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About Me — Edward Swafford

Make of me what you will

3 min readAug 28, 2023

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The Howling Owl

False Animations

The facade of mental wellness

2 min readApr 24, 2024

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A man with icy blue eyes and square-shaped splotches of multicolored paint on his upper body and face stares intensely into the camera. The background is teal.

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

Palliation

The cradle of neglect

2 min readMar 11, 2024

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A monochrome image of an elderly man with tears welling in his eyes, looking through a magnifying glass with his right eye. The backdrop is black.

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The Taoist Online

Your New God

Worship me

2 min readJan 12, 2024

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A woman wearing a hazmat helmet stares intensely into the camera, purple hues of light emanate off her helmet, and her face is framed in yellow light.

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Catharsis Chronicles

Golden Supernova

I still feel your shockwave

2 min readDec 23, 2023

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A man of African descent stares into the came lens wearing neon yellow contact lenses, four vertical yellow stripes of paint on his face, and his forearms are covered in yellow paint. He’s posing amidst bushes and greenery in the background.

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The Howling Owl

Field of Resplendence

Mirages of mental wellbeing

2 min read2 hours ago

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A woman of African descent with mid-length curly hair poses in a flowing yellow dress with a trail. Her face is exposed to natural lighting from the sun though her eyes are closed, she’s posing in a field of long, green grass. it’s visible both in the foreground, and the background.

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Scrittura

Cursed Expanse

A poetic collaboration with Ruth Boukhari

2 min read4 days ago

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A close-up shot of a woman with pale skin and white eyebrows/eyelashes/hair. She’s posing with a blank expression and her eyes are closed.

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Fourth Wave

Hushed

In haplessness

2 min read6 days ago

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A woman with brown eyes and frizzy, voluminous black hair holds her index finger to her lips in a hushing gesture. She’s painted black all over the top of her body with long, white fingernails, and exotic eye makeup. White crystals are decorated around her orbital area, and her right eye makeup is brown with white, decorative lines.

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

Fear the Gloaming

Gone beneath blankets of night

2 min readMay 6, 2024

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A close-up shot of a Caucasian man with severe cataracts and/or blindness in his right eye. He has a blank expression and has grey eyebrows and facial hair.

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Fourth Wave

Twice Exceptional

Twofold androgyny

3 min readApr 27, 2024

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A non-binary person with long, blue hair and black contact lenses stares intensely into the camera lens. They have a colorful tattoo of wings on their chest, and the background is light blue.

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Edward Swafford

Edward Swafford

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Enigmatic. I’m an Australian poet, healthcare professional, and copywriter. I pen poems about spirituality, tech, aged care, mental health and relationships ☺️.

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