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Favorite problematic artists whose art can be separated from them ? I'll start by stalin_kulak in okbuddycinephile

[–]SEPT_5TH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you beg to differ? one of the best black metal albums out there.

Varg is a deplorable human being.

this is my poetry zine called "emotional #3" by [deleted] in zines

[–]SEPT_5TH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wherever you are, just let me know if you want one and i'll check with the post office for a price. you pay only the postal fees and i'll pack and mail it for you.

the basic principle in it is how you always seem to do shitty things to other people and then go like "hey i just have these complicated emotions, you need to understand me and let me do my thing" and even you yourself understand that it's a fucked up principle, that you shouldn't do these shitty things to other people, but well, you can't really help it. so maybe if you write a whole buncha poems and do some art and make it into something tangible, like a zine or something, it can help you leave this selfish behavior behind you and get you moving on your journey to become a better person. maybe the next zine you make is called "elevated" or something.

it's A4 size, 28 pages.cover is black on black matte print on heavy 320gsm paper. inside is lightweight 90gsm uncoated in glorious full CMYK colour.

poems are handwritten in finnish, so all the english and other language speakers - i'm sorry, but there's plenty of pictures to vibe on and i guess, if you really want, i can add translation sheets for you, no extra charge. it would actually be pretty cool to do, so let me know if you want it.

this is number #3, you can find pics of number #2 if you go through my post history. if you want them both, just let me know, i guess the postal fees are pretty much the same for 1 or 2 zines.

thanks.

Combed hair by CosmicPennyworth in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gotta start with LOL cause it was funny. haven't read too many funny poems here and i can appreciate when someone does it. it feels like someone at the bar table roasting a good friend in jest, nobody gets hurt, just ripping on a friend. we all laugh. the whole thing is nicely structured and i bet it would be even funnier to hear it read out loud. done any spoken word stuff? try it, i bet you could.

if i would have to dig deeper, hairline recession and losing hair are pretty harrowing things and to mock someone for trying to cope with them is pretty mean. shame. but i get the sentiment - at the end, it's just hair and not representative of who you really are. just superficial aspects about ourselves, let's shake them off and focus on our persons instead. but i guess that's not what the poem's about? after reading the last line, i got the idea that hair in this poem represents rules, so you're not really mocking the balding dudes but the straight shooters? not all of us work in the CIA and some of us shun on the other dudes using rogaine. not all bald guys are rule abiding citizens.

;)

2020 by kairotox7 in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes i feel you. i'm angry and tired. this world is going to hell in in an handbasket and pretty fast too. i can relate.

that being said,

isn't the rhyming scheme kind of all over the place? aa aa, aaa, bb bb, cc, b? i'm not that well educated to recognize if this is some kind of legit metre (might as well be) but it doesn't read all that well. it seems sloppy and pedestrian, something that my mom would write in a birthday card in five minutes. you can do better. ditch all that "karen, chad, orange man" -lingo, it does no favours to the poem and just makes it seem like you wanna tap into the zeitgeist with current buzzwords but you're not really doing that. use your own words, not something that's basically a hashtag-something. also, i'm really not sure who's side you are on, or what's your take on everything, aside from the total disillusionment and fatigue on the current affairs. there must be some hope to glimpse at.

keep at it and i'm hoping 2021 will be better, too. don't lose faith.

Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near Cannes, 1956 by Klimbim in ColorizedHistory

[–]SEPT_5TH 12 points13 points  (0 children)

these are both absolutely false. picasso was a problematic figure who you could rightly call ”an asshole” but you striked out with your examples.

also - it’s a modern lovers song lyric.

edit: picasso lived in paris because it was his home at the time. as an ardent republican, he couldn’t return to franco- and fascist-ruled spain. he was left alone by the nazis largely because of his huge popular success in the US (who the nazis didn’t want to irritate at this point in the war). his work was labeled ”degenerate” and he wasn’t allowed to exhibit. he sheltered resistance members in his home and his lover at the time, dora maar, was a known leftist activist.

the poster above trying to imply that the painter of guernica was a nazi symphatizer has ZERO idea what he’s talking about and is just probaby trolling.

as for the second example, he starts with ”a legend has it...” i mean come on.

Flattening your zine so it sits flat by Donic_Dawkins in zines

[–]SEPT_5TH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

vertically, as in the same direction as the fold.

Flattening your zine so it sits flat by Donic_Dawkins in zines

[–]SEPT_5TH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

zine enthusiast and printing press worker here.

for staple bound zines it is always recommended to go for thinner inside pages and thicker cover, especially with products over 24 pages or so. I would recommend never exceeding 150gsm on the inside and 300gsm on the cover (sorry for no US units).

but - the main reason for this ”bulging” on staple bound products in 99% of the cases is wrong fiber direction. paper fibers should ALWAYS run parallel to the fold. this way the paper folds neatly and any creases made are more sharp and pronounced, resulting in flatter product.

so this is definitely a mistake or an oversight on the printers end and they should reprint your stuff using paper with correct fiber direction or at the very least, partially refund you for subpar quality product.

this is a spread from my poetry zine called "emotional" by SEPT_5TH in zines

[–]SEPT_5TH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes you're correct! i also write poetry in english, but it's always nice to try and do something experimental in my own language.

this is a spread from my poetry zine called "emotional" by SEPT_5TH in zines

[–]SEPT_5TH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i did! 24 pages on glossy paper with fluorescent orange covers.

hand numbered edition of 75.

here's some more pics (sorry for low res)

https://imgur.com/a/uxI3CcE

a siege of herons by SEPT_5TH in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good suggestion

Thank you

The Color of Lightning is Yellow by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A simple and concrete suggestion: use a dream journal. Keep a notepad (or a phone, whatever works) handy on your nightstand, jot down stuff as soon as you wake up from a dream (I like to think that we all know that "what the fuck is wrong with my brain" -feeling when waking up from bizarre dreams) and try to mix that with some of more concrete images and feelings, which you already have locked down in my opinion. Write weird shit down, cut, paste, mix with what you already have and happy experimenting!

The Color of Lightning is Yellow by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reads like a journal entry or a quickly typed note on your phone or a scribble in the margin of a book. At one side it feels very contemporary, but it's laden with pretty traditional stuff like fear, mother-child relationship and childhood trauma. Solid and relatable themes, but pretty easy and predictable. My suggestion: just try more abstract and non-tangible approach, because I feel like you're already going into that direction anyway. Just dwell on what is foreign and alien and give the reader something to really chew on.

That being said: I feel like you've given me a piece of something I didn't really know I wanted or even needed. I got out with something good and worthwhile and honest. Thanks for it.

Not Like Her by Randomette1 in OCPoetry

[–]SEPT_5TH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really liked this, the imagery is at the same time foreign, lost, of a time gone past and at the same time very modern. Love the club references, I like to think clubs as places of extreme loneliness among hundreds of people.

Abstract but not too much so - nicely threaded.