A child reads beneath a great evergreen tree as a star shines overhead.

Dream Painters

A Story of Hope

Begin the story
“Again.”
Magnus, age 4
“Everyone should read this.”
Lilia, age 80
A golden star shines on a tree of wonder-grails held up by the Dream Painters.

With all my love.
To Victor, Alexandra, Viva and Evan

Under a full moon, a rainbow of Dream Painters pours through a bedroom wall.

Sunday night

One Sunday night a rainbow burst
Through my bedroom wall
Freeing all the dream painters
Like a magic waterfall.

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Ultra-Violet, a winged painter in a starry dress, sings over the sleeping children.

Ultra-Violet

As they splash upon my bed
Ultra-Violet sings
“Save us all from dawn’s Grey Doubt
Or we will lose our wings.”

Doubt can sink a dreamer’s boat,
So watch out for Grey, the schemer.
Hope will keep your dreams afloat
Have faith my dearest dreamer.

2 / 14

The Dream Painters and their wonder-grails swirl around a sleeping child’s face.

The quest

“Our night time quest is to imagine
In every rainbow color
To fill each painter’s wonder-grail
Dream with virtuous valor!”

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Violet lounges beneath a blossoming tree while Indigo sits apart with an empty cup.

Monday · Violet and Indigo

On Monday, as I jump in bed,
In hopes of dreaming Plenty,
Violet’s cup overflows
While Indigo’s is empty.

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Blue meditates beneath a tree while a great green eye watches through the leaves.

Tuesday and Wednesday · Blue and Green

On Tuesday night, Blue joins the crew
And in his hands by dawn
A billion dream drops twinkle,
Wise galaxies just born.

Wednesday’s fate, is not so great
For lazy doctor Green
Full of woe like Indigo
Grey tears away her dream.

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A golden lady pours a cup of light over a sleeper in a hammock as the moon rises.

Thursday and Friday · Yellow and Grey

On Thursday in a nap at noon
I find to my delight
A kind Yellow painter
With a cup of Golden light.

Into Friday’s sleep Grey slyly creeps
Sprinkling wrath like rain
Putting out the fire of Joy’s desire
So my dreams are all in vain.

6 / 14

Red knights ride through a world of red and orange beside a great winged horse.

Saturday · Red

Saturday’s knight paints with might
Red Courage fills up his cup
Shadowy schemes steal Red’s dreams
Breaking their energy up.

Red has kin, and his invisible twin,
Paints him wings for flight
This act of bravery frees from slavery
A loving dream of light.

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Red holds his brush like a spear beside a crimson cup and a rainbow-tiled sphere.

Sunday · Crimson

In Sunday’s dark Red shares this dream,
Of peace here on Earth,
With Crimson strokes of true Love
Paradise shines forth.

8 / 14

Orange raises her arms beneath a sunburst beside a glowing golden tree and a healing stream.

Orange · Kindness

See the light sings kindness bright,
Sharing welcoming beams
Orange is fed by Yellow and Red
Long Live Happy Dreams!

As joy revives She pleads for the lives
Of Indigo and Green
Blue drips a drop from his dream cup
Painting a healing stream.

9 / 14

A blue stream winds through evergreen trees beneath a bright yellow sun.

Evergreen

Blue waters of life with Yellow sun light
Seed ever Green creations.
Violet’s visions dance from her brush
Fruit to cure the nations.

10 / 14

A musician plays guitar beneath a golden tree while small figures dance beside a stream.

Justice

Justice for all and wise water blue,
Heal Indigo’s hopeless fast,
Freeing the final dream painter from
Grey’s grim grasp

11 / 14

Indigo pours a rainbow from his brush over a sleeping child and a forest of blue trees.

Indigo

An ocean of dream from Indigo streams
Raising the tide of hope.
A ship he creates “All a’ board mates
Pull up the anchor rope.”

12 / 14

The ship of dreams sails up a rainbow toward the morning star above a sleeping child.

The morning star

Free from Doubt the painters shout
“Keep good dreams afloat!”
To morning star bright the ship takes flight
To paradise with hope.

13 / 14

A family drifts in a canoe beneath trees full of red leaves.

Your turn

And now dear friend, your time to dream,
In every rainbow color
Fill up your wonder grail with love
Dream with virtuous valor!

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Two green hands cradle a star beneath a blossoming tree.

Long live happy dreams!

We are all Dream Painters.

Again!