{"product_id":"war-dreams","title":"War Dreams","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWar Dreams\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal painting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Timothy Colomer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome experiences are extraordinarily difficult to explain to someone who hasn't lived them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Colomer\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of those experiences was waking from sleep in terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his military service, explosive projectiles and other weapons were sometimes concealed in ordinary materials: rice bags, sacks, pillowcases, and whatever else could disguise something designed to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, those ordinary objects did not always feel ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy could wake in the middle of the night, roll over, feel the pillow beneath his head, and for an instant believe that he was lying on an explosive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bedroom was safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war was over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his body did not always know that yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e was painted out of necessity because Timothy wanted to show what he struggled to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting depicts a man violently thrashing in bed, caught somewhere between sleep and memory, physically safe in the present while his mind has returned somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was not intended as a universal depiction of PTSD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was \u003cstrong\u003ewhat this particular experience felt like to Timothy Colomer\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then someone else saw herself in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman who had experienced abuse during her own military service connected deeply with \u003cem\u003eWar Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e. 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