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What a strange dream! I dreamt I was going to Egypt. The shuttle had arrived to take me to the airport, but I'd forgotten my camera. I figured I would just buy a new one when I arrived in Egypt. I was at the gift shop of the Cairo museum. Bright and colorful books and mementos were everywhere. I had trouble locating cameras, though. I could see the entrance to the museum. (But strangely, the room had dark lavender painted walls and featured late nineteenth century paintings!) When I got to the cash register, not only had I forgotten to bring my camera, I found I also had forgotten my debit card. I was so very mad at myself!
Another traveller loaned me some money. She looked rather like Shirley MacLaine, and said she was a priestess of Isis. I was assuring her that when we returned to the states, I would indeed send her the money.
I woke up. I'm not entirely sure what brought the dream about. Last night I'd been working on some of the Getty Villa
photos and one of them was a Roman "Isis-Fortuna", so maybe that was where the 'Priestess of Isis' came from. Does the dream have any other purpose? Is my subconscious mind trying to tell me I am forgetting something important? Meanwhile, I share the photo:
Bronze, Roman, C.E. 100 - 200
Height: 7 1/2 in.
71.AB.180
(From Museum website
"In Roman religion, Isis was often merged with other Roman goddesses, creating new composite deities. This statuette portrays Isis combined with Fortuna, a fertility goddess who controlled the fate of both individuals and cities. This statuette of Isis-Fortuna has attributes of each goddess. She wears the elaborate headdress of Isis, a lunar disk between horns or feathers, and the front of her long dress is tied in a knot on her chest, the so-called Isis knot. She also holds the usual attributes of Fortuna. The rudder in her right hand refers to her control over the course of human lives, and the cornucopia in her left arm is a symbol of abundance and prosperity."
Julia has a white statue from Sacred Source similar to this:
That's the Sacred Source photo, later I may replace that with photo of our statue...
But time is fleeting, I must get ready for work soon, so I'll just use that one for now.
Monday, September 14, 2009 B
"Remembered Things"
10:39pm
This morning's dream, where did I see a colorful gift shop? Bright red squares here and there, and so many books and keepsakes? Where did I see late nineteenth century paintings? I went back to my photos and re-membered my sightings from May's visit to the Met museum. I updated Van Gogh's Oleanders and Gauguin's Siesta with larger and more vivid photos. I pulled out some ones I had forgotten, grateful for the photo which brought them back to me:
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Oil on canvas, 1891, 44 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (113.7 x 87.6 cm)
Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (MMA 51.112.2)
Lucien Gilbert
André Derain, (French, 1880-1954)
Oil on canvas, ca. 1905
Gift of Joyce Blaffer von Bothmer, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Blaffer, 1975 (MMA 1975.169)
I'll share more later...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 A
"Cool Sleeping Weather at Last!"
6:45am
At last the long long miserable summer is easing its grip. This morning it got to 72F (22C)! Oh, 102F (39C) is predicted for the high, but at least we can have the windows open at night and be cool while we sleep!
How lovely Monet's lake view scene appears to me! How wonderful the breezes must have been in that garden at Sainte-Adresse that summer of 1867!
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