surreal came to mean different things to different people in differing circumstances an different times. it may mean realer than real, or unreal. i'm reading 101 surrealists by desmond morris, the one who wrote the naked ape i think, it's printed in pretty pink ink. for the 100th anniversary of surrealism, 101 artists, many who did not think of themselves as surrealistic. the thing is to think. about what things look like. about who we really are.