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CONGRATULATIONS!<\/mark>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1st Place Winner-
Hazal Orhon- Wandering Karabasan II<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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DREAM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a child, I experienced frequent sleep paralysis, known in Turkish as \u201ckarabasan,\u201d often perceived as a dark, entity-like presence. One day, I was told that when “karabasan” do not visit children\u2019s dreams, they wander in the forest. After this, the episodes stopped, but I began dreaming of karabasan wandering in the forest instead.\u200b
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When these dreams continued into adulthood, I went into the forest to create self-portraits, embodying this presence. Through this process, the dreams ceased.\u200b
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This series reflects those wandering karabasan and what remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Place Winner-
Denise Kester- Earth Girl Intertwined<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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DREAM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two women artists have come to talk to me about my art. We are looking over my artwork, paintings and prints. I notice a little viewing machine. I look in and I see an old painting of mine.\u00a0\u200b
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It is a painting of myself. I have a cedar tree going up my body like a spinal cord. The tree is part of my body with limbs going out. The branches are also going up and out of my head. I have brown hair. Branches go down the trunk to roots coming down from my body into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3rd Place Winner-
Scott Venners- A Healing Dream<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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DREAM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u200bI heard a cat crying in distress and stepped onto a terrace to see my cat stranded on a second-story windowsill. It moved down the wall effortlessly, like an insect, and halfway down transformed into a sickly goat with distended teeth, mangy fur, and foam at its mouth. As it approached, I felt fear and compassion at once. Then a strong goat rushed in and placed itself between us, protective and watchful. I telepathically communicated that I wanted the sickly goat to come closer. The strong goat\u2019s expression seemed to say: “OK, I’ll follow your wishes. But are you sure?”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONGRATULATIONS!\u00a0 1st Place Winner- Hazal Orhon- Wandering Karabasan II DREAM As a child, I experienced frequent sleep paralysis, known in Turkish as \u201ckarabasan,\u201d often perceived as a dark, entity-like presence. One day, I was told that when “karabasan” do not visit children\u2019s dreams, they wander in the forest. After this, the episodes stopped, but I … <\/p>\n

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