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I was preparing an art piece that consisted of bench-like sculptures. I walked through palace-like halls, which functioned socially and bureaucratically. A few maintenance workers and secretaries were helping me with the grunt work of assembling my piece - I led them out large, impressive glass doors, over beautiful foot bridges and onto great lawns on which concertos were playing and streams were flowing with pristine water.
Things got confusing - I lost track of my helpers and became stressed over my art piece's unveiling. I got caught up with my parents during a little symphonic event, and finally ran off to figure out what was going on. I ran back into the castle/office tower to find myself in a strange room that mimicked a Zelda: WIndwaker board/Disneyworld attraction. It had huge hologram-like, dazzling set-pieces that made me feel like Alice in Wonderland. A large black man paraded about as some sort of magician. I thought about how he wasn't a great actor/performer, and wondered how much he was paid.
I entered an elevator that resembled the magic one from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My mom was in the lobby with me. We boarded the elevator, which whisked us into the air. We flew around, looking at amazing vistas. It was like looking at a a glorious golf course with a castle in the middle of it. Each "hole", as it were, was covered in ornamental (baroque, perhaps?) furniture design and statuary. I was looking for my sculpture piece.
I was deeply hurt and saddened by the fact that these sculptures were what I was trying to build with my art project, except not quite.Finally I saw what seemed to be my piece, which consisted of two cast-iron benches sutured together back-to-back, but askew. I was devastated to see that it looked rather unspectacular.
I woke up from this dream with a heaviness from the previous night's drinking. I thought about how silly it is that I was so concerned and worried over something inconsequential while surrounded by breathtaking beauty and wonder.
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