Innocence Lost

 

 

Innocence Lost (Terror, Surrealism, Psychotic Events) & Compensation. (Vietnam-March to June 1968). PhotoShop. (1998).

The background is a picture of a village near Quang Tri taken in return trip to Vietnam in 1992. The ballerinas was the closest thing I could find to express Innocence. By Innocence (lost) I mean mine, many Vietnam vets, and America's. But, also, the God of my youth was lost, never to be found again. In the upper left of the work is a copy of my water color The Scream. In the lower right hand corner is a photocopy of my first disability check. Is it worth it? Only time will tell. But, then, whose counting.

I found the photograph of the ballerinas on the web. If anyone knows who this person is please contact me at dougyelmen@earthlink.net

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