Tom Libertiny is an award-winning composer, author, photographer, and director. He creates stories with intention across words, visuals, and music.
2017 September 13 Back in 2015 I launched a magazine with some friends to look at the genre of Steampunk from an avant garde perspective–particularly from the unorthodox niche encompassed in the phrase avant garde. And then I did nothing with what became Steampunk Art Magazine for two years. During…
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2017 July 4 Fire your bombs, blast them into the hot night Death’s a brief transition, gruesome he’d say; Dissolve your fears, in the misty dawn’s light Long years he schemed, a learned man sans delight Before living for two taught him the way Fire your bombs, blast them into…
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2017 June 26 One of the interesting things about writing a book or music and then making the work available to everyone is the reader’s or listener’s feedback. A particular professor hated when I used “interesting” to discuss art. He claimed it didn’t tell him much about my viewpoint, which…
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2017 June 19 The relaunch of Gothic Girl Art Magazine had gotten away from me. Art For any creative project, it takes me a minimum of 6 weeks to go from concept to completion. This was also the case for the relaunch of our magazine. Conceptually, we knew that we…
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2017 June 6 Back in 2016 September I started research for Steel (working title). It’s a movie set in the early 1900’s during the technology revolution that lead to affordable automobiles. Henry Ford is one of the key characters in anything related to automobiles and the steel industry. To get a…
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2017 May 29 On May 17, 2017 my father sat in a small room with my mother laughing at one of their many inside jokes. Twenty-four hours later, he was dead. Death. Everything about that word sounds brutal. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Make it politically correct. Fineness the…
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2017 May 11 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci I started my Minimalism project at the beginning of 2017. As my travels spiral outward from Detroit, here’s a series from my recent trip to Hawaiian House in Marshall Michigan.
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2017 May 9 Abner Pratt. New York District Attorney. Michigan Supreme Court Judge. Counsel to the Kingdom of Hawaii. Theif. It seems that all of Pratt’s self-inflicted troubles came to a head when he built Honolulu House in Marshall, Michigan (1860) as a tribute to his love for Hawaii. History…
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2017 May 4 What happens when you connect two driven entrepreneurs with lingerie? Secret Blossom; a New York company that was founded by Mimi Dang and Alex Trang. Their speciality is designing and making unique lingerie that’s custom fit, all for an amazing price. To quote Alex: No one beats…
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2017 May 1 Being an entrepreneur is a dream that many of us have. Back in the beginning of March I started a survey to find out what your thoughts were about starting your own business. I’ve posted the results in this article in 4 visuals that tell your story. A Few…
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