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I'm Curtis! (they/them) My art diary. Neuroqueer ace recluse living with June The Cat.

B&W of a woman looking sinister and sensual in her face, slightly down, looking at the camera over her left shoulder. Against her cheek is a decorated skull above roses and foliage.
B&W of a woman lying on her side, arms over her head. Her hospital bed with plenty of bouquets and a single rose laying on her bed. I think this was just before her passing. Her make-up is on-point.
My tuxedo cat June looking out a window from her perch.
B&W of a four-paned window - glass long gone, with a gang of kids leaning out with their middle fingers up.
B&W of three theatre actors on stilts, completely covered in white make-up, top and pants. They are each in various spectral-like movements; ethereal. The background is dark, ornate wood and old, elaborately framed, hanging paintings. The shot itself is from the audience floor with a patron, seemingly excited, in the foreground.
Iā€™ll do my best to take the time to alt-text this photo: B&W of a person from behind, camera looking slightly downward. The photo itself is of a double page spread of the book that the actual photo was published, as the page seam is visible. The person is sitting on a floor, their arms tied behind their back at the upper arms and at their forearms. They are wearing a dark slip and visible dark nails. Stuck to their shoulders and back are the cuttings and clippings of their dark hair, which, on their head is only half-done. Hair, scissors and clippers are scattered upon the floor.
B&W of a woman, chest up, wearing a strapless, white dress with a dark rose at each arm. She wears an elaborate white mask, covering her face above her mouth. Behind is just darkness.
A femme person in white dress leaning against a rather large tombstone, in a cemetery at night.
A B&W photo of a person's femme face from below as they look downward, all while framed by a huge iron ring that's bolted to a concrete wall.
A B&W photo of possibly the close-up corner of a motel room table with a lamp and a few assorted objects and, to me looks like a person's shadow. It may be double exposure, but definitely surreal.
B&W of an old, barred window with a textured drapery just barely hanging on while laying outside the window.
B&W of a cool ass bitch leaning far into a leather chair, eyes lowered at thcamera.
B&W of two crows flying near each other just below the clouds.
B&W self portrait of a person laying on their side, against a pale wall, left hand resting upon their stomach and right arm out toward the camera. plant matter is scattered about; a dried fern obscures their face.
B&W of a very weathered four pane window of a home and its blackness. A similar pane shows across the room, darkened with a forest beyond.
B&W of a solitary person curled tightly on their side atop a stained, discarded mattress and simple frame, resting directly on a vast frozen lake. Wearing a dark padded coat and trousers, they tuck their knees toward their chest, hand up laying against their face. Several pieces of abandoned simple wooden frames stand farther out on the ice. Beyond the flat, icy expanse, a dark industrial shoreline stretches beneath an overcast sky, with low buildings, smoke stacks, utility poles, and a shadowed hill.
B&W of two partially seen figures against a nearly black background. Left, a person crouches upside-down on the floor, curled inward with their head and upper body hidden beneath their legs tucked-in. Beside them, another person stands rigidly, visible only from the waist down in a dark calf-length skirt, rumpled white socks, and worn black lace-up shoes.
B&W portrait looking kinda 1920s flapper with a lace collared blouse. Soft focus and multiple exposures of the same person, at different angles surround the central portrait. Kinda ghostly in a 20th Century way.
B&W photograph from around 1900 showing a mannequin bust with a delicate, painted face and dark, glossy hair swept close to the head. The mannequinā€™s head tilts downward and slightly to one side; wistful, almost shy. Around its neck is an enormous pleated white ruff collar, layered like paper petals spreading dramatically across the shoulders. The bare upper torso is visible beneath the collar. Ghostly. Theatrical.
B&W photo. The top one-third is a torn paste-up of the upper part of a person's face looking down to the right. The center is a deeper layer of paste-up of a face from lips to lower lids. The bottom third is torn paper with partially concealed Japanese characters.
B&W photo of a gritty urban set of structures and in the left foreground, a white, but also gritty cat sits with its back to the camera but looking at it with squinty-eyes.
An amber-tinted set of B&W photos - one above the other. Above is a scene of a low Moon at night over a forest and below iis a close-up of a deer looking into the camera with foliage behind and also at night. Together the two photos appear to fit as one, with a very slight, uneven line separating them.
B&W street photo of a person walking in profile past a city building, their face and body softened by motion blur. They wear a dark fitted top, a pale structured garment around the waist, and a textured headwrap that catches the light. Behind them, the building faƧade streaks horizontally with movement. A stone relief of blurred figures on the left and tall dark windows on the right.
B&W of a young light-haired child standing in a narrow vertical gap between two heavy metal doors, like it could be elevator doors just opening or closing. The child looks past the camera to someone else with wide, serious eyes and a slightly parted mouth, one hand resting near the edge of the doorway. They wear a patterned knit sweater with striped cuffs. On the dark textured wall to the left, white marker graffiti reads, ā€œDREAM UNTIL ITā€™S YOUR REALITY,ā€
B&W of a barefoot person in a light, patterned long dress standing on the very edge of flat stone rising just out of light, still water. Their body leans backward at a dramatic angle over the water, one hand resting on their hip, face tilted upward with eyes downward and at the camera. The water around them is pale and textured with floating specks, reflecting dark tree shapes near the top of the image. Below the figure, their shadow pools on the water like a second, darker body. A quiet, suspended, and dreamlike figure, as if the person is caught between falling, floating, and surrendering.
B&W photograph of a woman standing outdoors in a dry, rocky landscape. They wear a dark, long-sleeved floral dress and hold two tall, plant stalks beside their head so they resemble wild antlers or animal ears. Their long hair is entwined with the stalks and blown across their face by the wind, partially hiding their eyes and mouth. Slightly feral and dreamlike. Light desert plants frame the foreground.
B&W photograph of a Black woman seated in a stark, angular concrete alcove, leaning back with her head tilted slightly upward. She wears large reflective sunglasses, decorative, disc earrings, a textured patterned blouse, and a dark cardigan. Her hands loosely hold a phone in her lap. A figureā€™s face in profile is close up on the right, looking downward. Heavy film grain, dust specks, and deep shadows.
A B&W square photo of a blurred person who looks like they are dancing in a field. Very stark, the camera is in the grass looking at the person's back, their hands joined above their head. Foliage is striking as dark fragments in the light, upper part and light at the bottom.
WSB quote: ā€œVisual art and writing donā€™t exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other canā€™t do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating.ā€ ALT-TEXT: B&W of a thin adult man in a dark suit and glasses, seated at a worn wooden desk beside a tall window. He leans forward in profile, a cigarette held between his lips, as his hands hover over the keys of a manual typewriter. Soft daylight spills in from the left, illuminating his face, hands, and the paper in the machine, while much of the room falls into deep shadow. Behind him, framed artwork and pinned drawings hang on the wall. A sparse apartment. Quiet and intimate.
A phone photo of June, a tuxedo cat laying next to a pc keyboard.
A paper collage of grouped up sharks held by a pair of long-nailed hands.
Segment of six-gilled sharks feeding upon a dead sperm whale on the bottom of the ocean.
A grainy B&W photo of a woman posed against a concrete building wall. She wears a short black dress, striped thigh-high stockings, and slouchy knee-high boots. A large pale knitted sweater is pulled up around her shoulders and over her raised arms, partly covering her face. Her head tilts downward from within the folds of the sweater, with one eye and part of her face visible in shadow.
B&W photo of a pale woman kneeling quietly inside an old white clawfoot bathtub in a decaying, shadowed room. She wears a light, delicate slip dress, contrasting the crumbling surroundings. Her long, dark, slightly tangled hair falls over her shoulders as she looks downward and to the side with a distant, haunted expression. One hand rests on the rim of the tub while her knees fold inward. To the right, sheer curtains glow with bright window light above a dark radiator, while the worn tile floor and peeling walls give the room an abandoned, gothic intimacy.
Moody B&W portrait of a pale, slender person emerging from deep black shadow. They have short, dark hair with blunt bangs and shaved sides, their head bowed and eyes cast downward - haunted & quiet. Dark eye makeup gives their face a soft, spectral intensity. Around their neck are layered black beaded chokers and rosary-like strands, including a small cross pendant resting against their bare upper torso. One arm is wrapped in torn black mesh with large oval holes; distressed and punk. The lighting is stark and tender, illuminating one shoulder, the face, and the jewelry while the rest dissolves into velvety darkness.
B&W photo showing a person submerged in a bathtub, their shoulders and body hidden beneath a soft, cloudy layer of foam. Dark hair parted at the center, round glasses, and a calm, absorbed expression as they read a book in their hands.
Iā€™m a little high, and this photo is tough to alt-text, but itā€™s a B&W photo from outside an apartmentā€™s window at night, illuminating an artistā€™s workspace with framed pieces on the wall. We see the partial back of the artist before the painting heā€™s working on - a portrait of the person we see sitting to the right of the window. There are a lot of reflections of paintings going on here.
A high-contrast B&W looks into a narrow, shadowy courtyard framed by tall dark walls and pillars. In the center, a steep wooden staircase rises toward a striped cloth canopy stretched overhead; kinda very sail-like. Few children are scattered through the dim space, like one stands halfway up the stairs in a pale dress, another faces away in the foreground, and a small child bends toward a dark ball on the stone floor. At the right edge, an adult figure in a headscarf stands quietly in a doorway, partly swallowed by shadow, holding something close to their body. Hushed and intimate, with soft light falling from above.
A B&W paper collage of a boy dressed in a patterned diamond outfit standing in front of a woman, above which a long narrow crown floats.
B&W of Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith in profile and at opposite sides of the frame.
B&W overhead photo of a young woman resting against a small dark wooden table with bare shoulder and neck softly lit from above. She leans forward in a quiet, intimate pose, her head turned in profile toward the tabletop, with long dark hair flowing down her back and gathered partly up beneath a delicate floral headpiece. Her hands rest gently near the edge of white lace; fingers long and still. Prayerful & dreamlike tenderness. On the table sits a small framed oval cameo surrounded by an ornate frame; a keepsake & shrine.
B&W portrait in which the artistā€™s face appears inside a dark, bell-shaped glass dome resting on a rectangular black base. The artist gazes outward with a calm, direct, almost dreamlike expression, lips darkened and tilted slightly toward their right. The glass enclosure creates a shrine-like effect, as if the face is preserved between object and apparition. The background is shadowy and textured, while the lower foreground shows a pale surface. Very surreal and intimate.
B&W of a performer posed before a dark, draped curtain, wearing a pale theatrical mask and a loose, draped robe with a veil-like cloth over their head. Their head tilts dreamily to one side, eyes shadowed and half-lidded, with both hands lifted in delicate, expressive gestures, creating a ghostly, devotional, silent-film-like mood.
B&W close-up of a weathered white picket fence against a deep black background. Four pointed fence posts rise from a horizontal beam with two tall posts pressed together on the left, a single post in the middle, and a shorter post on the right. Wispy spiderwebs stretch between the aged posts. Very haunted and still. Is it Halloween yet?
B&W of a woman standing in a dim, sparsely furnished room, wearing a light, loose slip dress with thin straps and lace trim, facing the camera; solemn, maybe startled expression, holding the fabric at her waist. Behind her, sheets of newspaper are clipped to a clothesline with a crumpled white paper bag hanging beside them. Shadowy and austere, with hard walls, a small window glowing at the right, and dark furniture fading into the background.
A multimedia collage on a deep black background, made with torn paper, small bones, dried rose petals, and ink. At the center is a ghostly cutout of a pale woman in profile, facing right, with dark eye makeup and red lips. Her head and shoulders are surrounded by thin bones, torn fragments, and delicate white ink marks that curl outward like sparks, smoke, or ritual symbols. Red ink winds across her face, hair, and chest like blood-red veins or thorny vines. Below the torn paper portrait, dark red dried rose petals cluster into a heavy, organic shape, pierced and surrounded by small bone pieces. The whole piece feels gothic, ceremonial, and fragile - an altar to Hekate.
B&W of a person folded into a low, curled pose on a dark studio floor. They kneel with their body twisted forward, one arm bent over their head and their face partially visible upside down beneath it, giving the image a quiet, vulnerable intensity. They wear a dark textured sleeveless top, a knee-length skirt with visible seams and white ass socks. One hand reaches toward a loose object that looks like some bone weapon.
A grainy B&W of an older woman seated on a low wooden stool in a dark interior, working at a small spinning wheel. She wears a patterned headscarf tied under her chin and a floral apron over dark clothing. Quiet and intimate, preserving a moment of handmade labor in soft, smoky darkness.
B&W late-1980s pub still of The Cult seated on sandy desert ground in front of a vintage car, framed by spiky Joshua trees under a wide, empty sky. The three band members sit low and relaxed in boots, denim, dark clothing, and long hair, facing the camera with serious expressions. The harsh desert light casts strong shadows, giving the image a stark, sun-bleached rock-and-roll mood.
B&W of a young woman laying on a patterned rug, elbow on a decorative, embroidered pillow in a dim hallway beside a wooden stair railing. She leans upward with parted lips as a long, gnarled, corpse-like hand reaches through the railing toward her mouth; her own hand gently holds the wrist, leading its index finger into her mouth. A small melting candle burns on the floor nearby, casting a fragile glow against the dark wood, worn walls, and shadowy doorway behind her.Ver gothic, haunted fairy tale.
High-contrast B&W of a pale face emerging from deep blackness. The personā€™s head is tilted slightly back, with smoky eye makeup, half-lidded eyes, and glossy dark lips. Their hair and neck dissolve into the surrounding darkness, leaving the illuminated face floating like The Moon.
B&W of a pale, curly-haired person leaning against a rough plaster wall beside a dark, weathered wooden window; loose strands of hair fall across their face as they look beyond the camera with a quiet but vigilant expression. They wear a sheer black lace blouse with gathered sleeves, one hand lifted gently to the collar near their shoulder. The image is soft, grainy, intimate with strong shadows and a worn, old-world texture.