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In dreams you meet many people and see many things, but they are all part you. Dreams are in fact stories of your real life that are metaphorically told from the viewpoint of your inner-self. 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) as a male actor with huge testicles who is playing woman's role in a dress. Without seeing our 'reality' through the eyes of dreams, we will never know what our 'reality' really means.
From Open Studio
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