FIVE WOMEN PAINTING:
Picture of Empowerment

September 10th, 2010

(Recently, the “management” style of several leaders, notably women, reminded me of the first dream I ever remembered, its message,  my (intended) ground of being, and a wise mode of being for all healthy, positive relationships.)

My black and white etching of five women

entwined in work and play appears.

The women pulsate with life.

In placid stillness

moving effortlessly

combing hair

serenading

drawing

writing

reading

Whispering/singing/whistling

Sunbursts, bold stripes, wavy lines

unfold horizontally

Daisies mark the scene.

The women, different nationalities,

yet interrelated,

interconnected.

The women powerful simply because

they do not seek power.

They seek to empower themselves.

They seek to empower each other.

from Plum Dreams Diary by Joyce Lynn

FROM JOYCE: Dreaming of Field of Grains Gateway to Garden of Eden

May 3rd, 2009

A field of grains blowing in the wind appeared on my nighttime dream screen-the distinct answer to a daytime quandary. After facing a potentially serious illness, I searched for a healthy eating plan.

Then, I saw the image from my dream on a flyer promoting  a natural foods cooking class.

The class revolutionized my eating habits-and pointed the way to what I call the Divine Eating Plan. The instructor evoked the Bible as the supreme nutrition manual; the Garden of Eden, a model for vegetarianism and healthful eating.

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DREAM VESSELS:
Creating Peace in Troubled World

May 3rd, 2009


Art by Marsha Connell

Artist Marsha Connell watched preparations for the Persian Gulf War from the bottom of a hill. The view that appeared in a dream began a healing process that ultimately brought her peace.

Collages, dark landscapes spiked with light, became her way to communicate. “I felt a distress so profound there were no words for it,” Connell says. She calls the collages “Dream Vessels” because each dreamlike picture contains a vessel — a pot, a vase, a ship.

A month after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Connell dreamt that women writers, artists, and poets were brought in to observe the fighting.

A friend suggested the dream meant the artist was to bear witness. Before this dream, Connell felt artists lacked power to elicit change. Then she wondered, “Could I create art about the war, but not beautify the destruction?”

Connell cut up magazines, made two collages and duplicated them on a color copier. When she looked at the copies, she says, “They shocked me. They moved me so much. There was alot of darkness but also hope. They had hope for the world.”

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