Alchemical Forest

a dream

Last night I dreamt that I was an alchemist doing a working. It had seven steps. With each step, what I was creating would grow, each step building upon the one from before. The output wasn’t in a beaker or glass bowl, it was in the room and world around me. Each additional layer from one step to the next grew on the previous one like crystals, almost like rock candy spires.

At the fifth step, I suddenly realized what I was building - a forest, an Alchemical Forest. At this moment I partially awoke as the baby stirred in his sleep (probably bashing into my back as he alligator rolled over) and the words, “Alchemical Forest of Flourishing” came flooding into my mind.

This dream after my vision last week of Forest Elephants seems particularly juicy.

Detail of Mundis Est Fabula: The World is a Story

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In the spirit of mutual flourishing, I am working on a couple big posts for next week, both here and on The Alembic’s Transmutations Substack. I’ll be writing about the Visionary Muse Collective and the Visions of the New Earth exhibition opening May 18th.

Here’s a sneak peek at my finished painting that will premier at the opening (and in your inbox next week).

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Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! Thank you always for your support.