I could stare at it for hours

All these years my heart yearned for love as the penultimate
 
Love that soothes life with it’s gentle and magnificent grace
 
I searched for it in every corner of the world or in every face
 
Restlessness rose in my life waiting for  pain of wait to abate 
 
What I thought was love came to sweep my dreams to a pinnacle
 
All my warmth and gentleness I gave away without any hesitation
 
Years went by, the reality I saw under turned an endless trepidation
 
The same love that could paint dreams to reality turned an obstacle
 
Just when all the lights seemed to fade into a resigned abeyance
 
You stepped in, dressed in brightness like light through darkness
 
Was any of it  real, or a figment of fancy that painted a madness
 
This bond that has no name or have the stars made this alliance
 
Your presence in life feels like destiny and dreams hands in glove
 
The feelings my soul hold for you extends even further beyond love
Rajeev
(4.10.2026)

By @ davidsjeong

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I'm using a program called disc-probe in tandem with a custom script I wrote to burn images to the data side of DVDs using up to 10 different "textures" or different areas. (Most programs that do this only support 2 textures, black and white.) Because each texture has data patterns burned that act as diffraction gratings, they have different refractive properties. When carefully chosen, these textures can give a surprising amount of depth and motion to the art, similar to holographic stickers.

Found this old Apple keyboard and decided to see if it would clean up. I think the outcome was great.

Found it in my sidewalk this morning.
I thought it was one of those ceiling hook screws.

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