May 24, 2004
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I had this dream yesterday (referring to 'last night' would be misleading). Just to update the newcomers to my 'blog: I have this strange belief that many dreams are collaborative, such that dreams are shared between a number of people. It's like improvisational storytelling between strangers, which is why so much of it is so alien. This dream had the collaborative feel to it.
I was in a pirate movie. I was being held captive on a strange tiny island the size of a house. It was more like a room that was supposed to look like it was an island, like maybe it was an indoor ride at some cheap Disney knock-off theme park or something. I was on a big bed that was being lowered into the water in the tiny lagoon at the center of the room. And this was supposed to be threatening. I was bored, so I hopped into the water and waded out the room.
Before long, I was being instructed in the finer points of kung fu. A lovely Asian woman was my martial arts instructor, and I was on a movie set. I had to kick ass on cue, and she was going to show me how to do it. So she says, "Here, try this." And she did some forms, doing her shouts to go along with the strikes. Very solid and forceful.
It was my turn, and I didn't know any forms. So I leapt up, and delicately balanced on the branch of a cherry blossom tree, the pink petals falling all around me. I kept leaping higher and higher, onto tinier and more delicate branches with each leap, until all that was left was the idea of a limb, and an abstract swirl of pink petal archetypes contrasting against what was now my all-black ninja outfit.
I dove back down through this abstraction, to meet the woman on the ground. She was dressed in faded jeans and a corduroy shirt. She looked at me like I was an idiot. She showed me her hands, calloused and hard from a lifetime's training. She broke my ribs with a single strike, so fast that it almost didn't feel like it happened. She said, "What the hell are you doing here?" And walked off with some friends.
Comments (6)
Typical woman.
thanks, and your right...far from ambiguous.
LOL @ dingus5.
I have a similar sense about dreams as you do. Except that I'd see the collaboration more on a "universal thought" level. This dream is rich. You have a bright future in children's books or action films.
Collaborative storytelling. Um...like TIM? Are you familiar with the concept in Castaneda's books? Anyway, that's a great dream. I can't help identifying with the Asian lady, but we're so rarely represented in mainstream dreams these days. ;D Ooh, I smell coffee...
No, this dream oriental woman was more like Michelle Yeoh, initially anyway, who's had her fair share of mainstream dream exposure, I have no doubt.
eh, i've had long full fleshed conversations with distant friends in my dreams.
it's... odd.
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