The Studio and the Tree of Primroses

I dream I’m the team leader in the new studio building.

They are just about to finish putting up the high ceilings. Workers are still busy installing floor tiles, windows, doors, and so forth.

[person A] is assisting me but seems uncertain about my wishes. She’s afraid I want quiet and not to be interrupted by anyone, but the fact is that I’m planning to organize an open studio next week – more like a social gathering than a big event. I just intend to invite friends and a few acquaintances, some art collectors among them. I realize I should at least have a social reception to celebrate the new building.

Though it is still under construction, workers are fixing things so that it is

ready for the studio visit.

At the end, I remember being outside observing the yard in the shadows. At a medium distance, I see a hill topped by a disproportionately tall tree with a long, thin trunk and light grey bark. Up there in the branches, the foliage is shaped like a drop, with small ochre-yellow leaves shaking softly. Two beauteous purple primroses hang, the violet colour of the petals fades to white toward the center and shows yellow pistils. The size of the flowers is mezmerising. Peace prevails throughout the landscape.

I wonder what tree it is. What are those flowers?

In the dream, I understand they are for support, as a protection to the community of people in [private studio name redacted] and myself.

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