Friendly Advice -- collage by douglas brent smith, 14 November 1983, from the journal "Theme and Variation"
Back Cover, Theme and Variation
Back Cover, Theme and Variation -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1983
NOTES:
Not so much a collage as a collection of images that builds up as I'm writing a journal, this one from 1983 - 1984. Based on the pictures on the wall, the picture at the bottom of Dorinda and me playing together is from Bridgeton, NJ -- no doubt Dad & Edna's house on Jay Avenue. We look happy.
The woman on the slide of course is Nena and she looks happy, too. These were perhaps dramatic but oh so happy times.
where?
movements
from a stranger
blackouts
from the center of the soul
childlike prods
to an undiscovered corner
tripping, tipping
into a hole
movements
as the stranger
blackouts
from the cage of ourselves
liberating touches
on the edge of frenzy
seizing, freezing
short of the goal
where is the cutting edge?
one of us is bleeding.
-- douglas brent smith
The Motion Age Beatnik
The Motion Age Beatnik -- collage by douglas brent smith, 21 March 1984
Notes:
I met the three people who are featured in the lower right corner of this collage. It was during a festival that I was involved with in Child's Play Touring Theatre. I do not remember the name of the mime trio. I think they were from France. They were fun, they were fabulous, we all got along famously. Never to meet again, but for a day or two we were all fast friends. I didn't speak any French, so our interactions were mostly non-verbal, but they were a mime troupe after all, so no problem at all.
Old Advice
Old advice could still be good -- if it ever was good.
Some old advice does not age well and so we throw it out. Stock market tips from 1980 won't do you much good today. Fashion statements from 1990 probably won't serve you well now.
But some old advice holds up well. Take care of others. Tell the truth. Always do your best. Lots of old advice is still great advice.
What's your best advice?
-- doug smith
stranger
something's unclear
and i fear it's true
who live here?
is it me or you?
-- douglas brent smith
from "One of One: 143 Poems"
From the Private Collection of Marvin Tudas
From the Private Collection of Marvin Tudas -- collage by douglas brent smith, 4 December 1983
Study for Painting
Study for painting -- drawing by douglas brent smith
Notes:
I did actually paint this study, although it has been lost to the ages somehow, maybe in the fire in Louisville, maybe in one of my many moves. Too bad, it came out much better than this sketch. The window scene was different, featuring a VW beetle. The floor was black and yellow. It's an acquired taste but I really liked it. It was fairly large compared to my usual works, too -- probably 36 x 48 inches.
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