Saturday night I had a very strange dream that I thought I would share with you.

The part that I can remember, goes like this:

I am in the sea, bobbing about on gentle waves. The sea is weird though, it doesn't cover everywhere, but is in 10 metre wide strips - like roads - all crisscrossing in a grid. There is nothingness between the strips, and occasional islands.

I am by an island, with a couple of other people (don't know who) and we can't agree which strip of sea to swim along. So we go our separate ways, and I swim by myself away from the island we have left. One of my fellow swimmers heads off to the right, the other to the left - I choose the strip of sea straight ahead.

The sea is calm, warm, and easy to swim in. The tide is carrying me along. I have no destination in mind, I will just go where I am carried. I travel for hundreds of miles by myself - my dream is strangely quiet - no sounds, and the colours are muted, as are emotions - I feel a bit detached from it all. Eventually I reach an island, and head onto the land.

The only thing on the island is a pub, with some rooms for people to stay in. I take one of the rooms and head down to the bar. The barman is a rotund, middle-aged man, and he doesn't like me. I don't know why. I ask for a pint of beer, and just to be awkward, he pours me 2 half-pints. I ask him for a pint glass, and pour both drinks into the one glass. He says he thought I couldn't possibly be ordering a pint for myself, I must be here with someone, hence he split the drink in two. I tell him I am here by myself, and take my drink to a free table.

All the other tables are taken. I can hear the conversations going on around me. A group of Jamaican men sit and discuss philosophy, passing papers between each other. Their conversation is animated and complex, I find it difficult to keep up with. A couple behind me sit at a table and discuss literature. Again, I can't keep up with their discussion. They are discussing in some depth subjects about which I have no understanding. I can't go and join in with these groups, I am here by myself. You can only talk with the people you arrived with.

I realise I am trapped on the island, there are no other strips of sea leading away from it - the one I came in on is flowing the wrong way and I would have to swim against the tide. I will be here by myself forever. I don't feel panic, just resignation.
*END*

Ideas anyone?

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[This message has been edited by Epona (edited 10-15-2001).]

Strange dream Epona, mentioning the sea, reminds me of a dream I once had:

I was in a pool, it was so deep that I couldn't see the bottom, I could, however sense movement down there and knew that something was watching me, suddenly, I felt a need to get out of the pool fast, because I knew that whatever was below me was going to attack, I headed for the edge, but I couldn't get out of the pool! It was surrounded by high cliffs which I couldn't climb, and all the time, the feeling that whatever was below me was getting closer, I look down and see some horrible cross between a jellyfish and a sea serpent heading towards me, *Dream Ends.*

Wierd huh?

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Dearest Epona, if you expect a detailed analysis or even an expert oneirocriticism à la Freud, I am afraid I have got to disappoint you as I am not into that at all. But the rather obvious themes of a feeling of utter loneliness and the fear of impossibility of real communication really struck the proverbial inner chord with me.

Maybe the right moment to tell you once again that the unique style and world view of your posts here have not been overlooked, have instead made a lasting impression and are greatly appreciated - at least with and by me. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif(and please, don't even bother to tell me that you "were not looking for sympathy", we all constantly are and maybe that is also the only thing we really have got to offer to each other ... )

Btw, the quality of service in that pub reminded me of that at Cloudy's inn ... http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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[This message has been edited by Ramon de Ramon y Ramon (edited 10-15-2001).]

That good, eh??
Thanks Ramon, you always have a kind word. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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loneliness? com'on, you know her that well? gee, her dream got nothing to do with loneliness

Well, 250, I don't know her very well - unfortunately. But have I really phrased that so badly ? I thought it was pretty obvious that I spoke about my perception of and emotional reaction to her account of her dream. But don't you agree that every thinking soul on this planet feels very lonely - from time to time at least ?

So, what do you think then that her dream was about ? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Btw, the cow is queuing in the slaughterhouse right now !

I agree with Ramon's interpretation of the dream.

As do I.....anyone wish to third the interpretation? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

It made me feel the lonliness just reading it. Hmmmm.....
I can't even remember any dreams I might have had lately. Odd.

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<font color="white">Since you already have a dream thread open, I would like to share the dream I had last night...
I dreamed that I had somehow gained the favor of an elven princess, and that life was good. I was so happy in that dream, and we had many adventures, but I really don't remember much at all other than that.</font>

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