Night Pictures Behind My Eyes

By Richard Belair

I am moved by dreams. Maybe you are too. Our dreams are an interplay of pictures and stories that blend within the confines of each of us. Those nighttime visions hold our feelings hostage, and then emotions enter when we cannot wish them away.

Each of us has our own dream experience, and your story is almost as unique as mine. When my friend awoke his three-year-old son one morning, the boy sat up in bed and said, Daddy, I had night pictures behind my eyes. Wow! How perfectly he described his sleeping journey.

I couldnt help myself enough, although I did, by borrowing that wonderful quote as the title of my own book. Herein lies both a fictional base and some actual events from the one persons dreams I know best, and you have yours too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Apr 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781504382861

Richard Belair

I have been asked if I came up with the story line first or drew the illustration(s) first. The truth is that it happened both of those two ways, but I always thought back to books both written or illustrated by Wallace (Wally) Tripp. You might know his work from the drawings within the Amedila Bedilia series. He remains an inspiration for me. My children can still recite his poetic verse some thirty years since hearing them. My efforts in illustrating and writing go back to preschool. I always knew that it would be an exciting and challenging endeavor, which I am now finding so true, and that destiny, of writing, would become a reality of my own personal story. The towns people of the small western, Mass. town, where I grew up, knew me by my drawing ability. I was continually coaxed into some avenue at devoting my career choice in that direction. It never happened until now! I have tried so many building trade skills. As a novice carpenter, I built my own house; as a stone mason, improved the wishes of many clients masonry wants & needs; and, as a massage therapist, helped to heal the many who could not do it on their own. Each endeavor has moved me closer to working through my heart. My passion has moved from the back burner forward, to where I am the chef of this savory delight.

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