Hello and welcome to this dream experiment of mine. I am going to post at least one dream a week and illustrate a scene from each dream to post on this site. The only catch is I must complete the artwork in less than an hour. So here is the first official REMLink dream. Enjoy.
REMLink # 1
1-10-08, 9:30a.m. through 11:30 a.m.
Emotions: panic turned to relief, curiosity, embarrassment.
I’m floating in a massive playground-pool, one of those pools with a fun playground inside. The water is a dark blue and only a few waves can be seen. I’m with my baby (Avery, 9 mo) and I leave him by the pool, alone and near the shallow waters.
Suddenly, I remember I left him by the pool and panic to find him. In my panic, I quickly fly above the pool looking down into the waters. I spot him crawling peacefully along the bottom of the pool and scoop him up.
As we move to the water’s edge, I see a friend of mine and another friend’s mom sneaking off into this secluded, fenced in, private hot tub.
“Has anyone pressed the ducky,” Ms. Reinhold, the mom, says to me. And then I see there is a large button next to the pool that is in the shape of a duck. She steps on it to press it down and the two would-be-lovers sneak off together.
Meanwhile, the button creates a violent wave pool in the formerly calm waters. I struggle to keep my own head and baby above the surface. We escape and enter the house.
Inside the house, I realize that I’ve found the indoor closet leading to the hot tub area. The door’s bottom doesn’t reach the floor and I know I could peak inside if I wanted. I do not look and continue on through the house.
The house is filled with friends and younger kids, like my brother’s age (19). The house forms a rectangular shape that I can completely come full circle if I walk around in it.
I’m suddenly talking to my uncle Matt and explaining to him how Avery is very good in the water. Then I see my brother D.J. and tell him about all of his friends I saw back at the house and that I had this crazy dream with another of his friends in it.
Soon I’m in a car sloping down a hill and we’re trying to find our friends at a party or bar somewhere. I see my friend Liam stepping out of a bar and he directs us to a nearby house. He follows us to the party.
We are back at the house from the beginning of the dream and the party is massive. People are in tuxedos, strange New Year’s party garb and costumes reminiscent of Mardi Gras celebrations.
My friend Keith is apparently hosting the party and is on stage with a band, occasionally wandering off while carrying the mic. He approaches me and asks if I’d like to be on stage, I decline and have the feeling he’s going to announce my presence on stage anyway.
(I still have this fantastic image in mind of him in this Mardi Gras/Elvis/Rabbit face costume rocking out with the band.)
I go inside the house and into the basement where Ms. Reinhold is mixing drinks. After a mild conversation, she decides she won’t tell me her birthday. Soon I hear the sounds of baby coming through a nearby wall. There is a small child in the room with us that explains that a neighbor, apparently connected to this house, has a baby. Then the child tells me Ms. Reinhold’s birthday is February 3rd.
Possible Meaning of Dream: Weirdly enough, I hadn’t talked to one of the friends in this dream for a long time and at the time of the nap, he was contacting me online. Really… I invite anyone to discuss the themes or symbols of this dream. Hopefully after some time, the recurring characters might take shape in the reader’s mind.
***NOTE: I’m having troubles with my new scanner so my illustration will be up shortly. Hopefully by tomorrow night (1/12/08).
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