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Surrealism was inspired by Dada and Freud’s theories of the unconscious. Like the Dadaists, the Surrealists (many of whom had been Dadaists) hoped to fix humanity by snubbing the rational world. But instead of mocking earlier art traditions like the Dadaists, they sought ways to get in touch with the deeper, instinctual reality of one’s unconscious. They painted their dreams, practiced free association, and mixed up the rational order of life in their art by juxtaposing objects that don’t normally or rationally fit together: a vacuum cleaner plugged into a tree, a locomotive roaring out of a fireplace, a melting clock hanging from a dead tree branch.