Dreaming

Dreaming. Thinking. Talking. Waking. Sleeping. Eating. Dreaming. In my current state I am having quite a bit of trouble working out what is what. I may have had a conversation about Christmas with my sister, I may have dreamt it. I'm not sure. I find myself questioning this nearly every day at the moment. The longer I am in therapy the more vivid my dreams become, the more vivid they become the less sure I am that they are real or not. It's quite scary. It's also quite fascinating. 

The novel I am writing is based on a dream I had years back. It was very vivid, I didn't know a single character in it and it was a big event. If I dreamt it today I would discuss it with my therapist who would most likely be able to find out how, this seemingly science fiction dream in an imaginary World is actually playing out something I am going through / worrying about. Well this has got me thinking about how we talk to ourselves in a dream state every night and most of the time have no idea this conversation is even happening. Our dreams can be so different to our waking lives that it feels like we go on a little adventure at night. Sometimes a horrible one and at others, there pops Ryan Gosling whisking me into the sunset. Okay that dream has never happened no matter how much I try to force it to happen by imagining it as I drift to sleep. 

Which brings me to another point, we have no control over what we dream. Remember those times when you are woken from an incredible dream and no matter how hard you try, you can't get back to the dream. So what is this interplay with our concious waking minds and our unconcious sleeping minds? That is the theme of my new Theatre project. And it starts with research, so I need your help. Come on, nothing is for free! 

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