Passing Thoughts

Obvious dreams

Last night I dreamt (amongst other things there was a long prelude to this involving a curious music festival set amongst ruins, a take away and some travelling) that I was moving into a house that I couldn’t prove I owned. Outside my belongings where stacked into huge heaps (100’s of yards long – much more stuff than I really have). I was about to go out when I realized that all my stuff was on the street and that it would get nicked if I didn’t move it – and of course as is the way in dreams trying to move it was futile. A girl I used to be friends with called Sarah walked past with a friend and another person turned into a bat, not in a scary way or anything it just happened (in passing – it was nothing to do with anything). Everything was red and grey.

I love these really “obvious” dreams my brain occasionally produces. I remember years ago when I was worrying about my career dreaming about climbing a wet rock face with slippery shoes on.

I did a more careful calculation of the number of places I have lived and I reckon that my estimate below is one more than the places I have actually lived. I’ll spare you the list.

Listening to various commentators on the radio this morning it occurred to me that the reason we have such a big problem with the war and the reasons behind it is that we just don’t get how the Americans are thinking right now. We are used to terrorism – we have had the IRA for a long time now and because of our proximity to Europe and even the East and Africa we are used to co-existing with disparate cultures. The Americans aren’t – September 11 was a massive wake up call for them that the rest of the world is out there and they don’t understand it. And with a lack of understanding comes fear. I think they REALLY are scared of Saddam – whereas we just see him as another player in the scheme of things. We are just at the start of some massive world changes I think. Hopefully they won’t come to the same conclusions as the inhabitants of Krikket.

Listening to Optometry by DJ Spooky – flawed but enjoyable.

Posted by Mark at March 21, 2003 12:22 PM