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JohnBloor

@JohnBloor@neurodifferent.me

Screenprinter and lino printer. Illustrator. Music nut. Trying to make music as well as find every bit of new music that's good. Lapsed photographer.

Trained as a cinematographer. Diagnosed with ASD as an adult, with anxiety and paranoia. Trying to find a way forward. Printmaking saved my life!

https://linktr.ee/johnbloorprintmaker

#printmaker #print #screenprinter #screenprint #linocut #linoprint #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #illustrator #photographer #musician #composer #gamemusic #modular

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JohnBloor , to Cats
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Better photos of Agnetha and Frida.

Yes, I need a little more depth of field.

A kitten called Agnetha laying in the sun.
Our two new kittens, Frida and Agnetha sitting on someone's lap looking at the camera.

JohnBloor , to Random stuff
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RIP Steve Albini. Gone way too soon.

JohnBloor , to Art
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I've never posted these all together...so here are my coastal path prints!

Rock Stack, Boat House, Beach Huts and Along the Coastal Path.

Four screenprints. One shows a coastal path around a cliff, with a rock stack sticking up out of the sea. The next shows a boat house on a slipway with a boat in front and cliffs to the right with a path coming down. Then we have a print of beach huts with a path coming through the centre of the print. There are three huts. Lastly a print of a coastal path winding along the headland with a tin mine in the distance, a fence next to the path and sea and headland top right.
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    • JohnBloor , to Fox
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    This print was also very popular at Cheltenham and Wakefield. We sold five!

    Thankfully I recently printed some more although it's already getting to the point where I need to print more.

    I try to make a lot of entry level affordable prints because I know that times are tough at the moment. But I might still print that Mousehole print yet!

    BajoranEngineer , to Random stuff
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    If you could have any career/job/low-to-no pay obsession where money and capitalism would not hinder your lifestyle, what would you do?

    JohnBloor ,
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    @BajoranEngineer I would do exactly what I'm doing now: printmaking.

    arstechnica , to Random stuff
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    Google reportedly plans new “Pixie” AI assistant, exclusive to Pixel devices

    What will happen to the Google Assistant when the new AI assistant comes out?

    https://arstechnica.com/reviews/2023/12/google-reportedly-plans-new-pixie-ai-assistant-exclusive-to-pixel-devices/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    JohnBloor ,
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    @arstechnica I never could use it as I found "hey Google" difficult to say

    Sci_Fi_FanGirl , to ActuallyAutistic group German
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    A few weeks ago, someone asked me what makes me happy or what I enjoy doing. I said, among others, that I liked playing the guitar very much, but hadn't done it in a while. Couldn't say why I hadn't.

    This bothered me. I thought about it and finally found out why I had stopped: I had played something for a friend and felt very ashamed afterwards. Why did I do it in the first place? Why this song? How could I even think it was worth showing?

    Can't seem to get over it.

    @actuallyautistic

    JohnBloor ,
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    @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I stopped playing guitar for 10 years because of anxiety. I used to have to perform for my guitar teacher. I tried to unlearn everything. Now I'd like to learn again for myself. I hope you can find a way to do it again.

    JohnBloor ,
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    @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I played for about a year. I haven't started again (anxiety) but I intend to. I really enjoyed it before. I need to record some guitar for my son's game soundtracks too.

    JohnBloor ,
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    @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic I'm sorry but I don't think I'm ready to. You should though.

    theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    For those of my comrades who understood that they're autistic later in life, did you find that the realization helped you get your life into a better spot? Or did it make things more complicated?

    @actuallyautistic

    JohnBloor ,
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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic didn't help me at all

    poloniousmonk , to autisticadvocacy group
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    @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic

    Was anyone else misdiagnosed bipolar2? Rapid cycling?

    I've long suspected that rapid cycling bipolar doesn't exist. Even before I figured out the autism part, I was a horrifically sleep deprived drunk--of course my emotions were a little loose.

    JohnBloor ,
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    @poloniousmonk @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic how rapid is it? I'm taking tablets for bipolar and experience highs and lows during each day when it is happening.

    JohnBloor ,
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    @poloniousmonk @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic mine isn't emotional... Or doesn't feel it.

    Hyperiontrails , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    @actuallyautistic

    When someone says “sorry to hear that” in response to sad or painful news is that empathic/compassionate or is it self centred and the speaker is just sad they have had to hear the news ?

    JohnBloor ,
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    @yourautisticlife @Hyperiontrails @actuallyautistic I mean it when I say it

    parismarx , to Non Political Twitter
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    Yesterday Elon Musk told advertisers to go fuck themselves and threatened to send his mob after them if they pull their ads from Twitter/X.

    Over the years, he built a reality where he was a genius who could never be wrong. But as his fantasy collides with the real world, Musk is melting down — and has the power to make us all feel the pain as he crashes back to Earth.

    https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-built-his-own-reality-now

    #x

    JohnBloor ,
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    @parismarx how does he have the power to make us feel pain?

    feditips , to Random stuff
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    Do you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse? Especially if you're a beginner or unsure about techy things?

    You can ask by messaging me or replying to this thread, and I'll try to help or find someone else who can help. Don't worry if a question seems silly or basic!

    You can also look things up on the guide at https://fedi.tips, which has an "essentials" section at the top and a complete list of answered questions below that.

    JohnBloor ,
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    @feditips is there any way to block boosts on replies to posts I am not following? I find these replies out of context to be meaningless.

    theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    Do you use the word "Neurodivergent"?

    Why or why not?

    Do you think it's ableist?

    If you don't use it, what word do you use?

    @actuallyautistic

    JohnBloor ,
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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I use the acronym ASD about myself

    JohnBloor ,
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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I'm really confused about the word I should use. I was diagnosed with Asperger's but now that word is not used any more. Should I use Neurodivergent? ASD?

    JohnBloor ,
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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic ok!

    theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    How did my comrades come to know that they’re autistic?

    @actuallyautistic

    JohnBloor ,
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    @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I was diagnosed after being continually forced out of jobs

    JohnBloor , to Random stuff
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    Here's another one of my recent prints, Mevagissey Harbour, a six colour screenprint which I started editioning earlier this year.

    It is from a series of photographs I took of the harbour. I did not trace it from the photograph though but redrew it and interpreted it in my own way.

    It features four colours and two transparent blacks. And lots of textures and natural media elements.

    It is quite large at 48 x 38cm.

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