Dream and Waking

Finnegans Wake

This flow traces the uncertain boundary between dreaming and waking as bodies, voices, and narratives move through sleep toward a partial return.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Sleep Frames the World Sleep Frames the World from "Finnegans Wake". Sleep Frames the World An uncertain state begins The narrative opens in a way that makes waking chronology difficult to distinguish from dream.

Sleep Frames the World from "Finnegans Wake". Sleep Frames the World An uncertain state begins The narrative opens in a way that makes waking chronology difficult to distinguish from dream.

Sleep Frames the World An uncertain state begins The narrative opens in a way that makes waking chronology difficult to distinguish from dream. Perception becomes unstable Events arrive through association and transformation rather than clear sequence.

Nuvoletta Watches Nuvoletta Watches from "Finnegans Wake". Nuvoletta Watches A child listens from above Nuvoletta watches and listens as the Mookse and Gripes conduct their symbolic quarrel.

Nuvoletta Watches from "Finnegans Wake". Nuvoletta Watches A child listens from above Nuvoletta watches and listens as the Mookse and Gripes conduct their symbolic quarrel.

Nuvoletta Watches A child listens from above Nuvoletta watches and listens as the Mookse and Gripes conduct their symbolic quarrel. Dream offers a third perspective Her presence adds feeling and vulnerability to the abstract argument.

The Child Disappears The Child Disappears from "Finnegans Wake". The Child Disappears A tear falls Nuvoletta makes a final movement toward the river and vanishes from the scene.

The Child Disappears from "Finnegans Wake". The Child Disappears A tear falls Nuvoletta makes a final movement toward the river and vanishes from the scene.

The Child Disappears A tear falls Nuvoletta makes a final movement toward the river and vanishes from the scene. Sleep absorbs the ending Her disappearance continues the book's movement between emotional event and dream image.

Yawn Lies Between States Yawn Lies Between States from "Finnegans Wake". Yawn Lies Between States Sleep resembles death Yawn lies as a figure who may be asleep, dead, or waiting to rise.

Yawn Lies Between States from "Finnegans Wake". Yawn Lies Between States Sleep resembles death Yawn lies as a figure who may be asleep, dead, or waiting to rise.

Yawn Lies Between States Sleep resembles death Yawn lies as a figure who may be asleep, dead, or waiting to rise. The witnesses cannot decide His state makes the boundary between life and death uncertain.

The Book Does Not Fully Wake The Book Does Not Fully Wake from "Finnegans Wake". The Book Does Not Fully Wake A return without certainty The closing words lead toward a new opening instead of a final awakening.

The Book Does Not Fully Wake from "Finnegans Wake". The Book Does Not Fully Wake A return without certainty The closing words lead toward a new opening instead of a final awakening.

The Book Does Not Fully Wake A return without certainty The closing words lead toward a new opening instead of a final awakening. Dream stays active The reader remains within a world whose characters may wake, sleep, and return in altered forms.

At the opening of the book

During the Mookse and Gripes episode

At the end of Nuvoletta's scene

During the interrogation of the sleeping figure

At the close of the book