My dreamscape is based on a Greek Myth. The myth is about Demeter (the goddess of agriculture) and her daughter Persephone (the maiden of spring). Persephone was Demeter’s pride and joy. This kept Demeter happy which in turn, kept the earth bountiful all year.At times Persephone would wonder off away from her mother to collect flowers. While doing this one-day she was spotted by Hades (Lord of the underworld). As he watched her, Eros (the mischievous god of love) shot him with an arrow making Hades immediately fall in love with Persephone. Hades demanded that Persephone must immediately marry him and be the Queen of the underworld.When Demeter discovered the loss of her child she began to morn and vowed that the earth would not bloom until her daughter was returned. For a year she neglected her duties and everything on earth began to whither and die. Zeus (the god of Greek mythology) decided something needed to be done. He sent his messenger down to the underworld to retrieve Persephone.When the messenger arrived Hades agreed to release Persephone, but there was a catch. While she had been trapped in the underworld, Hades managed to persuade her to eat six pomegranate seeds (the food of the dead). Anyone who consumes even a morsel of the food of the dead while in the underworld is doomed to return.Since she only had six seeds, Hades agreed to let her go as long as she would come back for six months each year. The deal was made. When Persephone returned to her mother she was filled with joy and the earth was bountiful once again. But, every six months when Persephone returns to the underworld, Demeter becomes sad and neglects her duties until her daughter returns.
The images on the left represent the togetherness of Persephone and her mother and the earth being alive and bountiful. As for the images on the right, they represent the earth being baren and it shows a woman as Persephone with a pomegranate and the six seeds. As for the hands in the sky the one on the left would be the hand of demeter forming half a heart, and the other hand is Persephone's, unable to complete the heart due to being chained up.
