Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 9:00PM /
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I noticed an old thread entry I wrote on the Jet Li forum and thought I'd repeat it here. Peachey has blogged about her dreams and sought interpretation. While the content of the dream is fun to analyze, just the act of dreaming is fascinating to me. There are many adults who view dreams as irrelevant or as a means of processing information but if you think about it, dreaming is so much more.
I think dreaming is something worthy of attention. You spend so much
of your life sleeping, and part of that is dreaming. I think dreams
are often a way to sort out the events of the day as well as to get at
something troubling you or scaring you. They have to inform your
conscious if you'd be able to really analyze them.
The other thing I find fascinating is, when you dream....
-aren't you making up dialogue?
-aren't you setting up the scene like a set designer?
-aren't you creating the color palette and the lighting like a DP?
-aren't you and your characters acting?
-aren't you actually creating characters, creating new faces, people you don't know?
-aren't you really writing, directing, acting....making your own movie basically, writing your own novel, composing your own music, painting a scene.....???
Isn't it sad then that people who do all this still say "I'm not
creative," or "I can't draw, I have no imagination," or "I can't write,
I wouldn't know what to say."
We all have a creative side to us, and we can't all make it our
business but we can at least allow ourselves to explore our creative
selves in our waking moments.
If you look at "dreaming" from that perspective, basically, we're all closet artists.
We should make sure kids don't let this part of themselves fade away or be repressed.
That's a pet theory of mine. And I wasn't even tripping when I came up
with it. I'm sure some psychologist somewhere has explored this. If
they haven't, they should.
Sometimes I lucid dream to the extent that I know I'm in a dream but I haven't thought about it much. I'm going to look into that....sometimes I return to my dreams to finish a particularly fun scenario! (edited from old thread).
So if you dream, don't ever again say, I'm not at all creative, because
you are---you've just been told over and over that artists are
different, and you're not an artist. We ALL are artists to a degree, and it doesn't matter if your art is not commercially acceptable, it's the act that counts. I think it's one of the reasons so many people are unhappy or say, 'is this all there is'? That creative side is neglected. And when it comes to the kids, encourage a fertile imagination. I
really think that to the 3-year-olds of this world, everything's kind
of a dream, it's all a blend, and very quickly imagination is stifled. Yes, teach the difference between fact and fiction but creativity allows "thinking outside the box" which allows innovation.
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Sunday, Sep 2, 2007 1:51AM /
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Well, sort of since there's a bit of work I have to take along but it's still GETTING AWAY, and that's the first time in about six years!
This will be my first time in St. Maarten (I've been to other Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and some cruise islands). Where would I really like to go? CUBA.
So see you guys some time after the 9th of September.
I'm starting to feel like I'm going to AnD detox. :SHIVERS:
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Sunday, Aug 12, 2007 9:56PM /
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It's tonight, August 12th, and should be a great display.
Visit the thread on the Jet Li forum if you're interested in more details.
http://www.alivenotdead.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=12057&pid=255166&page=1&extra=page%3D2#pid255166
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Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007 9:56PM /
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Tagging's as bad as dodge ball. The teacher is making you play a game where no matter what you do, you know eventually you're gonna get hit.
Fantabulous Friday meme
1. What is the most fantabulous thing that has happened this week?
Sorry, nothing out of the ordinary. Week's not over so I still have something to look forward to Hope is fantabulous so I guess it's already happened..
2. When you are feeling kinda down, what do you do to make yourself feel fantabulous?
Get naked and take a midnight swim. Combine it with a shampoo and shower outside, and It makes me feel really fantabulous. Obviously this only works for 4 months out of the year. The rest of the time I just have carafe of wine. 3. If you could change one thing about your life that would make you feel more fantabulous, what would it be?
I'd like to have the vision of a hawk but I'd take 20/20.
Now, six others must suffer the same fate. Only for YOU SHURI, cause I have NEVER passed along a chain letter in my life.
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Thursday, Jun 7, 2007 6:44AM /
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My sister sent me this e-mail today because she always forwards jokes from a friend of hers. The reason I'm blogging is apropos to the discussion Taijikid and I had about heaven and hell in Hypocrisy blog.
Here's another animal lover's explanation.....
>>
>>A man and his dog
were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
>>scenery, when it
suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
>>
>>He
remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for
>>years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
>>
>>After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side
of the
>>road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill,
it was br oken
>>by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
>>
>>When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent
gate in the arch that
>>looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street
that led to the gate looked
>>like pure gold. He and the dog walked
toward the gate, and as he got
>>closer, he saw a man at a desk to one
side.
>>
>>When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse
me, where are we?"
>>
>>"This is Heaven, sir," the man
answered
>>
>>"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?"
the man asked.
>>
>>"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll
have some ice water brought right
>>up."
>>
>>The
man gestured, and the gate began to open.
>>
>>"Can my
friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler
>>asked.
>>
>>"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept
pets."
>>
>>The man thought a moment and then turned back
toward the road and
>>continued the way he had been going with his
dog.
>>
>>After another long walk, and at the top of another
long hill, he came to a
>>dirt road leading through a farm gate that
looked as if it had never been
>>closed. There was no fence.
>>
>>As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning
against a tree and
>>reading a book.
>>
>>"Excuse
me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
>>
>>"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."
>>
>>"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.
>>
>>"There should be a bowl by the pump."
>>
>>They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an
old-fashioned
>>hand pump with a bowl beside it.
>>
>>The trave ler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself,
then he
>>gave some to the dog.
>>When they were full, he
and the dog walked back toward the man who was
>>standing by the tree.
>>
>>"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
>>
>>"This is Heaven," he answered.
>>
>>"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road
said
>>that was Heaven, too."
>>
>>"Oh, you mean
the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.
>>That's hell."
>>
>>"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like
that?"
>>
>>"No, we're just happy that they screen out the
folks who would leave their
>>best friends behind."
>>
>>Soooo.
>>
>>Sometimes, we wonder why friends
keep forwarding jokes to us without
>>writing a word.
>>
&g t;>Maybe this will explain.....
>>
>>When you
are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you
>>do?
You forward jokes.
>>
>>When you have nothing to say, but
still want to keep contact, you forward
>>jokes.
>>
>>When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know
how,
>>you forward jokes.
>>
>>Also to let you
know that you are still remembered, you are still
>>important, you are
still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you
>>get?
>>
>>A forwarded joke.
>>
>>So, next
time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just
>>another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and
your
>>friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a
smile.
>>
>>You are welcome @ my water bowl anytime
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