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Matthew Word Bain
Matthew Word Bain

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Jul 7, 2022

Settling In

neatly stacked and interlocking more compact than when they were strewn across the yard now they bring an air of sophistication to an aged old soul resting in retirement slowly falling out of plumb and square

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Settling In
Settling In
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Jul 6, 2022

Alley Chic

a portrait of contrast in texture standing out for its subtlety sleek and silvery smooth against grainy greys wilted whites and beige beyond

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Alley Chic
Alley Chic
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Jul 5, 2022

The Words of the Profits

fresh green things rising from the earth even as the blackness settles and the walls last long enough for the writing to be read

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The Words of the Profits
The Words of the Profits
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Jul 4, 2022

Just Add Water

delightful ducklings bouncing in bubbles colorful circles on a drab grey wall how they must enjoy the rain when it flows out through the down spout and how they must appear perfectly placed as the rain splashes and the bubbles dance like raindrops in a summer storm

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Just Add Water
Just Add Water
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Jul 3, 2022

Floating Color

this deep pink, evocative of a certain gentle strength standing out against a subtle beige grey wall, floating above a bed arrayed of light greens early spring with nights still cold and days warm enough for color to emerge

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Floating Color
Floating Color
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Jul 2, 2022

Dream a Little Dream of Me

the face of this building she is the tulips, clearly, are for her like a face one might see in a dream — oblique out of focus, distorted and haunting, attaching to memory and recurring similar in some respects to the one I recently awakened from singing to me…

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Dream a Little Dream of Me
Dream a Little Dream of Me
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Jul 1, 2022

Offering

decorated plywood and a bed of pink tulips indicate this old warehouse is not so much abandoned as it is unoccupied these tulips turn out to be an offering to an icon of a muse the devotion of a spray paint Rublev inspiring mortals below to look up and see beauty…

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Offering
Offering
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Jun 30, 2022

The Road Goes on Forever

flared fenders, once impressive now trading topcoat for mildew with tires sinking into asphalt eyes closed, dreaming… not even stertorous snoring is audible now of the once throaty growl it hears in its dreams as it prowls lonesome stretches of blue highways slithering silently through serpentine curves on sinuous valley…

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The Road Goes on Forever
The Road Goes on Forever
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Jun 29, 2022

Soothing Blur

reflections on metal in smooth dark paint evince a world reminiscent to analogue tape as compared to early digital recordings soft, smooth, and warm saturated and thus technically distorted as a representation and yet all the more pleasing for the same

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Soothing Blur
Soothing Blur
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Jun 28, 2022

Economy Is Nothing without Style

an unexpected adjacency in perfect proximity for framing in for an upgrade, perhaps? how can anyone bear to drive an Econoline without Italian tires?

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Economy Is Nothing Without Style
Economy Is Nothing Without Style
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Matthew Word Bain

Matthew Word Bain

213 Followers

purveyor of stochastic resonance | pilgrim of blur | describing diaphaneity by way of ambiguity | https://www.patreon.com/matthewwordbain

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