Dreamwalk
The day I learned that dreams can be real had a profound effect on my life. As I began to form my art practice, I naturally began to contemplate how we determine what is science fiction and what is real. People seem to divide themselves by who they are or what they believe. There are times when scie...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2021
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| Online Access: | https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_mfatheses/161 https://scholarship.claremont.edu/context/cgu_mfatheses/article/1203/viewcontent/Julie_Loffer_MFACGU_thesis.pdf |
| Summary: | The day I learned that dreams can be real had a profound effect on my life. As I began to form my art practice, I naturally began to contemplate how we determine what is science fiction and what is real. People seem to divide themselves by who they are or what they believe. There are times when science fiction has become real. For example, the idea that giants or Bigfoot could be real sounds silly to most people. Even though artifacts of unusually large remains are a part of the fossil record, such creatures are considered science fiction. Science asks us to consider epigenetics and biology as an explanation. Epigenetics study the changes in a human after the physical structure of DNA. These changes can be inherited. The idea is that science is proving that DNA can pass on the memories, trauma, abilities, fears, and joy of our ancestors. These studies could hold the key to how my grandfather was in my dream and how my dad knew this by looking at me so he could wake me up. Where this dreamwalking ability came from and how I am an artist could all be inherited traits. I am a storyteller and a teacher like those before me. I am an artist. My work reveals my path backwards and forwards. My intention is to use my gifts to do my part to help humanity and to help motivate awakenings. |
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