© 2021 RIAKI ENYAMA
In dreams we meet many people and see many things, but they are all 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 the eyes of the dream, we will never know what reality we are living in. ------ Riaki
A dream of NYC as Pompeii in ruins. Acrylic paint, collage on canvas. 30 x 36 inch. 2015
A few years after I moved to NYC from Tokyo, I dreamt NYC as Pompeii in ruins. I was a ghost of a prostitute girl who is living in there as she believes the city is still active and shine. When I woke up, I was amazed by the intense metaphor of the cities --- Pompeii was known as 'City of Pleasure' where the prostitution, art and music were their national project just like NYC back in the day. But wait, why am I a ghost of a prostitute girl in Pompeii in ruins?