douglas brent smith

  "Is it healthy?" "Is it delicious?" "What's for dessert?" These are questions a hungry (not starving) artist might ask. How about you? This may have been the first and last time that Harry. X. Tudas ever flew a helicopter. He didn't crash. He just didn't want to do it again, even with a light lunch. Snack Time - collage/mixed media by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997, a page from Journal #32, Secret Change Agent.

  Howard kept looking for a light post but could not find one. Auto correct attempted to install one but it had lips. "What's wrong with this picture?" Harry asked him.  "For every missing piece," said Howard, proving that NOTHING was wrong, "...there is room for something new and unexpected." "Well, that's unexpected," said Harry. Mr. Earth Head - collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1997

 A poem is a letter from the soul. -- Harry X. Tudas, 1983

  The Sky With Eyes - sketch by douglas brent smith "Did you know that Harry X. Tudas wrote a book?" "Of course. I always assumed that he's written several books." "Not as far as we know. But there are hints that he did write this one, although no copies have yet been discovered." "Well, there's a picture of one." "..." "It looks like a big book. Harry had a lot to say, I would guess that he had a lot to write." "We'd better look for the book." "I wouldn't know where to look...Chicago, Trenton, Bridgeton, Warminster, who knows?" "Paris...London...Berlin...Miami...Los Angeles..." "You're saying that Harry got around?" "Harry X. Tudas got around." Notes: Harry X. Tudas is a character from a play. I borrowed the name from an expression that my great grandmother Denges would say, "What in the name of Harry X. Tudas is going on?" Not sure where she got ...