"Don't Try to Understand Me"



Hi everyone!

You know, I don't even know for sure where this idea came from. I know he was just sitting there in this picture in my collection. He was telling me, or someone else, what it's all about, and that was all there was to it.
Some people we will never understand. They can't tell us what they are thinking when they do the things they do. You can only hope that they will find their way someday... without hurting themselves or someone else...

I created this piece on 5 x5 clayboard. I used copies of vintage snapshots and vintage sheet music. I wrote on a piece of vintage notebook paper "Don't Try to Understand Me" and then reduced it for the collage. I applied graphite circles with an antique compass I picked up at an auction last summer. I love Clayboard! I was able to scratch parallel lines to create the hardwood floor, and it allowed me to chip away at the wall behind the boy to give the look of distressed cracked plaster...

I hope you like this piece, I know I do.

Thanks for looking,
Brandie

a note... I don't know why the fonts are all screwed up in some prior posts. When I try to edit them back to this size it doesn't work... if it bugs you be patient... I'll get it worked out.