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actually, surrealism is drawing up abnormal concepts straight from your unconscious mind or dream state. some art pieces may involve combining such imagery with our waking reality to give closer analysis of the dream and what they represent. some 1920's artist such as Andre worked with Freud to 'visualise' his patients dreams or waking nightmares as a form of therapy.
of course my piece isn't as, er, weird as some of those generated in the 20's but still acts upon the core principles of surrealism. this piece was a dream i had and i've tried to record as accurately as i can here. in this dream i found there was had a lot of symbols regarding to my everyday life and so i got fixated on it and HAD to draw it!
the terms 'surrealism' now though tends to refer to something meaning something else (also can be called a symbol those these are more striangh forward to understand), or an abstract means of telling a story, when used in everyday life
sorry for the wall of text, i studied art history in my fine art national diploma (and i think i was the only one in my class who found it fun too O.o)
but you've sort of inspired me to do more on the piece, the dream didnt end it. it got .... weird, and creepier. hopefully i'll find time to work on the continuing piece soon
of course my piece isn't as, er, weird as some of those generated in the 20's but still acts upon the core principles of surrealism. this piece was a dream i had and i've tried to record as accurately as i can here. in this dream i found there was had a lot of symbols regarding to my everyday life and so i got fixated on it and HAD to draw it!
the terms 'surrealism' now though tends to refer to something meaning something else (also can be called a symbol those these are more striangh forward to understand), or an abstract means of telling a story, when used in everyday life
sorry for the wall of text, i studied art history in my fine art national diploma (and i think i was the only one in my class who found it fun too O.o)
but you've sort of inspired me to do more on the piece, the dream didnt end it. it got .... weird, and creepier. hopefully i'll find time to work on the continuing piece soon
Still, I have to wonder if the level of... I'm not sure how to put this... "polish" in your piece really represents your true subconscious. The manifestations of ideas in your picture just seem unnatural to me, as if they represent what your waking mind wants them to, not what they actually are.
I am glad you realized the less "warm and fuzzy" aspects of your dream, though. I believe it would definitely be worth your time to explore those just as much. It could also be said that in order to capture true surrealism, you cannot hold anything back. Show every gritty, hideous little detail of your dreams. Perhaps it could even reveal more about your subconscious than you initially suspected.
But that is just my suggestion.
I am glad you realized the less "warm and fuzzy" aspects of your dream, though. I believe it would definitely be worth your time to explore those just as much. It could also be said that in order to capture true surrealism, you cannot hold anything back. Show every gritty, hideous little detail of your dreams. Perhaps it could even reveal more about your subconscious than you initially suspected.
But that is just my suggestion.
well i can be complete frank and say theres hardly as polish on this image in comparison to the dream i had. everything its pretty much as a saw it then. i've tried not to added much to the image that wasn't there when it happened.
though (heres a HUGE spoiler) inside the tree was wonderful! seriously. it was an archive, filled with painted pictures (visual memories and old dream i'd had before hand) they acted as portals to relive those events and books with conversation i could remember having (or least i thought i'd had them) the greatest part was actually 'the subconsious' itself. which funnily was a mirrored floor and in the reflect of the archive there was one difference, a door. you could pass through the mirrored floor into it but lost all control and concious thought and were controlled HEAVLY by emotions and the feelings presented to you, flitting from one random scene to the next with no connection. I did though however managed to find the door by accident and find to open it only to be warned it contain my fears that i buried there. i opened it anyway to find a city filled thee undead behind it .... thats where things got bad.
i know it seems 'odd' that the dream is so well organised visually and in terms of story (despite how random it got) but this is how i've always dreamed, since i was little. Like i said in the original description, i had night terrors, horrible ones, and i hated them. eventually i forced myself to control my dreams and found a way to end my nightmare and morph my surrounding at will, i learned a few neat tricks to do this by mediating before sleep. So though it may seem unnatural to you, its perfectly natural to me. my dreams have always been whimsically, either highly symbolic or had a STRONG narrative. I even have the abitily to returned back to any part of the dream i wish at will or to visit others one. But a lot the time it depends on how swayed i'm but my mind at the time.
all the grizzly details i wrote above about the dream i DO hope to get down in a image, or better yet a comic, soon!
though (heres a HUGE spoiler) inside the tree was wonderful! seriously. it was an archive, filled with painted pictures (visual memories and old dream i'd had before hand) they acted as portals to relive those events and books with conversation i could remember having (or least i thought i'd had them) the greatest part was actually 'the subconsious' itself. which funnily was a mirrored floor and in the reflect of the archive there was one difference, a door. you could pass through the mirrored floor into it but lost all control and concious thought and were controlled HEAVLY by emotions and the feelings presented to you, flitting from one random scene to the next with no connection. I did though however managed to find the door by accident and find to open it only to be warned it contain my fears that i buried there. i opened it anyway to find a city filled thee undead behind it .... thats where things got bad.
i know it seems 'odd' that the dream is so well organised visually and in terms of story (despite how random it got) but this is how i've always dreamed, since i was little. Like i said in the original description, i had night terrors, horrible ones, and i hated them. eventually i forced myself to control my dreams and found a way to end my nightmare and morph my surrounding at will, i learned a few neat tricks to do this by mediating before sleep. So though it may seem unnatural to you, its perfectly natural to me. my dreams have always been whimsically, either highly symbolic or had a STRONG narrative. I even have the abitily to returned back to any part of the dream i wish at will or to visit others one. But a lot the time it depends on how swayed i'm but my mind at the time.
all the grizzly details i wrote above about the dream i DO hope to get down in a image, or better yet a comic, soon!