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April 17, 2023
And Look Into Diogenes' Lantern! A brand new film. 5 minutes and 51 seconds. Filmed and edited in New York City.Soundtrack by Ludwig von Beethoven. Click to...
Flogging The Anti-War Horse
April 10, 2023
I created almost 100 pieces of fiction and poetry during the past two years.Here are links to the fifteen anti-war pieces written during that period. If you...
Keeping Things Intact
April 2, 2023
April 4th is Foreskin Appreciation Day — a sex-positive day to raise awareness and increase appreciation for this unique and extremely valuable body part....
Warrior, I.
March 24, 2023
You're probably thinking . . . here he goes again with more peacenik anti-war nonsense. Well, surprise!I am done with all of that.This is the new me . . . a...
Spring Ahead
March 13, 2023
After a snowless winter, the Anomalous Duo head out to enjoy the arrival of spring in Central Park.Join us. ↓ ↓ click on the image to watch the 5 minute...
Avarice In Wonderland
March 5, 2023
The Greed Boys' Thumbs Are On All The Scales. My life/art partner, Tammy, and I wrote this piece together. <br /> Daily Insurrections of The Greed Boys | by...
Peace and War — Off To Washington DC
February 19, 2023
Here I Go — Pushing Peace Up The Hill Yet Again. <br /> Support War? I Would Prefer Not To. | by aleXander hirka | Feb, 2023 | Medium Pushing Peace Up The...
A Dream, A Song and Thoughts
February 13, 2023
LOVE.3 variations for 2/14 . . . Valentine's Day. The flower-crowned alleged skull of St. Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin,...
This . . . Is Getting Old
January 31, 2023
It doesn't take an Einstein . . . We can be hair-o's, just for one day.Getting mistaken for a pair of geniuses — and a couple of times for a cattle-...
A Quick Glance Backwards, a Hard Look Ahead
January 26, 2023
I try to take the start of every year to sit back and look at what I have been doing — and what I want to do. In 2022 I wrote 47 stories/essays on Medium....
Art and Thinkin' Propaganda Blues
January 16, 2023
ART "Shaman In The City" - 11 January 2023 - click HERE to see large. <br /> “Shaman In The City” on Behance </div> Thinkin' Propaganda Blues. This isn’t...
Musical Interlude — January 2023
January 7, 2023
Starting the new year off with some music. One of my favorite rabbit holes to fall into on the internet is YouTube — taking leaps and bounds to explore as...
Wrapping Up 2022
December 31, 2022
HAPPY NEW YEAR! "That's why I can't say enough times, whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary...
The Reason for the Season
December 24, 2022
Something for Everyone On Your List. This piece includes the Dissertations of the Elves. <br /> The Reason For The Season. Something for Everyone On Your...
LXXI Secial Edition • 12/22/2022
December 22, 2022
At 8:31 a.m. —71 years ago today — I was born at Bellevue Hospital, NYC. The rest is hysterical. A video self-portrait from last year when I turned LXX (70)...
NOT Overheard in New York City
December 18, 2022
NOT Overheard in New York City in December Part One: The first 10 of 31 — Listen to things unsaid. <br /> 31 Things Not Overheard (1 of 3). December 2022 —...
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out . . .
December 10, 2022
This is the 87th edition of this newsletter.(Out of 85 subscribers — about 40-50 open the email every week—with a handful or two clicking/reading/listening...
Angels In The Bronx
December 3, 2022
During this visit to Woodlawn Cemetery, I began noticing the angels that were everywhere we went. They seemed quite comfortable with my photographing them....
Trees Among The Dead and Living
November 26, 2022
"If a tree grows in a cemetery . . ." — Zĕna Kōan <br /> Tree Magic In The Bronx. Splendor In The Cemetery | by aleXander hirka | Weeds & Wildflowers | Nov,...
Harshing The Holiday Mellow — (A Special Edition)
November 24, 2022
Siri, please take the holidays off the calendar. Harshing The Holiday Mellow (A Whimsical Environmental Diatribe) The Triumph of Consumerism <br /> Triumph...
COVID Comes To The Anomalous Duo
November 18, 2022
Where Did This Week Go?It began with a sore throat last Sunday evening—having to suppress coughs at the Bach Vespers we attended at Trinity Lutheran...
What are they selling at the Veterans Day Sale?
November 11, 2022
<br /> Friendly Fire - by AleXander Hirka - AleXanderHirka Coming From Behind and Inside </div>
Some Things For The Ladies
November 9, 2022
<br /> Get off yer Lysistrata, Ladies!. There Are Men To Wake Up, Wars To End | by aleXander hirka | Nov, 2022 | Medium There Are Men To Wake Up, Wars To End...
Just like real life, but different.
November 1, 2022
<br /> The Cartoon States Of America. So Good At Keeping it Unreal | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Oct, 2022 | Medium So Good At Keeping it Unreal </div>
Special Video Extravaganza Edition
October 28, 2022
Thank you all who have taken the time to read my stories and essays, and enjoy some of the art/videos. Please consider responding to this newsletter in an...
Listen To The Old Folks
October 20, 2022
We may end up with no Medicare at all before there is a single-payer Medicare-For-All.Some observations and links to more detailed reading. <br /> Taking...
Observations in New York City
October 15, 2022
Under, Over, All Around Autumn Dispersals a poem of sorts <br /> Under, Over, All Around. Autumn Dispersals | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Medium...
Video Entertainment
October 8, 2022
Somewhere in the 1980s, while corresponding with people all around the planet via the Mail-Art Network, I worked on music (of sorts) with my then-partner...
Falling Into Autumn
October 2, 2022
In 2011 I put together a CD compilation of songs around themes related to autumn—a collection called September. Click on image for details. It was a passing-...
Where Was I?
September 24, 2022
Photo of Empyrean Temple during a dust storm at Burning Man 2022. What I won't be doing in November. It's about voting—not opinions on the issues. Don't...
Back In The Default World - A Brief Hello
September 18, 2022
Burning Man this time (My 14th, Tammy's 8th) was a very difficult experience - with smatterings of truly magical moments. The daily temperatures of over 100...
See You In September
August 23, 2022
A Burning Man patch embroidered by my daughter more than a handful of years ago. I just added notch fourteen as I head out the door. In 2019, as I prepared...
HERE IT IS
August 20, 2022
THE ART— on Behance <br /> “I Can’t Wake Up (Looking for One Honest Man)” on Behance </div> THE META-STORY — on Medium <br /> I Can’t Wake Up. Searching For...
ArT, HoPe, mOiSt, & sLeEp
August 13, 2022
Welcome to the two new subscribers to this newsletter this week! "I Can't Wake Up (Looking For One Honest Man)" Sneak preview of my artwork created for...
Free. You Won't See It On Netflix.
August 7, 2022
One recent reviewer called it a "superb cinematic bonbon — sweet, tart, sexy and thought provoking". A number of people responded to say they do not have any...
Both Ends Burning Towards The Fire
July 29, 2022
Back to the desert . . . This Ain't No Connie Francis V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N <br /> This Ain’t No Connie Francis V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N | by aleXander hirka | Counter Arts...
WHO WAS/IS YOUR DREAMBOAT CRUSH?
July 23, 2022
Last week in this newsletter I offered a free DVD copy of the movie I made in 1994. — MOIST Redux. 85 subscribers to this newsletter.53 people opened last...
MOIST (Wanna Get?)
July 16, 2022
In 1994, at age 43, artist AleXander Hirka adapted his skills of creating visual collages – the putting together of diverse elements to create a new work –...
Opiate of The Masses — Patriotism [Special Edition]
July 3, 2022
“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” — Clarence Darrow An Autopsy of Patriotism — Dissecting the Guts of the 4th of...
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
July 2, 2022
Traveling Shoes In Pictures, Quotes, and Songs. <br /> If The Shoe Fits, Wear It (Subway Stylin’) | by aleXander hirka | Counter Arts | Medium All God’s...
Pride Edition — NSFP (Not Safe For Prudes)
June 25, 2022
Come out, come out — whoever and whatever you are! Each coming out is a one of a kind story. Tell yours — it may help someone open the door to tell theirs....
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June 25, 2022
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Vote for Art & Life
June 18, 2022
The mailbox is filling up with glossy color campaign flyers. The Red & Blue teams rev up for the super-bowl of elections — Empire Grab 2024. The Season of...
Piano Heaven Above Houndog Hades
June 11, 2022
Greetings readers...A special heartfelt thank you to 7/85 who the analytics indicate took time from their busy lives to read something from last week's...
Various Flavors of Dissent
June 3, 2022
"In America you can say anything you want — as long as it doesn’t have any effect.” — Paul Goodman Readers on Medium have called this piece "excellent' and...
The Art Life, The Dogs Life (in NYC)
May 29, 2022
"On Jerry's Wings" My homage to photo-montage artist Jerry Uelsmann.Created on 10 October 2015.It was built upon some of his works. Mr. Uelsmann passed away...
A Bird, a Doll, and Some Goslings
May 23, 2022
A bird's eye view. (A brand new short story.) <br /> Flight, Interrupted. A Bird’s Eye View | by aleXander hirka | Medium A Bird’s Eye View </div> A doll's...
Wild Life in the City
May 15, 2022
No Roar . . . No Smell . . . All Awe! They're everywhere! A photo essay! <br /> Wild Beasts In Manhattan. An Urban Safari (Still Life) | by aleXander hirka |...
Women. Artists. Activists. Mothers. — April and May
May 6, 2022
Celebrating April and May . . . 15 April 2019A woman artist hangs out her political laundry. A very short story. <br /> Tenement Testament. Heliocentric...
Remember the Pandemic?
April 30, 2022
April 2020."There’s a horror movie playing outside on the big screen. They’ve locked the theater doors so we’re in here for the duration. Even the ticket...
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