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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dreams - A Movie

How nice it would be if at the end of a dream the credits would roll to show who, or what, was involved in the making of the dream. I, the dreamer, would appreciate it very much because I am aware that there are other entities involved. For instance: Who is the director? Who is the writer? Who does the set designs? Also, I would like to know who is in charge of retaining copies because they are doing a lousy job, I can never rerun a dream. I once had a dream that was going along quite normally, when I suddenly realized that there was something cut out. In other words, like a piece of film had been snipped out and then the film ends attached together. I immediately stopped the dream in order to ponder how this had happened, all the while still dreaming. How did I know something was missing (as if I had read the script beforehand)? Who is setting this up for me? Color is another variant that is puzzling. Sometimes there is color and sometimes there is only black and white. Who decides? How varied is the palette because sometimes there is a plethora of color and sometimes there are only two colors? At times I am aware of designs that I have never seen before, similar to non-discript wallpaper. How did this design get created? From where does the intricate nature of the design spring? Who decided when a design was sufficient, or complete? Sometimes, I, the dreamer, can steer the dream in a certain direction but, yet, never too much. What determines my limitations of control. Does the director give me limits? Is there a casting manager that limits the number of people in the dream? I recognize that my thinking faculties are deficient when I am dreaming. I am able to do things that I would not do if I were thinking straight. For example: jump long distances when I desire, or swim and breathe while underwater. There have been dreams from which I awoke in order to go to the bathroom and upon returning try to resume the same dream. On those times in which I have had some success, the scene is never truly the same scene, it has somehow perceptively changed. Yet, I am usually pleased upon it's resumption like I have accomplished a difficult task. However, this resumption is usually very short lived, i.e. the dream ends quickly. Why does it end so fast when I want it to continue? If it can be said that dreams are like movies, my dreams are a lot like reality, I never have a coke or popcorn during such a movie. And the price is right.

5 Comments:

  • I really never thought of putting that much thought into dreaming, but I guess some people do, and it is funny how you decribe it.

    By Blogger patb, at 5:49 PM  

  • I like the idea of dreams as a movie. I am very upset when I get up in the middle of the night and I am unable to continue the dream I left. When you find the complaint box let me know.

    I also had an interesting thing happen the other night. In my dream Mom was across the room from me and she went to hand me something. I physically reached out for it nearly falling out of bed. I don't know how often I move in my dreams. No one I have shared a bed with (including my mom) ever mentioned it, so this really surprised me.

    By Blogger EZ Travel, at 8:36 AM  

  • Vedddddddddddy interesting!

    (Tim, not signed in)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:48 AM  

  • Erika,
    Pat often has a similar dream about her Mother.

    As a creationist, I think God did a poor job with dreams, so many of them leave us unfulled. Our movie industry is so much better at it.

    As an evolutionist what is your take on dreams? Are they still evolving and will get better, or, are they in subsidence and eventually we will cease to have them.

    By Blogger Marcel, at 12:20 PM  

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