Dream World

Tell me ...

... when you daydream the perfect daydream ...

... what does it look like ... and where are you walking?

Are you floating down a peaceful stream?

Or wandering along a quiet road?

Perhaps you see yourself in the city,

drawn by the magic of the lights and city windows?

And if your dreams are of a city ...

you only have to choose which city it would be

... and you'd be there ...

Maybe your dreams are not of a city ...

but of a perfect house ...

one with sparkling lights of a different kind ...

The wonderful thing about daydreams is

that anything can happen.

In dreams, even the lights in the sky ...

... can suddenly appear on your gown ...

... or the soft petals and folds of a rose ...

... are recreated by the dreams of a designer

and turn into magical gowns ...

Dreams have the power to

wash away the ordinary, the everyday,

like so many raindrops ...

... and help us think of ways

to soar above the clouds ...

When I was a child,

a note was written on my report card

one year ... the teacher said that I was ...

a dreamer.

That she often caught me staring out the window

daydreaming.

That teacher was right.

And that daydreaming gives me the ability

to envision the things I paint and illustrate today.

We can learn so much about ourselves

and where we want to go

when we dream.

So

... before the clock strikes ...

and you have to return to the

here and now once more ...

... what have you been dreaming?

If I were you, I'd make notes ...

because I certainly am.

And when we do,

who knows what wondrous things

will be imagined?

In closing,

on instagram and twitter, you may have seen

that I was honored to have appeared in three

interviews in one week ...

if you missed them, following are the details:

The first is an interview conducted by

Bubbly Talk Radio ... you can

actually click on the link and

 listen to the interview.

The second was a fab Fashion Illustration interview

from across the pond by Lady M Presents.

The third was an interview entitled,

"The Magical World of Sandy M"

by Jovana Miljanovic and

I absolutely loved her introduction

to the interview.

My thanks to all three for the opportunity

to be interviewed by them.

Ooh La Frou Frou

is the blog of artist & illustrator

SANDY M.

For custom illustration inquiries,

contact Sandy here.

Music above is

Thomas Newman for Cafe Del Mar via

Images in this post via:

Cinemagraph #1 of girl on balcony via

Cinemagraph #2 of store window via

All other sources for the images in this post

can be found via

Sandy@OohLaFrouFrou's

 Pinterest Boards entitled:

 Dreamy, New York, Paris, Glamorous Fashion

and Pretty Things,

with the exception of the image of stars

in a night sky, which was found via.