asked about the meaning of "the dream," gauguin replied: reader (gauguin): everything is a dream in thisas -- is it the dream of the child, the mother, the rider on the path or the artist? narrator: a sinister quality creeps into many of these works. gauguin was drawn not just to the idea of a peaceful paradise, but to the wild undercurrents of his new world. the tahitian spirit of the dead -- the 'tupapau' -- haunts several of his works. in "manao tupapau" - "the spirit of the dead keeps watch" -- he depicted the troubled state of his young mistress after his late-night return from a trip to papeete. reader (gauguin): tehura lay motionless, naked, belly down on the bed; she stared up at me her eyes wide with fear, and she seemed not to know who i was. perhaps she took me for one of those legendary specters, the 'tupapaus' that filled the sleepless nights of her people. narrator: similar spirits appear elsewhere in gauguin's work. in "words of the devil," an evil spirit stares out from the painting. the nude's modest pose suggests eve after the fall, covering her nakedness in shame, but

asked about the meaning of "the dream," gauguin replied: reader (gauguin): everything is a dream in thisas -- is it the dream of the child, the mother, the rider on the path or the artist? narrator: a sinister quality creeps into many of these works. gauguin was drawn not just to the idea of a peaceful paradise, but to the wild undercurrents of his new world. the tahitian spirit of the dead -- the 'tupapau' -- haunts several of his works. in "manao tupapau" - "the spirit of the dead keeps watch" -- he depicted the troubled state of his young mistress after his late-night return from a trip to papeete. reader (gauguin): tehura lay motionless, naked, belly down on the bed; she stared up at me her eyes wide with fear, and she seemed not to know who i was. perhaps she took me for one of those legendary specters, the 'tupapaus' that filled the sleepless nights of her people. narrator: similar spirits appear elsewhere in gauguin's work. in "words of the devil," an evil spirit stares out from the painting. the nude's modest pose suggests eve after the fall, covering her nakedness in shame, but