Audette-Art https://derekaudette.com/ Artwork by Derek R. Audette Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:10:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-n0byop9d-32x32.gif Audette-Art https://derekaudette.com/ 32 32 The Digital Panopticon: Why Your “Privacy Settings” Are a Gimmick https://derekaudette.com/online-data-privacy-gimmick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-data-privacy-gimmick https://derekaudette.com/online-data-privacy-gimmick/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9489 Online data privacy is a lie. From Silicon Valley's rhetorical cudgels to the 'biomass' of the extraction economy, Derek R. Audette deconstructs the digital panopticon. Stop clicking 'I Accept' and start seeing the gears of the Machine.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/online-data-privacy-gimmick/feed/ 0 The Initiation of Acacius Chaste https://derekaudette.com/the-initiation-of-acacius-chaste/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-initiation-of-acacius-chaste https://derekaudette.com/the-initiation-of-acacius-chaste/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 12:05:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9385 Acacius Chaste navigates a chaotic, psychedelic party, experiencing a bewildering sexual initiation that leaves him stunned and transformed.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/the-initiation-of-acacius-chaste/feed/ 0 The Silence Between Sentences: Where Truth Pauses to Breathe https://derekaudette.com/the-silence-between-sentences-where-truth-pauses-to-breathe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-silence-between-sentences-where-truth-pauses-to-breathe https://derekaudette.com/the-silence-between-sentences-where-truth-pauses-to-breathe/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9409 In a world obsessed with speed, silence and the pause give words weight, sharpen thought, and let meaning breathe before it speaks.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/the-silence-between-sentences-where-truth-pauses-to-breathe/feed/ 0 Murder, Mops, and Morsels: The Absurd Life of Junta Akiliwombo https://derekaudette.com/murder-mops-and-morsels-the-absurd-life-of-junta-akiliwombo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murder-mops-and-morsels-the-absurd-life-of-junta-akiliwombo https://derekaudette.com/murder-mops-and-morsels-the-absurd-life-of-junta-akiliwombo/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9312 Ex-con Junta Akiliwombo's life is a darkly comedic blend of cookie obsession, a trusting wife, weird pets, and CIA mind-control experiments.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/murder-mops-and-morsels-the-absurd-life-of-junta-akiliwombo/feed/ 0 Why Experimental Art Matters in a Commercial World https://derekaudette.com/why-experimental-art-matters-in-a-commercial-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-experimental-art-matters-in-a-commercial-world https://derekaudette.com/why-experimental-art-matters-in-a-commercial-world/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9350 Experimental art matters because it resists market logic, maintains cultural diversity, and creates space for failure—the laboratory feeding the factory's hits.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/why-experimental-art-matters-in-a-commercial-world/feed/ 0 Turning Away from the Crazy Machine – An Analysis https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine-an-analysis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine-an-analysis https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine-an-analysis/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:01:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9448 Literary analysis of Turning Away from the Crazy Machine, unpacking its critique of suffering, exploitation, and self-liberation.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine-an-analysis/feed/ 0 Why Rejecting Religion for Science Might Be the Ultimate Act of Faith: The Materialism Paradox No One Talks About https://derekaudette.com/why-rejecting-religion-for-science-might-be-the-ultimate-act-of-faith-the-materialism-paradox-no-one-talks-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-rejecting-religion-for-science-might-be-the-ultimate-act-of-faith-the-materialism-paradox-no-one-talks-about https://derekaudette.com/why-rejecting-religion-for-science-might-be-the-ultimate-act-of-faith-the-materialism-paradox-no-one-talks-about/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:01:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9466 Atheists and believers make the same mistake. Why replacing religion with materialism just swaps one dogma for another. The truth might shock you.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/why-rejecting-religion-for-science-might-be-the-ultimate-act-of-faith-the-materialism-paradox-no-one-talks-about/feed/ 0 Turning Away from the Crazy Machine https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:01:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9444 Discover how withdrawing from life-draining systems reclaims freedom, identity, and agency beyond the grasp of the Crazy Machine.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/turning-away-from-the-crazy-machine/feed/ 0 Have You Become Fuel for the Crazy Machine? https://derekaudette.com/have-you-become-fuel-for-the-crazy-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-you-become-fuel-for-the-crazy-machine https://derekaudette.com/have-you-become-fuel-for-the-crazy-machine/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9438 A surreal, philosophical meditation on life inside algorithmic systems. Digital gods, invisible logic, and the quiet ways modern machines consume attention, agency, and meaning—asking whether awareness is enough, or if we have already become fuel.

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]]> https://derekaudette.com/have-you-become-fuel-for-the-crazy-machine/feed/ 0 Travel Tips for Visiting Aira https://derekaudette.com/travel-tips-for-visiting-aira/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=travel-tips-for-visiting-aira https://derekaudette.com/travel-tips-for-visiting-aira/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://derekaudette.com/?p=9359 Travel guide to Lovecraft's Aira: a city of artistic beauty that probably doesn't exist, but you'll waste decades searching anyway. Pack light, dream heavy.

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