a new tiny piece of the puzzle

[quesarah]

A long time ago, I posted about a city that I often visit in my dreams -- visit, create, whatever. So much of my dreaming takes place there that it's barely worth mentioning most of the time. (Note that I provide that qualifier.)

So. The other night I was there in my dreams again, running errands, commuting to work, lots of the usual things I do over there. But I realized (remembered) that I have an apartment. It's in a really cool old mid-rise tower, lots of dark stone and reliefs. The interior is pretty groovy, albeit smallish. It's a few rooms, lots of exposed hardwood beams and flooring. It's near the funky arty bohemian part of town; I was meeting friends for coffee and dessert after work, and had to stop by my place to change clothes.

It was a really pleasant late afternoon/early evening, and there were loads of people out on the patios of all the cafes. It was great, there was a fantastic vitality in the air and a buzzing energy.

One thing that caught me by surprise was passing by one of the cafes and seeing K, a girl with whom I went to high school. She had a really sharp haircut and was chatting animatedly with several friends. I was pleasantly surprised, not the least because K died in 1990 or so. The thought registered, and then "well she looks really great" and then I was off to meet my mates.

Comments

[caprine.livejournal.com]

Your dreams are so cool!

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Those are usually pretty fun dreams; I'm never there during work, just after work and on weekends. :)

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

You ever felt you could draw a pretty accurate map of your dream city?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hmm, chunks of it I think. This was one of the few times when I woke up and remembered specific details. Usually in the morning I just have impressions of what occurred the night before.

[geli-tripping.livejournal.com]

Interesting! Who is K, by the way? I don't remember anyone with that initial passing.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Do you remember Kim, from my class? She was in marching band, played mellophone? Blonde hair, about 5'5".

[geli-tripping.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Kim Lee? I thought of her the other day, someone had the last name Lee and I pictured her all of a sudden. I didn't know she'd passed, that's sad. What happened?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Brain aneurysm, it was quite a shock to hear of it.

[nightxade.livejournal.com]

Have your dreams been very brilliant, detailed and meaningful (even if you dont know the meaning) of late? Or is this a common thing for you?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Historically, it would be a fairly rare thing for me to have such vivid dreams, although I've had them for years. In the last couple of years (since I've taken up meditating, really) the frequency of vivid dreams has increased. I don't dream like this every night, but once every few weeks I do.

[nightxade.livejournal.com]

Dreams are such fascinating things. It's like your mind is doing some serious housecleaning and comes up with some incredible stuff.

My most vivid series of dreams came while I was on sick leave after surgery. It was during 9/11 and one dream was a direct response to my internal question "what would I do in the situation." I don't know if my mind was just trying to comfort me or if it was true, but the corresponding dream showed me that I would have done anything I could to help other people. Made me feel pretty good about myself. Then I went and watched Farscape and had those dreams.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't recall having a specific dream related to 9/11 at the time. If my brain is really busy and I can't shut out the noise, I don't dream vividly.