Dreams are interwoven into biblical literature. The variations of these dream stories from ladder to bread basket underscore sub-conscious processing of fear.  However the revitalization of this image of rest by the Busmanti sculpture. Planted firmly on the tide lines of a waving and wavering culture the ladder carries angels and saints and sinners from intertidal turmoil to rest.  The rolling stones are not comfortable bed mates!  They can be stacked as iknukshuks along the rolling waves as monuments in this place of rest.

On the throne of King Neptune a waving hand is more welcoming than speared seaweed in the morning sun.  The sun warms the land as the threatening sea monsters disrupt a night dream.

Coconuts and palm fronds frame the rolling tide.  A bird rests on a fragile root.  A ladder between the next meal and a flight of fancy.  The stately rungs of the mature coconut palm are steps to the crop.  A promise of sweet milk in the heavens.  Food at the salt water edge.

The floral hedge is a prickly reminder that climbing the ladder, the palm tree, requires more than a dream.  The blessing of rest may require an admission that shalom can be found wherever we trustingly lay down our head.