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lydia's dream She was yelling in her sleep, she often does. I stood up, took off my coat, and waited to see if I should go in or not. I walked up to her door. She was awake; I went in. I petted her head, asked if she wanted some water. She shook her head, "yes". After she drank, I asked her if she had a bad dream. "Yeah..." "What was it about?" "A family witch." She went on: We went into the forest and hunted a bear... (Oh? Then what happened?) We ate the bear. She smiled. (Who killed the bear?) We did. There was a table with points on it. She moved her pointed finger up and down to show jagged points. (Like a saw?) Yeah. So we could skin it. You don't want to eat bear's fur. (No, that would be yuck.) She sat up, excited- I went into the woods by myself, and I wasn't afraid! (Wow! I'm so proud of you!) Her face was serene. (Why weren't you afraid?) Because the bear was already dead when I found it! (Oh! Good luck! Who killed it?) You did. And when we ate the bear, our bellies were big and happy and the bear was happy in our tummies. (That is a very good dream.) Yeah. And there was a baby bear. It was this big...she held her thumb and index fingers together, squinting through them. (Oh, a little baby! Did we keep it and love it?) Smile. Yeah, and when you touch it with your hand, you turn into the size of it and you go like this: she nuzzled her cheek against her shoulder. (Oh, what a happy dream you had, sweet girl...) Yeah. It was a good dream. (Why were you yelling earlier?) Because I was going into the woods...
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this is incredible. growing pans for the gifted. but not stretching muscles/creaking bones. a different sort of interiority.
bob is right! that is such a lovely picture! lydia seems like she's looking askance at the camera! & what a setting!
well translated, too, this dream. very. :)
she learned it young. she must have a powerful family witch to learn from.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox oxoxo (zach yelled too)
Wish I had 'em more often.
to get the thing
that makes it worth
the journey-ing
into the woods
to
grandmother's
howse...
...the way is clear
the light is good
i have no fear
nor noone should
the trees are just wood
the woods are just trees--
i really hate to ask it,
but do you have a basket?
you know this production, "Into the Woods"?
Bernadette Peters as "The Witch"?
It's really strange, because we've also been watching "Brother Bear".
While she was telling me how we killed and skinned and ate the Bear in her dream,
the whole time, I was wondering if she would be upset thinking of those particularly anthropomorphosized...pttthhttt...bears being eaten. Especially since the Mother Bear gets killed right off. It's interesting, then, that she didn't associate me directly with the Mother Bear Who Gets Eaten. She did wake up yelling later, so much so that she ended up in my bed, cuddling like the Baby Bear.
Oh, Wow! I have missed you all so much. I'll be back after next week, and with pictures of the insane Kentucky Derby Boat Race Party Kid's Activities Tent at the Louisville Visual Art Association Watertower Event that I am managing.
Anyone want to volunteer for craft duty? Free admission...diverse art/craft activities...