Dreams: Day 70-80

My creative life is definitely taking a beating as I return to the everyday chaotic of the life of a Professor and PhD candidate. Sigh. It seems at times I hardly have time to pause let alone access my creative unconscious. But I recognize that if I simply ignore the creative part of me, I show up in my other roles as less than who I really am. Sigh. Sigh. I never was any good at balancing (although, as a Libra shouldn't I be?)

Oh well, onward and upward.  Here are two things I managed to complete in the last 10 days.

This one was inspired by a dream in which I heard a song.  The only lyrics I can remember are "Hidalgo, Hidalgo" and "Domine."  A few days after the dream and this drawing, I got an email at work explaining the origins of the Mexican Revolution.  Apparently, Father Hidalgo rang the bell warning Mexicans of a Spanish attack, signaling the beginning of the Mexican war for freedom against the Spanish.

Hidalgo! Hidalgo!

This piece started out in my imagination as three trees, but as I see it completed it reminds me more of kites blowing in the breeze and a lobster crawling out to get them! What can I say, I'm a bit slap happy right now from overwork.

Kites