So, honestly, this creative assignment of creating art inspired by dreams was a bear! I couldn't follow the steps, so I just didn't. I was certainly dreaming, mostly in fragments. I was aware that I was dreaming, but would lose the dream right when I woke up. So, there weren't very many notes being taken during the night or in the morning. That is until yesterday afternoon. As I was waiting for the BART to take me home I opened my notebook and jotted down a few words and a sketch. I consciously recalled a bit of my dream from the nights before. Here is what I drew.

 

So, when I look at those notes now I realize that most of my dreams lately have been about mistakes being made, feeling inadequate, things not flowing smoothly, feelings of that nature. It seems to be getting easier to recall my dream emotions as I write this post. Interesting. I went with the sketch that popped in my head for the final piece of dream inspired art.

When I looked at it the next morning the words together, apart, photograph, and circular came to mind. Other words like bright, light, black and white, cycle popped in my head as I walked passed it during the day.

So, something really kind of disappointing and perfect happened when I went to scan the image in for this post. It tore apart. Didn't work out as I planned. I thought that was just about perfect.

What's nice for me about these creative exercises is that I have less of an emotional attachment to the work. I could take it or leave it. I make it much faster than my other art and don't concern myself with the outcome. And, I don't pass judgment about it. I know that is one of the major reasons Lisa and I came up with this new project, but it's nice to actually have it occur!

What having you all been dreaming about lately?