A few weeks ago I had a dream that stuck with me for the rest of the day. So, here it goes.
I was in an old Toys-R-Us with a hand full of quarters, putting them one by one into a toy machine. After each quarter was secure in its slot, I’d turn the steel nob and watch as a plastic capsule rolled to the bottom tray. I’d pick up the plastic capsule, toss it into the air and catch it with my other hand. When I looked through the clear plastic and into the capsules, I saw a fetus. I’d remove the lid to the capsule and the fetus would fly away. I don’t know how or why they flew away, but that’s what they did. I did this to about ten capsules, all ten fetuses flying away as soon as the oxygen hit them. Eventually I opened an empty capsule. And another. And another. Then I woke up as I normally would in the morning. However, I didn’t quite remember every detail I just listed.
The dream stayed with me for the rest of the day, but only what happened in the dream. I did not yet have the clear mental pictures I have now. I went to my classes as usual and I found myself drawing an oval. Before I knew it, I was recalling more and more details from my dream. I remembered how the empty space in the capsules was a solid black and the embryos were snow white. (I’ve heard some people can dream in color, others can’t, and that no one dreams in color…so I don’t know.) I had no intention of drawing my dream from the night before. But here it was.
I’m not big on dream interpretation, as I don’t believe there is any true science involved. But I think it was interesting that the more I drew, the more I remembered. It was as if by drawing, I was activating the same areas of my brain I used to dream the night before, causing me to recall exactly what I saw. At the very least, it was a completely new experience for me. Apparently the word “oval” comes from the Latin word “ovum,” meaning “egg.”
February 8th, 2013 at 12:42 am
Maybe its your brains way of telling you ‘Write the story!’. That’s what my dreams tell me?
February 8th, 2013 at 1:00 am
I agree with Sarah. You should always write the story
February 8th, 2013 at 3:50 am
Intrigued with your observation that the brain space for drawing and dreaming might be the same–reativity in both.
February 8th, 2013 at 4:38 am
I’m smiling huge right now. For so many reasons but I love that you found that drawing pulls at the hidden details your mind so easily let’s you forget. Maybe like when you try to retell a story, it gets more interesting with the telling. I agree that some dreams are random crap that filters through our day but some dreams are your minds way of sorting through the filtered crap and finding that diamond in the rough. The diamond that we could not see otherwise.
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February 8th, 2013 at 5:06 am
I always thought dreams were rattling around in our heads somewhere and just needed a trigger to return to the surface. Maybe once you hit one part of the dream, it subconsciously brought you to the next part until you had it all. Like walking down a fog-covered path where the next section comes into view only if you walk along your current section.
February 8th, 2013 at 9:42 am
mysterious and fascinating.
February 8th, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Cute!
February 9th, 2013 at 7:39 am
And they say space is the final frontier. No. I think the human brain is. Dreams are curious things. Very intimate peeks into our deepest selves.
February 10th, 2013 at 7:20 pm
Dreams are so intriguing. I find it interesting that you ended up drawing your dream without even realizing it. I can believe that the act of drawing would trigger more details – it’s like your subconscious mind was dredging up the buried facts and bringing them into your conscious mine. Cool.