Rasmenia Massoud

@rasmenia.bsky.social

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Writin’ stories and makin’ art. Still believing that a better world is possible. 🚫No AI 📍Brighton, UK 🌄 Colorodoan https://linktr.ee/rasmenia

Black and white illustration of Joe Strummer. He’s wearing shades and has his fist raised defiantly. Text on the image says ‘KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.’
Painting of fleeing refugee family, mother, father, and infant depicted as religious icons.
Comic book style illustration of a dude with a tall blue mohawk and facial piercings. Behind him is a red brick wall. He’s wearing a leather jacket with spiked silver studs and is holding a canned beverage. He sneers as he says, “if you saw somebody stealing food, no you didn’t.”
Polaroid photo of a 4-years-old yours truly bedecked in a glorious Batman costume circa 1977. Behind me on the kitchen counter are random objects of the era: a plastic pitcher. A six-pack of Pepsi in bottles. A solitary brown onion.
Digital collage depicting an elderly couple seated on a bench, surrounded by a sea of molten lava beneath burning red skies. Next to them, a clock sinks in the burning sea. Volcanoes erupt in the distance, dinosaurs trudge through the molten sea as pterodactyls fly overhead. In the center of it all, stand the ruins of two ancient doorways, on the other side of their thresholds, blue skies and a bright clear ocean shine through the apocalyptic gloom.
A few magpies hanging out in a dead tree, surrounded by dry, brown grass beneath a bright blue sky and scattered clouds.
Illustration that says ‘no ai slop.’ AI in blue lettering and ‘slop’ brown and dripping, looking like poop, all behind a red circle with a line through it.
Comic book style drawing of Harry Dean Stanton in the Wim Wenders film, Paris Texas. He’s wearing a suit and tie with a red cap, clouds and desert behind him as he looks off into the distance.
Street art depicting an image reminiscent of Magritte’s ‘Son of Man,’ only the figure extends beyond the painting’s frame, revealing he’s wearing shorts and his legs are covered in tattoos. Artist’s signature at the bottom is Catman.
Sun setting as 3 girls pose for a photo, their faces obscured by shadow. Text in the center of photo is a book quote from a book titled ‘You Don’t See Any of This’ that reads: “August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes.”
Paperback book titled: Advertising Shits in Your Head by Vyvian Raoul and Matt Bonner. Font is in neon red lettering.
Album cover of Cave World by the Viagra Boys
Three frame comic depicting a larger photo of a high-rise building, all the windows reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. First frame reads: Whole libraries of books are lost forever. Second frame reads: While we build monolithic data centers in the desert, Third frame reads: monuments to selfies.
Album cover of The Silver Tongued Devil and I by Kris Kristofferson
Vintage magazine image of 50s era white blonde woman holding up a piece of paper that says, “STOP BEING SHOCKED BY REPEATED BEHAVIOR.” The woman’s eyes are pure white with no pupils or irises, but still twinkle with stars in her eyes.
In the lower left couple, an elderly couple stand with their arms around one another watching an apocalyptic scene. Tall rocks in front of them and a wolf stands next the carcass of a dead wolf being picked at by crows. Other crows linger on the rocks and one flies into the sky, which is glowing black and orange. Sun, moon, and planets swirl into the burning clouds and stars.
Interior of bar, taps serving Guinness, Coors, and a few others. Pint glasses to the left. In the background, a couple of kegs of Belfast Black stout and lager can be seen.
Painting depicting an arm clutching a flaming bouquet of flowers that is wrapped in newspaper. The paper is the Unprecedented Times and the front-page headline reads: THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR RAGE.
Album cover for PO$T AMERICAN by Dead Pioneers
Photo of a little fox on the street, holding a bit of food in his mouth and looking into the camera.
Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze standing in the rain in the final scene from Point Break
Black and white photo of Patti Smith leaning against a brick wall, camera in one hand as she looks off to the side. Text on right hand side is a quote from Patti that reads, “I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revelation that human being create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not.”
Black and white illustration of an apartment building with a full moon above and off to the right side. On the left, a parking lot with a few cars and trucks. In front of the building, a bus stop, abandoned shopping cart, and trash can overflowing and spilling on the the ground.
Illustration of workers with picket signs that say things like, ON STRIKE FOR FAIR PAY, UNION SOLIDARITY, and ON STRIKE FOR A LIVING WAGE. In a speech bubble, one of them says, “We’ve been divided by the wealthy. If we worked together, they’d be screwed!” In another speech bubble, another worker says, “The rich understand class solidarity, so why don’t we?”
Album cover of Pete Yorn’s first album, musicforthemorningafter
Black and white illustration of Woody Guthrie with his famous guitar that has the phrase, “this machine kills fascists” written on it. A cartoon speech bubble above him reads, “All you fascists bound to lose!”
Human Interest band on stage.
Two panels. First panel, a dude is getting brained in the back of the head with a rock that is firmly gripped by a green-gloved hand. Text at the bottom reads: These men depend too much on guns. Second panel, another dude is being grabbed by the face by a hand that we can clearly identify as Batman’s gauntlet. Text above reads: The feel of cold steel in their hands makes them overconfident…
John Waters holding up a cup of coffee to the camera. The wall behind him decorated with various framed works of art.
Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert from the 1986 cinematic masterpiece, “Highlander.” Lambert is all dressed up like a 16th century Scottish fella and is kneeling, looking rather nervous. Connery is standing near him, in some real fancy Spanish duds. He’s wielding a katana sword that he’s holding above the back of Lambert’s neck.
Close up black and white photo of James Baldwin. Text at the bottom of image reads, “I am terrified at the moral apathy and the death of the heart which is happening in my country.”
Cast photo from the 1988 film, “Young Guns.” Keifer Sutherland, Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen in the front row. Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemazsko, and Dermot Mulroney in the back row. All of ‘em looking properly old west and scrappy.
Black and white photo of comedian and proud cat dad Marc Maron on what looks to be some outdoor patio. He’s seated on the edge of a chair next to a cactus, leaning over to pet a cat that’s got its tail pointed straight up.
Bruce Campbell as the always groovy Ashley J. Williams of the Evil Dead franchise. In a shot from the third film in the series, “Army of Darkness,” Ash is holding his mighty boomstick aloft as he addresses a crowd of medieval screwheads, encouraging them to “Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.”
A map of The Shire from Lord of the Rings.
Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, and Tom Cruise in a scene from the 3rd act of the 1983 film, “The Outsiders.” Our crew is standing in the street looking anguished and devastated, most of them with bloody lips and muddy clothes having just been in a rumble.
Carrie Ann Moss as Trinity in the opening scene in the Matrix. She’s in the phone booth with the phone to her ear, her other hand outstretched in front of her in the moment before she disappears.
Cover of Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails.
Close up of Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone.” Doc’s in his wide-brimmed hat, looking pale and sickly, yet seriously nonchalant and badass as he holds his tiny tin cup up to his lips.
Four-panel illustration of Siouxsie Sioux in black and white, each one on a different colored background.
Emilio Estevez and Michael Kenneth Williams in the 2018 film, “The Public.” Estevez, our friendly neighborhood librarian, is on the phone, and Williams, our equally friendly neighborhood homeless fellow, is leaning in to hear what’s being said on the call.
Still from the 1986 Rob Reiner film Stand By Me. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman walking along the railroad tracks with trees and mountains in the background.
Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, and Adrien Brody staring at the camera, all three of them looking rather worse for wear. Text at the bottom reads: I guess I still got some healing to do.
Movie still of Ricardo Montalban and his magnificent pectorals in “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.”
Ewan MacGregor as Christian in the film, “Moulin Rouge.” He’s sitting at the typewriter, looking rather pleased with what he’s written. Image is from the first act, so Christian is still bright-eyed and smooth faced, not yet jaded, heartbroken, and absinthe-soaked.
Brandon Lee as Eric Draven in “The Crow.” He’s in the rain, looking upward, clean face with no Crow makeup.
Collage showing an older couple sitting on a rock at the water’s edge, looking out at a snowy mountain range. Beyond this is space, planets colliding, a comet soaring, and an eclipse.
Helen Slater in the 1985 film, “The Legend of Billie Jean.” Billie Jean Davey has just cut off her hair Joan of Arc style and shredded up a wetsuit to repurpose it as some kind of 80s style of folk hero armor. One giant earring dangles from her left ear and she looks ready to face off against the town’s creepy asshole dudes.
James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood in a scene at the planetarium from the third act of “Rebel Without a Cause.”
Movie still from 80s classic “The Breakfast Club” with the cast sitting on the floor of the library in a relaxed semi-circle and having their big heart-to-heart talk about how they landed in Saturday detention.
Black and white photo of Kathy Acker, back to the camera and covered in tattoos. Face is in profile and wearing shades, looking very much like the badass literary criminal she was.
Oscar Isaac in the Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis. Isaac is carrying a guitar case in one hand and a super cute orange cat in the other, looking cold and exhausted.
Color illustration of Adam Ant back in the 80s.
Close up shot of Linda Hamilton as legendary badass Sarah Connor in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Photo of Edward Scissorhands sitting at the end of a driveway in his pastel-colored suburbia, looking pretty bummed out. A shaggy dog sits next to him, being a very good boy.
Black and white photo of Doors drummer John Densmore back in the 60s, seated at his kit, banging away as a photographer with a camera lurks in the background.
Movie still from the 1986 film, “River’s Edge.” Keanu Reeves is standing next to Crispin Glover, both of them smoldering and broody looking very much like authentic 80s era stoner dudes with long hair and leather jackets.
Black and white illustration of Patti Smith done by me in Procreate. It’s a younger Patti, leopard spotted scarf tied around the top of her head, leaning back against the wall with her hands at her waist, looking confident and relaxed as all hell.
Movie still from the film “In Bruges.” Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are seated on a bench in the city center looking at one another, buildings and a statue of Jean VanEyck behind them.
2013 photo of Pete Seeger by Thom Wolke. Seeger is sitting on a boat looking as though captured mid-conversation. Text above him is a quote from Seeger that reads: I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.