Periodically I use the dream state to help me flesh out ideas which I want to pursue in my art. But recently I had the opposite occur. I used my creativity in a therapeutic way to understand a specific dream.
I can't say the dream was a nightmare, but it was definitely one of the odder I've had. I dreamed that there was a glyph-like shape hanging over the bed. It was a turquoise and it twisted in upon itself over and over again like a DNA helix, but not the same shape. That was when I sat up in bed. My partner was laying next to me in the dark reading a book on his Kindle. I am not even sure what I said, but I know I asked him if he had put the glyph there and I pointed to the space over the bed. Then the glyph faded away into the dark and I fell back to sleep, leaving my partner a bit confused.
The odd thing is, that the dream didn't fade like most dreams do when they end. When I woke up again I still remembered it.
So what was the meaning? Was there any meaning at all?
There is a theory out there that occasionally gets pushed around in theoretical science, that this is a holographic universe and we are really just a unique piece of programming that is reflected by a line of code that is our true form.
Whether this is true I suppose we will never really know. What I do know is that I woke up thinking about glyphs and could not shake them from my mind.
So I used my art to exorcise my dream a bit and I see if I could flesh anything out by creating images of glyphs. I am not really sure it yielded anything of value yet, but it did help to let my mind wander while I created. The value may yet come, or it may remain a mystery.
We all need a method where we can flesh out meanings in our lives. My creativity gives me an advantage in doing so.
With that in mind, its apparent that this is turning into a series of art. Your guess is as good as mine as to the meanings.
No comments:
Post a Comment