Dream Drawings & the Dream Drawing Books
“Carey’s subconscious manifests into delightfully artistic tableaus, panels, and dreamscapes. When he’s sleeping, he’s actually hard at work!”
“I have vivid and colorful dreams. When one is interesting enough, I turn it into a drawing. To save time and space, I illustrate my dreams on 3x5 Post-It-Notes (they still take a couple of hours!). When I have enough, I publish them in a small volume. (There are now four volumes equaling about 500 dreams.) I love the crazy dream stories, and just enjoy celebrating them without any analysis. The books always contain a complete glossary with bios of all the unknowing folks who inhabit my dreams. Sometimes, a Dream Drawing becomes a 3D collage (12”x 12” to 4’x 6’). I seem to be making lots of these lately.” –Philip Carey (2012)
Philip published four volumes of dream drawing books, including The President of Mexico Is Turning Back All People Who Are Carrying Chairs (2008), I'm on Patrol in Iraq with My Unit of Soldiers, but Instead of Weapons They Have Musical Instruments, and I'm the Singer! (2010), The Monsignor Has Arrived for My Bar-B-Que But Gophers Have Eaten All the Crackers! (2011), and I'm Being Attacked by the 1812 Overture! (2014), which is available for purchase!
The Strange Dreams of Philip Carey: A Multimedia Series
In 2012, Philip commissioned composers William Vollinger and Linda Ferreira to create a series of nine musical adaptations of his dream drawings. Performances of the songs, with editing and animation by Stephen Paschke, can be seen below.