Hmmm, I'm not convinced the scattering of common day objects implies
surrealism - in fact the above has a tendency to imply some sort of
political statement, not the freedom of the dream world which most
certainly sets the criteria for giving value to surrealist collage.
Actually, in looking at Dali's work I am not conviced at all that
there's something less than a political message about one's sexual
freedoms and carnal desires. He proclaimed the artist to be a
"polymorphous pervert," who was not responsible for his instincts.
Certainly this is a powerful message about sex and social
responsibility.
I think if you dug through other Surrealist manifestos and artworks,
you would find a lot of political agenda. Most of the movement's
members had a strong Marxist bent. Most of them develped their
artistic attitudes with WW I as a backdrop; this is outlined in a very
long-winded way in Andre Breton's essay "What is Surrealism?"
All this is just to say that dreams and politics are not mutually
exclusive domains. It is entirely possible to have a political dream.
Like, what if you were walking in a field out in California, and Rush
Limbaugh came walking down a road running alongside an orchard,
smiling and rubbing a large white onion between his fat fingers?
> And then you could always throw in the occasional barking chicken....
Now your dreaming :-)
Only of chicken stew. 8-)
Cheers,
Brandon