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My Photoshop rendering of the dream image is more or less as I experienced it in the dream. The dream voice announced the title: Angel Hidden by Rothko-like Squares. <\/em>I have been aware of Rothko\u2019s paintings of color fields for a long time as well as what he said he was trying to express by them. But I had never experienced the idea that they were \u201chiding\u201d something because the whole purpose of his work was to \u201creveal\u201d not so much what was behind the paintings as what was in \u201cfront\u201d that we could not see. His more abstract paintings are subject to a different sense, and these may be more about revealing something emerging from behind.<\/p>\n But the dream comes with an idea that is opposite what has been in my consciousness. Of course, this is often the case with dreams. I do not feel comfortable calling this \u201cmy\u201d unconscious idea. To me, it makes more sense to think of this as the idea of someone \u201cother.\u201d An other<\/em> who makes itself known to me through the dream from some \u201celsewhere\u201d than my conscious mind. This \u201cotherness\u201d is compelling to me and I take such experiences as tasks or instructions or teachings.<\/p>\n Of course, I spent some time re-looking at Rothko\u2019s work. My intention was see his fields of color as hiding angels. But soon realized the dream was pointing to \u201csomething else.\u201d It was not saying that Rothko\u2019s color fields were hiding angels. The angel was hiding behind Rothko-like<\/em> squares. Of course, Rothko set in motion an expressive movement of artists who took up the exploration of color and geometry. A good sample of such painters is available at<\/p>\n