So, I had a dream last night..

psychoanalysis, anyone?

Here's my wild interpretation of the nightmare: According to Freudian thought everyone in your dream represents you, or some aspect of you. So it is you in the boat, all the co-workers are you to some extent (go figure!) the PBJ eaters, the chef watching football, the three spanish speaking girls all symbolize you in some way...i suppose the unresolved anxiety (and were you mystified about something prior to the dream?) and your deep desire (for better gear) emerges from the unconscious.

Of course Freud also says most of the dream state is stimulated by unresolved sexual issues but, hey, I'm no psychiatrist!

saravrose wrote in post #2305458
...I have half a dozen camera bags with me.. they are everybody's camera bags ... I'm in charge of keeping them safe ... I walk into my bar in my resort my perfectly stocked bar and everybody is eating peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches (which i'm in charge of preparing while the chef's watch football) ... and then, when the last bag has been returned to it's owner I realize mine is gone ... I call the dishwashers three teenage daughters ... and I can pay them to find it for me ... they say yes they'll find it but their laughing and speaking in spanish so I don't know if they are laughing at me or something else ... and it's driving me crazy

Central themes: responsibility, journey, loss, childhood fun, over-concern about how others see you.

You have hidden behind your camera and responsibility has helped you hold things together and keep a focus to your life. Things are changing and you have been on a personal journey without necessarily realising it consciously. You don't have to hide behind your camera anymore. You have let that go, tho' you worry if you will cope without that part of your learned identity. You are developing a stronger inner confidence beyond adaptions and a need to fit in with others. You want to recapture, or experience for the first time, the simplicity and silliness of being a teenager, but as an adult. You are a little afraid of what people might think if you take a risk. That is natural. The dream is in no way prophetic. It indicates an inner drive for change and a wish to let go of some crutches and stride forward to be MORE of who you know you are. Buying a 5D is no solution as it simply gives you a larger camera to hide behind. I think it is a good dream.

condyk wrote in post #2311507
Central themes: responsibility, journey, loss, childhood fun, over-concern about how others see you.

You have hidden behind your camera and responsibility has helped you hold things together and keep a focus to your life. Things are changing and you have been on a personal journey without necessarily realising it consciously. You don't have to hide behind your camera anymore. You have let that go, tho' you worry if you will cope without that part of your learned identity. You are developing a stronger inner confidence beyond adaptions and a need to fit in with others. You want to recapture, or experience for the first time, the simplicity and silliness of being a teenager, but as an adult. You are a little afraid of what people might think if you take a risk. That is natural. The dream is in no way prophetic. It indicates an inner drive for change and a wish to let go of some crutches and stride forward to be MORE of who you know you are. Buying a 5D is no solution as it simply gives you a larger camera to hide behind. I think it is a good dream.

well Dave.. that's quite a talent you have there.... .. Now, here's what i'll fess up to.. the lack of family responsibility is making me feel a little lost. I am going on some trips.. both theoritical and literal.. and I suppose my decision to wander around for the next few years working in various parts of the country might be a symbol for something in my dream??.. and the 5D was brought in when I woke up and therefore I don't consider that to be anything more than a half awake thought.. and I think we all everywhere hide behind our cameras... It's no secret in any public situation i'm much, much more secure with my camera then without... it's that shy streak that I don't think i'm ever going to completely recover from... I may want to be a teenager in the respect of not being tied down to my own sort of chosen responsibilities (school, family relationships).. But, nothing more or less than the basic desire to be as free as I can. So, perhaps i'm improving from where I was at a year or six months ago.. or maybe i'm packpedaling to a simpler time as a last ditch effort to not grow up.. hmm.. or maybe it was just a weird dream based on my recent diet, shooting down by the lake the day before and the everyday language barriers that are in my work place... ..

sari