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Joshua Blankenship

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I got 99 problems but a niche ain’t one.

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Intracoastal taken in Holden Beach, North Carolina by @blankenship

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3 months ago

Lately. The kids are growing like weeds and I’m painting Magic cards on Pokémon cards and the yard is starting to show out and I like how we’ve built a place we don’t want to escape from and Etta is in infinite theater camps this summer and Moses is hilarious and I think this is the last picture I took of ChickChick before a red tail hawk murdered her in the neighbor’s yard and we only found a neat pile of white feathers because hawks pluck their meals and I had to shimmy under the 18" crawlspace to pull a dead possum out of the HVAC vent and we’re so good at moving rocks and buying plants and knitting and making second entrances to our neighborhood park and taking pictures of @anniekoelle murals and bringing poetry into public spaces and today’s my birthday and I really love my little family. by @blankenship

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4 months ago

Tour Mandy’s garden with me!

If you’ve been to any of the Plant Share events I’ve hosted over the last few years, you’ve likely met @mrsblankenship. She’s been my partner in dreaming up creative ways to give plants away and meet more gardening friends in our community. (And we have a new project underway…stay tuned!)

The plants she brings to share are usually from her own garden in the Brandon Mill neighborhood (though sometimes from construction sites, when she rescues plants that would otherwise be bulldozed).

Her garden is so special. She’s taken her time, and carved out spaces for tributes to lost loved ones, play areas for her children, a firepit for gathering, and the most stylish chicken coop I’ve ever seen.

She and her husband @blankenship have incredible taste and a knack for thrifting and upcycling. And… moving rocks.

I love when a garden reflects the personalities and talents of its makers. by @blankenship

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4 months ago

Alternate entrance to Shoeless Joe Park! Thanks to UGATA and Greenville County Parks & Rec for making it happen! by @blankenship

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5 months ago

Oh no, I Reeled. But for a good cause! taken in The Village of West Greenville by @blankenship

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5 months ago

taken in Cumberland Island by @blankenship

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6 months ago

Just working on phrasing

Jimmy Wallace Tele (CGCGCd)
Supro 1695TJ Black Magick 1x12” 25-watt
Kingtone Fuzz
Strymon reverb and delay by @blankenship

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8 months ago

When I stopped trying to play music in public in my early twenties I started writing poetry, and occasionally performing it live. This poem — or at least the spiritual core of it — was one of the first things I wrote in that season. I scribbled it in a journal sitting in the floor during a friend’s band practice.

It’s taken me the better part of two decades to finish it. Probably because I needed twenty more years of listening and playing. I needed to feel comfortable with an electric guitar in my hand, and dad’s old now-restored tube amp rattling the walls. I needed another D’Angelo album. I needed to have kids who wanted to share all the music I loved, and watch them begin to share back. I needed to find my voice as a poet beyond the parlor tricks of having a way with words, but nothing much to say. And apparently I needed to put the slightest bit of structure to it.

For the nerds among you, both musical and literary, most modern Western music is based on a 12-tone system that divides an octave into 12 “equal” notes. 19th-century composer Franz Liszt coined the term “symphonic poem” or more commonly called a “tone poem” to describe orchestral work that conveyed narratives or landscapes in a single-movement. Hence my “12-Tone Poem” — 12 stanzas of 12 lines to tell the story of my love of music. Enjoy. by @blankenship

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8 months ago

taken in Paris Mountain State Park by @blankenship

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9 months ago

If you’re interested in sharing your work at Activate, we are partnering with @poetslive for an open mic.

Poets Live is a monthly gathering of poets and fans of poetry in Greenville, SC. We are a welcoming, encouraging, and inspiring open mic for new or seasoned poets of all ages and styles. We’re excited to bring the open mic experience to Activate this year (with a little musical accompaniment!) Sign up for a 3–5min open mic slot to share your work, or just come to listen.

Joshua and Mandy Blankenship are married artists and writers living in Greenville, SC. They collaborate with their kids to write and illustrate books for Blankenshop, their independent press, and foster creative community through events and teaching.

Click on the 🔗 in our bio for registration. Student discount and scholarships available! taken in First Presbyterian Church of Greenville by @blankenship

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9 months ago

Lately. We rearranged the living room (again) and put the kids in new schools where they’re thriving and we’ve suddenly got time to breathe and make things and go on walks and watch birds and Jesus Christ that’s Jason Bourne and they grow up so fast and we went to Texas and it was hot at Christmas and we went on local hikes and unlocal roadtrips and peace and tranquility are coming close. They gotta be, right? Hope you and yours are well. Say hi sometime. by @blankenship

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9 months ago

Lately. School and big bird hikes and birthdays and beach trips and babysitter clubs and exploring and day trips and art shows and home economics and good fits. by @blankenship

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a year ago