Elements of a Dream
Elements of a Dream intends to translate how dreams communicate with us. When we wake up, our logical mind tries to piece together the scenes from our dreams, which often feel too perplexing. So we shrug it off and move on as we start our day, allowing the dream to fade. However, they often reveal a more profound meaning if we take the time to be present with and examine the dream. The scene of this painting is intended to echo this experience where, upon first glance, the scene appears to be nothing more than a jumble of randomly placed objects in an ethereal room. However, a closer examination unveils layers of meaning that represent the various characteristics of dreams and how the subconscious communicates to us only to those willing to pay more immediate attention.
The girl gazes into the water, contemplating. At the same time, her reflection looks back at her, indicating that dreams can be used as a tool to look inward and better understand how we feel.
The mirror represents how dreams often mirror our internal world in response to what's happening in our external world. Similarly, bodies of water often appear to reflect our current emotional state. While our logical mind sleeps, hidden or buried aspects of ourselves are illuminated, as with the candles on the walls. Nonsense and whimsy come out to play to catch our attention and give us a different perspective, represented by the eyeball. The clock swings back and forth in front of a doorway because waking-life rules like linear time don't apply, reminding us that our dream space is a safe place to pause and connect with how we truly feel. The jellyfish floats around in mid-air, adding another layer of absurdity and expressing the feminine-being energy present in dreamwork. Jellyfish move through life fluidly, allowing the ocean currents to carry them forward. This way of being requires trusting oneself to navigate through life and surrendering to the need to control the world around them.
While mushrooms typically grow in more natural settings, they appear to represent what already exists, only in our awareness once necessary. In waking life, mycelium exists all around us, hidden in the ground as it expands its network, only appearing in the form of fungi or mushrooms under the right conditions. Our subconscious works similarly, collecting and storing information from our experiences and resharing them in our dreams to help us draw connections between how past life experiences impact current situations. Dreams are clever, using puns as a form of communication as well. The comb represents the idiom 'comb through the details,' a point to pay closer attention to what is shared in our dreams.
Societal norms have conditioned us to search for answers externally through the news, using Google, or relying on friend and family advice, none of which are inherently wrong. Yet it has created a habit of turning away from ourselves and not trusting the deep wisdom within each of us. When we pay close attention to our dreams and work to decode their messages, it tells our subconscious that we value how we feel and what we want. It strengthens our relationship with ourselves and our intuition. In turn, our dreams will appear more vividly and work with us to support us to grow and navigate through life.
Elements of a Dream intends to translate how dreams communicate with us. When we wake up, our logical mind tries to piece together the scenes from our dreams, which often feel too perplexing. So we shrug it off and move on as we start our day, allowing the dream to fade. However, they often reveal a more profound meaning if we take the time to be present with and examine the dream. The scene of this painting is intended to echo this experience where, upon first glance, the scene appears to be nothing more than a jumble of randomly placed objects in an ethereal room. However, a closer examination unveils layers of meaning that represent the various characteristics of dreams and how the subconscious communicates to us only to those willing to pay more immediate attention.
The girl gazes into the water, contemplating. At the same time, her reflection looks back at her, indicating that dreams can be used as a tool to look inward and better understand how we feel.
The mirror represents how dreams often mirror our internal world in response to what's happening in our external world. Similarly, bodies of water often appear to reflect our current emotional state. While our logical mind sleeps, hidden or buried aspects of ourselves are illuminated, as with the candles on the walls. Nonsense and whimsy come out to play to catch our attention and give us a different perspective, represented by the eyeball. The clock swings back and forth in front of a doorway because waking-life rules like linear time don't apply, reminding us that our dream space is a safe place to pause and connect with how we truly feel. The jellyfish floats around in mid-air, adding another layer of absurdity and expressing the feminine-being energy present in dreamwork. Jellyfish move through life fluidly, allowing the ocean currents to carry them forward. This way of being requires trusting oneself to navigate through life and surrendering to the need to control the world around them.
While mushrooms typically grow in more natural settings, they appear to represent what already exists, only in our awareness once necessary. In waking life, mycelium exists all around us, hidden in the ground as it expands its network, only appearing in the form of fungi or mushrooms under the right conditions. Our subconscious works similarly, collecting and storing information from our experiences and resharing them in our dreams to help us draw connections between how past life experiences impact current situations. Dreams are clever, using puns as a form of communication as well. The comb represents the idiom 'comb through the details,' a point to pay closer attention to what is shared in our dreams.
Societal norms have conditioned us to search for answers externally through the news, using Google, or relying on friend and family advice, none of which are inherently wrong. Yet it has created a habit of turning away from ourselves and not trusting the deep wisdom within each of us. When we pay close attention to our dreams and work to decode their messages, it tells our subconscious that we value how we feel and what we want. It strengthens our relationship with ourselves and our intuition. In turn, our dreams will appear more vividly and work with us to support us to grow and navigate through life.
Elements of a Dream intends to translate how dreams communicate with us. When we wake up, our logical mind tries to piece together the scenes from our dreams, which often feel too perplexing. So we shrug it off and move on as we start our day, allowing the dream to fade. However, they often reveal a more profound meaning if we take the time to be present with and examine the dream. The scene of this painting is intended to echo this experience where, upon first glance, the scene appears to be nothing more than a jumble of randomly placed objects in an ethereal room. However, a closer examination unveils layers of meaning that represent the various characteristics of dreams and how the subconscious communicates to us only to those willing to pay more immediate attention.
The girl gazes into the water, contemplating. At the same time, her reflection looks back at her, indicating that dreams can be used as a tool to look inward and better understand how we feel.
The mirror represents how dreams often mirror our internal world in response to what's happening in our external world. Similarly, bodies of water often appear to reflect our current emotional state. While our logical mind sleeps, hidden or buried aspects of ourselves are illuminated, as with the candles on the walls. Nonsense and whimsy come out to play to catch our attention and give us a different perspective, represented by the eyeball. The clock swings back and forth in front of a doorway because waking-life rules like linear time don't apply, reminding us that our dream space is a safe place to pause and connect with how we truly feel. The jellyfish floats around in mid-air, adding another layer of absurdity and expressing the feminine-being energy present in dreamwork. Jellyfish move through life fluidly, allowing the ocean currents to carry them forward. This way of being requires trusting oneself to navigate through life and surrendering to the need to control the world around them.
While mushrooms typically grow in more natural settings, they appear to represent what already exists, only in our awareness once necessary. In waking life, mycelium exists all around us, hidden in the ground as it expands its network, only appearing in the form of fungi or mushrooms under the right conditions. Our subconscious works similarly, collecting and storing information from our experiences and resharing them in our dreams to help us draw connections between how past life experiences impact current situations. Dreams are clever, using puns as a form of communication as well. The comb represents the idiom 'comb through the details,' a point to pay closer attention to what is shared in our dreams.
Societal norms have conditioned us to search for answers externally through the news, using Google, or relying on friend and family advice, none of which are inherently wrong. Yet it has created a habit of turning away from ourselves and not trusting the deep wisdom within each of us. When we pay close attention to our dreams and work to decode their messages, it tells our subconscious that we value how we feel and what we want. It strengthens our relationship with ourselves and our intuition. In turn, our dreams will appear more vividly and work with us to support us to grow and navigate through life.