One Great Shining Moment

If you were around in 1997, what do you remember most from that time? I mostly remember my little family, dedicated work, and occasional dances with the artist inside me. Like this doodle drawing.

I added the hat to the little man pointing, just today, because he oddly resembled someone in the news who I'd rather not feature.

The people I knew best in 1997 are still precious to me. Keep your loved ones close.

One Great Shining Moment - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1997. From Journal #32, Secret Change Agent.

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Do The Work

Love only begins to start when the easy part is over. -- douglas brent smith

i went shopping for a pumpkin ran into a Christmas tree instead of seeing orange and black i saw red and green scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween i went looking for Frankenstein and monsters to fill me with fear but instead i found Santa Claus and his flying reindeer scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween tried to find my favorites at the grocery store but they're hard to find so tucked away things aren't where they usually live everything is there to give attention to the holiday display scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween i don't like to complain too much but why are we in such a holiday rush? with so many days between now and then but here we are counting down the days again scary Halloween, scary Halloween i got stuck in between Christmas and scary Halloween -------------------------...

photo: light like saturn 2

(c) 2017 douglas brent smith you may use this image for creative or illustrative purposes, in any way that doesn't harm anyone, if you will please credit it as "light like saturn 1 by douglas brent smith"

poem: patiently

i want to read every book touch every flower, breathe in every mint aired aroma, laugh at all of your jokes over again see all of your faces trace the years between us and smoothe the bumpy gaps i want to bake a cake so big it takes a lifetime to eat and create a life so long that all the cake is gone i will have it, i will eat it. i will treat it as your appetizer for better (much better) days to come and what you can't see now in you in me in us in eternity eternally waits, patiently for your discovery. (c) 2017 douglas brent smith

No One Expected Moses

No One Expected Moses -- collage by douglas brent smith 4 August 1983

Awkward Climb

"Must be January." "Yep." "That's when you work on and think about collages the most." "Correct." "Good times." "Indeed." I look out the window. Snow. Not Chicago level snow, but still snow. Colder than usual. Later than usual. If life is a collage, the picture is still forming. It will be there even when we're not looking. Even when we're not there." Awkward Climb -- collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997

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precisely because i can not tame you or hold you to promises you'll never keep for the fumbling from friction and tension weeping in the night wondering where you are incredibly over the constant terrors you touch me with a velvet glove over fondness lost losing with the lies from eyes once true now gazing on weakness crushed under your strength i wonder why i want you more than before. douglas brent smith

Scene Change #42

Even when I created this collage the source photo, the basis of the scene, is an old photo of a Child's Play performance. That's a distorted Victor Podagrosi in the left corner. I drew the halo because Victor had died about a year earlier than when I made this piece. It's a fever dream to mash-up some original sketches with an actual CP performance. My world blended so well with that company. Do you have a group of people you blend with just exactly right? I could feel that from the start with Victor and June and everyone who entered the company contributed to that superb blend. Scene Change #42, collage, mixed media by doug smith, from Journal #32, Secret Change Agent

Invite The Whole Crowd

Invite The Whole Crowd - collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997

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