David’s Altered Life

Fever Dream

David survives the childhood poisoning, but the migration leaves him estranged from his mother and entangled with death, fear, and uncertain identity.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

A Child at the Stream A Child at the Stream from "Fever Dream". A Child at the Stream Innocent exposure David plays beside a stream after his mother finds the escaped stallion there.

A Child at the Stream from "Fever Dream". A Child at the Stream Innocent exposure David plays beside a stream after his mother finds the escaped stallion there.

A Child at the Stream Innocent exposure David plays beside a stream after his mother finds the escaped stallion there. A life redirected His contact with the water precedes the poisoning that determines the rest of his childhood.

The Migration Survivor The Migration Survivor from "Fever Dream". The Migration Survivor Survival through exchange The healer’s procedure divides the poison between David’s body and another body.

The Migration Survivor from "Fever Dream". The Migration Survivor Survival through exchange The healer’s procedure divides the poison between David’s body and another body.

The Migration Survivor Survival through exchange The healer’s procedure divides the poison between David’s body and another body. Identity unsettled David lives, but the migration leaves something of each spirit in the other and makes his future uncertain.

Speech of Indifference Speech of Indifference from "Fever Dream". Speech of Indifference New words David begins speaking again and repeatedly answers ordinary questions with the phrase that something is not important.

Speech of Indifference from "Fever Dream". Speech of Indifference New words David begins speaking again and repeatedly answers ordinary questions with the phrase that something is not important.

Speech of Indifference New words David begins speaking again and repeatedly answers ordinary questions with the phrase that something is not important. Distance made audible His changed speech makes Carla fear that the child she knows has been replaced or damaged.

The Night Wanderer The Night Wanderer from "Fever Dream". The Night Wanderer Unexplained absences David sometimes disappears from his bed and wanders outside, frightening his parents.

The Night Wanderer from "Fever Dream". The Night Wanderer Unexplained absences David sometimes disappears from his bed and wanders outside, frightening his parents.

The Night Wanderer Unexplained absences David sometimes disappears from his bed and wanders outside, frightening his parents. Family control Omar begins locking him in his room at night, while David calls for Carla rather than for his father.

The Boy in the Car The Boy in the Car from "Fever Dream". The Boy in the Car A silent appeal David sits in the back seat beside Nina’s stuffed mole and looks at Amanda’s husband as if begging.

The Boy in the Car from "Fever Dream". The Boy in the Car A silent appeal David sits in the back seat beside Nina’s stuffed mole and looks at Amanda’s husband as if begging.

The Boy in the Car A silent appeal David sits in the back seat beside Nina’s stuffed mole and looks at Amanda’s husband as if begging. An unresolved future Omar removes him from the car, leaving him behind as Amanda’s husband drives away without answers.

At about four years old

The day of the Green House procedure

Several days after his fever subsides

In the years after the migration

At the end, when Amanda’s husband reaches Carla’s house