Dream Art by David Camp



My DreamArt project, or visual poem, will be unlike anything else
on the web, or any other visual art project for that matter, because of
its size (26,000 pieces), structure, and multiple levels of meaning.

It is a work in progress, to be completed between 2001 and 2021,
because I plan to do more than one version of each of the 360 galleries.
I began serious work on this project shortly after 9/11/2001.

On one level this is a glass bead game because it is after all only
a symbol, not Consciousness Itself, but it is a beautifully structured
symbol with colorful imagery and allusions to many religions.




On another level this project will be the visual equivalent of Dante's poem,
except that I am broader than Dante was, and where Dante portrayed
Virgil as his intimate guide, I look to Dostoevsky for inspiration.

Dostoevsky and Dante intersect in the opening lines of Dostoevsky's
Grand Inquisitor where Dostoevsky mentions Dante's name twice.
It is a shame that certain classical beliefs have been forgotten.

For those who prefer to read or who are unable to view my art
I do also have a spiritual fantasy novel titled The Inferno
in sixteen chapters which can be read here on my site.