Occasionally, Mr. F will wake up and unknowingly be mad at me for something I did in one of his dreams.  It’s only after being awake for a bit that he realizes that what he is remembering never actually took place.  Just last night, I had a similar dream about him and had to stop myself from carrying those feeling on into our day.  Funny how much what happens while we’re sleeping can affect us, isn’t it?  These paintings by Kristen Schiele remind me of what my subconscious must be like– not orderly and sensible, but filled with hints and tokens of seemingly unrelated moments.

These pieces are dream-like in their mash-up of elements, jumping from here to there just as our subconscious does in slumber.  I often awake wondering– where did that come from??  Sometimes it seems like we’re trying to work out our waking life in our dreams, or perhaps the past comes back more vividly when we aren’t consciously trying to resurrect it.

To see more of Kristen Schiele‘s work, please visit her website.  Have a fabulous weekend, Artsies!  I’m looking forward to lots of dream-time!

All images via the artist’s website.