Creative Every Day - Dream Theme

The totally optional theme word for Creative Every Day, this month, is 'Dreams.' Here are some of my journal pages I've done over the last week, on that topic. I know it seems if I were truly being creative every day, I'd have more than four pages to show you for one week, but I can get a little obsessive on an image - and if I don't have time to put as much into it as I have in my head in one sitting - I'll keep coming back to it, every chance I get. That's what happened with a couple of these pages (as always, you can click on these little pics to see'em get bigger, if you really want to - I know these are kind of odd drawings, but they're dreamscenes - and sometimes dreams are just - well, kinda weird...)* 

Apparently, I've recently been given dream homework. I'm not sure if it's because of this month's CED theme or not...I didn't even realize I had dream homework due, till I had one of those dreams last week: you know, the one where you're in school again, and you find out that not only are you there in your pajamas, but you also FORGOT YOUR HOMEWORK - dun-DuN-DUN-N-N!!! (how funny, I just realized that it was more appalling to me in the dream, to not have the assignment ready, than it was to be there in my pj's - guess that says something about my fashion sense :) 

 It was an assignment on plants and animals - and apparently, I didn't turn in my written work - oh no! So I guess I tried to make up for it, by overworking the heck out of these journal pages. 

I hope I at least get a passing grade in the class now that I've done the assignment...

I haven't had one of those particular kinds of dreams for awhile. I think part of what triggered it, was falling asleep right after hearing a talk radio program about this, this and this - all of which I'm sort of geekily (and somewhat morbidly) interested in, at the same time that I'm worried by the possible future scenarios those might be harbingers of...that's not a very correct sentence - is 'harbinging' a word? I don't think so - um, 'future scenarios they might be foretelling' - 'forewarning'?? Um, you probably know what I mean...Even if some people don't much like bats, bees or frogs, they're still pretty important creatures to have around. Otherwise, the place will be awfully buggy and not so much to eat, since even if you don't like fruits, grains or veggies - chances are, whatever you do eat, depends on fruits, grains or veggies. I hope those little guys make it. I like to eat - especially fruits, grains and veggies. And chocolate (even chocolate might be endangered! cocoa beans - say it ain't so! Aarghhh!) So we need to straighten up the planet now, people - 'cause there's just no telling what may happen in my menopausal world without chocolate to smooth everything out... 

  ^{In case anyone's wondering, most of the images printed on the left lined sheet of yellow notebook paper are from a book of old clip art images (copyright free) that I scanned  and ran the paper through the printer repeatedly (which took up a surprising amount of time, trying to position things - not to mention the ink - but it seemed important to do a the time - once I get a hare-brained idea in my head, it's hard to know when to stop). I drew the repeating image of the dog and the boy (somewhere under all the other images on the left) in pencil, and drew all the images on the white page on the right side of the journal and the next couple of pages, with graphite and watercolor pencils, with a little stamp ink pad coloration, here and there.}

Anyway, moving on along - the other two pages, are sort of recurring dream themes about there being a very odd sort of chapel in my vegetable garden area (a dream theme, which curiously one of my daughters also had, without my telling her of my own dreams about it - I'm always extra intrigued by the synchronicity, whenever another family member has a similar or connected dream); ginormous trees growing about the yard (in the dream world, some of them have roots that grow up out of the ground so high you have to either duck under them or climb over them).  

This drawing started out with just the little chapel amongst the trees and leaves, then as I was putting in some color with the Distress Ink pad, I noticed that the door from that first image at the top of the post was coming through in kind of a cool way - reminding me of the way that dream images have of fading into one another - so I went ahead and brought the image out some more, with the brown watercolor pencil. Then, as I was emphasizing the shadows more on the chapel, the bell tower windows, started looking more and more like eyes to me, and the shingles looking like owl feathers - and well, just like the way of dreams, one thing led to another...

Another recurring theme in my dreams, is of arches or doorways, that lead to other realms in the dreamworld. Usually, one of my sweet old dogs (that have gone on) or other dream animals will accompany me through them as guardians, sometimes to meet other people or dream animals.

Dreams seem to get short shrift nowadays, in modern society, but they're treated with great interest and given importance in many other much older societies. Personally, I think dreams are fascinating - whether they're my own or others. Lots of people say they don't dream, and I always wonder if that's really true, or if they just don't remember. I always feel a little disappointed if I can't remember at least some 'outtakes' of my dreams. If I don't remember any or much of it, it's like I missed seeing the best part of the movie or something...

So tell me - what are you dreaming about - had any good ones lately? Sweet dreams...

*Added: Also, on the topic of weirdness, Typepad has strangely decided to make the next to last photo (and not necessarily my favorite of the bunch), the big featured pic - instead of the first photo or the last. Oh well. *Phuey*

    

Comments

[rochambeau]

Dear Tink,
You are on a roll. I appreciate your art work SO MUCH.
Nice new dream works, especially your drawings. Adore! That last one, it touches me. Keep up the good work. I want to buy a children's book illustrated by YOU!
xox
Constance

[Judie]

Your dream art is totally surreal and awesome!

[Tammy]

Your art is devine Tink and your flowers are beautifully wild. lol

[Paris Parfait]

Your art is fabulous! Thanks for sharing more of it with us. As for dreams, sometimes they can be very strange - and later I realise, they were just weird thoughts I had during the day, jumbled up in bizarre ways. xoxox

[Caroline]

I thought I'd commented on this already... looks like it vanished!

I love the idea of you in your pjs being more worried about your homework - but of course if you were dreaming its entirely natural to be in your pjs! So what's to worry about?

[Janet]

I always LOVE your artwork! You have such a dreamlike quality to everything you draw and I like that. You can tell a story with your drawings and paintings.

As for dreams, I'm one of those people who usually can't remember my dreams. Once in awhile I'll remember a snippet of something but usually not. It's very disappointing!!

[leah]

O my goodness, I just love your dream art!!

I definitely have those recurring school/homework dreams. The thing about your fashion sense cracked me up. I think I would have been much more worried about the homework too. :-)

But, wait, endangered chocolate?? I'm totally going to have nightmares about that.