I don't often have dreams I remember well, but sometimes dream I'm being chased and chased and cornered and I'm frantic, but then I flap my wings and I'm flying far above the danger and I'm haaaapppy!
Jean Shriver
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Drew Lohrer - Three Dreams
1. This was a recurring dream that I had when I was probably in elementary school. I was at "Gramma's" house, which in fact was located where my friend Benny lived. I know this because I suddenly had to get out of there, and I remember running down the hill and around the corner through Avon square from Benny's house to my house on Chelsea Road. The weird part was that I was watching myself run (rather than looking out of my own eye sockets). When I got inside my house, I ran down a spiral staircase (no such thing exists in our house) where each stair was carpeted with a different type of carpet (thick plush and shag carpets with bold colors and patterns...each stair completely different to the others). Then I got down to the bottom stair, which was our laundry area. I remember this because of the brick colored, brick patterned linoleum that we used to have down there. I was still trying to get away from whatever was chasing me, but my feet were stuck to the floor and I couldn't get free. Then, at the last minute, I woke up.
2. I can't recall when I had this dream, but I imagine the dream occurred between 1984 and 1988 (my high school years). I remember being on the cliffs that sit just below our house, and I got on my surfboard, which was sitting at the top of a dark tunnel. The tunnel had a single rut or track running down the length of it...this was a slot where the skeg of my surfboard would go. I jumped on the board and plunged down through the tunnel gaining speed until I shot out the end of the tunnel and starting skimming across the surface of a wave at Upper Indicators (the surf break down below where I surfed regularly at the time). I had such speed that I surfed the wave all the way along the shore down to its terminus in Bluff Cove.
3. This next dream was associated with the most peaceful, restful morning time sleep I can ever remember having. I think this also occurred during my high school years. The dream consisted of a flat, white, completely unwrinkled sheet and a smooth, round, white pea or marble. The marble was not shiny or cold...it seemed to have the same texture as the featureless white background material upon which it sat. Then, the sheet would spontaneously wrinkle itself slightly near its center, causing the pea to meander. The sheet would partially smooth itself out before transforming into a new wrinkle formation, pushing the pea in perpetually new directions. This seemed to go on and on, but it never became boring; a peacefulness and satisfaction came from this dreaming experience. I remember waking up gently from the dream, without regretting that the dream was over, but just thinking what a restful and wonderful sleep it had been.
2. I can't recall when I had this dream, but I imagine the dream occurred between 1984 and 1988 (my high school years). I remember being on the cliffs that sit just below our house, and I got on my surfboard, which was sitting at the top of a dark tunnel. The tunnel had a single rut or track running down the length of it...this was a slot where the skeg of my surfboard would go. I jumped on the board and plunged down through the tunnel gaining speed until I shot out the end of the tunnel and starting skimming across the surface of a wave at Upper Indicators (the surf break down below where I surfed regularly at the time). I had such speed that I surfed the wave all the way along the shore down to its terminus in Bluff Cove.
3. This next dream was associated with the most peaceful, restful morning time sleep I can ever remember having. I think this also occurred during my high school years. The dream consisted of a flat, white, completely unwrinkled sheet and a smooth, round, white pea or marble. The marble was not shiny or cold...it seemed to have the same texture as the featureless white background material upon which it sat. Then, the sheet would spontaneously wrinkle itself slightly near its center, causing the pea to meander. The sheet would partially smooth itself out before transforming into a new wrinkle formation, pushing the pea in perpetually new directions. This seemed to go on and on, but it never became boring; a peacefulness and satisfaction came from this dreaming experience. I remember waking up gently from the dream, without regretting that the dream was over, but just thinking what a restful and wonderful sleep it had been.
Drew Lohrer
Don Dolan -- The Chase
The only dream I can recall is one from maybe 1994. This happens to be the most vivid dream I've ever had and the only one I truly believe to understand the reason for its existence.
I was being chased by a monster, a gorilla-like creature, and no matter what barriers I leapt or which direction I turned, the monster seemed able to stay within a few feet of me. I ran, hysterical, from certain death at the monster's hands were he to catch me. Suddenly, a tuba-like protrusion appeared on the landscape, quite large at the top, and certainly big enough for me to slide into, but not the monster. It was my escape. As I looked down into the tube I noticed that the tube narrowed, flattened actually, to a size I wasn't certain I could slide through. I wished I had not gained weight. Passing that narrow place led to escape. I had little time to evaluate the situation; I had to make a snap decision and my life would either be saved, or the monster could reach in and pull me back out if I got stuck in the narrow space. I jumped in, head first, and I have no recollection of the result. I simply can't recall anything beyond the jump into the abyss. I think I may have made it through. I know I did in life, and that's what counts.
Don Dolan
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon
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