Walking through Ed McKays and overhear a little white girl say, "I want to he a ninjer turtle."

The Prologue to my upcoming virtual exhibit on Naturism/Nudism is published! Excited to finish curating works for it! 😁 Read about my first experience at a nude beach and view a few pieces from the exhibit. Full exhibit coming June 2026 on my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

Expecting someone to know experiences that you haven't communicated is a setup for self-inflicted aggravation. Unless you're dealing with Professor X or Jean Grey.

Gotta be up early af and took a nap, nay, a slumber, that is going to be hard to replicate in the wee hrs of the night. 😫

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Haiku built from the last line of the tagger: lust in luscious haze— kisses coaxing clarity our tongues, bright twin flames Anyone down?

Lake Townsend Marina was a vibe. The breeze was breezing though.

You sit in the shadows, after midnight, crafting and working and editing and revising and adapting and making dozens of minute decisions in seconds for hours. There is an adrenaline to it. Right up until you release it to the public. Then it's a toss-up between headlines, algorithms, and AI🗑

@lagroovekagejo.bsky.social thanks for the repost!

@jerseyquinn.blacksky.app thanks for the repost!

Soooo excited to share with yall my very first virtual mixed media art exhibit! It combines personal reflection, poetry, narrative, and mixed media artwork curated around the central theme of masculinity. Let me know what you think! 🫶🏾 open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat... Nice little read and some dope art from the hubby. I wander how long it will take before we revamp and really exhibit what it means to be "masculine" without the toxicity and trauma???? @rahknotrock.bsky.social

You are living your life, and periodically, you are reminded that there is an aquatic venomous mammal that lays eggs swimming in a river somewhere.

Come on May 29th

Rahk's Water Art Studio is a mixed media publication combining original art, photography, poetry, and social commentary. Publications designed with freedom in mind. Free and Paid subscription options available. 💙 open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

But why is my internal DJ playing "If You're Not the One" by Daniel Beddingfield on repeat? So random. Haven't heard or thought about that song in ages.

Had to add to my flip flop collection, which consists of a brown pair and this new black pair. They are comfortable for the most part, but they damn sure live up to their namesake. Onomatopoeia with every step 😂

Sorry not sorry. But if you following me and hundreds of other people with no skeets, no reskeets, etc cetera then I assume you are an opp of some sort.

The 1990s Xmen cartoon most definitely sampled Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" for the theme song. Everyone Whitney I hear Whitney adlib, I start seeing Wolverine, and Storm, an'em. youtu.be/i0oRnyXxIrY?...

Up being an artist like I don't have to be a social butterfly in the morn at work.

Clearly I am out of practice with my inner top model 😂

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POV after Driving across 3 states with a mama who thinks driving the speed limit is too fast and a grandma who has to use the restroom every hour

I think people do vacation utterly wrong when it feels like work.

The way a long line or a wait will curb a craving so fast 😂

Craving a Cookout BBQ plate at midnight is likely a sign that I should be in the bed.

Recently discovered I am a Virgo Rising and a Leo Moon. Apparently that means something to somebody lol

A bite-sized think-piece on memory by a queer, Christ-loving, Cancerian exhibitionist poet named Rahk. open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

Rahk's Water Art Studio has its first 2 subscribers! Heavy on the despise not small beginnings wisdom right now. But 2 IS in fact GROWTH.

#GoodReads Fresh publication reflecting on our complex relationship with nudity, featuring 2008 photography, poetry, and introspective prose. open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

Just published my second article, "A Glimpse of Eden: A Mixed Media Reflection On Artistic Nudity." Subscribe for free to view. rahkswaterstudio.substack.com?utm_campaign...

I think I have gotten so perplexed that it's made me sleepy. 😵‍💫😩😂

I must need a nap.

Bruh.

Smoking In The Park x Tone Stith 🎶🎧💨 @rahknotrock.bsky.social

#FlashbackFriday Jan 2026 mixed media work. In these pieces, art from different eras in my many lives interact and combine in the present. There is intentional juxtaposition w/in each & b/t each, which hopefully adds layers of possible meaning & commentary that they lack separately. You tell me 😬

And I am craving a light snack. Let me get in the bed and snuggle with my man my man

It's taking me longer to decompress from these school days

My nocturnal behind sittin on the couch fully dressed watching Good Times and editing photos and such like I am still on spring break.

When you are thoroughly perplexed.

"And we, too, should challenge the laws that do not resemble love... ...Then we, too, shall rise Then we, too, shall rise" substack.com/@rahkswater/...

I'm going to continue to "go ahead and be great, why not?" Why not? Why not?

I graduated with a BA in Religious Studies. Ended up working in sales and customer service for 5 years or so afterward. Then, in 2018, an opportunity to teach at the HS level came at the right moment. Almost 8 years later and I'm head of the English dept, lead Eng II teacher, Poet Laureate, etc.

Over the last 4 years or so, I have intermittently (and superficially) looked at various graduate programs related to Education. But this week, the surface research has hit differently. I have felt EXCITEMENT at the idea of furthering my education, but the specific programs changed.

Working on my next publication on Substack: A Mixed Media Take On [Male?] Nudity In Art. It's a work in progress, but one that is past due since nudity has been a tool in my artbox since 2006.

"I guess I guess I get it...so much presshaa"