Contemplating the Case for Control

Contemplating the Case for Control -- collage by douglas brent smith

NOTES:

I made so many of these black & white, copy-machine preserved collages which developed a moment here, a moment there, adding or drawing snatches of things that grabbed my attention while I was doing other things. When Collageman's mind wanders, where else would you expect it to go?

I did turn many of these (and entire three-ring binder full) into color collages using markers. When did I ever find the time for that? The coloring happened at home, listening to music, watching TV...in idle hours in the days before the internet stole our brains.

Different times, indeed.

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