Volcano/dream
In the Volcano/dream series the volcano is our essential or basic nature, that which we are born with, part of our primitive make-up that can be said to reside in the belly, and our creativity. The series connects images of volcanoes with the dream world of the basement and coyote tails. They state the dream, bringing volcano into juxtaposition with coal. They represent ourselves as a whole, who we are, our spiritual nature, our body. Other elements are those of the natural and super-natural world, parts of the psyche, feeding and relating to the coal of our internal volcanoes. There is something wonderful and mysterious about coal; its shine, the fact that it was once living. It has a sense of contained life, of hidden possibilities. At one time it was thought that volcanoes were made of coal. Volcano/dream, relates to a dream I experienced while asleep during an earthquake when I was six or seven. Our basement when I was a child, had a pile of coal for our wood and coal furnace and, unfortunately, coyote tails on a line.
Here is what I dream
volcanoes cover the world
coal in basements
lines strung with clothes
mine when awake
not dreaming
coyote tails hung
shorn dry quiet
black rock burns
in the world’s belly
those who die enter
I feed off their elements
their embers
the living wear thin coverings
grasp slim shadows
their belonging
their shame
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