Continuing the dream Within the art-making the dream evolves. Often the painting is not just a response to the dream, but a continuation of it. Some elements are emphasized, while others are added, left out, or diminished. This experience, the recognition of the possibility of interacting with the dream, is important. As the dream is befriended, forgotten parts of it are sometimes remembered.
Connections emerge as alien images shift into surprising familiarity.
The dream becomes not a judgment or a portent, but useful wisdom.