“Northern Lights”
A piece inspired by a dream.
I was walking through a heavily wooded area and was drawn towards this structure that was glowing in the darkness. The sky had an aurora pattern that appeared to be guiding me towards the radiant edifice. When I arrived, there were no signs of anyone else in the vicinity. I walked around the perimeter and noticed there were no discernible entries into the building. Then I started to hear voices, but I could not pinpoint which direction they were coming from. The voices recounted the events that had taken place in my life and spoke of things that had yet to happen. I was surrounded by a presence that I could not see or touch. Every now and then, I would see a shadowy figure out of the corner of my eye. And as soon as I would turn to look in that direction, the shadowy figure would slide even further out of my field of view. It seemed as if whatever was trying to hide from me didn’t want me to look upon it.
When I awoke, I wrote down many of the things that were said in the dream. Before I did anything else, I painted this piece from my visual memory of the dream.