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Mosaic created out of 4,000 recycled computer keys.

There is a word search hidden throughout the artwork spelled out with the computer keys.

My goal is that LOVE should cover the world
- Robert Indiana

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
—Audrey Hepburn

At last, my love has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is like a song."
—Etta James

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.”
—Led Zeppelin

Love is the most beautiful of dreams and the worst of nightmares.”
– William Shakespeare

The innovative artist Doug Powell creates the illusion of three-dimensional form through the use and arrangement of recycled or up-cycled computer keyboard keys. Each computer key cap has a unique, tangible history that bears the weathered patina of thousands of uses. “I want the viewer to ponder the infinite, profound combination of thoughts, ideas and inspirations that have surely passed through this intellectual porthole...all made possible with just the common computer key,” Powell said. From a distance, the three-dimensional mosaics look like a textured painting, but closer examination reveals an unexpected landscape of hidden words, phrases and quotes intimately related to the work. In effect, the viewer gets a little history...