I'm still thinking about this one...........
We’ve all been in that state where we are between sleeping and waking and as we slowly open our eyes we remember the whole image, the whole dream and quickly with pen/pencil and paper write or draw what we saw in our vision.
Vincent van Gough painted ‘The Starry Night’ just like one of these dreams. The radiant and mystical view of the heavens was indeed an unearthly vision which he portrayed on canvas. Purple_scorp's image definitely helped me to see this more clearly.
But usually these premonitions come when we’ve been struggling with an idea or concept which we stubbornly adhere to but with no clear images or signs. Frustration sets in, we throw down our pens our palettes and walk away in a huff. Ohh I’ve been there. And as long as I hold on tightly to what ‘I want’ I’m stuck in a frozen moment of time. This is when I’ve got to back away from my problem, take a walk, rest, clear the dishes, eat chocolate…..anything to turn my attention into another direction. It is said that when this happens, images in the unconscious shift and realign themselves. And it’s when we surrender and consciously let go of our problem, that ideas can start to come suddenly and unexpectedly. Or, we find ourselves dreaming them.
In psychology, we learnt there are three stages to the creative act.
1. Preparation
2. Incubation
3. illumination
4. verification or revision
Four is the final stage where we work hard at the details and crystallize them into a form or structure. It’s a stage of effort and skill….and to get there we had to focus and work hard to get through 1, 2, and 3! Ugh!
If we look at the symbol of the little girl and her first dancing lesson, we can assume that she had unconsciously imagined and stored streams of images of how she’d like to dance in the future. This could be from watching Reality TV, going to plays or even a gift she brought with her in this lifetime. It’s up to her now to join and combine the past and the present to form an entirely new image….the future. Sometimes all this happens without us even knowing it……but at some point our creativity, our emotions will allow them to surface…..catching our attention. We complete this vision by giving it form.
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