Art Mater – Dreams of Dreamers & etc
To my Holy Mother of Artists. Content include Dreams, Mental Health & etc.
If you dream of immigrants, it could be a dream based on themes you experienced about them, during your day.
It is not unique to find this type of experience.
There is unrest in the neighborhood with criminal behaviors going on.
FOWC Jan 26 2021 is unique.
pensitivity’s threethingschallenge – only one word, unrest, is used.
Once, I thought I dreamed of a person who was shining with light. I could not see the face, but felt he was male. He stood against a background of shining light which was so bright that I was almost blinded by the sheer amount of light.
When I woke up, I discovered it was daybreak and my bedroom was flooded by sunlight. Light shone through my closed eye lids and probably stimulated my dream about light. External stimuli can trigger a dream that includes it.
On the 11th day, salesman Freddy finally makes an appointment to visit an apartment to take measurements for ready-made and custom made roller blinds.
And it only took 11 days. His persistence attests to his sincerity in keeping his word.
This is a frame belonging to a longer series of comic on Buying Blinds.
Mindful Doodles #456 – My Laser Surgery Experience (Comic of 33 frames)
What is laser surgery? Its Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. How is laser surgery done? Follow the pictures below to understand the basic steps. What does laser surgery feel like? This is answered below. What is the aftercare for laser surgery?
Step 1. Book appointment.
Step 2.
Checking out my skin tags.
Step 3.
Prepare to visit the clinic. Eat a good meal before setting out.
Step 4.
We missed our bus by a split second.
Step 5.
Get the alternative transport. We have an appointment to keep.
Step 6.
Taxi sends us to destination safely. Step into the building where the clinic is.
Step 7.
Get into the correct elevator to reach the clinic. The elevator is tiny. It can only fit in around 4-6 adults.
Step 8.
I have to explain to the clinic’s receptionist that I DO have an appointment. She is utterly confused. Then she looks into her appointment book and viola! My name has already been written to reserve a time slot.
Step 9.
She has an appointment book.
Step 10.
We sit and wait for the doctor to be free to see us.
Step 11.
Finally a staff assisting the doctor comes for us.
Step 12.
The surgeon is a kind man without much airs.
Step 13.
Change into clean footwear that has been specially reserved for patients to use inside the clinic.
Step 14.
I wear a pair of plastic slippers on loan from the clinic.
Step 15.
After some waiting for a spare clean room to be vacated by other patients, its now my turn! My turn to have numbing cream slathered on my face.
Step 16.
Assistant prepares patient’s face for laser surgery.
Step 17.
Finally, the long awaited numbing cream. And the day my face was cling wrapped.
Step 18.
Mandatory 15 minute wait for numbing cream to take effect.
Step 19.
Actually, she wants to go visit the ladies room.
Step 20.
After 15 minutes, nurse comes to clean away numbing cream.
Step 21.
I’m too numb to feel nervous.
Step 22.
I’m still too surprised to slow down to feel nervous.
Step 23.
Let’s take it slowly, ten skin bags, pardon me, tags, at a time.
Step 24.
The beam of laser is very bright. It is a tiny beam. Both my eyes are closed and I still see bright light.
Step 25.
Remember to use self restraint to keep eyes tightly shut.
Step 26.
Making the obvious remark on burning smell. Surgeon confirms the smell is of burning skin tags.
Step 27.
Step 28.
Surgeon explains why eye cream is applied. Oh, and stay out of the sun for about 5 days while the skin heals under the scabs.
Step 29.
Eye cream minimizes infection risk. Burned skin will fall off after a few days.
Step 30.
Evaluation of procedure, assessment of pain level & etc. Have you had laser surgery? What do you think of it?
Step 31.
Receptionist calls for payment.
Step 32.
Step 33.
Its time to go home.
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Writing prompts –
As this is a long series of 33 picture frames, I hope to get as many readers to look at these pics as possible. That’s why I’ve combined several writing prompts here. I hope at least, the hosts of the individual writing prompts of MLMM will visit. I know all folks are busy and nobody has the time to come around but at least, the hosts will come. Thank you, you beautiful people.
Curiosity and desire to get rid of my skin tags encouraged me to fix a consultation with a laser surgeon. He explained that laser will be like sniping off a skin tag; only that it is burning it dead. My desire to be bare-faced without skin tags persuaded me to undergo the surgery.
A Distant Hum:
The roar of the machines in the surgery theater were like a distant hum.
“Wanna start a cult?” I’m interested in starting a cult to appreciate drawn pictures. Leave a comment here to join.
Mindful Doodles #399 – Touche!
In a fencing competition, that must really hurt the loser’s ego.
Mindful Doodles #121
Hey Girl! The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. He has to eat more than a sandwich. Let him eat what he wants. You can eat your sandwich.
Mindful Doodles is a series of comic/ cartoon drawn on assimilating stimuli that comes into my mind. My surrounding and environment are dynamic. As events happen, the stimuli enters my brain and I pay attention to them. I am not mentally disturbed as I pay due respect to each stimulus. I ponder upon how I would deal with the stimulus, to manage the situation. I try to discover what lesson the Universe bestows on me in this encounter. I write my discovery as my Mindful Thought of the Day.
Why be mindful? By paying time and attention to a disturbing stimulus, you deal with it. It ceases to be new and disruptive to you. You have released anxiety. You have greatly reduced your mental stress.
Mindful Thought of the Day:
Be mindful of what you eat and what you don’t eat.
Mindful Doodles #64:
This comic is drawn using a photo prompt, which I interpret as to unwind or its time to rewind.
A woman working at a company showed up for work one day, when her supervisor claims he clearly instructed her not to, because her service was not required on that day. That was a slow day and her rooster did not include that day to show up for duty. She said she did not understand what the sup said to her initially and that was why she showed up for work. If she reached the stage where she could not comprehend basic instruction, it may mean she needs to be mindful, reflect on where she went wrong, consider taking a break from work to unwind or rewind, or think about her direction for her future.
Mindful Doodles is a series of comic/ cartoon drawn on assimilating stimuli that comes into my mind. My surrounding and environment are dynamic. As events happen, the stimuli enters my brain and I pay attention to them. I am not mentally disturbed as I pay due respect to each stimulus. I ponder upon how I would deal with the stimulus, to manage the situation. I try to discover what lesson the Universe bestows on me in this encounter. I write my discovery as my Mindful Thought of the Day.
Why be mindful? By paying time and attention to a disturbing stimulus, you deal with it. It ceases to be new and disruptive to you. You have released anxiety. You have greatly reduced your mental stress.
Mindful Thought of the Day:
Be mindful of what your supervisor/ boss/ colleagues tell you as it is important. Be mindful at work, or its time to unwind.
This landscape was painted using a pattern approach. This isn’t exactly abstract but I’m labeling my post Abstract Art #2 because it is a part of my journey learning how to paint abstracts.
She had her Stigmata, which was also her bane. Her strongest psychic aid was also her Archilles heel. Sometimes, her appendage refused to obey her brain’s command to move. She saw no practical use of her mark, save to remind herself she was one of the chosen, to complete a mission.
But her Stigmata wasn’t her only uniqueness. She also had her Third Eye. She developed her skill by telling her inner consciousness to utilize her Third Eye to send her messages.
“Where is my missing uncle?” she asked her Third Eye. That night, she had a dream. Her uncle was detained by the immigration authorities for over-staying on his social visit visa. She couldn’t believe the manifest message, and thought she should decipher it for a hidden, latent message.
A few days later, she received word from her aunt that her uncle had indeed, been detained. Whatever her pineal gland communicated in the created dream was true.
Now that the fiction part is over, the psychology part is below.
Find Your Third Eye.
I studied Clinical Psychology. One course was on Inner Consciousness. My mentor was an academic from South Africa. She designed a lesson on developing our third eye by making us try to train our pineal gland. It is a legendary gland, allegedly situated deep inside your forehead. We were supposed to get acquainted with our pineal gland. Scientific facts say it secretes melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep pattern. Psychology says our pineal gland is much more.
How to communicate with our pineal gland:
Step One – Go to a quiet place, like your inner sanctuary in your home.
Step Two – Close your eyes. Concentrate to focus on your pineal gland. Talk to it. If you seek answers to difficulties, ask it to help you. Ask one question at a time.
Step Three – Ask your pineal gland to send you the answer to your question.
Step Four – Pay attention to stimuli around you, happenings, thoughts, gut feelings and dreams. Your pineal gland may send you the answer through any of these channels.
After you receive your answer, then you can repeat the steps to ask your pineal gland another new question. You should only ask one question at a time.
Meaning of dreaming of a third eye:
What is the meaning of dreaming of a third eye? You have two eyes. A third eye can mean someone is watching you.
Are you afraid of the faceless clown?
Fear is like an emotion and we don’t dream of the concept of fear. Rather, we dream of things, events and situations which make us feel fear.
Prompt from Photo Challenge #234.