douglas brent smith

Dark Bus

Dark Bus -- collage by douglas brent smith

I've always liked VW Microbuses. For a short time I even owned one that I dubbed Queen after the boat in the movie "African Queen". It shared a similar need for constant maintenance. Occasionally, it would make every trip a journey of adventure. Still, I loved that little bus.

I made the bus in this collage too dark and could not figure out how to fix it. Sometimes dark is dark forever. I tried to lighten it up a bit with cartoon-like headlights. It's far from perfect.

Attention Paid to the Spiritual Side

Attention Paid to the Spiritual Side -- collage by douglas brent smith

I think I've used some of these images in other collages. That happens, sometimes. The context changes the meaning and justifies the redundancy. Or, at least I think it does.

I gave some thought to coloring this collage and decided against it. Maybe later, with time on my hands, I'll decide to color it. Probably not though because that process takes many hours and there is so much new work to do. This piece is from 1994. I was a completely differently person then and so were you (presuming that you were even alive then!)

We're changing every day.

What color do you think that floor is?

-- dbs --

Transporting The Message Keeper

Transporting The Message Keeper -- collage by douglas brent smith

Examination of the Numbers People

The Examination of the Numbers People -- collage by douglas brent smith

Spotted Off The Coast of Jersey

Spotted Off The Coast of Jersey -- collage by douglas brent smith

Selecting Changes Using the Logical If

Selecting Changes Using the Logical If - collage by douglas brent smith

instant breakfast dreams

scrambled dreams

scattered schemes

ideas flashed on the mezzanine

the balcony's crowded with narrow scenes

colorful dreaming liquid sleep

poached eggs dreams

wet and fried

homage to the dreams that died

rules that flutter

into melted butter

dreams design

their own red line

fried dreams my dreams

your dreams ours

evening slips and then devours

sheets around us

lights dimmed black

shadowed visions

on our backs

your dream is my dream is our dream complete.

Behind the Secret Door

Behind the Secret Door (#2)

Behind the Secret Door (#1)

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.

cares about you

bizarre as you wish

could you possibly be

like hair on a fish?

or gills on a tree?

how much of it's youth?

comparing the beauty

too tight yet too loose

impossible duty

bizarre as you are

absurd as can be

so highly abnormal

when done gracefully.

-- douglas brent smith

Read The Dictionary Upside Down

collage by douglas brent smith

Notes:

"Who do you mean to be upside down?"

"You'll know."

"Are YOU upside down or is the dictionary to be upside down and how am I going to read it that way?"

"In a relative sense, it's all your choice."

"I thought so. You don't know."

"That's your choice, too."

"Isn't that YOUR choice?"

"Also true."

zen touch

we touch upon

the wheel's edge

admiring and yearning

for the endless turning

we speak about

the zen of when

the hollow meets

the solid road

but space unending

ends unanswered

the endless questions

of the snow

change the motion of our plans

touch me with your steady hands.