Salvador Dali is a massive inspiration to me. I adore everything he has done in the world of art, with intellect, integrity and imagination. Almost everything creative I undertake, I imagine what he would have done or what he maybe has already done. I just think he just had a phenomenal mind.
The above image is a scan from my sketch book depicting a still shot from a short surrealist film called Un Chien Andalou by Dali and spanish director Luis Bunuel that uses 'dream logic' as the theme. I read that dali dreamt of his hand being covered by a swarm of ants and from this, he recreated this imagery and put it in his film.
Why... did a black whole appear in the middle of my palm, filled with a swarming anthill that I try to scoop out with a spoon?
-Salvador Dali
This, initially inspired me to analyse my own dreams. What do they mean, if anything? they must mean something deep down, surely? Is it just the way our brain ticks when it's asleep? But how can we see, smell, taste and hear things so clearly in our minds that maybe we haven't even seen before in reality? Should we take them seriously? Is it true that the person you dream of is missing you in reality?
Sometimes, I dream of weird shapes and I wake up in the middle of the night (I always keep a pen and paper by my bed) and have to draw what I see because it inspires a design I'm creating. Dreams really are whatever you make of them. Good or bad.
Ignore them and you might loose an awful lot of creativity.
Here's the link to the short film Un Chien Andalou:
cRAZY PeopLE.
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