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Prison Blog

In which Possum recounts his experiences as an offender in the system.

Possum Bones is autistic. He has identified as a dirty kid in the past, and he’s attended multiple rainbow gatherings. He has several years left to serve in the Washington Correctional system.

He has been making art since he could sit up. He communicates better in writing than speech. If you are interested in the experience of an autistic person doing prison time, check out his Prison Blog. If you are a fan of comic art, underground/outsider music, Lovecraft, Clarke Ashton Smith, Murakami, Cixui Liu, etc.

casein notes

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Okay, I do think I like gouache better, because its easier for me to blend with gouache. I'm not sure if its a problem with casein, or me, but I'm pretty sure its the paint. This stuff is less chalky and more tacky, so its not as easy to blend , at least not the way I do it. Its still really fucking awesome though - a better experience than I had with oil or acrylic. This is kind of a " Desert island " paint. What I mean by that is that what this paint probably does best is its versatility. I'm pretty sure you can do almost any paint technique with it. You could dilute it for a transparent wash in imitation of watercolor. You can use it like gouache. You can put it on straight, undiluted, like acrylic and its thick enough that you can do an impasto with it. Not only that, but you can probably paint it on a wide variety of surfaces. I've seen a picture of a roman headstone painted in casein, the headstone was made of a wooden post. And that was from roman times. So, its also archival.

Elisa Carlson