unconscious endeavours

CATCHING A DREAM

A few weeks ago, I awoke from my dream in the middle of the night, excited that I remembered what exactly the dream was about. I had the urge to just jump out of my bed to write it down before I forget. Then the other part of me got greedy to want to go deeper into that dream. So I went back to sleep, hoping to get back into the dream. By the time I woke up in the morning, all I remembered was myself trying hard to catch that dream in the middle of the night but I had completely forgotten the dream by the second time I woke up. That somehow irritated me for a couple of days following.
A friend of mine was having a conversation about dreams some time back and she mentioned that she always make it a point to try to make herself remember about the dream as soon as she wake up from it before the dream fades away. I guess I did it the first time round. Unfortunately, the second time round, the "act of catching the dream" had become the dream afterall. Next time round, I'll make sure that I will just wake up in time to catch it while it's still alive and vivid in my mind.

posted by shuugi @ 6:44 PM