186 / dream remedies 3

I became interested in homeopathic remedies in India -

where they are in wide use - bought some (large!) books about it, 

& took them to the mountains

the next series of paintings

 seemed to change, depending on what my main

interest was that year

& for an earlier series there is unfortunately 

no record .. I was reminded of that today when I heard someone

say they had been meditating etc in India, & found it 

difficult to meet the practicalities of being back in Australia

that is, I forgot to get them properly photographed

In my mind they all relate, in some way,

or perhaps its simply the same sensibility:

even though the current paintings are quite large,

in acrylics, & at first sight quite straightforward.

Anyway, its what's happening now.

In these years - this series was around the late 80's -

I certainly needed to exhibit & sell them, 

yet didn't think a lot about who might be interested,

its where my own interests went

Hopefully a few people will like my next series 

(mountains)

if I decide to exhibit, but it may not be the same people

as before.

185 / Dream Remedies 2

There are transparencies of the whole set, 

I've just done a fairly quick fix of these, 

(in the unforgiving light of my big screen)

perhaps it was coming to the time when I needed glasses

They were small, perhaps 8x6", I did them in a

book of that size, then framed them for an

exhibition in Sydney, later. A friend bought the series (22)

which just about gave me enough to go travelling again

I painted a lot of pictures in one hotel, looking back,
in San Miguel Allende

Mexico was good for me in that way

Perhaps its just being somewhere I like 

~ India was the same ~ with no particular worries,

& affordable

actually not sure these are the finished versions,

as I haven't compared them to the transparencies

if/when I find the book with words to each,

I might come back & add the name of each

remedy.

however, if you have a dream containing many of these

elements, for instance, it doesn't necessarily mean you

need that remedy, there will be a complete 'picture' ~

for which you need a practitioner.

184 / dream remedies 1

Posted small versions of some of these, already.

All taken from inadequate prints, as I don't have a

scanner that will do it

I chose 22 homeopathic remedies 

which have symptoms in dreams.. unless you are

interested in homeopathics it won't mean much.

If you are, email me, maybe I can identify them

Quite a few have 'dreams of falling',

& these are not in order because the falling figure

gradually falls further.

I used a lot of historical references, as I figure

our dreams - & states of ill health -

probably haven't changed too much

Although I'm not a homeopath, I know quite a bit about it.

I also started writing trance inductions to go with each one, as 

I'd been studying hypnosis. 

For some of the time I was in San Miguel Allende, in

northern Mexico, staying about 6 months in a wonderful old 

Spanish colonial hotel, with large spare rooms,

whose owner moved to Mexico during the Spanish civil war,

I liked her so much, & the Posada Carmina was a lovely

calm reflection of her.

While I didn't 'prove' any of the remedies, there was some

amazing synchronicity happening, it seemed all I had to do was tune

in to each one.. have rarely been sick, but have dreamt a lot,

some of them scary. & travelling, one gets stomach bugs,

or eats unknown foods, which account for some weird dreams.. 

Don't you think?

183 / early morning

Stayed a couple of days on the GoldCoast, 

overlooking the ocean

didn't have an extra battery, so these

are with my iPad

all on the same morning, I really liked the

 spotlights

there were several dolphins in the foreground

it seemed a portentous start to the day..

182 / door

A door in the lovely town of San Cristobal de las Casas,

I was there for a couple of years in the early '90's.

181 / dance

In Dalhousie, where I lived long ago:

a misty day, Tibetans at a picnic, dancing,

its like a mirage in memory.

I used b/w film because thats what was available.

181 / stones

'sailing along the coast'

At the time I made these small pictures, my living arrangements

were temporary. I would walk on the beach each day

'ancient angel'

& bring home the stones that caught my eye

'precarious moment'

the so-called smart scanner made its own decision

re the borders

'you need not know all the why & how, there is no end to questions'

'I am That 
everything / nothing'