4087. Next we
will consider the expectation of a sold out house for your play. It always
happens that when any artist creates a work they can’t help but imagine that it
will be received well, and even acclaimed. This anticipation of success is only one
side of the coin however, and the artist also fears failure at the launching of
any new endeavor.
4088.
Anticipation of success and fear of failure are foreshadowed in your dream by
the combination of the sold out house and the stack of cancellations. This is
hardly surprising as it is a confused feeling of hope and dread that is present
for the playwright on any opening night.
4089. Now there
enters into your dream a special sign, the blind and deaf man who is the only
person to come to attend the play. He represents your realization that your
audience well never really understand your play, and never will be able to truly comprehend
anything you do no matter what.
4090. This is
just the beginning of the things the blind man signifies; he also is the
incarnation of the ignorant critic of creative endeavors. He is the personification of
false praise, that person who heralds the genius of works for impure motives.
At the same time he throws rotten fruit at the stage, when he does not even
know where the stage is.
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