Leslie,
The brother who erased the images could be a positive aspect in your life who allowed you to erase {at least temporarily} negative emotional aspects. But he would have negative applications also since, in your experience, he suffered as you did. I am limited in knowing personal associations beyond general applications. But with the added knowledge it is easy to put the pieces together where they fit.

The holyhocks could be spiritual images. Gardens are symbols for personal and spiritual growth. Ships are symbols of transformation and when we begin to work on the inner self there is often not only a transformation of the negative emotional aspects but also the spiritual. Creativity is an aspect of the spiritual because we are sharing from the soul when we engage in creative aspects. In the journey to wholeness it is the creative/spiritual aspects that are the final and ultimate transformation. It becomes a conscious activity, living a spiritual life {beyond any religious doctrine} that puts us on a level where the ego is submissive to the soul. Most people live opposite lives, the ego/material world rules and they are left to suffer from a lack of inner tranquility. Stay the spiritual path and the helping hands of fate {what some call angels} are always looking over you. Not easy to do but from my experience {and as with the hero/heroines of myth} it works.

Jerry

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Thank you Jerry. What you say about my brother being both positive and negative ring true. The wounded male? I have no idea how he grew up to be so genuine and thoughtful. I am in the process of going off certain meds. and I am so glad to be dreaming. These meds stopped my dreaming now, for almost 2 years.

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