Forgotten Dreams

FORGOTTEN DREAMS Have you ever abandoned a childhood dream? Is there a skill or gift that came quite naturally, something you used to love to do? Have you ever enjoyed doing your thing so much that you forgot about the time, or it felt like time stood still? Does it make you feel good? Did you take it for granted? At the beginning of 2013 I had a very pivotal dream. In the dream I was sitting on a garden wall or partition, at the center of the lounge or smoking area, inside this massive club or rave. I get up, walk straight over to the far wall, and began painting a huge mural. I observe myself in this manner, applying paint, until I wake up... Many years ago when I was seven years old, I accidentally discovered I could draw and copy anything. I guess I secretly desired to be a painter, but felt intimidated, and so I never got around to it. As a teenager, before teaching myself to read music and play the piano, drawing would have been my favourite pastime. But as the years go by, following friends, as time goes by, drifting through life, from experience to experience. I must have buried my dream... At the time I was THe Singer Songwriter Who Worked As An Actor in TV, Film and Commercials. Being an Artist was not part of the plan. Yet there was no doubt, I knew it in my heart, it was time to paint. At first my mind was going through them changes, thoughts and feelings vacillated between hope and fear. They ranged from 1) I always wanted to paint. To 2) I don't wanna be a Starving Artist. . But as I painted, I would catch myself smiling from time to time. I was so much happier now. Reconnected, with a forgotten part of me... Dreams Are For Real.