Bruce Sherman Studios
Bruce Sherman Studios

My Realities and Real Illusions



Early Work

The Medium

Collage using watercolor on paper with friskit
1982
32" x 40"

I was finishing this piece while I was talking spiritual philosophy with a friend on the phone.  I had it vertical, with the yellow circle being a sun shape over a landscape. 

When I got off the phone I looked at it horizontally and saw a face with a strip of "talking" coming out of its mouth.  Above the strip was a line coming down through the sun which had two eyes and a nose, with the talking strip as its mouth.  This line also went across to the right, into the face's mind.

I was excited to see that I had unknowingly illustrated my talking with my friend, while my spiritual guide manifested in the piece as I was repeating his words. 

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