When the dream phenomenon of the Black Pearl first began to manifest, and I was wandering blindly through dark corridors which hummed vaguely with deteriorating machinery, I encountered various Residents there, going about their strange existences. The character seen above was one of the first I had direct interaction with. He seemed to recognize me immediately, and, although shy and hesitant to communicate, insinuated that we had a shared past which I did not recall.
When I awoke, I made a quick sketch of the fellow, unaware of where all of this would eventually lead. Months later, he reappeared in another dream, holding a
different drawing of himself which he claimed I had sketched of him years before. Upon waking, the memory of this dream-drawing still clear in my mind, I realized that it was indeed a figure study that I had drawn
in real life nearly ten years prior, long lost to memory and the wastebasket...
4.5x4.5"
James, glad to see you are still documenting these excursions of yours, as I assume you would be whether made public or not (and for your sharing I am grateful.) Tonight I discovered the work of Jules de Bruyker; I believe you and he may have visited some of the same places:
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