Alchemy + Art
Dreams are a very interesting topic that can sometimes mirror a person's real life. This quarter I had the honor of listening to Ann McCoy speak about dreams and alchemy. Ann McCoy’s research, findings, and art are something that I have never seen before. The thought that alchemy is a part of dreaming and dreams is a topic that is not brought up or studied by a lot of people, in my opinion.
To me, there are different types of dreams. There are the ones that are so ridiculous that they cannot mean anything, and then there are the ones that mean something and are trying to send the dreamer a sign. During Ann’s talk, she spoke on the thought of dreams being signs from right below the threshold of consciousness. At least that’s what I understood and interpreted it as. There are different types of alchemy and they all have to do with different levels of consensus.
Putrefactio: by Ann McCoy
During this event, it made me think about my dreams more. I could be completely asleep, then fall or feel like I am falling in my dream and wake up because my mind believes that I am actually falling. My mind and consciousness are still alert even when my body is not. My body will rest but my will never.
Rubedo: by Ann McCoy
Works Cited
1) “Alchemy.” Science, vol. 18, no. 447, 1891, pp. 113–17. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1768043. Accessed 11 Jun. 2022.
2) Alchemy |, https://annmccoy.com/alchemy/.
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7) WINTON, TRACEY EVE, and Sebastian D. G. Knowles. “The Dream and the Wake: An Alchemy of Words and Scenes in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and Finnegans Wake.” Renascent Joyce, edited by Daniel Ferrer et al., University Press of Florida, 2013, pp. 38–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvx06wpb.9. Accessed 11 Jun. 2022.
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