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The Dream Chronicles and Presence

I often dream through my conflicts. These dreams sometimes follow a theme or appear in sequence. I work out my questions through my dreams. Sometimes, I haven't even admited the question. This is the first entry in what I will call "The Dream Chronicles."

After finding out that my father was terminally ill with cancer in the summer of 2006, I started having ghost dreams. I've had these dreams since the end of 2006 to until recently, April 2008. These dreams have been very real and tactile.

The first Ghost dream
My husband and I had been asleep for sometime. He was on my left and my cat was between us. I heard a noise which partially brought me out of my deep sleep. My husband was getting back into bed. At this point, he kicked the top of my left foot. I felt the warmth and solidness of his foot. Now I was slowly waking up. Peeved that he had kicked me, I opened my eyes and saw that he was on his side with his feet facing away from me. He was in a deep sleep. I was pretty sure that he had never gotten out of bed and couldn't have kicked me given his posture, deep sleep and total lack of movement.

Presence I, collage Portrait with rice paper, acrylic on canvas board by Juana Almaguer

My latest series is titled "Presence." Presence I is available in my Gallery Juana etsy shop.

Comments

I know exactly what you're referring to...
Very interesting..Love your picture.
Sometimes, I wonder what this life is all about. ?
Anonymous said…
Interesting dream... I love that picture.
Chris Stone said…
Have you ever heard of lucid dreaming? you might be doing that...
great picture!
GalleryJuana said…
Thanks for coming by everyone.

Chris, first time for me to hear about lucid dreaming so I looked it up. Sounds very interesting!
Rocki Adams said…
Goosebumps. I can relate as I've experienced similar things. Beautiful artwork.
☼ Rocki
Anonymous said…
Re lucid dreams, check out the movie "Vanilla Sky."
Joy Logan said…
I love this piece and thanks for stopping by my blog. Can I add you on my links? Any friend of Neda's is a friend of mine.

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