Only the irregularity of an image consisting of its internally related visual and spatial elements. This is the natural process of a collage creation process allowed to take its own unfettered and non-predefined course. Irregularity and three-dimensionality inhere to the medium. C ulture is by nature tradition-bound and conservative. Change is difficult because it demands artist and audience surrender the comfort of the known for the insecurity of the unfamiliar.
Collage has the potential to revolutionize the visual arts.
But only if the artist abandons the comfort of the flat surface and regular outline inherited from traditional painting. By clinging to the familiar the artist fails to appreciate the full potential of the medium, and condemns Collage to perpetual dependence on Painting for identity, and for validation. Submitting to Opinion Page L iterary submissions should be under 1000 words. The Opinion Page editor reserves the right to make adjustments in length or text to conform to space limitations. Drafts containing changes will be returned to author for pre publication approval.