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Kim Smith

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 010: Me-Mems: Gruff Guy

Uncle Ron was Dad’s older half brother. We kids thought him scary. He didn’t act like other grown men we knew. He talked loud. His tone…

Apr 21, 2022

Red tanker pirate ship (HC Westermann) floating in red and yellow splotchy sea. Dinosaur silhouette onboard, big dinosaur silhouette in foreground. Jackson Pollock red sky.

Apr 21, 2022

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 009: Me-Mems: SOB Story

“s-u-M-o-f-a-m-i-S-h.”

Apr 15, 2022

Manga boy speaking to Northwest Indian totem pole mask. Silhouette of a small dinosaur in the foreground.

Apr 15, 2022

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 008: Me-Mems: Lascaux in Late Neolithic Tacoma

In order not to fall asleep during nap-time, I used to draw.

Apr 7, 2022

background of paleolithic cave painting hand print on one side and Jackson Pollock on the other side. Dinosaur in the foreground.

Apr 7, 2022

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 007: Me-Mems: “Nothing”

In order not to fall asleep during nap-time, one thing I used to do was think about difficult things.

Apr 2, 2022

prehistoric landscape at night with volcano and dinosaur. Part of Rene Descarte’s face firelit from below fills right side of picture.

Apr 2, 2022

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Bottled Bits 012: Me-Mems: Garden Lesson

To avoid sleep during nap time, I sometimes thought about “The FALL.” The story of Adam and Eve probably figures big in most Western kids’…

Apr 1, 2022

Background image of medieval sculptural relief of Adam and Eve being tempted by the snake in the Garden of Eden. Blue apple center superimposed. Dinosaur silhouettes flank left and right in foreground.

Apr 1, 2022

Kim Smith

Me-Mems 011: Pistol Whipped

Seems having a toy pistol was every boy’s dream. About to turn seven and still didn’t have one!

Dec 27, 2021

Me-Mems 011: Pistol Whipped

Dec 27, 2021

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 007: Me-Mems: Great Nap Rebellion

If you got Polio, you could wind up in something called a “wheel chair.” Not as bad as something called an “electric chair,” but bad…

Dec 17, 2021

Bottled Bits 007: Me-Mems: Great Nap Rebellion

Dec 17, 2021

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 006: Me-Mems: The Shadow Knows

Salishan. Bedtime. Me under little Sis’s bed in her dark bedroom. I’m flat as a woven rag rug. One ear to floor. One hand ready to…

Nov 26, 2021

Close-up of a screaming mouth with silhouette of small dinosaur in foreground. Image is reddish purple and Ben-day dots are quite visible — likke a newsprint picture.

Nov 26, 2021

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 005: Me-Mems: Magic Carpet Ride in West Seattle

At Grandma and Grandpa’s house in West Seattle, the bathroom tile floor looked like a carpet of chicken wire, the kind Grandpa used to coop…

Nov 16, 2021

White hexagon tiles floor with gray grout. Some blue hexagons that can be seen as the center of flowers with white petals. Shadow of a small dinosaur.

Nov 16, 2021

Kim Smith

Bottled Bits 004: Me-Mems: Chimneys & Lighthouses

In kindergarten, watched other kids draw and knew I had a special gift for this kind of thing. The other kids watched me draw and agreed. I…

Nov 8, 2021

close-up of Popeye’s face with pipe tilted at 45 degree angle paired with a lighthouse at night, its beacon rays silhouetting a dinosaur.

Nov 8, 2021

Kim Smith

Kim Smith

Musement artist playing w/words & pics to fetch new thoughts in a universe of chance. Wittgenstein (paraphrz) Don’t fear silliness. Pay close attention to it.

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