Dream 273

'Hedge funds'

Key material:

My aunt VF, silver fish, scales, change of name

Called to dinner, silver service, cloches, cutlery

Footsteps on the stairs, terror, shaking it away, name being whispered

Hedgerows, hedge funds, crowd funding, crowd surfing

Green bushes, leaves, leaves of grass, fields, rural, sowed, harvest

cloudy skies, grey, pale blue, panoramic view, birds in sky, flight, flutter, wings, spanning

Boxes, frames, wooden cage, apartment block

Magazines, stacked in piles, corners, white paper

Dream 266

'Pigeonhole'

Dream date: 18 July 2014

On occasions when I am unable to recall a significant amount of my dream content to record my dream in narrative form (i.e. when I recall the emotions, colours, sensations, characters etc, but none of the context, action or dialogue) I am going to attempt to create original stream-of-consciousness imagery to illustrate the sensation of the dream because that seems like a more flexible medium. The images may be abstract because I am painting an emotion (rather like Abstract Impressionism or Expressionism, depending on whether I am capturing the visual shape, form and colour of a fleeting moment or a more emotive representation of an inner thought or feeling) and doing so unconsciously, without planning, editing or precision. I am not producing these images with the objective of creating aesthetic, comprehensible or pleasing artwork - I am intending to convey something which cannot be expressed through existing imagery found on the internet or words. Where possible I will use text to add anything I can recall from the dream which may shed light on how the image may be interpreted. Although I excelled at Art & Design in high school and have an undergraduate degree in English Literature & History of Art as well as a lifelong interest in art (notably, Contemporary, Conceptual and Postmodern art), I am not a trained artist, just a keen amateur. These paintings may tell a story, but it is for the viewer to 'read' that story through engaging with my stream of consciousness imagery, which hopefully will inspire and enlighten. 

Key material:

PS

Bright lights, lightbulbs

Compartmentalised, pigeonholes, boxes, rooms, flats

Choose a room

White and yellow

Black cross(es)

Content and positive outlook

Finality

Jay-Z has a new track/music video about cheating on Beyonce, car scene, suburbia, green bushes, I can't believe they are being so honest with the public...