I have written about the juxtaposition of what appears to be and what is. This is from my Blog Misunderstood Monsters and Mysterious Creatures:
In a world with wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing,
Come misunderstood monsters and mysterious creatures.
Take cover look, a deeper inspection.
Look beyond their gore and unbecoming features.
Like you and me, there may more be.
Longing, wondering, lost and lonely.
Stuck and Afraid wanting to be free,
Defying you to run toward them, and not flee.
Each of us upon closer introspection may find,
Good and evil in our lives entwined.
Monster to one, may be magical to another.
It’s rare in life we can have one without the other.
- Gather Supplies.
- Print Images You Want to Use as Focal Points. I am using Bizarre Souls from Etsy.
- Use Magazine Images of Your Choosing to Cover GSLC Arch Top House Silhouettes.
- Cut Out Closely and Glue to GSLC Arch Top House Silhouettes.
- Use a Sanding Block To Further Define Edges.
- Use Neon Highlighters on Edges of GSLC Arch Top House Silhouettes.
- Cut out Images You Want to Use as Focal Points. I am using Bizarre Souls from Etsy.
- Glue Fussy Cut Images to Backgrounds Using UHU GlueStick.
- Paint GSLC Gothic Window Overlays and GSLC Gothic Cross Miniatures with Copper and Red Acrylic Paints.
- Once Fully Dry Use Heavy Gel Matte Medium to Adhere Them to Prepared Backgrounds.
- Press and Dry Complete Flat Weighted Down.
- Add RubOn Butterflies in Strategic Locations.
- Add Rangers Glossy Accents to Insides of GSLC Gothic Window Overlays.
- Use a Combination of Ranger Glossy Accents and Matte Gel Medium to Seal in Remainder of Collages.
- Allow to Dry Fully Keeping Them as Flat as Possible.
Final Thoughts:
We have enjoyed watching Netflix “The Sandman” with an older neighbor lady and she keep wanting to know if the characters are good or bad. We say it is not that easy. Morpheus , is not evil.However he isn’t good either. He is simply a member of the Endless and removed from the concept of mortal morality.
The Sandman is based on Neil Gaiman’s celebrated comic books. It isa reinvention of a relatively obscure DC character. It was pitched as a horror title , but it grew into so much more with an almost a cult following.
The First Season tells the tale of Morpheus, a.k.a. Dream, one of the group of immortal beings known as the Endless who escapes a 100-year captivity and sets about to reclaim his kingdom and his powers.
“People think dreams aren’t real just because they re not made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories, and puns and lost hopes.”
“For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.”
“Never trust the storyteller, only trust the story.”
“You hurt. It’s Okay. I hurt too. Hold my hand.”
“Maybe he wasn’t the villain of the story after all; he simply needed a long overdue nap. Like a cranky child who’s had too many lemon sugar drops and gone too long without sleep.”
“The price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.”
What I like about Science Fiction and Shows like “The Sandman” is that it can be more real than reality. They can tell us truths in magical more fanciful ways than can be stated in our know realities. Lessons learned, Destiny wanders. Path, tracing the way things must go.Though blind, he see all. Death greets each person at beginning and end, escorting the soul to “the Sunless Lands.” Dream rules the realm where mortal spend “one third of their lives.” Dreams give rise to hope. Desire and Despair, twins, inspire the extremes of human actions. Desire always pushed people to take what they want: Despair is the realm for those who have sunk below hope. Delirium who used to be Delight is incredibly creative yet lives outside the laws of logic.
Supplies: GSLC Arch Top House Silhouettes, GSLC Gothic Window Overlays, GSLC Gothic Cross Miniatures , Bizarre Souls Images from Etsy, Magazine Images,UHU GlueStick, Scissors, Sanding Block, Neon Highlighters,Copper and Red acrylic Paint, Paintbrush, Heavy Gell Matte Medium, Matte Gel Medium, Ranger Glossy Accents
I cannot wait to see your interpretation of this project. Share it on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Craft Group Page on Facebook. I would love to see what new creations you are working on!