i envy people who have dreams with clear rational plots like “i was on my favourite tv show for a day” my dreams are like i’m in a diner and i’m pregnant. i leave the diner and i’m in a forest watching the pregnant woman who is no longer me. she turns around and now we’re in a jeep and she’s my dad. we’re listening to music which is somehow numbers. he asks if i remember the time we went to pakistan and i say yeah because i do. i wake up and remember i’ve never been to pakistan in my life.
Jan De Vliegher - Cinque Terre 4, 2009
Belgian, b.1964-
Oil on canvas, 78 7/10 × 78 7/10 in. 200 × 200 cm
As seen at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture