"the French words for "beyond real­i­ty." That's a zone, we may assume, reach­able by only dar­ing, and pos­si­bly unhinged, artis­tic minds. But in fact, even the most down-to-earth among us go beyond real­i­ty on a night­ly basis. We do so in our dreams, where the accept­ed mechan­ics of space and time, life and death, and cause and effect do not apply. Or rather, they're replaced"
"In the Hochela­ga video above, that chan­nel's cre­ator Tom­mie Trelawny pro­vides a long his­to­ry of sur­re­al­ism in a short run­ning time. Trac­ing that move­men­t's roots, he goes all the way back to the ancient cul­ture of the Aus­tralian Abo­rig­i­nals, for whom the con­cept of the "dream­time" still plays an impor­tant role - and has inspired "pos­si­bly the old­est unbro­ken artis­tic tra­di­tion in the world.""
Surrealism originates from French words meaning 'beyond reality.' Dreams enact an alternate set of rules that replace waking mechanics of space, time, life, death, and cause and effect. These dream rules feel consistent during the experience yet often frustrate efforts to convey night visions to others. Artists harness dream logic to produce imaginative imagery and enduring art. Australian Aboriginal 'dreamtime' traditions position dreams as foundational to an ancient, unbroken artistic practice. In ancient Egypt, dreams served as a bridge between the spirit world and the physical, with resut meaning both 'dream' and 'awakening'.
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