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THE BASEBALL KISS: by Wayan; 1983/8/4, a dreamtale on choice. The Prime Minister of England breaks my nose, so I become a flock of squirrels to seek revenge. But maybe I should I let it go... |
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CAT AND MOUSE: by Hervey de Saint-Denys, early 1860s?, a startling dream image A lab. The cat doesn't mind a swim in this liquid harmlessly rendering it clear as glass. It catches a transparent mouse I didn't even see! So now I faintly see a glass mouse inside the glass cat... |
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CRITTERS IN THE RIFT: by Wayan; 2013/7/18, a weird dream job I'm the receptionist for a research group of small oracular animals in an Icelandic rift, who can sniff out the answer to any question... |
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DREAMKU, SEPTEMBER 2006: by Roswila; thirty dream-haiku with various dates from 1960-2006 One dream-poem in haiku style each day for a month! Ghosts, snow, penguins, yoga babies, elves who leave their tree... |
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DREAMSTONES: by Patricia Garfield; 1978/8/4, a dream of summoning a goddess In the cave, I chanted "Come Kama, Come Love..." and a procession of strange creatures came down the stone steps; squirrels, peacocks, a blue birdlike being with golden headdress, and then the Goddess of Love. Her form shocked me... |
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EAR TO THE, UH, WALL: by Wayan; dreamed 1983/10/10 Granny's magic nipple helps me foil the yuppies dumping toxic waste. But does it count if I did it just to save my own... CAUTION: CRUDE TALK; STETHESCOPIC NIPPLE |
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THE ELEVEN CENT ORACLE: by Wayan; 1998/11/12, a dream on accumulating... change. I'm a migratory girl who's lost my tribe. I find eleven coins, cross the world, and pay the Oracle... |
EMPEROR HEDGEHOG: by Emperor Wu Cheng, early 560s CE, a nightmare self-portrait |
The Emperor dreamt a monster hedgehog terrorized his city. On waking, he ordered the slaughter of every hedgehog in town. People started seeing him as the killer hedgehog! Soon he was deposed... |
ERMINE, or, GOTHMOG'S GHOST: by Wayan, 1984/2/11, a gender-bent & species-bent warning dream | I'm a delicate little ermine-chinchilla whose best friends are all sewer rats. They push their food and drink on me, and I nibble to be polite... |
FLU PRESCRIPTION: by Qu'lad and Togumalis, 1918 or 19, two shaman's dreams that saved lives |
Qu'lad, dying of flu in the pandemic, dreamt a wolf told him cold-water baths would save him. He staggered to the river. He lived. He told others. They lived. The shaman Togumalis dreamt his spirit helper, a squirrel, prescribed the same. A century later, hospital records show why it worked... CAUTION: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SHOWN AS SUPERIOR |
FLIGHT, MARGARET, MOUSE, DOG: by Paul Nash, dreamed 1895-9 + Feb. 1913; art by Dave McKean |
As a child, landscape artist Paul Nash dreamed of flying over the countryside of southern England. But he was threatened by the legendary Black Dog... |
FREUD'S UNDERWORLD: by Wayan; 2024/1/4; a comic book-review nightmare |
DAY: I reread Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. His own dreams feel petty, devious, status-obsessed... dull. DREAM: I find Freud's bought my childhood home! I spelunk the Freudian underworld--a dark complex of tunnels, sewers and rats. Cross the rivers of muck on stepping stones. Emerge into sun at last, swearing "Never again..." |
HERSELF IN REVERSE: by Wayan; 2013/6/13, three surreal future-prompting dreamlets |
1: In a theater I meet weird big-eyed ballerinas, & realize I'll choreograph for them soon... 2: A sorcery student & her powerful future self flying back through time meet & fuse... 3: A squirrel-mage meets his future self too. He gives us a mild fever to protect us against a deadly plague... CAUTION: NOT FOR TOTAL SKEPTICS ABOUT PREDICTIVE DREAMS |
HORSE-DOG: by Wayan, 1982/2/1, a rambling, scattered but predictive dream |
I cross the Mushroom Desert, meet a blue-tailed squirrel & a horse-size dog, then zombie-vampire suburbanites. NEXT DAY: an artist sends me a flyer with a new dream painting--a huge dog whose fur-patterns depict a horse... CAUTION: SYNCHRONICITY |
I LET RATS: by Wayan; 1994/4/22, a nightmare on appeasement. |
A bold rat comes right up to me. I don't want to provoke it, so I stay quiet. And let the rats... CAUTION: UGH! |
MAGICAL LIGHT: by Wayan; 1985/10/8, a dream on micromania |
Linda Evans of Dynasty survives a shapeshifters' war, though her mansion's wrecked. She meets a caped superhero--and superdog, and supercat, squirrel, hamster, mouse! These micro-heroes make me see I too have been minimizing my own bravery... |
MANDALA DURING A TIME OF WAR AND DISINTEGRATION: |
by Jenny Badger Sultan; Jan-Feb 2003, painting of a dream-series My dreams were troubled by war. So I painted them in concentric rings--lotus, fire, children, animals, and nightmares... |
THE MOUSE: by Paul Nash; Feb. 1913, surreal bedtime experience triggers surreal nightmare |
We save a mouse from a man who claims he eats them. Later I dream I am the mouse... |
THE MOUSE BANNER: by Wayan; 1986/9/4, a dream fable. |
I'm a mouse with a protest banner saying "FREEDOM!", having a slight argument with a cat... |
MOUSE WORKOUT: by Eric, ca. 2005/9/28, a nightmare for my own good? |
I'm a mouse trapped and tortured in a maze/machine who gets killed four different ways at once... CAUTION: OW, OW, OW, OW |
MUSKRAT, OTTER, MINK: by J.P., c.1900, a trapper's shamanic-fistfight dream |
Three men chase me. I can't get away so I turn and fight, and put out one guy's eye. That makes them pause! At last they back away. As they paddle away in a boat, I realize who they are: Muskrat, Otter and Mink... CAUTION: ANTHROPOLOGISTS! |
THE OCCUPATION: by a patient of Peter O'Connor; 1985 or before, a therapy-guiding initial dream. |
Touring an underground maze, I meet a woman I like. But her brother bristles. Then, from a height, I see the ventilation pits of the labyrinth laid out like a map. The Japanese invade! Hide in the jungle. Women in rags butcher centipedes & mice... CAUTION: UNHAPPY MEALS; OVER-JUNGIANISM |
ON THE NIGHT RIDE HOME: by Wayan; 1971/11/8, a dream-poem on pushing past prejudice |
As I bike home at night, strange doings--a rat is sacrificed; gemstones delivered; an astronaut shows glowing alien objects; a second rat becomes a... firefighter? |
OWL GUARDIAN: by Wayan; 1986/6/6, a psychic dreamlet |
A giant luminous guardian owl baffles and intimidates me but after seeing a play next evening, it makes more sense... |
PORCUPINE HEAD: by Emily Y. Chan, 2024/4/20 or before; dream painting |
I had a dream I was exploring ruins in a forest, where I encountered this feral girl with a porcupine head.... |
REQUIEM FOR GINGER: MAGNIFICAT: by Lily; 2008/1/31, a dream on facing loss. |
I dream I’m telling a tall tale about a cat-funeral with hung-over mice pulling the hearse. But it all turns a bit too real... |
THE RINGMAN'S SQUIRREL: by Wayan; 1982/9/17, a dream of a time after us. |
One day, in the ruins of an American city whose name was lost, I met a Ringman under an oak... CAUTION: GROSS WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT |
SENTENCED TO CHEESE: by a Birmingham physician; early 1850s? a classic subliminal nightmare |
One night as I slept over a cheese shop, I dreamt I was trapped in a huge cheese, as a rat-horde gnawed... CAUTION: YOU ARE LUNCH |
SHROPSHIRE: by Wayan; 1985/1/6, a predictive warning dream |
DREAM: chased by a sniper, I trick him into blowing himself up. Then, in the Watchtower, I know every name & address in Shropshire, but must hide them till all the snipers are caught... NEXT DAY: at work I run across a book with every name and address in 17th-century Shropshire... CAUTION: FATAL EXPLOSION |
SQUIRREL GIRL: by Wayan; 1973/10/19, a dream poem of love & rockets |
Squirrel Girl and I try to find a private room, but Hal the mad computer in 2001 spies on us and our spaceship captain orders us to clean the ion tubes... CAUTION: SQUIRREL NUDITY |
SQUIRREL QUESTIONS: by Wayan, 2024/2/16; a surreal, cryptic dreamlet |
A mom & daughter caught a squirrel robbing their guaranteed rodent-proof birdfeeder. He speaks English so they demand to know how he did it. But he knows they won't hurt him... |
A SQUIRRELY BUSINESS PLAN: by Wayan; 2009/3/2, a Looney-Toons dream |
I'm slow to catch on that this skunk's slidetalk isn't a business pitch; it's about seduction... CAUTION: ABSURD LOVE TRIANGLE, KINKY SKUNK |
UNCLE MAC'S SECRET GENIUS: by Andrea McFarland, 2023/1/22, a surreal dream |
My uncle Mac has a secret scheme to free us all from the Rat Race, but his dancing mouse-headed robots (and climate change) get out of hand... |
AN UNPRODUCTIVE SQUIRREL: by Wayan; 2013/11/27, an advisory shamanic dreamlet |
I meet a giant squirrel. But a Committee condemns the squirrel for such long periods of unproductive hibernation. The squirrel points out a teensy flaw... |
A VIAL CRIME: by Wayan; 1984/5/21, a cartoon dream protesting that I wasn't me today |
I'm a flying fox in England. I see a poisoning and call for help. Ugly knockoffs of Peanuts characters attack me! The real Peanuts gang defeats them; Snoopy drives the victim to the hospital, saving her. It really is vital to be... authentic. CAUTION: PUNS |
WHAT YOU IMAGINE HAPPENS: by Wayan; 1982/2/21; a dreampoem on quarks. Or spooks. |
I'm stuck on a runaway bus. So we decide to picture the axle falling off, and it obeys! But the bus zooms on, carried by a horde of little animals... CAUTION: ESP SKEPTICS WILL LOATHE THE AFTERWORD (true story, though) |
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