A Super Christmas Story

 

My early morning Superman sketch as an entry into my Dream Journal.

On the morning of December 20th, I sat down to make an entry in my Dream Journal as has long been my daily practice. But since I had no memory of my dreams from the previous night, I decided to make a quick sketch inspired by the recent Superman (2025) movie trailer. I envisioned a simple design prominently featuring his signature coif, his face and his logo with little other details. That's all I had time to render since I needed to get ready for what would be an eventful day as I would accompany students on a field trip to a nearby suburban mall to do Christmas shopping.

“Look! A Gallery! Let's check it out!”, suggested one of our group.

After visiting several stores and having lunch at the food court, my students ventured out for a last foray around the stores before we caught the bus back to school. “Look! A Gallery! Let's check it out!”, suggested one of our group. Every one agreed so we enthusiastically went in to feast our eyes. We enjoyed the wide variety of styles and subjects. As an Art Teacher, I was glad to point out certain paintings worth examining more closely for techniques and textures. In the far rear corner of the gallery was a picture resting on the floor as it leaned against the wall. It stopped me dead in my tracks.

“It's my sketch from this morning!”, I thought. At least it was a striking version of my sketch but in a fully rendered painting. We had to leave the gallery to catch our bus but I couldn't get the painting out of my mind.

A startling discovery was in the far rear corner of the gallery.

Then I recalled that the day before, my oldest daughter, Emily, asked me what I wanted for Christmas. At the time I told her I didn't know nor did I think I wanted anything. But now I had an answer for her. Fast forward to Christmas day when I unwrapped the gift Emily put under the Christmas tree. ”Let me take a picture”, Emily offered.

“Perfect!”, I concurred!

Manifestation complete.