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When I go to bed, I often try to think about a problem with a painting. Then my consciousness runs another stream in the background. Before I fall asleep, the solution to the problem occurs to me–‘ah ha!’ Sometimes the solution comes in the morning, and sometimes it doesn’t come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as interesting as this is, it isn’t dreaming–not real dreaming. I have vivid dreams occasionally. Often these powerful dreams seem prophetic but, as I’ve learned time and again, they’re not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Robert Smith<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Last night, I dreamed I was trying to get home and found myself in a labyrinth of various buildings. After many dead ends, I emerged in a large building in Spain filled with art and artists. I thought it was an art cooperative. Because it had an etching press, I agreed to join. But as I learned more, I realized it was a school, not a co-op. Because they were so nice and anxious for me to join, I didn’t have the heart to tell them I had no interest. A middle-aged woman took me aside and with her hand on my arm said, “I am ready to take another man.” (I’ve noticed this before. A woman decides a man is right for her and then assumes that her decision settles the matter. The man has no say.) I smiled and nodded and determined to get out of there. I still thought Spain was nice as I awoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My maternal grandmother, Bess Ramey Arnett, had prophetic dreams. Once, she dreamed she was standing on a bridge looking down into the water of a fast-running river. Beneath the surface of the water was a stampede of white horses all galloping in the same direction. The dream made a powerful impression on Bess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Painting: Mother Nursing Infant<\/span><\/a><\/div>

That week, her brother-in-law was on a fishing trip in Tennessee and went missing. The boat capsized; his two companions made it to shore but her brother-law was missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bess accompanied her sister to Tennessee to look for her husband. They met the authorities on a bridge over a river that fed the lake were the incident occurred. It was the bridge she stood on in her dream. She knew then that her brother-in-law was dead. They found his drowned body soon afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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