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Sometimes the Best Thing to Do Is Draw

  sketch by douglas brent smith What have you drawn today? Why not take a moment and draw something, anything?

Theatre: "The Box Show" (with a nod & wink to Samuel Becket)

A person starts surrounded by and covered with boxes of all sizes. These are boxes that must be unpacked for that person to be free. The boxes contain limiting thoughts, assumptions, cultural restrictions, religious constraints, bigotry, fears - lots of fears, illness, affliction, authority, rules, regulations, anarchy, chaos, regional assumptions, ethnic blurring, ethnic purity, ethnic ethos, ethics, non-ethics, commandments, sermons, skewed exegesis, historical oppression, satire, sarcasm, judgment, broken relationships, damaged relationships, power, powerlessness, pain, lost love, stolen love, broken love, broken promises, broken dreams, forgotten dreams, forgotten lessons learned, forgotten family, estranged family, substance abuse, sugar stars and swings, animal distancing and objectivizing, sexism, racism, greed, slander, lust, deference, danger, risk, confusion, misunderstanding, brokenness, separation, turning away, turning against, ignorance, stagnation, sloth, sorrow, and may

Collage: Propitious Awakenings

Propitious Awakenings _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ You may use this image for non-commercial purposes. Please cite it as follows: collage: Propitious Awakenings (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage: Probably Beyond Expectations

Probably Beyond Expectations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: probably beyond expectations (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage: Lab Time

Lab Time _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: lab time (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage: Behind The Birthday Van

Behind The Birthday Van For a while I was attracted to black & white images for the raw material of my collages. In this case, I glued what I was working on to a colorful sample of stationery. Happy Birthday, wherever you are. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: Behind The Birthday Van (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage: Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup This is both a collage and a creative writing prompt. For a time, I experimented with creating different versions of a collage using a copy machine to duplicate the base, and then making changes in it. Sort of like a very slow motion movie. Or perhaps an indulgence. It's fun. Enjoy. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: Alphabet Soup (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Collage: All Hands on Deck

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Collage: A Quiet Night at Home

(c) 2016 Douglas Brent Smith Size: 81/2 x 11" You may use this image as long as you credit the artist with this notation: "Collage by Douglas Brent Smith, (c) 2016"