sually through the art of daydreaming. The connection? Surrealist art and the daydreaming mind.When looking at a piece of work by Dali, you never quite know what it was that he was thinking at the time of its creation. Nor what it is exactly what the painting means. And so it is up to you to obtain from it any meaning that you may think it has. And they can have literally hundreds of meanings. And this is the reason why they appeal so much, why they ‘speak’ in particular to adolescents – because most people are bound to find somewhere in his artwork, something that they can relate to, something that they agree with. And during the age of adolescence, the age at which our imaginations are most active, we are most likely to daydream one of his paintings, or at least find in one of his paintings something which we can associate to ourselves.One of the main reasons for this in my opinion is because each painting tells of so many different things. I do not believe that many of Dali’s works come from one particular image, or image from a dream, but instead are a complex compilation of lots of different visions, images and memories of dreams. Take for example one of his most famous pieces – ‘The persistence of memory (Soft Watches)’. This piece is impossible to define, but easy determine your own meaning to. We know through a lot things that Dali said, and through the analysis of previous art critics, that ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is a statement concerning his own life and emotions. This in itself will be an immediate attraction towards adolescents, because, as was pointed out earlier, adolescence is a time in which we are regarding and considering our own feelings and emotions. But when we begin to examine and explore the piece, and begin to estimate some of Dali’s meanings, then we can start to see deeper into the attraction of this piece in particular.The first thing ...
