I lived in Brooklyn by myself at the time and commuted to Manhattan to go to grad school. During I crossed the Brooklyn bridge to Manhattan by subway every morning, I felt that my persona sifted from one to another.
This piece is inspired by a 60's American novel Last Exist To Brooklyn, and based off a daydream and my feeling I had during my commute.
A dream of Latest Exit to Brooklyn
Acrylic paint, photo transfer, collage on hanging scroll
63 × 35 inch. 2012
© 2019 RIAKI ENYAMA
In dreams we meet many people and see many things, but they are all a part of us. They metaphorically describe our actual reactions of our inner-selves to our day-to-day activities in the reality. In my dreams, for instance, New York City was depicted as Pompeii in ruins, a TV as a pilotless bomber, smartphones as sex toys for orphans, and I (female) saw myself as a male actor with huge testicles who is playing woman's role in a dress. Without learning how to 'see' the reality from dreams, I will never know what reality I am living in. ------ Riaki