Felt presences

The feeling that something is up with someone...

By Slurpie

I was lying in bed trying to recover from my migraine from hell when I started thinking about something. It was on my mind yesterday too. I get the feeling that something is up with someone. I don't know what it is or why I have this feeling.

I just get the feeling someone wants to tell me something, but is hesitant. I don't know why they wouldn't tell me. Maybe they believe it would hurt me. I am not sure.

All I know is that, although it probably wouldn't be obvious to anyone else, I have the sense that they are pulling away or trying to. I can feel it.

Perhaps I've done something wrong. I am not sure what it could be. I`ve been trying to think of what it could be, but come up with empty hands. I have no idea.

I, just a few days ago, felt their warmth surrounding me. Today I feel cold.

*Peace*

(Slurpie, SWYDM Journals, Nov 30, 2003)

A felt presence during a dream culminating in awakening with a migraine

"Beastly Migraine: Okay. So I had another migraine dream! As I was awakening in the pain of a migraine, in my dream, I sensed but didn't actually feel tactically, that a creature was clinging to me. I got up (in the dream) and looked in the mirror. All I could see was the creature's tentacle snaking through my hair and boring into my temple where the seat of the pain was. Capturing this scene was a new challenge for me -- my first nude... and not one, but two! This image was painted in Photoshop 7.0, using a Wacom graphics tablet.

** This piece has received a Merit award and will be exhibited in the Migraine Masterpieces exhibition in July, 2003, Chicago, IL -- sponsored by the National Headache Foundation."

(Molly Barr, artist's website, November 21, 2004)