THIS IS NOT A TEST magazine | Issue 2

THIS IS NOT A TEST magazine

the faces issue volume 1 | issue 2

contents 4 Doodle Database artifacts from a lifetime of preoccupation

16 ghostface spirits in the material world

28 who died retinal afterimage portraits

40 imposters they live among us

50 re drawn

20 year old doodles revisited with Adobe Illustrator

doodle data base 4 |Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend

Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within | 5

6 | Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes

They don’t tell the truth uh | 7

8 |Smiling faces, smiling faces

Tell lies and I got proof | 9

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12 | The truth is in the eyes

Cause the eyes don’t lie, amen | 13

ghostface 14 | Remember a smile is just

A frown turned upside down | 15

16 | My friend let me tell you

Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes | 17

18 | They don’t tell the truth, uh

Smiling faces, smiling faces | 19

20 | Tell lies and I got proof

Beware, beware of the handshake | 21

22 | That hides the snake

I’m telling you beware | 23

24 | Beware of the pat on the back

It just might hold you back | 25

who died To view the portraits: 1. Stare at the drawing for 10 or more seconds 2. Blink 3. Look at the adjacent blank page

26 | Jealousy (jealousy)

Misery (misery) | 27

28 | Envy

Donald Thomas Regan December 21, 1918 - June 10, 2003 Steel-willed financier who was Treasury Secretary and, later, uncommonly powerful Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan until his bitter departure in 1987. | 29

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Leon Uris August 3, 1924 – June 24, 2003 An immigrant’s determined son whomade it big with the million-selling “Exodus” and other greatly popular novels.

I tell you, you can’t see behind smiling faces | 31

32 | Smiling faces sometimes they don’t tell the truth

Buddy Hackett August 31, 1924 - June 30, 2003 Comedian, known for his rubbery face and sometimes raunchy jokes, who never stayed far from a punchline.

Smiling faces, smiling faces | 33

34 | Tell lies and I got proof

Edward Teller January 15, 1908 - September 10, 2003 Played a key role in U.S. defense and energy policies for more than half a century and was dubbed the “Father of the H-bomb� for his enthusiastic pursuit of the powerful weapon. | 35

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George Plimpton March 18, 1927 – September 26, 2003 The New York aristocrat and literary journalist whose exploits in editing and writing seesawed between belles lettres and the witty accounts he wrote of his various madcap attempts to slip into other people’s high-profile careers.

Founded the Paris Review and turned sports journalism into an art form.

Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes | 37

38 | They don’t tell the truth

Elia Kazan September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003 Won a controversial Lifetime Achievement Award at the 71st Annual Academy Awards.

While no one denied Kazan’s contribution to film, many in the industry were outraged that the Academy chose to honor the man who, in 1952 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, ratted on eight of his friends who, with him, had been members of the American Communist Party in the 1930s. His films include On the Waterfront, East of Eden, and A Streetcar Named Desire.

Smiling faces, smiling faces | 39

imposters

40 | Tell lies and I got proof

kensington, philadelphia, pennsylvania

(Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes) | 41

new orleans, louisiana

42 | (Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes)

knoebels amusement park, elysburg, pennsylvania

I’m telling you beware, beware of the handshake | 43

palermo, sicily

44 | That hides the snake

port costa, california

Listen to me now, beware | 45

folsom, new jersey

46 | Beware of that pat on the back

wildwood, new jersey

It just might hold you back | 47

palermo, sicily

48 | Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes

schulensburg, texas

They don’t tell the truth | 49

re drawn 50 | Smiling faces, smiling faces

Tell lies and I got proof | 51

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54 | Your enemy won’t do you no harm

Cause you’ll know where he’s coming from | 55

56 | Don’t let the handshake and the smile fool ya

Take my advice I’m only try’ to school ya | 57

THIS WAS NOT A TEST all images © 2011 Nick cassway | www.nickcassway.com “Smiling Faces Sometimes” © 1971 Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong