Dreaming Up Art

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Sep 24, 2008

A very close “online” friend and I have been traveling through many circles together since 2003 (I can’t believe it’s been that long already!), and it all started at nervousness.org (a site I miss terribly). Anyway, I noted some dream references in a “plurk” the other day and, as the wonderful art therapist she is, she wondered if I had created any art about my dreams.

Why hadn’t I thought of that?

So, I’m going to be working on some M.C. Escher-esque canvases during the upcoming ArtSoMoFo October challenge. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a yearly “art a day” challenge that I’ve been participating in since 2005, I think. (It might have actually been 2004, but my memory is failing me at the moment.) Anyway, I have four boards I’m going to work on during October using my dreams (which are really weird) as inspiration.

I may also be working on an altered “dream” book project, or an art journal page spread or two using my dreams as the inspiration as well. It’s all mapped out in my mind . . . but, if you’ve known me for any length of time, you know I have to get it out in writing or it WILL be forgotten. It’s a reality I can’t escape, so here I am writing.

Do you create art about your dreams?