Tag Archives: sleep
Sleepy Woman
Some waiting rooms are more comfortable than others.
Insomnia
I didn’t begin this composition with insomnia in mind. Somehow, when I was finished, the title came to mind. Could it be the wide open eye amidst the “Z” figure?
Bird Watching
Inspiration for today’s study came from some bird watching on the back porch this morning. I did a bit of reading and became very sleepy. I lay down for a brief snooze, but in a pre-unconscious state (I assume), I saw line drawings on my closed eyelids. I was excited, because they looked like Paul […]
Disturbed Sleep
When I was a kid someone told me, or I heard somewhere, that dreams arise from the subconscious. So, I thought that if I thought about scary things I didn’t want to dream about, it would be in my consciousness and therefore I wouldn’t dream about them. Well now I know the origin of that […]
Communication Between Sane and Insane: Hypnosis*
[Note: As I mentioned yesterday, I couldn’t resist saving this article from one the unread books in my collection.] What an intriguing prospect. My attraction to this topic stems from my deep desire since I was a child in the 1950s, to communicate with my low functioning, nonverbal, autistic older brother, Michael. Granted, the title […]
Sleep
Today’s watercolor experiment: My experiments over the past few days have covered pairs of complementary colors (From a Magazine, Imaginary Forest, Next Complement Please). Yesterday I combined all, in an abstract study, the design of which just popped into my mind (All Together Now). Today’s study is less about painting and more a continuation of […]