Notes:
It's only a random sketch in the middle of some random ramblings in my journal at a time my family was having a rough time. The ability to draw is quite calming, whether or not the drawing has any merit. It's a three-panel cartoon without any joke, or message, or meaning. Or, is it?
-- doug smith
Wait Until The Grass Grows #1
Wait Until The Grass Grows #2
Sketch by douglas brent smith, from Journal #31, Collaborating In Three Spheres, 1996
Three Spheres #2 -- sketch by douglas brent smith. From Journal #31, Collaborating In Three Spheres, 1996.
While I was drawing this my son Juan, five years old, asked me what I was doing.
"Drawing." I said
"Can I draw, too?" he asked.
"Of course."
So here's what he drew:
You Know When It's Cool - sketch by douglas brent smith
Notes:
This is a sketch from one of my journals and as you can tell by the TV, an old one.
Notes:
I think (hope) that #2 (the one above) is an improvement over #1 (which is the exact same picture except that in #2 I added some lines, drew over a few more, and shaded one area.
You Can Be... - sketch by douglas brent smith
Where do you stand? What do you demand?
Who do you declare yourself to be?
Truth and Bull - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1989.
Have you ever felt completely upside-down?
"How do I know that you're telling the truth."
"Because I always tell the truth."
"Well, I know that's not true."
"How do you know?"
"Because it can't be true. How do I know that anything you say is true if I can't trust what you just said."
"Because I am 100% truthful."
"That's bull."
"Or is it?"
Feeling upside down, the conversation ended. Were they any closer to the truth? Likely, not.
- dbS -
Here's another version of the image with more saturation, allowing you to see some of what is on the back of the page, and adding more color:
Levitating a Small Guitar - sketch by douglas brent smith (probably 1991).
"Do you think that he could levitate a large guitar, that is to say, a normal sized guitar as well?"
"No doubt. It might take some practice, though."
"Does it come naturally?"
"It comes with practice."
"That is more like a ukulele than a guitar."
"Nope. It has six strings. Guitar."
"Small"
"But he could also levitate a large guitar. Maybe one wasn't available."
"Well, you've got to start someplace."
"Yes."
- dbS -
It is only a doodle. A quick sketch that started out as a space ship but somehow ended up looking like a badminton birdie. Still, I like it, so here it is.
Face In The Crowd - pen and marker drawing by douglas brent smith, 1989
At the buttom of the drawing you can see the effect of water on the paper. I feel lucky that my journals weren't more severely damaged or even burned completely up in the fire at Elm Street. I spent hours afterwards drying them out in the sun on a trampoline, carefully turning page by page and giving each page some drying time. This is from journal #26. I was up to journal #41 at the time. Fortunately, not all of them were drenched.
Chaos In The Middle - sketch by douglas brent smith (with help from Christopher Morgan Cizewski Smith.
