Welcome to the sci-fi fantasy electronic and alternative opera... I'm a secular Atheist/Agnostic that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism, but I do eat meat and fish. Chicken, pork and seafood mostly, but every once in a while I eat beef. I don't play guitar and I've never owned a guitar in my life, but they certainly sound good in the hands of a skilled player. Nobody has black skin, and nobody has white skin and no two people have *exactly* the same skin colour and that's a scientific fact: *everyone* has an entirely unique skin colour.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Additional Download Added...

I recently updated the Downloads section of the website to include a downloadable graphics demo that is based upon my scrolling text code from the early days as an "underground" coder. I wrote it as an exercise to get into the character Zheng Ni Wong, who in Butterfly Dragon is a Mathematician and Computational Biologist. In the old 2012 >> 2024 canon of Butterfly Dragon, she was a freelancer who took part in the Western Delegation during the events of What Different Eyes See, which takes the entire cast of Butterfly Dragon on a series of adventures and mysteries throughout a tour of Asia, to meet with delegates of the Asian Alliance along each leg of their journey. 


In coding stuff like the "Dirbs" demo, it gives the Zheng Ni Wong character a bit of real background, and it was a chance to revisit some old school coding, on very new relatively easy to use scriptable tools, while employing the same principles I used thirty-nine years ago to write the first demo that got me in the door.


Anyway, there's a few changes there on the Downloads page, and a whole host of updates around the website that occur mostly under the hood.


I didn't get around to writing Era of the Spellbound, but I did very much and very fearlessly go to bat for what it represents, against a much more numerous opposition. I'm thinking Friday would be a good day for Era of the Spellbound, as I stated in my daily updates on the right side bar of this site.


Have a good evening...


I'm Brian Joseph Johns and this is Shhhh! Digital Media, and I'm very much part of my Shhhh! Digital Media colours of red black, red white, red yellow and red grey.


Yes I took out the mini-rant, but everything that I stated there within stands. I was harassed yesterday to the extreme, and more likely in another identity attack and identity replacement (trying to paint me as someone very heavy compared to my actual weight of 175 lbs at 6 feet tall). I'd never harass anyone over issues of their health or their weight (let alone harass anyone at all), so most of what I stated was my response to that harassment.


No brown secrets for me. I'm not in the Freemason counterfeiting business like some people. I am not a member of any form of Christianity at all, and am not a Satanist. I am not a Mormon. I am not a Jehovah's Witness or a member of Prince Hall. I'd never join any religion that is made up of people who use colour symbolism to steal the identity and output of other people and wear it like its their own, and then who erase the people from whom they stole it.


No blood love for me either and no hate means love and love means hate, and certainly no holy spirit. It she be rebranded to "evil spirit" because that would be more accurate. No church, or cross, or holy bible for me either. Wearing black does not make one a liar, nor does it alter their culture or reflect skin colour.  Nobody has black skin. Nobody has white skin, and no two people have exactly the same skin colour. I'm not Ron Silk. I don't use, buy or sell narcotics and in fact, I don't even smoke. No kybalion for me, I mean its not like I'm baphomet or a templar at all. No devil or satan for me. No religion, I'm secular.


I'm not mentally ill. I just spent the last three days being harassed excessively by an abusive predatory group in Regent Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who still are harassing me as I write this post. They're connected to a very abusive religious ideology that targets and harasses people as a form of trying to force them over to the "blue" side of their colour symbolism cult. Blue to them means a number of things that socially gives them the tools to remove a person's identity, replace it, and then to claim that everything that person states means the exact opposite. This cult also tends to use it to imply that they're possessing someone. So, I'm not blue or on the blue team and never will be in the sense this abusive predatory ideology relies upon. Blue in the sense as its used by this predatory ideology almost becomes like a form of cooties. So basically the members of this predatory ideology will harass a person trying to boil them over to the point that they appear not to be behaving like themselves, but a person who  has been pushed to the brink and has boiled over.


The predatory ideology also weaponizes the identities of their members, swapping identities as a form of punishment, forcing others to carry the weight of a person with some form of criminal past, which the ideology then makes very heavy for their target of this form of identity swapping. Other people will be given the impression that whatever the weight of the replacement identity belongs to the person whom it has been newly applied. 


So for instance, there's a fellow that lives and used to live in this community who apparently has a criminal history involving sex crimes of some nature. The members of this predatory ideology often attempt to swap that person's identity (his name is Clarence), with mine so that the good aspects of my effort go to someone else's credit, while the predatory ideology forces me to carry the weight for this person's sex crimes (that were accompanied by actual convictions according to my investigation).


This activity is connected to a form of organized crime that is very prevalently operating throughout society. Usually, I focus on producing my content, and try to keep my bearings on that direction, but as I stated, I am regularly harassed and attacked by this predatory group for years and on occasions where they become aggressively active, I speak out against them and often reveal quite about about them entirely legally. Their entire goal is to get away with these crimes against their victims, and then attempt to radicalize their victims to speak out in a way that resembles or crosses the line as hate speech (something I've never done). Often, the members of these predatory groups will attempt to associate their targets with known criminal gangs like the Hell's Angels, in order to benefit from the public's perception related to such groups, when in fact, the predatory ideology is working in conjunction with traffickers locally, both narcotics and sex traffickers.


They also attempt to tailor their attacks to shape their victim's responses in such a way that might paint them as being criminal themselves and quite often attempt to use the teachings of the kybalion as a concept around which to manipulate their victims between two extremes with the goal of pushing the victim over into one side of extremity or the other.


For instance, most recently, this same predatory ideology have been attempting to make me appear to be antisemitic. They've used my adherence to my Shhhh! Digital Media colour symbolism to paint me in ways that aren't applicable and to take advantage of that to label me in ways that don't apply, while benefiting from the negative stigma they've purposely created.


On Wednesday, they literally verbally attacked me from a stage nearby with a microphone and a crowd, during a rally in Regent Park. They literally while I was in my home office, verbally addressed and attacked me from that stage and I have material evidence to support this. What they're hoping to do is to provoke me to speak out have it sound like a hate crime.


One of the things they often do is attempt to replace my identity in order to replace my culture, and most often that occurs by painting me as being African or Caribbean (Jamaican, Haitian, Trinidadian, Guyanese for example), when I have no such ancestry of that nature at all. Their motive for doing this is two fold. The first reason has to do with ideas connected to Gnosticism, a form of duality that seeks to unify two diametrically opposing paradigms into one within a person. Initially, it originated around the concept of gender, as in ancient history with regard to dualism, gender is one of the first concepts we encounter that involves our dual nature. So the idea is that men and women start out with equal parts of both, and that a ceremony like marriage is Gnostic in the sense that the ceremony seeks to separate the masculine aspect from the physically female partner, and separate the feminine aspect from the physically male partner. This concept goes further, and make gender interchangeable between partners in such a way that each partner can benefit from the advantages afforded each gender. So this is what is at the foundational level entailed by Gnosticism, and no I'm not being remotely controlled by anyone you assume to be a Gnostic, and I'm not Irish, I don't have a brown skin fetish, and I've never had hepatitis in my life and I don't have it now.


With that understanding of duality, people who became interested in Gnosticism began looking for other forms of duality, attempting to integrate them into their philosophy of dualism in this regard. One of those aspects somehow found its way into perception based upon skin colour, diving the duality between people with light skin, and people with dark skin, and attempting to integrate it as a form of true Gnosticism. This idea found its way into branches of Rosicrucianism, largely unchecked by any centralized body, and eventually became a form of non-standard practice, and eventually the basis for many hate crimes. That isn't to say that Rosicrucianism is founded in hate crimes as much so as it is to say that this form of Gnostic philosophy has been host to hate crimes for as long as its existed, simply because it attempts forcibly to replace the cultural identity of its intended targets, with a replacement culture against their choice, and often by creating immense weight of some form as a burden carried by the target of this ideology. In all secret societies and their authentic members which I've known, colour symbolism never means skin colour. Never. The initiation into these non-authentic forms of Gnosticism and Roscicrucianism and possibly even Masonry, involves creating a burdensome secret that it represented by the colour symbolism of brown/black, in this case, keeping a secret for someone based upon their skin colour, and making it the weight of the "initiate". Some have even gone so far as to claim that this is the true source of Egyptian culture as well, hence this misinformed concept of Gnostic philosophy found roots in many Temples that became popular when Rosicrucianism became part of the pop culture, especially the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who historically have respected the philosophy and Egyptian tradition from which their tradition is derived through symbolism and metaphor, though into the 1980s, a movement founded upon this Gnostic concept of dualism based upon skin colour slowly worked its way into largely unrecognized groups allegedly intiating and practicing the philosophies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In my experience with authentic members (who can trace their mentor's lineage back for several hundred years), they have never initiated members using brown/black colour symbolism to create a burden for the African or Caribbean descended initiate, and have never integrated any such proclivities towards culture as part of their intiation process of bringing members into their temple.


My research into Freemasonry, and authentic Freemasons who similarly can trace their masters back for a hundred and fifty years and often more, it is the exact same thing. Skin colour, is never integrated into any craft originating from Gnostic philosophy, and that movement likely arose as a part of pop culture, and its interest with esoteric philosophy long before the internet became popular. From the nineteen fifties and forward. It became a counterfeit form of mystery school, and because secret societies were so secret back then, there was little way for the interested initiate to confirm the authenticity of any group initiating an entered member. In most cases, it is a scam, seeking to unload the weight of one people, while fooling another into believing they are entered into a secret society, when in fact they're simply being played for a fool. 


In most cases, the weight will follow a pattern. 


It will almost always involve an unwanted pregnancy, and then an abortion that requires the initiate to carry the weight for the real father as a "brown secret", which might also include an abortion. 


It will almost always involve the weight of substance abuse (often cocaine or other hard narcotic substances), which is carried as a weight by the initiate as a "brown or blue secret". Blue is how cocaine is referred to, as it shows up in UV light glowing blue when Police are making a quick field determination about the nature of a substance. The brown secret aspect once again, refers to skin colour, and making that a weight for the initiate. 


The final situations almost always involved, include association with sex trafficking in some way shape or form, in such a way that once again, the initiate carries the weight as a brown secret, for those who exploited those who were trafficked, with those in on this scam making that weight very heavy for the person who they've fooled into believing they are being initiated into a secret society. The initiate is then treated as if they were a sex trafficker, and often this reputation is stuck to them, in much the same way as the unwanted pregnancy in the first setup, and the substance abuse issues of the second setup.


In my case, I was burdened with a situation involving a very obese Haitian woman, who was a volunteer, who at the time that this occurred, seemed to me to be doing a lot of good. 

I was not attracted to her in any way at all, but I was of the mind set that someone doing good selflessly in such a way, that there should be a reward, and so I took it upon myself to offer myself up, as a way to make a difference without outwardly thinking about myself first. 


That person asked me out first (choosing the time of my mid November birthday in order to create this initiation situation, which should give a few clues as to the nature of the group involved as they were clearly trying to make future birthdays a time of suffering), and I accepted under that premise of making a difference for someone who probably wouldn't have met anyone willing to do this, though I never suspected that it would be used in the way that it was and criminally so, and that was part of the plan of the group in which she was a part, from the very beginning and is still being used that way until this very day.


The weight from those situations is purposely made very heavy for the victim(s) by the perpetrators, and this is often used to blackmail and extort them in some way shape or form. This is also used as a means to radicalize their victim, because issues of race are very often at the core of these methods employed by this predatory group, and if and when a victim speaks out, it is very likely that they'll be labeled as committing a hate crime, or eliciting hate speech, when in fact, the hate crime is in violating the first article of the Human Rights, which is our right to life. The right to life by legal definition and implication protects our right to identity, and any violation of our identity, especially which seeks to replace our culture or the responsibility associated with our identity by way of someone else's actions versus our own, is according to law an identity crime and hate crime and violation of article one of the Human Rights code.


This is one of the monsters I've been fighting since 2005, and one of the monsters that led to my having to break up with Yi Chen, as a result of the fact that she too was stalked by the membership of this predatory group. The same group then created situations to ensure that Yi and I would never get back together, with the intent of essentially cutting me off from Asian culture and trying to force me in a different direction culturally.


When in 2012 I began what would eventually become Shhhh! Digital Media, this same predatory group tried to append an alternate (African/Caribbean) identity to replace mine, so that people who began reading my work, often were led to believe that I was African or Caribbean or biracial African or Caribbean when I'm not. They kept this ruse in place right until this very day, as a means to attempt to associate all of my work and content with one or more other people, to whom my work has been credited, while painting me in a very different light, knowing that if I chose to speak out against it, that it would put me at risk of hate speech, or committing a hate crime. I've been very careful if and when I choose to speak out and have never crossed that line.


I am Welsh, Spanish, French and Sioux. My relatives assisting this cult are using their closeness to my family line, and their knowledge to assist this predatory ideology in erasing my real identity and existence, even labeling me as being a guitar player (when I've never owned a guitar in my life). Essentially, these are horrendous people who'd erase their own relatives, and are forcing me into a situation where I'll have to do this legally, with very few resources to do so.


Also, given the fact that my most recent relationships were with women from Southeast Asia, the membership of this predatory group are opposed to such relationships, and have done everything they could to erase those relationships as well, even going so far as to stalk ex-girlfriends into keeping their silence about the truth.


Unfortunately, even some members of family, friendly to the predatory ideology behind this have assisted this group, and have even attempted to help this group steal Shhhh! Digital Media and its content and associate it with people who have nothing to do with it, and this aspect I fear involves real organized crime. 


They've timed this latest attack with my highest level of activity writing for some time, probably in order to provoke a reaction that gives people the stigmatic impression that I'm mentally ill, or under the influence of narcotics. I don't use narcotics at all, and I do drink, and enjoy it, but not often and often not very much. We all have stresses in life, but as I stated, there are predatory ideologies that can make life very difficult and often do so and target those who are very active about pushing forward in life.


Insofar as my own love interest being Southeast Asian goes, I won't back down from that or my affinity towards that part of the world, though I will always be loyal to Canada and what it represents, and to my fellow Europeans, and those friends in the United States, who know me, and know that if this sort of thing is occurring, that my words are sincere. I am not a member of the Salvation Army and never have been. I am  not from Nova Scotia and have never been there in my life. I'm an Atheist/Agnostic that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism.


Brian Joseph Johns





Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Shhhh! Digital Media Presents... The Butterfly Dragon: Heroes of our Own Reimagined: Episode 12 - Full Circle (Updated April 8, 15:30 EST)








Do you want to be a fashion or outfit designer?



You are an inspired student of Wing Tsun who has ascended to protect the teachings of your temple...

Play Sifu [On Steam] [On Epic]


You are a champion martial artist, representing your fellow humanity in an eternal competition to the death... FIGHT and Finish him!

Play Mortal Kombat 1 [On Steam] [On Epic]


Want to pick your champion and style and then bout against the other greats of martial arts?

Play Shaolin versus Wutang [On Steam]
Play Kings of Kung Fu [On Steam]


Wanna be a Captain or Admiral?




Warning: This episode deals with sensitive topics and is intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is definitely advised.


Chapters

  1. Keeping The Muscle Firm (Finished April 5, 2026)
  2. Trust (Finished April 6, 2026)
  3. Matters of a Missing Formula (Finished April 6, 2026)
  4. Cut to the Chase (Finished April 6, 2026)
  5. An Appointment with Kyra (Finished April 7, 2026)
  6. Time: Friend and Enemy (Finished April 8 , 2026)

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Shhhh! Digital Media Presents... Aliens: Aeternity (Updated April 7, 2026 15:30 EST)



On The Existing Aliens Sequels


One such sequel is Alien 3 [On Disney+], directed by David Fincher, which in and of itself was a failure of the studio execs to understand their fan base [On Strange Shapes] and who also failed to protect the investment that fans had made in the two characters that got ix-nayed in the beginning of the film. A fact that was not the director's or crew's fault, and you can learn more about that situation by hearing details of what went down from Corporal Hicks performance actor Michael Biehn [On Just Foolin' About - Michael Biehn on Hicks' Death in Alien 3]. In a sense, it was very much as if the studio execs were trying to finish off Burke's plan from Aliens, from beyond the fourth wall. Fincher and crew made the best movie they could with the material the studio had approved, but ut left many fans of the franchise outraged.


The second potential sequel was originally written by Neuromancer [On Penguin Random House] [On Apple TV] writer: William Gibson, who coined the term cyberspace. Gibson penned a script that was eventually adapted into a comic book and audio book that preserves the four surviving characters from the end of the movie Aliens but that was ultimately rejected in favour of the Alien 3 movie that we received. You can listen to [On Audible] or read William Gibson's Alien 3 in comic book format [On Dark Horse].


Director Neil Blomkamp had prepared an original sequel for Aliens, that would have retconned both Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection [On Disney+], however, during development, the project was canned when it was indicated  by Ridley Scott that he would be working on a prequel called Alien: Convenant. You can find out more about Blomkamp's proposed Aliens sequel here [On YouTube], or you can catch up with him and his work on his latest projects under Oats Studios [On YouTube].


The fourth potential runner-up sequel? It might be this one, here that is currently a work in progress.


That's coming from a guy whose father, the day after having seen the movie Alien [On Disney+] at the theatres, came home from work and gifted me this graphic novel because I was too young to see the rated-r movie at the theatres at that time. 


Thankfully, reading the graphic novelization didn't turn me into a serial killer, though it might have made me into a cereal killer, because as I recall, I ate an entire box of Shreddies by myself as I read the graphic novel that day.


Brian Joseph Johns





Are you a fan of the absolute bad asses of the United Stellar Colonial Marines?

Play Aliens: Dark Ascent [On Steam] [On Epic]


Looking to try your merit as Ellen Ripley's daughter, Seegson Engineer Amanda as she takes on the legacy of the xenomorph?

Play Alien: Isolation [On Steam] [On Epic] [On GOG]


The Alien Legacy continues...

Watch Alien: Earth and the complete Alien collection [On Disney+]


Looking to keep up with the retro and latest of the ACTION and SCI-FI greats?


Chapters

  1. Activation (Finished December 24, 2025 18:00 EST)
  2. Alienation (Finished April 3, 2026 12:15 EST)
  3. ASPHODEL (Finished April 4, 2026 11:30:30 EST)
  4. Aeolus (Started April 7, 2026 9:30 EST)

Friday, April 3, 2026

Shhhh! Digital Media Presents... The Butterfly Dragon: Heroes of our Own Reimagined: Episode 11 - The Point of No Return (Finished April 1, 14:30 EST)

If you've only read the March 21st version, I highly suggest that you read through the entire episode thus far, as I've added a prologue that is somewhat important to the overall plot, but also as it ties in with the story so far. The best stuff is yet to come, but what is here so far is definitely on par with what I'd expect from a classic Butterfly Dragon story.








Do you want to be a fashion or outfit designer?



You are an inspired student of Wing Tsun who has ascended to protect the teachings of your temple...

Play Sifu [On Steam] [On Epic]


You are a champion martial artist, representing your fellow humanity in an eternal competition to the death... FIGHT and Finish him!

Play Mortal Kombat 1 [On Steam] [On Epic]


Want to pick your champion and style and then bout against the other greats of martial arts?

Play Shaolin versus Wutang [On Steam]
Play Kings of Kung Fu [On Steam]


Wanna be a Captain or Admiral?




Warning: This episode deals with sensitive topics and is intended for a mature audience. Reader discretion is definitely advised.


Chapters

  1. Prologue (Finished Friday March 27, 19:45 EST)
  2. Discovery (Finished Saturday March 21, 14:30 EST)
  3. Visiting Hours (Finished Saturday March 21, 14:30 EST)
  4. The Garden and the Dragon (Finished Wednesday April 1, 19:30)

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

And now for a VERY important message...






The Shhhh! Digital Media official review of the movies Tron: Ares and *Thunderbolts...



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Now here's a review of my current stance...


                                      
                                      
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   ,--/  /|                                                                 
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|   '   ,  |  |,      .--.--.    .--.--.   |  |,      ,-+-. /  |  ,----._,. 
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|   ;  ;   ,' ,'|   |  :  /`./ |  :  /`./  ,' ,'|   |   |  ,"' ||   :     | 
:   '   \  '  | |   |  :  ;_   |  :  ;_    '  | |   |   | /  | ||   | .\  . 
|   |    ' |  | :    \  \    `. \  \    `. |  | :   |   | |  | |.   ; ';  | 
'   : |.  \'  : |__   `----.   \ `----.   \'  : |__ |   | |  |/ '   .   . | 
|   | '_\.'|  | '.'| /  /`--'  //  /`--'  /|  | '.'||   | |--'   `---`-'| | 
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;   |,'    |  ,   /   `--'---'   `--'---'  |  ,   / '---'        |   :    : 
'---'       ---`-'                          ---`-'                \   \  /  
                                                                   `--`-'   


         __  
  _      \ \ 
 (_)______| |
   |______| |
  _       | |
 ( )      | |
 |/      /_/ 
             


The first retro ASCII/ANSI art message at the top of this post is truly sincere with regard to the movies I watched last night (Tuesday March 31, 2026 @22:00 EST). Both movies are absolutely awesome and really add to the Marvel/Disney cosmos.


I consider Shhhh! Digital Media an *independent* ally of all content creators who cherish the spirit of pioneers like: 


Mary Blair, Retta Scott, Bianca MajolieWalt Disney, Joe Shuster (Superman co/creator and a fellow Canadian and Torontonian like myself), Jerry SiegelBob Kane, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.


In Asia, Osamu TezukaKatsuhiro Otomo (Akira), the Wan brothers, Shin Dong-hun and Payut Ngaokrachang are largely recognized as the pioneers of modern anime.


With the help of their fellow artists and the performers who embody their characters in live performances, these are the people who started all of what eventually became the phenomenon that we enjoy today.


Next time, we'll look at the coders and musicians: pioneers of software and music who started digital art/audio/visual, animation and modern CGI movements, those who write the code and music that gives live action and animation in creative story telling its soul...


I'm sharing this not as a means to be rid of it (or anything for that matter). I've actually never been that way at all. I'm sharing it to honour their impact upon us all. 



Brian Joseph Johns

Tales of the Sanctum: Era of the Spellbound - Episode 11: The Tarot Be Joined (Finished March 16, 2026 14:15 EST)


Despite this storyline taking place mostly in Shepperton off the Thames, United Kingdom, it is entirely written in Moss Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shepperton is close to my heart in ideas rather than kilometers.

 

I am Brian Joseph Johns and this is Shhhh! Digital Media at https://www.shhhhdigital.com or https://www.shhhhdigital.ca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701.


[Spellbound - Siouxie And The Banshees]



Do you like enigmatic characters, engrossing story, magic and the ever atemporal weave?

Play Baldur's Gate 3 [On Steam]


Chapters

  1.  An Unveiled Past - A Veiled Future
  2. Change Comes in Small Packages
  3. Gillie's Cards Speak
  4. Sanctum Meet - Compare Notes
  5. LHR London, Heathrow

Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Junos...

I am fully aware that the Junos were on tonight and I will be watching them once they're on demand on CBC. I don't like watching anything that is being streamed or recorded live, for good reasons. I'd much rather watch it after it has been recorded. Less chance of my interfering, or being used or weaponized to interfere in that way by predatory ideologies within my midst.


I'm very much looking forward to watching them.


Brian Joseph Johns


Wednesday, March 25, 2026

A Short Word And Updates

Hi. Brian Joseph Johns here and of sound and sane mind, versus my earlier excursion into the out of doors where I was set upon by the representation of predatory ideologies during my trip to reload and resupply. In the near future, I will make an effort to explain what I believe motivates such activity from others, and elaborate on it enough that it might serve to protect more people than just myself. That is soon to come.


Once again, I hope to continue writing by Thursday or Friday, and once again after I've had a bit of time to heal. 


I'm certainly sane, thankfully, but maybe that's the problem. Maybe in life, it pays to be a little bit off kilter at times to deal with the rough parts, though I'll never cease my efforts to rationalize and expose such activity when its clearly organized and of malicious composure and intent. There are far too many other people out there who don't have the perspective I've been fortunate enough to have acquired in life that would likely be harmed if I withheld such insight.
 

When our ancestors took their first steps off of their own front doors (of caves presumably), they drew maps, and told stories of what they encountered beyond in order to entice the imagination of and protect the next generation from the perils out there. Like a grand tapestry of moments. The height of ecstasy, or the depths or horror or somewhere in between.


In many ways, I'm just as much an explorer as I am a storyteller, and just as often as I venture into the heights and light of the emotional and existential experience in my writing, I as a Scorpio have to delve into the depths and darkness of experience and sometimes undo the wrongs I've seen incurred along the way or there before and with one of the greatest non-physical elixirs of healing, and perhaps the one capable of harm when wielded recklessly: words.


Updates for Butterfly Dragon Reimagined are coming soon, but I'd prefer to write them when I'm ready, because this is going to be a big emotional exploration of ideas and concepts true to the spirit of Butterfly Dragon and likely to martial arts and many philosophies. Something so whimsically graceful and meek bound to something so potentially devastatingly powerful and ferocious.


Grand Tapestry of Moments Episode 4 is also coming soon thereafter, but only when I'm ready to write it. Its difficult writing in this day and age, because what I write can become weaponized against me very quickly by the very predatory ideology I've been exposing for some time. My writing is often attributed to other people, while my own identity is removed and replaced with that of another person. So in the height of my accomplishment, its most often someone else receiving the credit, while I'm being pounded and squashed by an abusive predatory ideology who have been doing this very thing for a very long time, but not if I have my way. 


Imagine that you're an actor, or a filmmaker, or a artisan tradesman of some form. You work on something for a long period of your life, maybe a year or two on a single project, carefully honing and shaping it into something of renown, almost literally putting your soul into it. Meanwhile, during that process, the entirety of your effort has been taken the credit for by other people who secretly watched you doing it the entire time, scheming a way to take it from you. Maybe by claiming it not to be your work, or by something so crazy as claiming you to be possessed by someone else who has dabbled in the same vocation and artistry, but into which you've literally poured a good portion of your life's effort. You get to the finish line and, someone else is wearing the credit for your devastatingly exhausting work and effort, while you've been socially branded with a completely different identity and reputation, and one that you are unendingly abused and punished for, despite it not being your identity at all.


I've worked more than a decade and a half creating Shhhh! Digital Media, though it began long before 2010, and all the way back to the early 1980s, when I wrote the first stories that would become A Lady's Prerogative (now called Tales of the Sanctum and more recently Era of the Spellbound) and The Butterfly Dragon, which was originally a story about the environment from the perspective of an immortal eastern dragon, who watches the activities of a bee in a field unfold, the bee choosing to give its attention to a pop can, while a nearby flower with the most succulent nectar is completely ignored. 


It wasn't until I was in high school that my writing began to gain acclaim (at Marc Garneau Collegiate), but I never pursued it at that point. I had many ambitions and interests (and lived to pursue almost every one of them to a great extent). I had friends who also dabbled in writing, and now that I've pursued something I gave up on so many years ago, I find their ghosts (through predatory ideologies) returning to lay claim to the credit for my writing. Meanwhile, I was writing before I'd even met them and that was the case for both A Lady's Prerogative and The Butterfly Dragon. I started both when I was 11 years old, back in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Fifteen years before The Craft (1996) and about fifteen years after Bewitched (1964) first aired.


I'm stating these facts because I want you to know what Shhhh! Digital Media means to me, being its creator and the only writer to have ever graced its pages so far. That might change in the future. I'm not getting any younger. Maybe the mantle will be passed along at sometime forth, to a human or non-human writer or even something more outlandish that would truly be very much a Shhhh! Digital Media-ism.


So, look forward to the current and next episodes of Butterfly Dragon Reimagined, because they're really going to be a spectacle, while Grand Tapestry of Moments Ep4 will be a voice for those approaching the next stage of their existence.


Stay safe and be well ;-)


Once again, I'll stick with my Shhhh! Digital Media colours of red black, red white, red yellow and red grey and Zoo Bobby isn't a dragon on Shhhh! Digital Media ie he isn't Weltherwithsp and never was. I own both brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com and fav.inbox@gmail.com and they're both my addresses. In other words brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com works and resides in the same home office as fav.inbox@gmail.com and there's only one person that works and lives here in Suite 701. The address link I provided with my fav.inbox@gmail.com email recently reached a million views.

Credits and attribution:


Special Thanks To Rocket Fuel Lakeshore Blvd West, perhaps the best place in history to get a coffee, circa 2001-2004. Miss you all very much.


Artwork: Amy WongWendy PuseyGhastlyBirdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3DUnreal Engine...


Tools: Daz3DCorel PainterAdobe PhotoshopLightwave 3DBlender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantIDSadtalkerGoogle ColaboratoryMicrosoft Copilot (Windows 11), HitfilmPhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...


DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.


InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.


Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.


Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.


Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)


Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)


Special thanks to AitrepreneurMickmumpitzHugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.


Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life


Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life


Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts


Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history


Seamus O'Dowd
An extensive growing archive Katas, Techniques and Waza (mostly Shotokan)


Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai 
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art



Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility


Special thanks to Canva for inspiring other creators and giving them the tools


Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!


Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof


Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.


















Friday, March 20, 2026

Chuck Norris: In Memory of a True Martial Arts Hero

photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons




Like_the_Grand_CanyonCC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons



For more information about this remarkable martial artist and 
the inspiration of many generations of martial artists and fans alike, 
I highly suggest starting with this video:


Courtesy of the Biographer YouTube Channel
 
For more information about his martial arts system, visit UFAF


 Rest In Peace

At least Bruce Lee is going to have a familiar sparring partner now :-)


Thanks to Perplexity AI for assistance in putting together a worthy tribute for this martial arts hero and incredible family man.

Artwork: Amy WongWendy PuseyGhastlyBirdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3DUnreal Engine...


Tools: Daz3DCorel PainterAdobe PhotoshopLightwave 3DBlender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantIDSadtalkerGoogle ColaboratoryMicrosoft Copilot (Windows 11), HitfilmPhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...


DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.


InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.


Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.


Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.


Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.ufaf.org Chuck Norris' fighting system, https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)


Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)


Special thanks to AitrepreneurMickmumpitzHugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.


Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life


Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life


Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts


Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history


Seamus O'Dowd
An extensive growing archive Katas, Techniques and Waza (mostly Shotokan)


Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai 
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art



Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility


Special thanks to Canva for inspiring other creators and giving them the tools


Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!


Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof


Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.


Soon, when people arrive in Canada for the first time, we'll be able to say: Welcome to Europe :-)



I am Brian Joseph Johns and this is Shhhh! Digital Media at https://www.shhhhdigital.com or https://www.shhhhdigital.ca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701.