A richly layered assemblage by Jack Lavender, *Now and Then It Comes Back 9* brings together an eclectic array of materials — glass, sand, metal, tape, and stickers among them — to construct a tactile surface alive with accumulated memory and texture. The work evokes a sense of fragmentary recollection, as though ordinary objects and ephemera have been gathered and preserved in a moment of suspended time. Lavender's intuitive handling of mixed media creates a tension between the mundane and the poetic, inviting the viewer to search for meaning within the layered chaos.