Dream art made with feltpens. Some of these are relatively careful renderings I spent some time on, from a Tarot deck full of dream images. But felt pens are good for sketching dreams when you wake, too. They're bold and quick and vivid as dreams.
My only warning--most felt-pen inks fade in sunlight, even if they SAY permanent (also, the "permanent" markers are far more toxic. I can't even use them now--I stick to water-soluble ones.) So feltpen is better for books and journals than for hangable art. If you decide an image is worth working up into a full art-piece, use something permanent.
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The World Dream Bank has 1500 dreams and dream images plus 500 other pages on dreamwork and shamanism, creativity, genius, art, surrealism and fantasy. Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright Chris Wayan, 2001-2006.
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THE ARTIFACT: by Wayan; 1983/1/16. Narrative dream painting. I was a lizard archeologist, a million years from now. What I dug up threatened my marriage... |
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AWK!: by Wayan; 1988?, a trance drawing of a body state When I met someone attractive, my head flamed, burning my body like a wax candle... |
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CENTAUR: PAULINA AT SUNSET: by Wayan; 210K, 1988? Dream-influenced life studies Worried you're anorexic? Gain weight, yet stay slender! Become a centaur, like model Paulina Porizkova... CAUTION: NUDITY and BODY IMAGE/ANOREXIA ISSUES |
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LANTERN DANCE: by Wayan; 1983; nondream collage of dance-observations I was just sketching figures in the extreme (iconic?) stances they get in when they dance... |
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LION IN A LEISURE SUIT: by Wayan; 1974, nondream doodle that shouldn't be here. It's the 1970s. What's a lion to do? Get fern-bar camouflage: a suit and an I'm-a-bohemian moustache... |
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LOST AGAIN: by Wayan; felt pen, 1985. A dream-sketch. I dreamed I was a bird-person in a post-nuclear future, touring North America the low-budget way... CAUTION: ALL YOU LOVE IS GONE |
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MEDITATION BLUES: by Wayan, 1983, nondream sketches of meditative state. Meditation's hard for me; I expect to turn on instantly, like a lamp plugged into Enlightenment... |
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MERMAID, MARE, AND SEA-STAR: by Wayan; 1983; daydream of sea-love I was a mermaid summoning a great storm to carry my love to me--and my love was a red sea-mare... |
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MOM AND CHILD UNDER MOON: by Wayan; 1984? Ink, 11 x 14", nondream sketch. Slightly based on a print in our bathroom when I was growing up--Picasso or Mary Cassatt? |
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NO MAN IS ISLAND: by Wayan; 125K, 1990, poem refuting John Donne's, illustrated with dreamselves. No Man is Island. So Men say. I am not a Man... |
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THE PEAK WHERE I DIED: by Wayan; 1983/1/16. A dark dream-comic. I froze to death trying to climb an icy peak. But I try again, and this time, no holds barred. Wow, am I selfish! But alive... |
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PONYBOY: by Wayan; 140K total, felt pen, acrylic, ink, illustrating a 1982/12/9 dream. The child who runs with wild horses finds the secret spy-room of dreams! But no one's watching... |
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RADIATE SORROW: by Wayan; 1980s, a dream poem. The rest of us heavenly bodies have each other, but from the Sun's viewpoint, we're just rubble. Alone... |
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RATTLER BY THE CONTROLS: by Wayan; 1978/10/19, an anti-phallic-symbol dream. I dreamed I was on a train, a huge toy train, and a gigantic rattler was at the controls... |
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ROUSSEAU: by Wayan; nondream, felt pen, 1980s. Sort of a psychedelic scribbly version of Henri Rousseau's pictures of flute players in the jungle... |
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SOUTHWEST SHAMANS: by Wayan; felt pen, 1971; childhood mythical drawing Drawn on a trip to the Southwest as a kid. Felt like I'd lived there in a past life. Or I would in a future life... |
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STANDING UP CITY: by Wayan; 1973? childhood imaginary world As a kid, my Ecotopian fantasy city was hollowed out of living rock, with hanging gardens and terraces... |
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THE STONE THROWER: by Wayan; 400 x 520 In a stadium somewhere, watching a game where a slender reptilian man pitched rocks... |
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SWALLOWS OF FOUR CORNERS: by Wayan, 1971, a childhood visionary feltpen drawing Navaho country felt like home--the land, the art, the animals, the language. Trapped in suburbia, I drew... |
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TACKY IS AN ANGLO IDEA, or, NEW BRACELET!: by Wayan; 1983. Bicultural nondream vision I like bad taste. Taste always tasted like another Anglo conspiracy to keep me from having fun... |
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TAROT: MEDIA MINDFUCK (2 of swords): by Wayan; 32K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The traditional figure is blindfolded, holding two crossed swords. I used crossed TV antennae... |
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TAROT: FRIENDSHIP (3 of cups): by Wayan; 29K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Three friends in a garden pledge loyalty forever with a toast of the wine of the heart... |
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TAROT: IN TEARS (5 of cups): by Wayan; 21K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Floating in tears, have you noticed the other cups behind you, unspilled? |
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TAROT: RENUNCIATION (8 of cups): by Wayan; 41K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Giving up a wall of material treasure for the moonlit path... |
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TAROT: WAKING FROM A NIGHTMARE (9 of swords): by Wayan; 27K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card confirming those silly fears are true. The nightmare is real. You're in trouble... |
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TAROT: THE ANOREXIC DANCER: by Wayan; 30K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of excessive self-denial, whether compulsive or artistic or spiritual... |
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TAROT: THE BUILDER: by Wayan; 46K. Tarot card, 3x5", of a 1974/5/19 dream. The card of building your dream no matter what. I dreamed I met the Primal Builder... |
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TAROT: BIRTH (the Empress): by Wayan; 16K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of fertility--and the pangs and effort of starting a new thing... |
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TAROT: THE CENTAUR (Ace of Pentacles): by Wayan; 360 x 528. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Mind and body integrated. S/he can hold up even the world-serpent that the gods couldn't lift... CAUTION: ANDROGYNOUS CENTAUR BREASTS |
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TAROT: CHAOS: by Wayan; 36K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of big messes, confused beginnings--and fertilization... |
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TAROT: CLINGING: by Wayan; 17K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. When the Birth card's reversed, the child clings to the womb like a burrow in a green meadow. |
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TAROT: THE COP (Knight of Swords): by Wayan; 25K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of force not always used wrongly. The Knight says, "Sometimes ya gotta bust a few heads..." |
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TAROT: CARING or THE PIETA: by Wayan; 20K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of caring, caregiving, and compassion... |
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TAROT: GUILT TRIP: by Wayan; 20K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. When the card CARING comes up reversed, you wake up with this crucified guy floating over your bed... |
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TAROT: THE SEA-DADDY (the king of cups): by Wayan; 49K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The sea-captain, baby bottle in hand... The card of the warm man, the nurturer... |
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TAROT: DEATH (Resurrection): by Wayan; 25K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. So you die, and to your secular surprise, your soul or psyche (which does after all mean butterfly) metmorphoses into... |
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TAROT: DIRTY DISHES: by Wayan; 26K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. It's time to tackle that unpleasant task. But so what? You know how. And you have gloves... |
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TAROT: DOGGY (The Hierophant or High Priest): by Wayan; 29K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Some folks are dogs, bullying those below them, fawning on those above. But if the Wizard is a Humbug... |
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TAROT: THE YIN-YANG EARTH (the Wheel of Fortune): by Wayan; 320 x 490. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Earth is always shown from the side, never its axis. But from the pole, it's a vast wheel: the real Wheel of... |
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TAROT: THE EXPLAINER (The Page of Swords?): by Wayan; 36K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Using the mind's blade humbly, respecting ideas and people, clarity's disciple may not see her own power... |
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TAROT: HAW!: by Wayan; 30K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Humor's one of the big emotions--laughter's as loud and uncontrollable as crying or orgasm... |
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TAROT: HOKULE'A (the Star): by Wayan; 30K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Hokule'a, the "Star of Gladness", guided Polynesians across thousands of miles of ocean... |
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TAROT: A JOVIAL INFLUENCE: by Wayan; 25K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Jupiter's massive presence tugs its moons to geologic life. Just being exerts a power and a pull... |
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TAROT: (THE CHARISMATIC) LIZARD: by Wayan; 29K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of driven leaders. It's so refreshing to hear someone honest and passionate. Right? Well... |
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TAROT: THE LOVERS: by Wayan; 290 x 500. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of love. I'm not sure what genders the lovers are, but no matter... |
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TAROT: THE MAGE: by Wayan; 34K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Jung said most people let one aspect of life dominate them. The Mage balances them... |
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TAROT: THE MAZE: by Wayan; 32K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. When you start thinking and scheming hard, you can end up "amazed": lost in a maze of choices... |
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TAROT: THE MAGENTA MESSIAH: by Wayan; 26K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. True teachers and leaders do exist, with vision enough to make seeds (and people) sprout... |
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TAROT: MINE CHILD: by Wayan; 31K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Deep down in the strata inside you, gems lie waiting in the dark. Waiting for this child to dig them free... |
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TAROT: THE MOON (Full Tide: Life): by Wayan; 37K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Time, tide, cycles... In this phase, the hourglass is full, life brims over. Passion's time. Action's time... |
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TAROT: THE MOON (Ebb Tide: Memory): by Wayan; 39K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Time, tide, cycles... At ebb, the hourglass drains, the tide recedes, life hides in the cracks... |
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TAROT: MUTUAL ATTRACTION: by Wayan; 32K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. That moment when you recognize a kindred spirit, and realize he or she feels that way too... |
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TAROT: PHOBIA!: by Wayan; 22K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Groundless fears slow you to a crawl, testing every step of a clear, safe path... |
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TAROT: THE PIANIST (Knight of Wands?): by Wayan; 27K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The knight of creative fire, who takes over when you've mastered technique but kept your passion... |
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TAROT: THE SMORGASBORD OF LIFE: by Wayan; 42K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. You get to fill one tray. Guns sex jewels pot hamburgers TV boredom God power thrills love? Choose! |
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TAROT: THE SOLAR REVOLUTION: by Wayan; 42K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of revolution! The old towers of strength come down, not through war but obsolescence... |
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TAROT: THE SPHINX (the High Priestess): by Wayan; 328 x 546. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of intuition, dreams--and asking. She knows all the secrets. And might just tell you, if... |
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TAROT: OUTSTANDING (The Seven of Wands): by Wayan; 22K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Those of you who see or sense auras know how rare it is to meet someone with all four cylinders firing... |
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TAROT: THE SULKY: by Wayan; 300 x 480. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. At the Dream Circus, a grumpy little greenish Scotsman rode a sulky, pulled by a playful black horse who... |
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TAROT: DREAMTIGER! (Strength): by Wayan; 332 x 546. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Find your strength in dreams: facing (and befriending) what you've feared, or fought... |
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TAROT: REST!: by Wayan; 17K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. The card of fatigue and rest. Tarot's so primal--never a dull moment. Well, take a break... |
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TAROT: THE UNICORN QUEEN (Queen of Swords): by Wayan; 30K. Tarot card, 3x5", 1978-1981. Having (or living with) a sharp mind is like living with a unicorn. That horn can kill or heal... |
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TAROT: THE WINGED COYOTE (Freedom! No suit. No rank.): by Wayan; tarot card from a dream, 1979/3/14. I dreamed I was the Spirit of Mexico: a winged coyote flying around Sonora howling at the moon... |
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TAROT: THE UNICORN WELL (the Ace of Cups): by Wayan; 1991. Digital, based on Tarot card, 3x5". The Well of Emotion, guarded by the Black Unicorn, the shadow of all the feelings you deny... |
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UNICORN: "STILL HERE!": by Wayan; 1994? 3x5", felt pen sketch. The 80s were rough on unicorns, but now that they're passé again, they can get back to work... |
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