Collaged

rip yourself up glue yourself down

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it’s the time of year I pull out my portfolios from the closet, put all the paper within in a big pile and do some memory lane reminiscing. There are some paintings that have a certain quality and I put them in a separate pile. Hard to say what that quality is. It’s like a vibe that they are destined for something else. They are probably jobs or drafts or old ones that never found homes or fell out of favor. They are now in the station heading for their destination. The shredder.

theres stuff from last week back to 2012 even a couple from 1986

I think there is an inevitability for things to eventually become mashed together. Its natural. Planets collide. Genres collide. Genes collide. Ideas coagulate. Here I just want to minimize the “pile”. Bind the times. I have too many pieces ( if you ever want to see the work i have available please reach out. you could rescue a piece from this fate. however its too late for anything in the prior photo)

and so it begins…

I try not to get too precious about things. If it were only prints being ripped up it really wouldnt have the same effect. The originals, even if Im not sentimental about em, hold a different weight. Just thinking about all the time spent on this stuff is kinda wild. hoursssssss getting ripped up. Rip it up. “Creation. Destruction.”

its something like this. maybe when this card pops up you can view it as life is just a never ending collage

The ripping is better than scissors. this isnt a fancy pants operation. stick my finger in the glue, goop it all over. its really so much fun! truly. drawing at times can feel uptight, at least thats the place i take drawing a lot of times. collaging is a great release. once a year around the holidays with a big glass dish of old man candy, rootbeer barrels, coffee werthers, peppermints, creme savers. theres snow outside now. theres miles davis on cassette. wool poncho blanket.

so many eras coming together

bricks, stonework, and tiles really shine here and there

a lot of marbled paper experiments from me and my daughter. folding it in. is it done? i dunno ¯¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

so do bushes, leafy things, patternish things.

really love this one! that sleeper originally was in ladybug paint company but that plot line was axed. here, they dream again

adding to one from last year. they tend to stay fluid in that regard

Old Man Candy

have a couple more in the works so unveil those soon.

alas the collages have begun to pile as well. will need to do a collage show someday

ive come to the conclusion that the 7 dwarves are somehow related to the 7 alchemical processes of transformation. i dont know how or why. its in my head working itself out

my friend posted this photo while i while making this. kinda divine coincidence. listen to those coincidences

the conveyor belt

welp thats what ive been up to. a lot more than this but this is a solid report. Further Thoughts 2 is in the works - The Major Arcana! The next post probably will dive into the soup. Insane times out there. Stay aware. Question everything. Shine your light fellow furtherer. My blessings to you and yours.

Happy Holy Daizees

~Dango