD3fLJ8?...

Refill #5amwritersclub #moreffiene #writingprompt #randomclick #sunday

Wrapping sitcom pick ups hurry to Carson’s studio for guest musician sound check Roy Orbison then head across street to Chadney’s in beautiful downtown Burbank old school steak cigs bourbon live jazz featuring Antonio Fargas, Huggy Bear, oh there’s Angie Dickinson having a burger #writing #film #pic

scouting locations Day Ext Polar Bear Club Juneau Alaska hunting asking locals Hi Hey looking to jump in water not fast river WHOOOSH there goes the cast, need no logo nature foreground & postcard mountain background with parking safety EMT support motorhome bathroom catering, no noise #nature #film

Filling 4 hose hookah with mixed salad flavored lightning strikes creating an 8 lane car crash praying to find our voice always pushing on a pull door we never had no choice do you understand the thrill of jazz of stealing a car of outrunning the cops even if it’s only a brief moment #artsky #photo

Talking to ghosts fucking with my head no escaping Christmas Carol midnight and tag I’m it, stop medicating your soul man up to embrace an honest howl no matter how mad, ghosts hate coward anything not living up to living cause you know once you’re dead regrets are the real hell 🔥 #poem #photography

Let's decide that posting here is not art. Then let's talk together about art. L.H.O.O.Q., 1919 L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved, 1965 Marcel Duchamp

Mother Nature Mitchell P #art

The daily freeway car chase develops as some unlucky son of a bitch races west accompanied by chorus of cop cars fluid lane changes & staccato brake pedals thinking faster faster you fool take me to where there is no rule invent a passage that’s never had play fuck helicopters lighting your way #art

Chasing the dragon all the way to Bonnie Brae dark night los angeles blocks from black dahlia downtown memories, careful vendors call out Chivas Chivas, roll down window forty bucks for 2 balloons in case cops follow us a few blocks after the buy, Mr. Brownstone always the bitch! #writing #streetart

Andy Warhol. youtu.be/OGLvxlnTMaU?...

Eating on the road hungry tired broke finding something not fast food but fast, scrolling road sign intuition wanting funky interesting affordable we hit Main Street options craving different but familiar can’t waste money on a bad choice, never order spaghetti at a roadside diner #food #photography

throwing stones along west coast Big Sur on our way to San Francisco Haight-Ashbury festival weekend projecting experimental Super 8 on Fulton next to Jefferson Airplane’s old joint, Dead trippin few blocks over Golden Gate Park carrying mock coffin to mark the death of the Hippy #blackandwhite #art

Circling the Big Dig forever lost in Boston rolling down rental window Hey how do you get to- Shopping Cart Lady yells FUCK YOU, stopping at boiled peanut Georgia gas station- How do you get to, Cashier calls their cousin evolving adapting Mapquest Garmin GPS sometimes I like getting lost #urbangaze

drinking a case of peach moonshine helps finish paperwork in Branson Missouri what a strange land tucked into winding one lane aging traffic theater row, a very Brady 70s show Barry Williams singing dancing lost balance fell back AH thru curtains ta-da! bounced up that’s entertainment #photo #story

Travel is a time machine moving from tribe to tribe, pre-internet show up blind cept word of mouth, walk into Colorado dirt parking lot bar complete with pickled egg floating in jar, SLAP crumpled bill on bar listen to Carhartt locals ordering Curs, what the hell is, Oh Coors😅 #travel #picofday #fun

prepping like Hunter S. for Vegas we gather supplies for annual Sunset Junction neighborhood party open door closed street fair heading to Sunset Blvd, Circle Jerks Sonic Youth X playing 3 stages, bondage biker pigtails mix with East L.A., ferris wheel rides for allllll my friends! #art #photography

Men in space Mitchell P #art

Letterbox #5amwritersclub #canadapost #writingprompt #randomclick #friday

art on the hood of a Dodge screaming south 101 to Al's Bar downtown punk dive barbed wire paradise, speeding too fast car jumps short off ramp SLAM thru exit sign steering fucked only turning right finally right arrive, Leather Hymen on stage next to spray painted photo booth Click #streetart #music

Please enjoy this wonderful musical intermission while I unpack a few more magical mystery hard drives of pics and memories and stories from a time before AI ruled the earth. #musicsky #bluesky #WakeBaby youtu.be/a_T2JkWUEq8?...

wrapping out a show dead ass beat down tired no amount of red bull left in a stripped down hotel room turned production office folding tables surge protectors and 14 printers with no ink, next door room never happy with 4am call time, Don't slam the... SLAM!! SHHHHH! #art #humpday #writingcommunity

watching helicopter drop sling load supplies to Denali basecamp, see ya next week like Christmas who got their cigs booze batteries, new gloves for Timmy, I carried a Satellite phone the death phone, in case of avalanche, safety team had 7 day plan to find survivors, TV is fun! #writing #Alaska #pic

🙌🏻 Breathless forays into the narcotic American night 🙌🏻

racing into Indianapolis downtown trains planes automobiles sight & seen oh my midwest old school city intersecting America's compass back when smoke meant work my east coast eye immediately attracted to that pit bull Pittsburgh kinda tough Madden BOOM hey! this is us #bluesky #photography #picofday

Grabbing books off shelves reading words out loud real loud no microphones tonight just speak baby, yes our poetry readings always went off the rails, literally anyone, bring your art words body story guitar WAIT all together now, where'd you put the duct tape I got a good polaroid #poetry #reading

working on the road years decades adapting day for night for whatever celebrating wherever to discover best local culture food fun dialing in that FM radio station static grzzz grzzz UP NEXT grzzz every day a new office view challenging your brain to see fresh #travel #bluesky #writingcommunity #pic

waking in Rome inhaling sunrise cobblestone scooters zipping thru history hungry moving along ancient Tiber we hit Chris's cafe, an old ex-pat crocodile fell BAM for Kathy always when we travel, she's a burning dark beauty fearless and hot, leaping forever with eyes wide shut #picofday #writing #art