The Gentle Art of the Art Smash

Did you know that from 1896 to the 1930s, there was a traveling show that purposefully smashed locomotives together - head on - for the entertainment of massive crowds? It got me to thinking about how smashing two ideas together can be just a fun, and you can never quite predict what you'll get from the wreckage.

Atlas Obscura story: For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks

This is an audio reading of the post "The Gentle Art of the Art Smash” originally published on May 23, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. 
https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/smash

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