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February 28, 2006

Night Thoughts and Work Space

This morning just before I woke up I had a very strange dream. It began with someone narrating a story while it was being animated before me, sort of how the final leg of the journey is animated in Emporor's New Groove with the map and little dotted lines. The person narrating was a girl and she had just returned from some competition successfully but one guy still was making his way back. But she was saying that before she returned, she turned in her prize (a spoon) for money and put it somewhere safe. Unfortunately the guy didn't do as she did, and as he was just about to get back (here I saw a cartoonish representation of a large rope-spanned gorge with a river running through the bottom) he had to make it across the gorge with his spoon. He decided to cross the gorge by using his feet instead of his hands to "monkey-bar" his way along the rope. Just before he got to the other side, he dropped the spoon and it fell down into the river. So he somehow went down to the river.

The next part of the dream was more real-life (it wasn't a cartoon being narrated anymore). I was down on the beach of the river with the guy who dropped his spoon and four other people who I knew from High School. We were all digging around frantically for his spoon in the sand but we couldn't find it. I kept finding these brilliantly shiny silver coins and coat-of-arms and mickey-head shaped medallions from Disneyland. I was so excited because they were so heavy and shiny and real, but I was also aware that they weren't worth anything to me because I was now marooned in this gorge forever. I gave up the search for the spoon and started exploring. I found what looked sort of like a giant cream puff or shell, but inside was a huge ball of cantaloupe flesh. I took it back to the others and cut it into six pieces, which we all ate. Someone remarked to me how strange the fruit was because it seemed dry and spongy when you first bit down, but then it was very juicy. Then the dream ended.

I'm sure you can imagine the look of confusion on my face this morning when I first opened my eyes.

In other news, here is a picture of a wall of my studio at school. The hanging yarn things are something I am working on, but I'm not sure where they are going. I have a couple other ideas going, but I haven't started anything large scale yet. I'm excited and totally freaked out. I had a crit with Aragna Ker last Thursday. He was very encouraging.

-Lib

Posted by libbystokes at 05:09 PM | Comments (0)

February 04, 2006

Baja pronto

I'll be in here one of these days to report a little on the trip I just took to Baja. First I have to finish my assignments for the Baja class, then I can sit down and write a nice little reflection-- pictures and everything. Until then, just sit tight.

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