tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:51:26 +0000artVideo arttravelDigital PhotoCelestejjfbbennettCeleste chapter 1poetryDarwineducationVideoscifiAustraliaMetamodernismcreativityArt PhotoleadershipstorymusicGodinAIPoem2D GraphicsmemeLife TransitionswatercolorArt PhilosophyDigital SurrealismPosthumanismartistpoliticsManilaOutbackdigialartistsketchSocietycityinnovationvideoartwater colourJazzcultureelearningstreetAnimeVietnamillustrationmangaschoolClassroomSingaporeTeachingfutureintelligenceJapanNapkinartleaderlearningphilippinesphilosophyportraitPedagogyVRVirtualClasschallengedigitaldystopiaglobal learningCompassionFlowersHoleintheWallSelfieSydneyVirtualanxietyauthoritybalancebehaviourcognitiveconsciousnessdreaminghorrorinkscapeloveBaliGardenHole in the wallICTMagnaNFTPaintingsSouth Koreaanimationapathyautonomychangeclassromcollaborationdriversmindsetmotorcycleopensourcereformroadteachersthoughtsvirtual learningAFLCaricatureCartoonsDigital PhotographyGodHong KongMyanmarOECDOEROpen SourcePanopticonStudentThe QuestTravelogueTurnbullUbudaboriginalacademicbeingborderbraincarcareerchristiancommunitydecisiondevelopmentdogflightgaming artglobilizationhatehirdholeinclusiveindigenousipadlandscapelessonlifelong learningmeaningmetaphysical digital artpeacepolicyqueenquestionroyaltysafetyscootleselfskillssleepsocialsongspititualsplendorsustainabilityteachervengenceBrayshawCareyChromeDreamElanaFrawleyGoogleJavaMcGuireMultimodalNaturelPISAPaintingPenestananQuestREMRepublicSicknessSurrealismSurveillanceSurveyTopTrafficYouthartshortsassessmentbirthdayblokebusycarschargercoffeecollectorscolonalisationcolonialisationcolourcompetitionconnectivismcostellocurriculumdefencedesigndrawingducke learningeggheadelectionselectricemotionalenablerexhaustedfactfeelingfindfoodformulagimpglobalgographicnovelgreengutheychargerholidayhologramshomophobichowtoimagesinternetinvadersjjfbjonuskdelivekingknowledgelemanslistmalaysiamatrixmelbournementornationhoodnightoneoperaoptimismpatriotplaceplanplantpokemonpowernappingprincipalpropagandapurposequitequotesrabbitracingracismracistrightrobinsonroundsadsadnesssatireseasonsecurityseeksexismsexistshareshortshortensledgesocial networkingsocratesstrategysynfigtargettearstechnologytimetoolstouchtreasure jjfbbennetttrustubuntuunemploymentvalientvignettevisionwalkingwifiIt is about being creative and innovative with knowledge. http://www.jjfbbennett.com/noreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)Blogger793125en-usnoIt is about being creative and innovative with knowledge. noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-4364417720108569408Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:46:46 +00002026-11-08T19:21:26.994+09:30story LOGS FROM THE VOIDTo access the journals, consider subscribing to JJFBbennett via:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/1809829/join DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/jjfbbennett/subscriptions Meta Subscriber Hub for exclusive content: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBennettArt/subscribenow?surface=pinned_commentsThe Highway and the Lost SoldierWhat began in Journal 001 as "The Whisper http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/11/logs-from-void.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-8814254795560329081Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:28:54 +00002026-11-07T18:39:48.590+09:30driversPoempoetry Driving in SilenceHow do you approach an apparition?Travel Sketches by metamodernist artist JJFBbennettFrom our safe seatsWe gaze at the grandeur of the empireDriving in silenceGeneration inGeneration out My YouTube Music Station: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxQKZRnAka3dliF7lp1-Ow Be Creative and Innovative with KnowledgeJohn Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett, is an independent http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/11/driving-in-silence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-7879781774744226826Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:40:02 +00002026-11-03T21:34:11.134+09:30music The Empire of the PrimroseThe city fell in a single nightHolding it would take longerSo the painters were summoned in the gloomAnd the saints on the stone walls...Were given his family's eyes A bloodline was found for himOlder than the wallsOlder than the kings who raised themNow even the iron earth must forgetIt ever belonged to anyone else...I am the vessel, I am the decreeThe apex http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/11/the-empire-of-primrose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-1396899902349852707Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:50 +00002026-11-01T13:43:17.395+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernism Empire of the Primrose poemThe city fell in a single night. Holding it would take longer.So the painters were summoned, and the saints on the walls were given his family's eyes.A bloodline was found for him, older than the walls, older than the kings who raised them.Now even the earth must forget it ever belonged to anyone else.The Empire of the Primrose - Station 1Do http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/the-empire-of-primrose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-1336308854242112241Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:44:13 +00002026-10-24T22:35:04.072+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernism The Territory of the Little People - Storm Clouds ApproachingThe atmosphere over Pine Creek churns before it breaks. The sky stops being a distant ceiling, and tears open into a fevered, gestural vortex, churning in fierce ribbons of cadmium gold, raw ember, and bruised ink.Here, in the suffocating stillness of the build-up, the heat plays violent tricks on my inner eye. As the squall http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/the-territory-of-little-people-storm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0Pine Creek NT 0847, Australia-13.8226918 131.8344229-42.132925636178847 96.678172899999993 14.487542036178846 166.9906729tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-836478374231463330Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:13:37 +00002026-10-18T14:49:49.196+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernism AI ART and MeaningWhat role does an artist play when employing AI?Artist statement by JJFBbennettIf we accept that AI can generate vast quantities of statistically “meaningful” content from data and algorithms, then meaningful art may lie not in the output itself, but in its selection and framing. AI functions as a kind of unconscious, producing raw material at scale. The artist’s role http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/artist-statement-ai-art-and-meaning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-960078333593432486Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:12:46 +00002026-10-25T16:03:41.871+09:30artartistAustraliacolourdigialartisthorrorMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravel Adelaide River to Daly Waters: through the windscreenThrough the windscreen, the drive south from Adelaide River toward Daly Waters reveals the continent’s layered past, unfolding mile by mile. The journey is not merely a passage through space; rather, it is a confrontation with history itself, where the frontier’s rupture transforms the land into a living narrative of loss, power, and the http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/adelaide-river-to-daly-waters-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-7917497460418080544Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:37:30 +00002026-10-13T17:45:58.834+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartisthorrorMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourThrough the eyes of the Lost SoldierThe sky is bleeding into the dirt again, and the old hunger crawls up through my boots.It no longer matters. Time does not march out here. It pools beneath a dry creek bed, stagnant and unseen. But when the moon swells, heavy and bruised with copper rust, the cold in my ribs becomes a scald. The scrub does not burn with heat. It burns with memory. Through the http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/blood-moon-scrub-through-eyes-of-lost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-8668757393869959940Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:35:09 +00002026-10-10T23:05:09.485+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartisthorrorMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourBlood Moon ScrubHave you seen the blood moon?Travel Sketches by metamodernist artist JJFBbennettUnder the blood moon, the vast stillness of the outback dissolves into something cosmic, suspended between dream and deep red fire.Rising through the enveloping dark, the blood moon did not simply sit in the sky; it swallowed the landscape whole, curving around the horizon like a living lens. Through http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/blood-moon-scrub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-4258749502429952841Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:06:40 +00002026-10-21T21:00:17.886+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartisthorrorMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourAustralian Horror OneThe Lost Soldier to an Empire of Bone and AshUnder the unsparing glare of a white-hot sky, the horror does not lurk in the shadows—it bakes into the earth's surface itself. This image presents Australian Gothic Horror as a visceral, speculative dread, where the landscape is not merely hostile, but an active, devouring force that refuses to let the past rot in peace.The horrorhttp://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/australian-horror-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-6647756087468380001Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:41:37 +00002026-10-10T11:08:15.089+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourThe Lights in the Deep Dark Night Lights and the Peripheral SentinelWhat do you see when driving at night?Travel Sketches by metamodernist artist JJFBbennettThe night swallows the road long before the mind settles into the rhythm of the drive. Out here, where the bitumen cuts a narrow ribbon through the vast dark of the Australian bush, the headlamps carve out only the immediate seconds http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/the-lights-in-deep-dark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-9018626691647539415Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:24:55 +00002026-10-01T20:54:55.376+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourThe Terminal Horizon Highway The Terminal Horizon Tourist BusWould you catch the Terminal Horizon bus?Travel sketches by metamodernist artist JJFBbennettThe Long HighwayOut here, the world ends not in silence, but in fire. The asphalt bleeds into cracked red earth, stretching toward a bruised horizon where the sky refuses to cool. Behind the glass, you drive chasing ghosts through a desert http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/the-terminal-horizon-highway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-1186145509707661905Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:56:04 +00002026-10-01T11:30:51.558+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourFrom Adelaide River to Daly WatersSomewhere south of the Adelaide River"South of the Adelaide River" explores the haunting intersection of modern progress and forgotten history in the vast stretches of the Northern Territory. At the center of the composition stands the specter of a lone soldier, a poignant symbol of profound loss and of abandoned souls swallowed by the unforgiving outback. http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/10/from-adelaide-river-to-daly-waters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-9185531780152296661Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:11:53 +00002026-09-27T16:18:40.696+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colour Incandescent - Ode to the Endless ScrubBeneath the vault of fallen lightWhere red dirt cools to iron stoneThe ancient country meets the nightUnyielding, patient, and aloneCracked earth yields to twisted rootTo hardy bark and spinifexWhere time leaves neither mark nor footNor petty boundaries to perplexRank upon rank the pale trunks riseA silent host that drinks the dryRepetition stretching http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/incandescent-ode-to-endless-scrub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-1934747077122161162Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:10:42 +00002026-09-29T09:49:55.962+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colourThe Highway and the Lost SoldierThe midday sun around Adelaide River does something violent to the bitumen. At forty-five degrees, the Stuart Highway softens like melting fat; it turns into a black mirror, rippling with an unnatural, liquid glare that pools over every low rise. That is where it waits.He is always trudging south, away from life and deeper into the blistering furnace, his boots http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/the-highway-and-lost-soldier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-3056197948731650314Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:03:28 +00002026-09-23T21:13:17.871+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colour Beyond Windscreens: An Australian Outback OdysseyOut here, the road is not merely a path through space. It is an unfolding encounter with an ancient, untamed continent.Every Stop Is a Story chronicles a journey into the deep furnace of the Australian antipodean. Viewed through the windscreen and reimagined through digital sketches and metaphysical reflections, the familiar highway bleeds http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/beyond-windscreens-australian-outback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0Adelaide River NT 0846, Australia-13.2394862 131.1064307-41.549720036178847 95.9501807 15.070747636178845 166.2626807tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-4105067201751526060Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:49:10 +00002026-09-21T21:01:26.924+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colour The Terminal Horizon Tourist BusDiscovering the Terminal HorizonThe Long HighwayOut here, the world ends not in silence, but in fire. The asphalt bleeds into cracked red earth, stretching toward a bruised horizon where the sky refuses to cool. Behind the glass, you drive chasing ghosts through a desert that forgot rain a lifetime ago.Beneath the ScorchEvery road leads deeper into the http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/discovering-terminal-horizon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-6641203110804605479Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:49:18 +00002026-09-14T21:19:18.212+09:30artartistAustraliadigialartistMetamodernismOutbackPosthumanismsketchtravelwater colour Embers over the BillabongDeeper into the scrub, darkness thickens, steeped in a heavy, ember-red glow. Overhead, the canopy dissolves into silhouettes, twisted paperbark and gum branches clawing through an atmosphere that smoulders with charcoal grit and iron dust.Then, the bush yields to water.Nestled in the basin of the scrub, a still billabong collects the night in an entirely different http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/embers-over-billabong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-9167206978665683228Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:07:05 +00002026-09-12T18:37:40.407+09:30landscapeMetamodernismmetaphysical digital arttravelVideo art Darwin to Adelaide River: through the windscreenThere is a fierce poetry in that endlessness. Beneath the bleached brilliance of the open sky, the red earth anchors every twisted root, holding fast through the blur of travel. The scrub does not change its rhythm for those merely passing through; it simply continues its ancient, sprawling conversation with the sun, vast and untameable, http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/09/darwin-to-adelaide-river-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-4304254073147114276Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:55:34 +00002026-09-17T20:19:51.700+09:30landscapeMetamodernismmetaphysical digital arttravelVideo artEvery stop is a story - Darwin to Adelaide RiverThe Adelaide River RuptureThe storm did not break over the Adelaide River plains; rather, reality tore open along the track. To the left, the familiar Top End landscape clung fiercely to its quiet melancholy. A lone gum tree stood sentinel over the charred scrub and dry earth, its leaves catching the last bruised light of a brooding wet-season sky. http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/every-stop-is-story-darwin-to-adelaide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-7850143273139819308Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:48:19 +00002026-09-01T21:24:46.332+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernismmusic The infected touching antiquityDo you feel divinity when you touch antiquity?Metamodernist art by JJFBbennettStand before a marble relic, and you find yourself at the threshold of contact. The museum enforces detachment. Do you feel the decay and contamination your hands carry? But what happens when your flesh touches ancient stone?To reach out is an act of somatic friction. Our mortal http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/the-infected-touching-antiquity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-8112920451256007287Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:13:09 +00002026-08-17T20:00:18.275+09:30Digital PhotographyMetamodernismPosthumanismTravelogueVideo art JJFBbennett travels to TaiwanNavigating the Metamodern City: Reflections from Taiwan What happens when ancient culture, vertical hyper-modernity, and raw street-level life collide through a traveller's lens?In my short video series exploring Taiwan—from the rain-slicked avenues of Taipei to the summit of Taipei 101 and the quiet contemplation of Liberty Square—travel becomes more than http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/jjfbbennett-travels-to-taiwan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-7185499130247813362Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:06:33 +00002026-08-20T20:39:44.723+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernismmusic Forbidden Hand - Festering ImprintThe infection is the encounter's punctuation mark: while electron clouds repel and deny true union, the exchange of thermal energy and cellular decay leaves a festering, lasting imprint on both the sacred stone and the observer’s mind. Be Creative and Innovative with KnowledgeJohn Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett, is an independent artist. You can view and http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/forbidden-hand-festering-imprint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-6747024293653264082Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:21:48 +00002026-08-14T16:02:20.982+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernism The Anatomy of Friction: Signature vs. SmudgeWhen standing before a canvas, the observer is partially immersed in a physical convergence. On the gallery wall, a metaphorical fingerprint looms between the portrait and the viewer. As the thick pigment bleeds down the plaster and pools onto the concrete floor, the participant casts a quiet silhouette. A ghost echo of human presence observing http://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/the-anatomy-of-friction-signature-vs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770214590347821896.post-2225324029198310555Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:33:44 +00002026-08-12T09:18:15.483+09:30Art PhilosophyDigital SurrealismLife TransitionsMetamodernism WHAT CAN MAKE UP FOR LACK OF TALENTDoes art derive its validity from the skill of the creator's hand, or from the cultural scaffolding that forces our conscious spotlight onto the object?This gallery space has thrown down a direct challenge. Dominating the centre wall, glowing in bright white neon above the shattered glass and the Campbell's Soup Can, is a raw, uncomfortable question: "WHAThttp://www.jjfbbennett.com/2026/08/what-can-make-up-for-lack-of-talent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JJFBbennett)0