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Dreams | are | back | and very colorful. Dreamed I was managing an art project. The pieces were huge horizontal canvasses that were made out of some synthetic material. A canvas could display many layers, each superimposed over the other to form the full image.

The project involved many artists. Each artist was assigned a layer on a particular canvas. Each artist worked at an authoring station where they could work on their layer, get previews of what the overall image was looking like as people added layers and detail on each layer. When each artist felt that the current work was ready for display, they could release the current version and see what it looked like on the canvas. The project involved dozens of canvasses. The work was being created in a large warehouse space. The final installation would be in a big museum gallery.

Some of the artists I know were part of the creative team. Part of the dream dealt with me talking with them about deadlines and moving ahead with their layers. Some of them were redoing everything on their layers several times from scratch. They were starting to lag behind the development of the other layers. The process required that every layer be moving forward on a consistent basis. Some rework had to be done to fine tune each layer into the overall composition. But if one artist started redoing a layer there was a ripple effect throughout the other layers, which caused delays and reworks. Part of the concept behind the project was an agreed upon coordination that had to take place with each canvas.

Anyway my favorite artist friends were causing ripple effects that I dealt with in the dreams.

One canvas got singled out in the dream. It was a canvas where each artist was creating a layer that gave the overall image a dimensionality that didn't exist with any one layer. The topmost layer was a set of unique icons that were shown and moved based on elements/aspects of the other layers. It was one of the canvasses that was getting delayed--the icon artist kept tweaking the icons making them lose their communications with the other parts of the image.

It was a busy, creative dream state. The problems encountered were those you might expect with such an innovative, extensive project. The dream was | stress | free |
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Morning went smoothly--symptoms are slight. Could have slept in, but had a chiropractor appointment that I finally made myself go to. Am a little tired today; a bit more so than I felt yesterday, but nothing major. Might grab a nap before dance class--and, yes, plan on hitting the dance class floor tonight--been skipping out too much recently. The medication doesn't seem to be bothering my balance or causing and dizziness--so might as well dance.

No news on the apartment (in-law cottage) application I made. It's OK. I'll find the right place in good time. Rain, rain, blows my way. Starting to pick up again this afternoon. Finished reading the Universe on a T-shirt book. A history of the Theory of Everything. Was interesting! Look forward to reading more on string theory. Makes me think what I might have done had I not switched my college major from Physics/Math to Theater Arts. I could have been a physicist! Oh, well! Next reincarnation, unless I fall off the wheel.