"Chapter 26 of 'Lolita' Taped to a Dosa Royale (Brooklyn) Postcard and Sent Via U.S. Mail to Renee Sedliar"

Torn page from Lolita, pen, stamp and cellophane tape on postcard, 4.25 x 6 inches, August 6th, 2017, Old Town, Manhattan.

Address to be added.  100 Pieces of Mail for 2017, #84 of 100.

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"Mr. Blue Sky"

Pen, lipstick, pencil, pencil shavings, glue and cellophane tape on cocktail napkin, 4.5 x 4.5 inches, September 23rd, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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"2nd Draft of 'Volare' - Inspired Cocktail Napkin for Jamie Bartalamay"

Pen and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.25 x 4.5 inches, July 29th, 2017, Precious Metal, Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Because sometimes it's apparent that a draft cannot be improved upon.

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"Corpus Christi Bay"

Pen, lipstick, pencil, pencil shavings and glue on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 23rd, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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"Universal Corner"

Pen and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 21st, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

By special request and intended for Garth Wolkoff.

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"Golgotha"

An original IBL photograph taken August 17th, 2017, in the apartment of Michael Fox, Painter, Long Island City, New York.  Michael has hung material to protect the walls when he is working on a canvas - I spied this among the brambles, drips and spatters.

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"I Caught You Knocking At My Cellar Door"

Pen, lipstick, pencil, pencil shavings, glue and cellophane tape on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 21st, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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"Lipstick Vogue"

Pen, pencil, cellophane tape and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, grid completed September 8th, 2017, El Loro Mexican Restaurant, Minneapolis; grid filled in September 21st, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

By special request and intended for Garth Wolkoff.

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"Draft for Something Potentially Larger"

Pen and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 21st, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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"Jesus Loves Bill Hicks and Ray Wylie Hubbard"

Pen, pencil and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 21st, 2017, Black Rabbit, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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"Centurion Kneeling at the Foot of the Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken August 17th, 2017, in the apartment of Michael Fox, Painter, Long Island City, New York.  Michael has hung material to protect the walls when he is working on a canvas - I spied this among the brambles, drips and spatters.

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" II (Two): Gray Car with Disagreeable Word"

An original IBL photograph taken June, 2017, University Way Northeast, Ravenna, Seattle.  Second of a two part set.

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" I (One): Silver Car with Disagreeable Object"

An original IBL photograph taken June, 2017, University Way Northeast, Ravenna, Seattle.  First of a two part set.

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"In Which Our Messiah..."

Set of four (4) cocktail napkins, each 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches - pen, felt pen, pencil, lipstick and cellophane tape, July 15th, 2017, Molly's Shebeen, Manhattan.

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"Oh Sweet Nothing"

Pen, pencil and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, September 8th, 2017, El Loro Mexican Restaurant, Minneapolis.

By special request and intended for Garth Wolkoff.

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"I've Got A Brillo Box and I Say It's Art"

Glue and torn piece of Philadelphia Museum of Art gallery guide on coaster, 4 x 4 inches, September 8th, 2017, El Loro Mexican Restaurant, Minneapolis.

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"The Centre Cannot Hold"

Pen, pencil, lipstick, glue and pencil shavings on cardboard, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, September 8th, 2017, Minneap0lis.  Intended for Catherine Paul.

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"Who Are You To Tell Others For Whom I Died?"

Okay so then there's this.  First published in these pages on 10/9/12, it was untitled.  But something about it always bothered me - perhaps that it seemed intentionally antagonistic, which I did not mean it to be.  I meant it to be a commentary on The Christ's sacrifice for all of humanity, not just for those annoying "Christians Aren't Perfect Just Forgiven" folks.  And so it sat around, and I looked at it a bunch of times (over five years).  And so but then last week in Kalispell, Montana, I added only the portion of matchbook and it made all the difference to me in conjunction with the eye black I have been using on so many other pieces of late (see A Play in Five Acts on 8/23/17; You Thought God Was An Architect, Now You Know on 1/28/17, and there are others).

So - Pencil, felt pen, crayon, glue and torn matchbook on coaster, 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 9/30/12 (Wedgwood Broiler, Wedgwood, Seattle), and completed on 8/31/17, ScottiBelli's Ristorante, Kalispell, MT.

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"Subsequent Untitled Piece"

Anna Livia pre-torn cardboard, religious materiel from my mother, torn book page, lipstick and glue, 11 x 6.75 inches, August 9th, 2017, Molly's Shebeen, Manhattan.

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"Lettering Template for Subsequent Untitled Piece"

Lipstick, pen and cellophane tape on torn paper bag, 5 x 5.5 inches, August 9th, 2017, Molly's Shebeen, Manhattan.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Two cocktail napkins - 1) pen, pencil and crayon 2) glue and pencil shavings; each 4.25 x 4.5 inches, Precious Metal, Bushwick, Brooklyn, July 29th, 2017.

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"Adore (with Accent)"

An original IBL photograph taken Tuesday, August 15th, @sLICe, Long Island City, New York.

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"Iron Nails Ran Inn"

An original IBL photograph taken Friday, August 18th, Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

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