Tuesday, March 17

March 17

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I don't remember dreams often, probably because I'm not a very good sleeper, but when I do, they tend to be the kind that last all night. They even have intermission, where I get up, go back to bed and when sleep returns, I pick up where I left off. These simple pages are about a complex kind of night.  I'm not going to explain the dream in full detail, but here is some of the writing you see in the back ground:

I dreamt a spark ignited and sprang between the walls
not my home, but family's of mine, not mine of birth
misplaced in a neighborhood of birth
of another family connected, disconnected
woven into the cloth of my genetics
my marriage family, my life here, my lives past
the fire burns hidden revealing wisps
a sign the inferno is building
alerting all "our house is on fire"
unheard, my screams repeat,
on fire, on fire, on fire, on fire, on fire, 
until alone 
a fire cannot be tamed, the others shrug surrender.
I walk and see another home ignites
my insular cousins, tight knit ready to ignore outsiders
deaf and blind to me I decide the discovery is theirs to make
and walk away
flames within walls destroyed from the inside out
leaving the shell for last
smoke rises, no one sees...

8 comments:

  1. Amazing dream and painting! Thank you for sharing it. Divine fire.

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  2. Karin, I can't stop looking and I can't stop crying.

    Powerful like everything you do.

    Love Renee

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  3. i'm pondering this dream, my friend...

    i love the way you drew the houses. i love that you painted the house red instead of having flames coming out of it. i love the darker red in the windows.

    xo

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  4. This is so powerful. I feel like I have had dreams similar to this before...about fire, loss, family identity, and the fear. This piece provides a record of that dream that sits it more in conscious time. I always wonder why we really remember some dreams and bring them with us so clearly into our wakefulness...

    Hugs to you beautiful Karin !

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  5. Karin, you've managed to make dream recall poetic. I often write down my dreams, especially when the recall is vivid, and it never makes a lot of sense. The manner in which you lay out the details helps define the dream so beautifully even though the message appears to be a little menacing.I love the images, simple and perfect!

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  6. these pages are amazing - love the imagery and the poetry truly burns - thanks for including a typed version because even though it looks great in the background I'm really glad to be able to read it!

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  7. Wow this is really powerful stuff. Strong imagery in those words and pictures.

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  8. thank you sybil, indeed - divine fire!!

    oh renee, you brought my dream so much more - thank you for your wise interpretation!!

    thanks lynne, yeah the fire needed containing...

    Hi Kim, some dream imagery is universal, isn't it?! I try to always record vivid dreams in some way, though they tend to stay with me for decades!

    thank you Sonia, it did come through very poem like as I transcribed in an automatic fashion.

    You're welcome Patti! I didn't want to create extra eye strain ;^)

    thank you Taluula!!

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