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AFTERIMAGE: by Wayan; 1983/8/8, a dream on dreams. A bizarre little dream proving just how physical the impact of a dream is on the body... |
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ANDROMEDA: by Wayan; dreamed 1987/12/30; a Greek myth turns Jungian and Buddhist I dream of the legendary maiden chained to a rock, and the dragon coming to abduct her--but neither one is as advertised. They look strangely akin... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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ARTSHOW IN A DREAM: by Wayan; 1983/6/28 & 9/18, twin dreams on modern art's blindspots Jaundiced dreams of an art show spell out just how deeply I reject the rules behind modern art... |
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BEWARE OF OVERSTIMULATION: by Wayan; 1980/12/30, odd dream advice. A sex-ghost appears in my bed, but when overstimulated, she tends to fade out. Bad reception!... CAUTION: SEX |
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THE BLAMMOR: by Wayan; 1984/4/20, 4 linked private-eye dreams. I'm a Fast-Food Detective tracking down a kidnapper-sorceress. I find castles, monsters, magic carpets... and unexpected love. CAUTION: SEX |
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BOOKSTORE ILLUSION: by Wayan; erasable crayon of an illusion, 14x17", 1982/6/25 I was in the Stanford Bookstore and saw this strange visual pun across the room... or did I? CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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BOYFRIEND OUT OF PHASE: by Wayan; 1989/1/7, erasable crayon (14x17") of sexy daydream. A girl in my dance class stretched like making love to the air. But when I drew her, a black wolf... CAUTION: WEREWOLF SEX |
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BURN HIS TREE: by Emily Joy; 2007/2/7; two linked nightmares on art Malevolent artwork terrorizes my baby and me! What's to be done?... |
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CAT IN LEAVES: by Wayan; 1988?, erasable crayon over ink; geometric idea. A stylized cat with a logarithmic body. I just like drawings with hints of fractality... |
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CAULDRON OF GOO: by Wayan; 1995? Dream? Daydream? Can't trace this one! I'll link this to its dream if I can find it, but so far, I'm bewildered--and curious. Who the hell IS that, in the Cauldron of... |
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CENTAUR: PAULINA AT SUNSET: by Wayan; 1987/12/8, three dream-infused figure studies Fear anorexia? Gain weight, yet stay slender--be a centaur, like model Paulina Porizkova... CAUTION: NUDITY; BODY IMAGE/ANOREXIA ISSUES |
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CENTAUR BY SARTRE: by Wayan; 1989/3/28; an oracular dream A sea-centaur explains why some dreams don't LIKE to surface to so-called consciousness... CAUTION: WET T-SHIRT, EXISTENTIALISTS, HARPOONS |
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A CENTAUR SPLITS: by Wayan; 1988/1/12, a Gestalt dream. A centaur divorces, into a unicorn and an unfinished faun-girl, who argue "Forward!" "Not ready!"... CAUTION: TRANSPARENT BREASTS |
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CENTAUR WITH STAFF OF POWER: by Wayan; ink 1982/6/3, tinted 2001; sketch of a daydream An image influenced by a recent dream, "Centaur Quartet... |
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CRAYON NAIAD: by Wayan; 1994, nondream art experiment My friend Zooop taught me to crayon onto heated paper--it's vivid, dreamlike... |
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DEER SHAMAN: by Wayan; 1981, 9x12" faux cave-rubbing. Partly based on the ancient cave painting "Le Sorcier", but here it may be the deer putting on human guise... |
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(THEIR) DREAM HOUSE: by Wayan; 1986/1/1, a New Year's nightmare. A house with a fire-ghost infestation. Worse than termites! And the ghosts tell me it's all my fault.... |
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DREAM OF ABYSSES: by Marie-Claude Girondé, spring 2007, a dream-drawing. Girondé dreams she's floating through the oceanic abyss... |
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DURING DREAM-DROUGHT: by Wayan; 1997/5/7, a journal exerpt. Sitting in an eviction-lawyer's waiting room, of all places, I discover my next artistic direction... CAUTION: SEX/GENDER ISSUES |
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THE EX-GODDESS: by Wayan, 2010/11/9, a dream-poem on a god in hiding--in plain sight! I meet a forgotten goddess--outlived all her cults. Today she passes as a psychic, reads a crystalball... CAUTION: NUDE CHALK SKETCH |
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EXPLORATION: by Wayan; 1998/2/27, a dream on leaving your safe zone. Hide-and-seek on an alien world ends in a sexy encounter--and a startling insight on BELIEF... CAUTION: SEX |
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FAIRY PRINCESS PALACE: 1992-, by Kavitha Subramaniam; a recurrent dream of prosperity Ever since I was a little girl I've been dreaming of this luxurious bright-colored mansion... |
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FIGURE DRAWING: BLONDE IN RED HAT: by Wayan; crayon sketch from photo, 1995/5/18 Girl in a red cap, half-asleep in bed, looking either sexy or she has the flu, like I did... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: BLONDE REACHES UP: by Wayan; 1995/5/15. Crayon figure study. From an ad. I recommend drawing photos as well as live models; some poses, models can't hold! CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE IN BLUE TANKTOP LOOKS IN MIRROR: by Wayan; 1995/5/15 After a workout, she looks at herself in the mirror, and for once, she LIKES herself... CAUTION: SHE LIKES HERSELF, AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT! |
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FIGURE DRAWING: BROWN GIRL STEPS: by Wayan; 1995/2/27; studio sketch-portrait A model clowning--an ephemeral emotional flash CAUTION: ART-SCHOOL NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: CAT-MARE-GIRL: by Wayan; 1995/7/24; studio sketch, crayon. Late in life-drawing class, Evangeline got tired and snuggled into a pillow-nest. She looked so feline... CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: DAPPLED: by Wayan; 2000/11/29, pastel digitally tweaked. A pensive leonine woman resting on a tilted rock. A life drawing with certain imaginary spots. CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: EAGER ARTIST: by Wayan; 1995/1/30, studio sketch. Rather than draw the model, I often sketch my classmates in life-drawing. They get so intent! |
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FIGURE DRAWING: EYES SHUT IN SUN: by Wayan; 1995/5/17, crayon sketch from photo. Just a startling moment when a woman with backlit hair turned incandescent... |
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FIGURE DRAWING: FERNS: by Wayan, 1995/4/17, crayon figure-study Evangeline the model arranged pillows and potted ferns and told us to "Just picture the pillows as rocks and a ferny cascade." I did... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: NINA IS A TV: by Wayan; 1995/5/8 studio drawing, crayon Nina the model's weirdest pose yet, as a TV with rabbit-ear antennae... CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: PEEKABOO: by Wayan; 1989/1/2, crayon based on photo Girl peers out from a satin robe hiding only her face. Look at me! Hide! I know those contradictory feelings. CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: RAIN!: by Wayan; 1982/7/26, figure studies in pastel & watercolor Playful girl steps out in just her translucent yellow raincoat, clear boots & red umbrella as a shower ends & the sun comes out. Dreamlike, but not a dream! CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: SILKY ON FUR: by Wayan; 1983/6/18, an undream crayon; half photo half memory A model lying on fur in gold light. But she was pouting in that seventies way, so I found myself drawing the kind face of a childhood friend instead... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: SSSSH!: by Wayan; 1995/4/17, studio life-drawing, crayon. Evangeline stood before the mysterious portal and shushed us... CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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FIGURE DRAWING: STARE DOWN THE SHOE: by Wayan; 1995/7/24, crayon studio sketch A confrontation between the top predators on this planet: Evangeline and her boot... CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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FLUID REALITY: by Wayan; 1983/8/8; a magical dream-sea voyage that turned out to be predictive On my quest I find magic portals, snarky flower-fairies, undersea redcoats, reassembling bodyparts, living chess, and Nosferatu the Cheating Vampyre... |
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FURIOUS FLIGHT: by Wayan; 1998/11/8, a dream on managing rage. I lose my temper. I don't just fly off the handle--I fly off a cliff and out to sea! Why'd I risk drowning?.. |
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GHOSTS PUSH TOWARD THE SUICIDE DOOR: by Wayan, 1997/8/7, a nightmare that wants a break. I live in a haunted house where ghosts push you to suicide. But they're as tired of it as I am... |
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GO YOUR OWN WAY: by Peter Birkhäuser; 1942-45?, three advisory dreams plus a realist painting, '44. Peter draws painstaking realism til his tense hand turns into a horn! An anima urges him to walk into a blue light. He & Sybelle struggle against a crowd walking the wrong way... |
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GOTTA BE ME, OR...: by Wayan; 1989/9/5, a surreal sex dream with advice A friend tells me her sex fantasy. We try acting it out, but roleplaying has bizarre effects... CAUTION: SEX GAMES |
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HAWK ANGEL: by Wayan; 1982/12/28; a dream on rejecting hearsay. I dreamed I met a sort of hawk angel, but there was this preachy guy between us... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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HOOD: by Wayan; 1993/5/11 & 5/15, a recurring dream of a... woman? dinosaur? cape? spirit? An alien-heron-dino-woman left us her cape--or is it a cast-off skin? I put it on, for I was told I need the hood to ward off some evil. My human head won't fit the narrow hood. But the owner's manual says I don't need a shield, I'm immune! So skip the hood; wear the cape as a minidress... |
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A HOT SKATER: by Wayan; 1997/5/8, a suggestive dream. A skater so hot, she tears her clothes off and starts melting the ice! I'm shy with her: thin ice, you know... CAUTION: NUDITY |
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THE INVESTOR DREAMS A WOLF: by Wayan; 1983/10/30, a dream poem. My dream characters aged and tamed until they sit in a genteel Victorian flat. Then a wolf rappels in... |
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KAMAR'S DRAGON: by Kamar, May 1977, sketch of a dream-figure At a dream workshop for kids, Kamar drew this dragon, explaining that the dragon had a door, and inside lived a witch with two cats... |
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LESBOY: by Wayan; 1996/5/20, a dream on one's identity and place. My Aunt Squid advises me to join a lesbian artists' co-op. But I'm a man! Not for long, though... CAUTION: NUDE SUNBATHING, GENDER BEWILDERMENT |
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A LOST STATION ON THE TOKAIDO: by Wayan; erasable crayon, 1981/12/6. A nondream vision. A tribute to Hiroshige's moonlit landscape prints of the lonely roads of old Japan... |
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MIDWAY: by Wayan; 1994/2/4, twin shamanic dream-lessons. I'm cold and dark and disoriented! What am I doing wrong? Nothing--I'm just halfway to Alpha Centauri... |
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MOA: by Wayan; 1995/9/9, a dream on assertion. I was an avian Mr Niceguy with sore knees, till I got some advice from my supposedly extinct big brother... |
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MUNCH'S BLUFF: by Wayan; 11x14", 1983. Nondream erasable crayon A sea-scape somewhat in the style of Edvard Munch: midnight-sun madness with a hint of suicide... |
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MYSTERY BETWEEN: by Wayan; 1985/9/27, crayon and acrylic drawing on dreamnesia. Okay, you got your heaven, and your earth, and between, you got... CAUTION: MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE |
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PASS, MARE: by Wayan; 1982/3/13, a sex dream about letting your animal side lead A deer-girl turns into a talking mare. We make love. Then, relaxed, she leads me over a pass from suburban isolation into a wider social world... CAUTION: TALKING HORSE SEX |
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PATCHEN'S ANGELS: by Wayan; 2000/1/23, nondream crayon/digital drawings. I always liked the little creatures in picture-poet Kenneth Patchen's wild collage-pages... |
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PAW AT THE BALL: by Wayan; 1981/12/6, two waking Goddess images. A grassy hill in a previous drawing of mine suddenly looked like Big Hair, so I tried to grow a body that fit that 'do... |
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THE POWER OF MOONLIGHT: by Carla Young, 2010/1/2; painting of a dream image I wish I could be as body-free as my neighbor Jenna, hiking nude under the full moon... |
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PUMA ORGY: by Wayan; 1988/2/5, erasable crayon drawing of a dream. I dreamed I had to go through the Animal Orgy to get to the City of the Shining Spirits on the horizon... CAUTION: STRANGE SEX |
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PURPLE SPOOK CROWD: by Wayan; 1972. Crayon of a vision. One of my earliest drawings, of a quiet crowd of melancholy ghosts... |
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THE RED BEAST WAS HAPPY: by Wayan; dreamed 1981/11/16, drawn 1983/11, a subtle healing dream I was timid. Red scared me. But this huge confident dream-beast hinted at a new energy... |
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RED OCHRE, CLEAR LIGHT: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2003/4/2 & 4/21; two possibly premonitory dreams Mt Everest is snowfree and red; in the next dream I redden a sandstone cave with ochre. I feel uneasy... |
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ROAR!: by Wayan; 2000/4/3, a nightmare transformed by a bluff Night. A jungle full of prowling lions and leopards. So naturally, I get up on a rock and roar back... |
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ROCKY LOVE: by Wayan; 1984/1/18, a dream farce. A friend's tragic accident confines him to disco roller skates for life! Worse yet, he's in a Rocky Relationship... CAUTION: "ROCKY HORROR" REFS, SEX |
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RUBBERNECKER: by Wayan; dreamed 2000/4/24; a ghost comedy. I dreamed of a woman whose jeep stalls on the Antarctic ice. Along comes the ghost of a Volkswagen... |
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SAT UP CONFUSED: by Wayan; 1995? Erasable crayon, 8.5 x 11"; self-portrait of waking-up state I wake up with my head swollen, full of vivid bewildering experiences, without a clue... |
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SEX SOX: by Wayan, 1986/9/1, half a life drawing, half imaginary A life drawing I added a guy to, turning a piece about loneliness sex and socks into a wish fulfillment... CAUTION: SEX, SOX (BUT UNLIKE BILL CLINTON, NO SAX) |
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SILKY SINGS WITH WEREWOLF BOY: by Wayan; 1996/7/10; dream figures on bedspread, 5'x7' My anima the singing horse was encouraging a shy werewolf boy to give it a try... CAUTION: UNCLAD HORSE CHANTEUSE |
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SING A HAPPY TUNE: by Wayan, daydream, crayon, 2003/7/27. A sketch of a whistling punk girl somehow mutated into a fairy holding a songbird of sorts... CAUTION: "THE BIRD" |
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SQUEEZE LEGS FOR THAT LOVELY FEELING: by Wayan; 1988/11/14, nondream sex-fantasy in crayon I couldn't find the motivation to do enough figure studies unless they were sexy, so... CAUTION: SEX |
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STACY BECOMES A BLUEBIRD: by Valerie McCarney, 2012 or 2013, a dream on letting your kids fly free My daughter got a tattoo that spread and became blue feathers growing from her arms. Wings start to bud... |
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SUCKER!: by Wayan; 1990? Crayon, 12" square. Health reminder.. I was anorexic for years before I found I was allergic to many foods--I had good reason not to eat!... |
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SWIMMER IN BLUE: by Wayan; 1984/4/26 drawing of recurring dream image. I have recurring dreams of figures broken up by hair the color of the background... CAUTION: MILD NUDITY |
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TEHURA TRIES COMICS: by Wayan; 1994/7/19. pencil, Xerox, erasable crayon. I dreamed a sphinx artist visited humanity and drew the crazy natives. I copied her sketchbook... CAUTION: NUDITY, PAGANISM, SLACKERISM, ACTUAL IDEAS |
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THOSE BITCHES! OOPS, I MEAN... GREAT GODDESS!: by Wayan; 1988/8/19, a dyslexic dream. I live in a beehive. We must mate with dogs. I'm assigned a bitch. But I'm allergic to gods! Oops, I mean... CAUTION: SEXUAL THEME, DOGGESS WORSHIP |
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TIME IS A CROC: by Wayan; 1993/3/29, a dream on time. Golfing in the basement with Giselle! But her ball goes through a Stargate to land on a world where the water hazards are hazards... |
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THE TOAST OF CREATION: by Wayan; 1981/11/21, nondream crayon/ink image How the world was really created. God said "Let it be well done" and it was well done. CAUTION: TECHNOLOGICAL BLASPHEMY |
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TRIBUTE TO JOAN MIRO: by Wayan; 1984/2000. Erasable crayon, 14 x 17", nondream Nearly abstract but not quite. The snake, the quill pen, the secretary bird, and the rose. |
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UNDERSECRETARY FOR THE ARTS: by Wayan; 2022/2/13, an advisory dream I'm named the Undersecretary for the Arts. I sift through all the grant applications. But I'm a webtroll; I hang furry pastel pinups in my office. The humans see postmodern irony... CAUTION: FURRY PINUPS; UTTER LACK OF IRONY |
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UNICORN STAIN-GLASS WINDOW: by Wayan; 1983/4/28, subliminal or predictive dream The stained-glass unicorns were stunning, sexy... but veiled by a bland, tasteful, flowery inner stained-glass window. 18 months later I saw the dream window... |
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VESTA ON ISIG MOUNTAIN: by Wayan; 1982/late May; crayon showing worldview of dream being. Vesta are animal guardians of the land. This isn't a portrait of a vesta, but how I see when I AM one... |
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WELL-MEANING GRASS: by Wayan; 1982/5/17, a diagnostic Trek dream. On a gene-engineered world, the Prime Minister tries to assassinate the Bug Princess by tricking a well-meaning smartlawn... |
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WHILE THE MEN WERE HUNTING by Wayan, 1981/11/3; a crayon-ink-Xerox art-prayer. In cave times, while the men were all out hunting, it was the women who learned to paint the cave walls to summon... |
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THE WHITE DEER, RE-ENACTED: by Wayan; 2009/3/2, a parabolic dreampoem. I'm living in an England rendered in chalk. We wander the woods with butterfly nets, ritually hunting the White Deer--if that's what they really are... |
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WIRES: by Wayan; 1957-1963, a recurrent childhood nightmare resolved by drawing, 1999/12/8 I was bodiless but trapped. All I could see were these moving wires. Whenever a knot drifted by... CAUTION: MADNESS, TORMENT, TELEPATHY, SEXUAL REBELLION |
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WOMAN WITH PLANS: by Wayan; May 1981, a crayon portrait A figure study teaches me a lesson about the sexiness of brains. And about the unsexiness of no brains... CAUTION: NUDITY; LIBELS ILLINOIS |
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THE WORLD-BIRD: by Wayan; 1982, crayon, 11x14." Nondream dreamlike image.. The bird that carries the world through space, whose eye is the sun... |
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THE WORLD'S FAIR: by Wayan; 1983/3/18, an illustrated dream fable. The same night I learn of the Kerouac Tree, a wise old man shows me the world's fair. Not the event... |
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ZOMBIE RUSH-HOUR: by Wayan; 1993/12/14, a predictive nightmare. I'm in an apartment co-op in Silicon Valley where people share their skills--till rush hour begins... |
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