A New Perspective

 

A New Perspective


A New Perspective - collage by douglas brent smith, 11 November 1992

Notes:

How do you feel about x-ray vision? I remember vividly (in 3D?) seeing for the first time the movie "X - The Man With X-Ray Eyes" starring Ray Milland. I enjoy that movie so much. Poor Ray, suffers so much for his gift, and craves much more than he can ever see. It's a classic story of the perils of experimenting on yourself.

But, isn't that all any of us are doing? Experimenting with ourselves? We don't know how this turns out for certain. I have faith in certain destinies, but seriously who really knows? Improving one's vision along the way seems like a great advantage.

I've been blessed with correctable eyes, and they have needed lots of correcting over the years. I do not take vision for granted and I do thank God for my vision every day. And, while I do need to use three kinds of eye drops every day, none of them give me X-Ray vision, and that's a good thing. Look at poor Ray Milland...


-- doug smith


Think Again?

What we think we own is always more expensive than we think.

-- doug smith 

Ties

photo: doug smith


We are bound to each other in ways that cannot be untied.

-- doug smith

Exactly, More or Less

 

Exactly, More or Less

Exactly, More or Less - collage by douglas brent smith, 30 November 1991


she looked at me

as if i knew what i was doing

but she knew that i didn't

and was not having 

any of it

making it all sideways

slipped and slipping

so i did my best

to get her attention

only achieving

disapproval.


Lamp, 1992

 

Lamp, sketch by douglas brent smith, mixed media, 1992


This is a drawing of an actual lamp. I don't remember where the lamp lived -- maybe in our house on 39th Place -- that seems logical. It appears in journal #27 Repercussions.