I once had a dream, in which I saw a ship on the sea, at midnight, in a storm of rain and snow... On the deck was a slender, vague, beautiful figure, a hazy man, obviously enjoying all the fear, darkness and turmoil, he was at the same time the core and victim of it all. This terrible dream figure may represent Edgar Allan Poe—his spirit, his destiny, his poems, and his stories, which are themselves terrible dreams.
Intention: The meaning of love, life and family affection