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Dreams Myths and Memories
And the Stage Upon Which They Play
The body of work has evolved from a journal of my dreams gathered over many years and from notes taken from reading and research of familiar stories from myth and ancient religious text. These images represent dream or memory fragments. When I was in my early twenties I began to record my dreams, first with words and later with pictures. Though I have many more ideas than I can express here, as to the meaning and form of unconscious imagery, more often than not, it is an off the cuff comment or clue from a friend or casual onlooker, that opens my eyes to my own work. That is to say that interpreting ones own unconscious content can be difficult, but recording this content is what most artists are attempting.
"The myth is the public dream and the dream is the private myth" - Joseph Campbell.
Based on this proposition I reference mythology from various sources as well as my own dreams. I quietly meditate upon a myth, placing myself somewhere in the scene, and the resulting theatre is similar to dream imagery.
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