My painting of me sleeping in a darkened room in a bed, but being able to see shadows, feeling something keep moving closer to me to then bend over so close to my face that I felt a presence but not a person. What I felt was seen by a family member awakened from her sleep next to me.. I remember seeing a dark hatted shape standing next to me, until I fell asleep. This later confirmed at breakfast the next day with my sleep mate, who had stayed awake to watch it, paralyzed, for another two hours, until it left.

For #Spooktober #nightmre and #hARToween25 #shadowspirit resharing my acrylic painting 12”x18” of a hatted shape moving closer to me one night while I slept with another family member- we both saw it. I cannot forget it. I was 13, not scared, but did not understand what it was until years later.