Showing posts with label collages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collages. Show all posts

no surprise

is it any wonder our     

thoughts stack     

over-lapping on     

top of one another     

some vast library caught in     

an earthquake of     

                           dreaming     

out of order when     

was the last time you     

were truly alone?     

          


25 July 1988     


 

collage by doug smith

morning details

part of this nutritious breakfast:

a quiet time an hour of thought 

three sometimes four layers of

cereal in the bowl (always the 

same bowl and the one spoon)

morning details to center the day

a strong slender tower rising

to face the resilient

serial motions of standing tall

a prayer before the first bite

vitamin, juice, black coffee

the soft gentle snoring of my son

in the next room peaceful, still

birds sing familiar tunes clapping

this day this tree of living this world

at five forty-five and the morning is alive

with details.




29 March 1988

All the horses in collageland

All the horses in collageland - collage by douglas brent smith



Cavalier Club at Large

 

Cavalier Club at Large

Cavalier Club at Large -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1995

From Journal #30, Operation Fresh Start, 1995.


NOTES:

I've owned (or co-owned) four Chevy Cavaliers and loved every single one. I've loved them so much that I even contemplated forming a Cavalier Club -- or maybe finding one that already existed. Such charming little cars. Basic, the last one I owned had wind-up windows. Fun to drive, a bit sporty without being too fast (can a car be too fast?). 

My favorite was a blue 1987 station wagon version of a Cavalier. It had an old, permanent smell that was not at all unpleasant. I loved that car and commuting to work in Trevose in that car and it was named Bluebird. Sometimes I would sit in Bluebird and eat my lunch in the parking lot of UFLIC on Street Road. 

I was recently in that parking lot again for a gig with CareerTrack and another for the college but I barely recognized the building or the lot because they had changed so much. Still, the vibes were good.

I always love my cars. I'll never have another Cavalier -- GM foolishly stopped manufacturing them (they keep discontinuing their best and most economical cars...) Pleasant memories. 

That's a cavalier in the lower right hand corner of the collage.

-- doug

How Is All of this Possible?

 

How Is All of this Possible?

How Is All of this Possible? -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1995. From the journal Operation Fresh Start, 1995.

How to Create a 3D Picture In Your Head

 

How to Create a 3D Picture In Your Head

How to Create a 3D Picture In Your Head -- collage by douglas brent smith

or, go with the alternate title if you like, something about a dream and little Mexico. We're here on this plane creating our little hearts out, in this case sometime in or near 1995. 

"Draw a picture."

"Why?"

"I'd love to see it."