douglas brent smith

bizarre as you are    you know that it's true    not everyone caring    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."

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. -- douglas brent smith

  From Science to Love to Theology - collage by douglas brent smith

 Dreaming of the Divine Machine - sketch by douglas brent smith

  Get a Grip -- photo/screenshot by douglas brent smith

 Detailed Altered View of the Map of the Territory -- collag4e by douglas brent smith

what i really hate is waiting twelve minutes for the bus and watching someone who's only waited one minute squeeze onto the bus ahead of the rest of us what i also hate is being the sixth person in line when they open a new line and the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth people get ahead of me small problems, yes still aggravating i guess like an endless trip a relentless drip stop! pause! stay here because: what i really love is knowing that i am loved and living in that love and with so much love what else matters? -- douglas brent smith 

  Deconstructing The Early Projections -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1994

  Are Dali and Stone Twins? -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1989

  A Little Place by the Lake -- collage by douglas brent smith

 You Know When It's Cool -- sketch by douglas brent smith, 24 August 1983

the room changes they enter eyes turn heads turn new flows over flow a truly eccentric person looking perfectly normal now we rely on that until that ready - steady rock - solid presence presents change smiling at you: in on it lifting a secret door as we wonder how do they know? touching every single person in the room on the arm on the shoulder on the top of the head on the lips! opening the gates of possibility inevitably eccentric  

uncle grant -- can't can't chant pay now pay - for what we say uncle chuck - can't trust your luck tell us true - what do you do? what's the price? the thought is nice lift the lid? that's what we did sign right here - and here, and here grant three wishes - charity cheer freestyle lifestyle paid with tax scoop the art until it cracks uncle grant grant us one wish serve it up nonprofit dish we will write your favorite book paint your piece a proper look film the scene that lights you up fill the ever empty cup uncle grant let's find the spin show us how to cash it in. -- douglas brent smith