Caiteee's ESSAY of Themes
In the most fundamental pattern, few of my dreams are ever the same. They rarely take place in settings I'm common to in real life, and more often than not happen in made-up places. I think I form these settings in my head based on actual places I have witnessed or experienced. For instance, the hotel I keep bringing up, might be a bastardization of every hotel I've ever been to, super-exaggerated and very fantasized. But there are some areas I dream about that I can't possibly put my finger on where it came from.
It is easy to find symbolism in our dreams upon waking. We can find signifigance in everything, and there are different levels of meaning in any object. But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Vultures make frequent appearances when I sleep, but is there some hidden signifigance to that, or do I just think vultures are really cool? What would the obvious symbolism be?
Another consistant element would be traveling. In my dreams, I am always moving around, as a vagrant, whether I am following something, or being chased. I stop in other people's homes, I see other places, but I'm never just at my own home. All the people are familiar, faces I've seen before and recognize or are constructed from features that have a prominent place in my mind. But they never stay the same for long.
I suppose this is the same for everyone, the lack of constancy in dreams. Nothing is ever solid. Everything upon closer examination becomes completely runny and squishy or smokey. The most lasting part of dreams are the emotions attached, like pure terror, or confusion, or bliss. Like when you wake up in the morning, feeling wonderful, even though you can't remember what was so satisfying in your dream.
Oh yeah...one other thing. For an some odd reason, I always have dreams where I am drunk. Or I will have been poisoned, and as the toxin kicks in I get real woozy and then black out. It's never happened to me, so I don't know why I keep dreaming about it.
EDIT: YEAH I know it sounds like an essay! I don't care I was bored.
It is easy to find symbolism in our dreams upon waking. We can find signifigance in everything, and there are different levels of meaning in any object. But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Vultures make frequent appearances when I sleep, but is there some hidden signifigance to that, or do I just think vultures are really cool? What would the obvious symbolism be?
Another consistant element would be traveling. In my dreams, I am always moving around, as a vagrant, whether I am following something, or being chased. I stop in other people's homes, I see other places, but I'm never just at my own home. All the people are familiar, faces I've seen before and recognize or are constructed from features that have a prominent place in my mind. But they never stay the same for long.
I suppose this is the same for everyone, the lack of constancy in dreams. Nothing is ever solid. Everything upon closer examination becomes completely runny and squishy or smokey. The most lasting part of dreams are the emotions attached, like pure terror, or confusion, or bliss. Like when you wake up in the morning, feeling wonderful, even though you can't remember what was so satisfying in your dream.
Oh yeah...one other thing. For an some odd reason, I always have dreams where I am drunk. Or I will have been poisoned, and as the toxin kicks in I get real woozy and then black out. It's never happened to me, so I don't know why I keep dreaming about it.
EDIT: YEAH I know it sounds like an essay! I don't care I was bored.
posted by C Bridges at 4:09 PM
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