Vivid Dreams Can Inspire Artists

I've been awake too long to remember my entire dream from last night. But the one image from it that sticks in my mind is of a red car, a convertible, passing me as I drove down the highway. The car was filled, in fact tightly packed, with dogs in the front and back seats. I couldn't even see the driver, there were so many dogs. They were all dark, if not black, and of the greyhound breed. Their thin snouts, legs, tails and feet were sticking out all over. There was more of a narrative to the dream and other things going on but I can't remember them now.

A few years ago I sketched some pictures of dream imagery that I include in this post. They are self explanatory. As I couldn't recall the entire dreams at those times either. But I'm glad I made sketches of those images. Otherwise I probably would have forgotten them. They might provide fodder for stories or comics in the future.

 

© O. Douglas Jennings. All rights reserved.

© O. Douglas Jennings. All rights reserved.

 

2021 UPDATE of my first vivid dream of the New Year:

Dream Character #sketch - Last night I dreamed I was on a kind of immense steel highway disappearing in the distance and THIS guy told me we must hurry to skate along on it for some mission. He looked a bit like Batman. I was his sidekick I think. #flickr https://t.co/C23NNeMBpI pic.twitter.com/2fUlZHpnnQ

— O. Douglas Jennings (@odouglasj) January 2, 2021

Another connection between dreams and art at the Salvador Dali Museum's Dream Tapestry Experience: