Often, as I close my eyes before sleep, I am greeted by bizarre visions that seem to be plucked straight from the surreal and frequently disturbing worlds depicted in the works of Beksinski and Bosch, two renowned artists known for their nightmarish and otherworldly paintings.
Their art, with its haunting and bizarre imagery, feels like a personal reflection of the visions that dance before my closed eyes. What would it take to create a “picture” in my mind of bizarre visions I sometimes see before sleep so that they last longer in my memory? These visions are very fleeting. They disappear as quickly as they appear. This happens whenever the blissful dream begins to rule my mind. Do all bizarre visions mean I have nightmares during the night? No, I do not have. Of course, I sometimes have strange dreams (Have I already written about how to evoke dreams?). Still, I do not consider them as nightmares. The truth is that I have deep in my memory flashbacks from some dreams, even from my childhood.
Often, I remember my dreams hours after sleeping.
Still, I cannot memorize any strange visions that appear in front of my closed eyes before I go to sleep. I do not know how to do it. I only know that they appear when I am very close to losing consciousness, that delicate moment when my mind is on the brink of surrendering to the sweet embrace of sleep. Undoubtedly, my brain is starting to switch its way of working. I wrote many times that many ideas come to my mind before I go to sleep. One of them is this text. I remember that when I saw mares in my vision, I woke up and asked myself how to memorize what I saw.
Today (I wrote this text on the 28th of June, 2024), I must admit I do not remember what I exactly saw.
Thus, I cannot state anything more than the fact that I sometimes see strange things before my mind starts to sleep. I think it will be enough writing for today. I am getting sleepy. The truth is that I want to put my head on a pillow, forget about everything, and simply rest. I have no idea whether I will “see” something in my imagination after closing my eyes. But I’ve come to accept the fleeting nature of these visions, and it brings me a sense of peace.
