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HOLY ZEN MONK: by Wayan; 1978/4/24, a dream of suicide as political protest I'm a Zen monk riddled with holes from a weird disease the government denies is real. So as a protest, I stand naked atop a wall and let the air-sharks take me... CAUTION: SURREAL SUICIDE |
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DRAGONFLY ANTENNA: by Wayan; summer 1978. A surreal childhood memory. I'm just old enough to recall forests of fishbones and dragonflies on every roof... |
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THANK THE MOON I HAD THE STRENGTH TO STOP!: by Wayan; summer 1978; song-inspired image. The moon as an early gilled fetus. I feel like a half-developed creature walking around in your dry air... |
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TAROT: MEDIA MINDFUCK (2 of swords): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The traditional figure is blindfolded, holding two crossed swords. I used crossed TV antennae... |
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TAROT: FRIENDSHIP (3 of cups): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Three friends in a garden pledge loyalty forever with a toast of the wine of the heart... |
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TAROT: IN TEARS (5 of cups): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Floating in tears, have you noticed the other cups behind you, unspilled? |
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TAROT: RENUNCIATION (8 of cups): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Giving up a wall of material treasure for the moonlit path... |
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TAROT: WAKING FROM A NIGHTMARE (9 of swords): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card confirming those silly fears are true. The nightmare is real. You're in trouble... |
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TAROT: THE ANOREXIC DANCER: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of excessive self-denial, whether compulsive or artistic or spiritual... |
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TAROT: BIRTH (the Empress): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of fertility--and the pangs and effort of starting a new thing... |
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TAROT: THE CENTAUR (Ace of Pentacles): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Mind and body integrated. S/he can hold up even the world-serpent that the gods couldn't lift... CAUTION: ANDROGYNOUS CENTAUR BREASTS |
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TAROT: CHAOS: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of big messes, confused beginnings--and fertilization... |
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TAROT: CLINGING: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. When the Birth card's reversed, the child clings to the womb like a burrow in a green meadow. |
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TAROT: THE COP (Knight of Swords): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of force sparingly needed. The Knight says, "Sometimes ya gotta bust a few heads..." |
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TAROT: CARING or THE PIETA: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1979. The card of caring, caregiving, and compassion... |
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TAROT: THE SEA-DADDY (the king of cups): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The sea-captain, baby bottle in hand... The card of the warm man, the nurturer... |
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TAROT: DIRTY DISHES: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. It's time to tackle that unpleasant task. But so what? You know how. And you have gloves... |
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TAROT: DOGGY (The Hierophant or High Priest): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Some folks are dogs, bullying underlings, fawning on superiors. But when the Wizard's a Humbug... |
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TAROT: THE EXPLAINER (The Page of Swords?): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Using the mind's blade humbly, minding ideas and people, clarity's disciple may not see her full power... |
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TAROT: HAW!: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Humor's one of the big emotions--laughter's as loud and uncontrollable as crying or orgasm... |
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TAROT: (THE CHARISMATIC) LIZARD: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of driven leaders. It's so refreshing to hear someone honest and passionate. Right? Well... |
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TAROT: THE LOVERS: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of love. I'm not sure what genders the lovers are, but no matter... |
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TAROT: THE MAZE: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. When you scheme too hard you can end up "amazed": lost in the maze of alternatives... |
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TAROT: THE MAGENTA MESSIAH: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. True teachers and leaders do exist, with vision enough to make seeds (and people) sprout... |
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TAROT: MINE CHILD: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Deep in the strata inside you, gems lie waiting in the dark for this child to dig them free... |
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TAROT: MUTUAL ATTRACTION: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. That moment when you recognize a kindred spirit, and realize he or she feels that way too... |
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TAROT: THE PIANIST (Knight of Wands?): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The knight of creative fire who takes over when you've mastered technique and can let go... |
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TAROT: THE SMORGASBORD OF LIFE: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. You get to fill one tray. Guns sex jewels pot hamburgers TV God power thrills love? Choose! |
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TAROT: THE SPHINX (the High Priestess): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of intuition, dreams--and asking. She knows all the secrets. And might just tell you, if... |
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TAROT: OUTSTANDING (The Seven of Wands): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. How rare it is to meet the Outstanding whose thinking, sensing, feeling and intuition all work... |
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TAROT: REST!: by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. The card of fatigue and rest. Tarot's so primal--never a dull moment. Well, take a break... |
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TAROT: THE UNICORN QUEEN (Queen of Swords): by Wayan; Tarot card, 3x5", summer 1978. Having (or living with) a sharp mind is like living with a unicorn. That horn can kill or heal... |
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DREAMSTONES: by Patricia Garfield; 1978/8/4, a dream of summoning a goddess In the cave, I chanted "Come Kama, Come Love..." and a procession of strange creatures came down the stone steps; squirrels, peacocks, a blue birdlike being with golden headdress, and then the Goddess of Love. Her form shocked me... |
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MIRIEL INTERRUPTUS: by Miriel and Wayan; 1978/9/5 and 1978/9/6; two embarrassing parallel dreams Wayan dreams he and his sister grope toward sex in the kitchen, when two of her friends burst in... Miriel dreams she's having sex with a boy from her choir, when two of her friends burst in... CAUTION: FRUSTRATION, INCEST, CAUGHT IN SEX |
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DOCTOR VENTRIL: by Wayan; 1978/9/22, a nightmare where I'm the nightmare. A doctor lures me into his office. What he turns out to be scares me less than how I defend myself... CAUTION: VIOLENCE, ARACHNOPHOBIA |
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FOSSIL BARBIE: by Wayan; 1978/9/27; a dream of non-teamwork. I dreamed our medieval football coaches blamed the ugly Potato Person for all evil... CAUTION: NUDE POTATO |
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THE SNAKE UNDER SOMEONE'S BED: by Miriel and Wayan, 1978/10/19, shared/telepathic dreamlets Miriel dreams of a green snake under her bed. Meanwhile her brother Wayan dreams of a green poisonous snake under his bed... |
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RATTLER BY THE CONTROLS: by Wayan; 1978/10/19, an anti-phallic-symbol dream. I dreamed I was riding a huge toy train, and a gigantic rattlesnake was at the controls... |
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HIDDEN INTENT: by Wayan, 1978/10/21, a possibly predictive, self-flagging dream A huge bridge spans the Pacific; my depth perception reaches miles instead of mere yards. A crowd worships a guru hidden in a tent on a pier. I don't trust him! He has hidden in tent... CAUTION: THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE |
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: by Wayan; 1978/10/26, a dreamtale. A demigoddess and a wizard meddle with humans. But do even THEY know what they're assembling? |
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DREAM HERDING: by Nancy Potter; 1978/11/8 & 11/11, two comic, surreal dreams FERRY: the crossing is rough, but I'm warned I must find my own sea-legs... BUZZ OFF: I step into a family photo, but I'm not welcome in the past... |
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FISH BIRTH: by Katherine Metcalf Nelson; c.1978/11/15; a nightmare My little son accidentally tears the tail off our goldfish. The wound looks vaginal. The fish, moaning in pain, turns into my daughter... |
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THE BROADS: by Wayan; 1978/11/19, a dream on self-image distortion. We all wear magic beltbuckles. Twist one--your body stretches from squat to willowy. Except mine... CAUTION: SEX, BODY-IMAGE DISTORTION |
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FLY-PARADISE: by Wayan; 1978/12/15, an automatic-writing poem that worked like an advisory dream I'm a fly lured to a bright but sealed window. The only way out is to ignore the light and brave the dark--and only when a door opens. Patience AND boldness... |
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BLACK SOLSTICE; 1978/12/23 by Wayan; a warning dream-poem It had been a weirdly mild winter day, but in my dream black storms loomed as I tried to build shelter... |
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STRUCK BY THOUGHT: by Wayan; dreamed 1956-7, 71/11/26, 78/12/28, 82/10/5, & 83/9/12 A picture-poem experiment: one dream per stanza! Five short dreams exploring the weight of culture on our animal selves... |
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FORGOTTEN JOB: by Kirsten as told by Gayle Delaney, 1978 or before, recurring guidance dreams I wanted spiritual guidance. A guide appeared regularly in my dreams for months, but then vanished. I incubated a dream, and was told "you have a big job you forgot! Come back when..." |
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KOLCHEC: by Al Davison (Jan.1977-1978) & Sara Welponer 2000, sketches of a shared dream-figure AL repeatedly drew a bizarre, recurring dream-guide named Kolchec; years later he met SARA, who'd painted her dream-guide, a distinctive spook named--oh, take a guess... CAUTION: WILL DISTURB ESP SKEPTICS |
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LAST NIGHT I SEEMED: by Kathleen Raine, between 1978, '79 or '80; a revenant dream poem Last night I seemed in your embrace; you were about to die. Today I wake into my place: you immortal, I... |
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MEETING CARAVAGGIO: by Phyllis Davidson, 1978, a dream earned the hard way While painting a tribute to my hero/mentor Caravaggio, I dream we meet. He talks of his art as we walk a dark space full of living chiaroscuro scenes we can circle, see from all angles... |
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MEAD'S ADVICE: by Beverly O'Neill; c.1977? 78? a dream on seeking a female rolemodel I try hard not to invade Margaret Mead's privacy, but I need her advice; after I find a fruit true growing in a forgotten room, she unbends... |
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NIGHTMARE FROM 'SISTERS': by Margarethe Von Trotta; before 1979, an unexamined nightmare A dream of body parts--maybe, impossibly, alive--hung up like drying laundry. Von Trotta inserted it in a film script to foreshadow a suicide, but seems deaf to any personal warning--as if it's not her dream at all... |
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THREATENED CITY: by Rita Wolff; 1978, a disturbing dream. Night. A hill town. Temples with huge stone statues. But the original figure looms monstrous over the hills. Which is the threat? The giant, or the cult appeasing it? |
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WHODUNIT? AND WHAT DID THEY DO?: by Derek Gullino, late 70s? Five nightmares, five years old 1: Dad picks up Bigfoot; he bites off my ear. 2: Dad abandons me in a canyon full of wolves. 3: The man who killed my family hands me his ax. 4: Bees move into my pillow. 5: A marionette with razor-nails lures me close... CAUTION: OUCH |
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