Art 220

Day 15

Posted by Lindsay , Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:13 PM

In class yesterday, we watched Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. It was a very strange movie, and I personally didn't like it very much. I recognized the first story about the legend of the foxes, and found it to be interesting. The movie was a series of eight stories that were supposed to be different dreams. None of the stories really had a set ending, and left off at odd points, much like dreams do. We were supposed to think about how inspiration, creation, conceptualization and ideation relate to dreams and sleep. I have personally had several dreams that have led to ideas to stories and to drawings. Often times though, I won't remember the dream unless it was really vivid or memorable. I might remember it right when I wake up, but forget it as a little bit of time passes. I have always considered the possibility of keeping a notepad next to my bed to write down ideas, but never have. A lot of times while we sleep, we think of things that would be impossible in real life, and are generally more creative. We are free to think of anything while we sleep.