In the hall of a Viennese palace. A high chamber. Tall doors painted white, closed. The lock isn't located, as is usual, in the middle of the door, but way up by the ceiling. The doors are likely locked. Someone is trying to pick the lock from the outside. The lock falls off, and in the opening a hand appears, its fingers connected by webbing.

Dream Record, 1940, pencil and pastel on paper

The last dream in Styrsky's book, and the last chronologically too; the end of his 15-year experiment in dream art. 15 months later, he died.

SOURCE: Dreamverse by Jindrich Styrsky (Twisted Spoon Press, 2018), p.112; primary source Sny, 1925-1940 ("Dreams, 1925-40") posthumously published (1970). TITLE: Styrsky titled all his dreams "Dream of..."; I shortened all titles to avoid a logjam under D.

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