Skins and Pelts
And is it time to shed it?
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ACORN AND PELT: by Wayan; 1983/7/19, a simple sex dream growing to a mystical extravaganza I fall in love, defying kidnappers, dwarf-tossers and Toulouse-Lautrec, until I become a time-traveling bunny... CAUTION: SEX, SHAMANISM, DWARF-TOSSING (LAUTREC!) |
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CATGIRL HOODED IN SNOW: by Wayan; 1982, ink sketch of daydream, 11 x 14". I was never sure where her winter cloak ended and her winter coat began... |
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ELEPHANT MAN: by "Bizekidz7"; 2011/1/11, a weird dream image. An amicably divorcing man suddenly turns into an elephant to chase a little red demon! What's going on here? |
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FLAYED COLUMN: by Antoine Lavalette, fall 1815; a time-compressed nightmare In prison, the midnight bell chimed. I dreamt I saw a cavalry column of men and horses skinned, gory, still marching. Wagons of the dead passed for hours. As the guard changed, the gate crashed, waking me--just minutes after midnight! CAUTION: PROVES NOT ALL DREAMS ARE REALTIME |
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FURMAKI: by Wayan & Alder; 2018/11/15, anime-tinged telepathic/shared dreams. We sneak out of the movie to explore Upstairs. My friends hide from the staff in storage nooks for rolls of fake-fur. They turn into kitsune, catgirls & deergirls... |
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MOTHER SUPERIOR: by Wayan; 1999/2/18, a nightmare with psychic tinges. A creepy visit to the Leather Nuns: as fierce as Beorn in The Hobbit, but less hospitable... |
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OPHIDIOPHOBIA: by Wayan; 1986/2/12, a dream on race and religion. I'm a therapist with a client diagnosed paranoid--but are his doctors racist? He's not just black, but scaly... |
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PEELING HER SKIN: by Wayan; 2020/10/20, a dream about the MeToo movement? A spacy friend rolls on the floor with me. Seduction, or play, or what? She peels off patches of clothes and skin, exposing a new realer self... CAUTION: TRUMP FANS WILL HATE IT |
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REVELATION: by Anna Kingsford; 1885/11/27, a prophetic, almost messianic, dream. Dreams and other revelations shouldn't be dissected--they need to be reveiled, not revealed... CAUTION: INTENSE MYSTICISM |
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A SIRIUS MISSION: by Wayan; 1983/9/21, a nightmare predicting a painful fall Exploring a planet in the Sirius system, we raft down a river. A local guy warns there's a waterfall ahead, but my raftmates won't believe him! Over we go. Ow... Next day, glad my druggy housemate's leaving, I learn of a big letdown... |
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THE SKIN SECEDES: by Wayan; 1990/1/30, an unappetizing dream. A baby's own skin secedes, forming a snake. It prepares to eat the skinned baby. Shall I intervene? |
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THE SKIN'S COMPLAINT: by Wayan; 1996/11/17, a dreamtale. A huge rubbery mass of skin complains I made it sick. I get tired of its whining, and... |
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SKUNK? SWALLOW!: by Wayan; 1981/5/7, a dream-joke with a point. When I see two scary men on the trail, naturally, I swallow my skunk! I really don't recommend... |
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THE SOLE FISHER OF THE EIGHTH NODE: by Wayan; 1986/9/25, a prescriptive dream. The pier jutting into the sea of dreams has an 8th chakra at the end, where a lonely woman fishes for, um, sole... |
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SOUL RESTORED: by Wayan; 2016/12/4, two dreams on deep change MY SOUL RESTORED: To hide me as I grew up, someone transplanted a shard of redwood-soul into me, and part of my soul into the tree! But now I'm grown... RED ROBE OF INITIATION: I came to play music, but I'm dragged to the magic-school portal & draped in... CAUTION: MYSTICISM |
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THE TORTURER: by Wayan; 1997/7/13, a predictive nightmare A free-lance torturer chooses me for his victim. He has the right. I bluster, but when I fall asleep at last... CAUTION: NO PAIN, BUT GORE |
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TOUGH GLOVE: by Wayan; 1999/12/4, an advisory dreamlet I finally find a way to safely indulge in heavy petting as well as puns) with a playful but scratchy cat... |
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