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January 2026
matt's muse.ings
poetry by Matt Turley
Made by Hand

​Yarn of yellow, orange, and brown
Create a blanket
Made by hand by
A brown-skinned woman
I offer just under
What she requests
The difference
Is trivial to me
But it feels like a win
To spend less
The pittance will feed
Her family for
A day, while they
Do what they do
Maybe dance, maybe play?
Maybe make more blankets
This one will keep us
Warm on our deck
On a different continent
The craft and the care
We will wear in the chill
Where hearts aren’t still
​
Which Way Do We Want To Go ?
by Kris Strell


​Handmade is the making of things, slowly, by manual dexterity.
The making of things by machines is quickly done automatically.
The thinking of things by humans is brain cognition.
Comprehension. Apprehension. Perception. & Realization.
The thinking of things by machine is a replay repeat of
Patterns & recitation of fake charade phony fabrications.
Human intelligence creatively develops new innovations.
Artificial intelligence is imitation synthetic simulations.
Trajectory of how things are done diminishing human interaction.
The machine world taking over all creations by mass production.
Not only the making of things but the thinking of things.
It ain’t right. It ain’t right. This upcoming plight we gotta fight.
Replacing language words thoughts & heartfelt sentiments
With the quick the cheap & the ugly LOL emoji replacements.
I wanna hold your hand a thing of the past, gone, as we let go
From a handmade humanity to now a machine reality status quo.
The implications & the ramifications resulting in a conclusion
Of global twittering & very unsocial media dehumanization.
Human disconnection is at hand here
As we let go of each other & disappear.
Humans you gotta take a stand &
Grab a hold of your buddy’s hand.
Let’s come together, join, & hold dear
Our human-ness that is alive & still here.
The treasured, the hallowed, the cherished,
One of a kind humans before that is perished.
The us the soul the spirit the real & the true
Our discerning mind that we now so easily subdue.
By impassively allowing the machinery database
To fill-in, stand-in, replace & take our place.


DAKHABRAKHA !! A QUARTET FROM UKRAINE. THEY WERE IN CONCERT LIVE AT THE MOORE THEATRE IN SEATTLE THIS MONTH. THEIR MUSIC IS A COLLECTION OF SOUNDS FROM ACROSS THE CULTURAL WORLD GLOBE. THEY CALL IT "WORLD CHAOS." I CALL IT TRIBAL WITH BEAUTIFUL HARMONIZING VOICES, STRONG RHYTHM BEATS. THEIR MUSIC IS ACCOMPANIED BY MESMERIZING GRAPHIC BACKGROUND IMAGERY. THIS MUSIC IS SO EXCITING. YOU CAN HEAR THEM ON PANDORA & UTUBE HAS THEIR COMPLETE CONCERT FROM LAST YEAR'S MOORE THEATRE SHOW. CHECK IT OUT. YOUR EARS HEART & SOUL WILL THANK YOU WITH WILD EXUBERANT cheering & clapping APPLAUSE. TRULY INCREDIBLE SOUNDS. DAKHABRAHKA! DAKHABRAKHA!DAKHABRAKHA!



SEATTLE SCENES OF ONE DAY & NIGHT




still so very actively moving still lifes

acrylic paintings by Kris Strell
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