New Decade - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1980
Notes:
This is part of a series of collages that were assembled on consecutive pages in Journal #15, eccentric nods, 1979 - 1980. While I do sometimes use "found" text in my collages, the text here is original, if incoherent.
I knew that the transparent tape would yellow with age and I was looking forward to it. There it is, aging as planned.
For a little while, I lived in Oak Lawn, IL. This picture is probably from right after I moved in. I had a small room with a single bed, a black and white TV that relied on its built-in antenna for coverage, a Fender Vibrosonic amplifier (one powerful 15 inch speaker), a borrowed Fender Telecaster, and for some reason a cat carrier. Oh, and a top hat. Not much else.
Wonderful things happened in the short six months that I lived in the Chicago area for the first time. Weird things, too.
Wait -- this could not have been right after I moved in because I painted that painting on the wall in that condo. That painting no longer exists (as far as I know) because I do not have it.
Memories.
-- douglas brent smith