Dreams

"The stuff that dreams are made of" -- this is how Humphrey Bogart's character describes a sought-after black bird statue in the 1941 movie, "The Maltese Falcon." Characters in the movie believe that a jewel-encrusted surface is hidden under the bird's plain black exterior. Like scenes from a dream, my childhood memory of this movie is pieced together with thoughts of the DREAM Act and the "American Dream." The multi-national flags suggest that the dreams of generations of immigrants are set into the American flag, as if they were gems set into a piece of jewelry. Subtle images of the Statue of Liberty are printed on the blue strips that break through the border on the edge of the quilt.