Dreaming Of A Better World
32" x 26"
Pen & Ink
Autumn 1996
London, Ontario
London, Ontario
Jim Kogelheide
This is one of my earliest art creations, dating all the
way back to 1996. One night, I had a
dream. In this dream I went on a strange
journey to meet a very unique being. The
visit was brief but profound and when I returned home and woke up I realize
that I needed to capture my impressions from this encounter. It was around 2:00am and I needed to draw…
This is a pen and ink drawing of an organic being,
flowing with life and pulsing muscles surrounded by the landscape of his alien
world. This world excites the eye with
creatures living in harmony with their environment. The sun is drawn with inspirations of
vegetational growth.
It seems curious that this alien, living in a
representation of peace, harmony and balance would be dreaming of a better
world… but it’s true! He’s dreaming of
the Earth, which can be seen in the upper right side of this image. The clouds of the Earth are drawn in the shape
of a baby – or fetus – representing humanities present state of being.
Humanity has been evolving on our planet for
hundreds of thousands of years. Many
incredible feats have shaped our existence, bringing us to our present
state. For the last few hundred years we
have reveled in our ability to shape our own destiny – or seemingly so – with
the inventions of Industrialism. Just
recently, we have become concerned to realize that our powers are harming all
life forms on Earth and that our demise might be imminent!
The alien in this drawing knows better. He can see that although our present
situation seems insurmountable, that humans have a deeper need to embrace our
instinctive evolution. Once we have
evolved and matured we will have indeed created a better world… one even more
significant than the depictions of the perfect ideal represented in this alien
landscape.
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