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The Dream Keeper

The Dream Keeper
 
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world. 
 The idea is to somehow weave together paradoxical elements - the rockets that would be used to reach new planets in the top left are in contrast to the rocketes being used for destruction (bottom right). The same can be seen with the planes. 
(The inventors' initial plans for their inventions - dreams - to be hopeful and bright as opposed to what turned out in the end as demonstrated in the bottom half of the picture.)  
 
 
War Scene I
 
War Scene II 

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The Dream Keeper

Illustration based on Langston Hughes' poem, "The Dream Keeper." When reading the poem above, the first thing that came to mind was the abuse of Read More

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