personal – Studio CreatiV: The Writings and poetry of Dustin Plank

To My Brothers in Arms

To my brothers in arms, respect To my sisters of mercy, kindness To the sons of liberty, respect To the daughters of freedom, love To my family, hope To my enemies, destruction -If you haven’t guessed I get really political at times! Hard not to when an entire government of upper class men is tryingContinue reading “To My Brothers in Arms”

The Politics on the Outside

This is gonna be a post about that word that starts in ‘P’ and ends in ‘OLITICS’ so BE WARNED…. More to the point, this is about my political views and how they have led to me feeling isolated in life and social media. I’m far to the left of Bernie Sanders and am noContinue reading “The Politics on the Outside”

An Empty Row of Chairs

My twin left me For a life of her own, My elder sister stayed But may as well be gone. My stepsister stayed With an abuser For that is all she knows I left my mother Because she was an abuser. Four out of five Estranged, abandoning, abusing and abused. When my father leaves theContinue reading “An Empty Row of Chairs”

Movies That Move Me, pt. 2: Robocop

I first watched this movie when I was 8 years old. It had come out four years prior and my family had a Beta tape of the movie. Remember BETAVISION? If you do, take your daily multivitamin with pride, cuz you, like me, are in need of some vitamins… Anyway, the movie revolves around theContinue reading “Movies That Move Me, pt. 2: Robocop”

Movies That Move Me

Part 1: the Last Unicorn I first saw this film when I was in my single digits. I was lost in the throes of Kindergarten and as such had no real grasp of animation per se, but this film stuck with me in the back recesses of my childhood mind. It centers around the titularContinue reading “Movies That Move Me”

Eroticism is beyond my understanding

Maybe it is because I gave up on romance to build better relationships with my friends or because I’m just not good at it, but the art of being romantic and even (gasp!) sexy is beyond me. To be fair, I don’t look like a sexy beast at all. I look more like a tallerContinue reading “Eroticism is beyond my understanding”

New year…

Hope it’s good for everyone! I’m right where I been at this time last year (eating dinner and watching YouTube) and I hope things are at least doing well for whoever reads this. My resolution this year is to KEEP MY DEADLINES!!! How am I supposed to be a writer if I can’t deliver aContinue reading “New year…”

Dreams of a God I Only Kind of Believe In

Had two dreams that at least mention or allude to God (as in Yahweh, the Christian god, or as I call him “the Bad Parent”) In the first instance, it was a fleeting mention in a doctor’s orders, which said “make time for god”. Been thinking about that one for weeks now. Never talked aboutContinue reading “Dreams of a God I Only Kind of Believe In”

Trouble at the job :(

I’ve had a long, LOOOONG line of toxic workplaces. So many I’m just sick of them altogether. My current job was supposed to be different, and for a while it was. But not anymore. Got two thorns in my side; a coworker who glares at everyone and comes in on his days off to talkContinue reading “Trouble at the job :(“

Been going about things wrong (TnV update/explanation)

Been a good while since the last Tom and Vince story left off with Vince floating in oblivion and Tom discovering he has a supporting cast beyond Morty and Satan. There’s a reason for that. Been trying to do a sequel to the last story off and on (now mostly off) and I have begunContinue reading “Been going about things wrong (TnV update/explanation)”