Here’s a very short post about a dream I had the other night. Sometimes falling asleep with the TV on can be really entertaining:
I had a dream that I was stranded on an island. I was looking across the body of water surrounding me. I saw another island across the sea. I wondered if there were people on the other island. I wanted to know if they were stranded like me. I wanted to know if there was a way to get off the island. Maybe the only option was to escape to the other island. Before I could come to a conclusion, I woke up.
It took me a minute to accept that it was just a dream. But I think my brain was putting pieces together and there was something significant to be realized. Which island was I on? Was I on the island that housed the stranded or was I on the island that comforted the escaped? Some islands keep us trapped, and others offer an illusion of freedom. But they’re still islands.
December 11th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Sounds like the makings of a great short story.. expand it.. would love to see where you go with it
December 11th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Sounds like you have large expanse to navigate to get to your goal. You feel alone, but know others are in the same boat. What are the challenges?
December 11th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
PS: thanks for the follow!
December 12th, 2012 at 2:34 am
Very exciting. Would love for you to explore this further.
December 12th, 2012 at 4:38 am
awww this made me think! great post!
December 12th, 2012 at 10:08 am
Great. Now I have to wonder which island I’m on! Thanks for the follow!
December 12th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Your island is the profound and funny one, Is that an island? If that’s an island, that’s the one you’re on.
–Julie
December 12th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
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December 12th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
whoa, your dream just gave me a flashback: LOST, the TV series.
December 12th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
That’s awesome. Bingo.
December 14th, 2012 at 5:26 am
I sleep with the TV on almost every night, which is extra funny because I don’t really watch it at all otherwise (although lately, I’ll admit to getting a little hung up on The Mentalist re-runs on TNT). I suggest sleeping with infomercials on if you really want to have some weird and hilarious dreams. My goal is to stop sleeping this way, since it’s really bad for your sleep cycle, but it’s very comforting to me. Love your blog. Thanks for following mine.
December 14th, 2012 at 5:58 am
I just woke up from a thought-provoking dream this morning (4:30am), only mine involved having to do an emergency skydive from a failing plane. I was steps from the open hatch, hanging on to a post inside the small plane, geared up and ready to go but scared to death. It’ll probably take the whole day to figure out what this means in my life at this moment where all is about to get messy again. ;^)
December 14th, 2012 at 5:59 am
Write it down or you’re gonna lose it!
Time’s a wasting!
December 14th, 2012 at 6:04 am
… yeah, I know you’re right. Better get to it! ;^)
December 14th, 2012 at 7:17 am
Thanks again for the push. I just finished writing it down. Check out my post if you get a chance.
December 14th, 2012 at 7:10 am
God, I hate it when I’m left trying to figure something in a dream. Saying that though, when you do have a moment of eureka in your sleep it’s exhilarating… even if you’re realising that the Colombian cartel guys you’re hunting through the jungle are controlled by their overlord on Mars. I think I got that one from watching Predator.
January 18th, 2013 at 10:08 am
Dreams are so very interesting, and they can even inspire stories. Though what you experienced made me think of the TV show Lost.