Ted's Lines

05/07/2026

Gremlin in the Screen - pencil on illustration board 4.62” x 4.62”

The gremlin in the screen,
Is an allure to create green.
Saturation by the bandit-in-the-box,
Is propelled by media at a personal loss.
Pushing the Kool-Aid creates a cyber-bond,
To swell a gel for which we are conned.
Our lumo-eyes are pushed with smears,
Like a brick-wall crush to separate peers.
The ministry of marketing cultivates gang agendas,
With a smack to the mind to spark the end of us.
The gremlins scream a mean game,
Our responsibility is to not regenerate the same.
Understand views without the filter,
Or gremlins win and put us out-of-kilter.
Mind your head by being well fed.
—©TED

04/26/2026

The Crux - song title from Mastodon’s “Hushed and Grim”—4.62” x 4.62”, pencil on illustration board, finalized as a duotone.

04/22/2026

Perception of Peace - 4.62” x 4.62”, pencil on hot press illustration board.

The Beast won’t budge.
Reality versus perception.
Beast commands balance.
Conflict reaps wealth.
Commerce is comfort.
Balance is the myth.
In service to the Beast.
—©TED

04/07/2026

Rattling Bones -4.62" x 4.62", pencil on illustration board.

Tense and angry to a calcium core,
Externals pushing hard at your door.
Irritation from useless semi-sadistic meddling,
Those who get a charge from deadening.
You need to be calm sans brutality,
Aggravation is no cause for physicality.
Deal with the barbs as a remote,
Patience or perspective is the antidote.
Leave such issues to wait in queue,
For the bones which rattle may be in you.
--©TED

04/07/2026