For the most part and for most people,
the waking and sleeping worlds have their own sets of rules. The
transition between these worlds (both toward sleep and toward
wakefulness) can take place quickly for some but drag out painfully
for others. Still, this transition can also be magical at times. In
going to sleep, part of you is aware that what lies ahead is
restoration and you strive towards it. At the same time, another
part of you strives for release from the deeper chambers of the
psyche, hoping to sort through and make sense of some of the odd
bits and pieces of recent events.
While he wasn’t necessarily referring
to this transition period, or dreams for that matter, Rod Serling,
the creator of the Twilight Zone TV series
of the early ‘60s, introduced the show as “...a journey into a
wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.” This seems
like an appropriate and innocent enough description of a dreamy
transition period. But Serling had another version of the intro that
alluded to more sinister possibilities involving “...the pit of
man’s fears...” This, on the other hand, seems more appropriate to
the dreams and nightmares of deeper sleep.
For most of us, the “Shift Change”
transition might, on rare occasions, be blessed with indescribably
beautiful music or awe-inspiring scenes that no camera could
possibly capture and no artist could possibly render. All without
drugs. Those who are adept at lucid dreaming might even try, right
from the point of drifting off, to control the events in this
period. And no doubt many ordinary people have tried, desperately
even, to extend and control some of the more erotic dreams that
happen in the morning hours.
Anyway, if you’ve read this far, you’re probably feeling kind of
tired now and ready for some transition time. Before you go, see if
you can spot some of the weird faces in the clouds. One of the fun
ones is a skull wearing a top hat. Sweet dreams!
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All photographs will be sent unmounted and unframed. For help in visualizing what this image would look like framed, we have these examples:
1. with a simple black frame and white matte
2. black frame white matte on a wall
3. with a colour-coordinated frame
4. colour frame on a wall
5. close-up crop
8.5"x11" with border, ready to frame
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13"x19" with border, ready to frame
$90.00 CAD.
17"x22" with border, ready to frame
$135.00 CAD.