{"id":2478,"date":"2011-02-03T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T19:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2011-02-03T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T19:24:48","slug":"ultra-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Ultra Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2482\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/moylek\/2441149514\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2482\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2482\" title=\"2441149514_3b2d92c9f4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2441149514_3b2d92c9f4.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westdale Coffee Shops \/ Thursday Night - My Dog Joe (photo by Kenneth Moyle)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, the Ultra Fractal Mailing List is at it again. <a href=\"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=642\">Last time<\/a> it was opera, but this time it&#8217;s bongos, coffee houses and poetry readings.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reformatted the original excerpts to give them that <em>&#8220;je ne sais quoi&#8221;<\/em> (bongo roll!) of true poetry lingo.\u00a0 A little extra push to bring this baby out into the world of sunshine and<em> stanza-<strong>i<\/strong>-zation <\/em>(another bongo roll!). Well, I guess it&#8217;s satire, too, but I just dig this<em> cat&#8217;s<\/em> passion and choice of words.\u00a0 Hey man, I just thought it needed a little Robert <em>De<\/em>-Frost<em>-ing<\/em> and a few turns on the old charcoal language grill to make this the perfect Allen<em> Gins-burger<\/em> of our time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zooreka-art.com\/\">Zooreka,<\/a> speak thy words, daddy-o!<\/p>\n<p>[ultrafractal] ENOUGH IS ENOUGH&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Thats the final straw..<br \/>\nANYONE here who is currently<br \/>\na friend of mine<br \/>\non Facebook<br \/>\nis invited to view<br \/>\nthe entire problem&#8230;<br \/>\nif that is you<br \/>\nare unable<br \/>\nor unwilling<br \/>\nto read!<\/p>\n<p>I will not consort<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nor share anything<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\na den of Art thieves<br \/>\nor those of you<br \/>\nwho obviously support them<\/p>\n<p>What part of the following statement have you all got a problem with,<br \/>\neh?<\/p>\n<p>Full copyright for this piece<br \/>\nMade available for educative purrposes<br \/>\nand Examination<br \/>\nonly,<br \/>\nexclusively to<br \/>\nFebruary 2011<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s plain and simple,,,<br \/>\nNowhere<br \/>\nwere tweaks<br \/>\ninvited<br \/>\nor even suggested!<\/p>\n<p>Not only did<br \/>\naka Art Thief&#8230;<br \/>\ngo<br \/>\nagainst my express wishes<br \/>\nbut also took it<br \/>\noff-list<br \/>\nand published my work<br \/>\nunder his<br \/>\n(or her)<br \/>\nname.<\/p>\n<p>What is wrong with you people?<\/p>\n<p>Wait til it happens<br \/>\nto you<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m sure<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll all know about it!<\/p>\n<p>HOW DARE people<br \/>\nfor example<br \/>\nattack me for defending<br \/>\nmy work&#8230;<br \/>\nmaybe you see<br \/>\nart<br \/>\nas a joke<br \/>\nand its okay<br \/>\nto steal!<\/p>\n<p>Anyone here<br \/>\nas previously mentioned&#8230;<br \/>\non my friends list<br \/>\nat<br \/>\nFaceBook,<br \/>\nRedbubble,<br \/>\nDeviantArt<br \/>\netc<br \/>\nthat shares the point<br \/>\nof view of anyone supporting<br \/>\nthis is asked<br \/>\nto immediately remove themselves as such.<br \/>\nI have nothing<br \/>\nto say to<br \/>\nvermin<br \/>\nand believe me<br \/>\nit will get<br \/>\nugly.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful that this is only one piece&#8230;.<br \/>\nand I will not obviously<br \/>\nbe pursuing the matter<br \/>\nlegally<br \/>\ndue to costs&#8230;<br \/>\nbut believe me<br \/>\nif I had the money I<br \/>\nwouldn&#8217;t think<br \/>\ntwice about it&#8230;<br \/>\nas a matter of principle.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s talking war here?<br \/>\nNo different to the themes<br \/>\nof the last week<br \/>\nas far as I can see&#8230;<br \/>\nLots of posts<br \/>\nabout stolen parameters<br \/>\nattributed to<br \/>\nwho some of you<br \/>\nyet again<br \/>\nsuggested wrongly<br \/>\nthat she might be the art thief.<br \/>\nThen publishing work<br \/>\nwithout express<br \/>\npermission.<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely No freaking difference here!<\/p>\n<p>Only takes one facebook<br \/>\nfriend<br \/>\nhere to stop by my<br \/>\naccount confirm the findings<br \/>\nand post<br \/>\nback here!<br \/>\nThe misuse of parameters<br \/>\nis plainly evident<br \/>\nfrom yesterdays list!<\/p>\n<p>Choose to ignore<br \/>\nit if you wish but I<br \/>\nwill not tolerate<br \/>\neither the<br \/>\ntheft of my work<br \/>\nor<br \/>\nthe insults that followed&#8230;.<br \/>\nI have refrained from replying<br \/>\nin kind thus far!<\/p>\n<p>It is rare at all<br \/>\nI post here anymore<br \/>\nand when I do<br \/>\nit is often<br \/>\nto be helpful to others,<br \/>\nexamine technique<br \/>\nand sometimes tweak&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thats how it has always been<br \/>\nsince I joined here.<br \/>\nInstead I find rubbish<br \/>\nand often off-topic<br \/>\nstuff<br \/>\nposted<br \/>\nhere,,,,<br \/>\nLike.. another fine day, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>I find announcements of uploaded<br \/>\nwork to other sites,,,<br \/>\nLol<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure<br \/>\nI could clog<br \/>\nthe list<br \/>\nwith that<br \/>\none&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Padding<br \/>\nand of little substance<br \/>\nor relevance to the list.<br \/>\nThats the plain and simple<br \/>\ntruth of it!<br \/>\nHardly surprises me at all anymore<br \/>\nthat a lot of faces<br \/>\nand some of the better<br \/>\nartists<br \/>\nI got to<br \/>\nknow<br \/>\nlearning this program<br \/>\nhave vanished totally from the list,,,<br \/>\nI believe I can now see<br \/>\nwhy!<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>[ultrafractal] correction to my last post enough is enough<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the Ultra Fractal Mailing List is at it again. Last time it was opera, but this time it&#8217;s bongos, coffee houses and poetry readings. I&#8217;ve reformatted the original excerpts to give them that &#8220;je ne sais quoi&#8221; (bongo roll!) of true poetry lingo.\u00a0 A little extra push to bring this baby out into the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/list.jpg?fit=512%2C288","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311,"url":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=311","url_meta":{"origin":2478,"position":0},"title":"Image of the Week: Stacy Reed","author":"cruelanimal","date":"17 May, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A Farewell to Regret by Stacy Reed Popular fractal programs certainly take their share of hard knocks. 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