the dream book is so freakin cool. it has exercises which enhance the vivid-ness of your dreams, increase the amount of dreams you remember and even teaches lucid dreaming and meeting others in your dreams. zoe and i have been trying to meet in a lucid dream since the purchase of the book.
basically what we have done so far is to imagine the basic scenario of our dream and think about it throughout the day, discuss details with each other, and most importantly concentrate on dreaming before we fall asleep. although it has been unsuccessful so far, we have written a badass fantasy story and i feel as though we are right on the cusp of meeting.
THE DREAM:
Zoe and I are exploring a field of beautiful flowers when we stumble upon a mysterious potion bottle. Hesitantly we decide we will drink the potion. The mixture turns us into beautiful fairies. Although confused and a little scared, we get used to being able to fly and somehow (yet to be determined by the dream) end up in a fairy village located in the canopy of a redwood tree.
All of the fairies that live in the redwood tree are people we met along the way, some include:
Mike-a carpenter, makes fairy furniture, and is an expert craftsman
Nancy-a wing healer
James, Dusty, Noah, Ryan-part of the "Brigade" an emergency response team who is known for their bravery and sweet rescue skills
Jarred, Lumpy, Buddy and the rest of the Boxcar Crew-live outside of the village but come to town to barter
Juniper-juggler, acrobat, and works for the circus
Once we have been in the fairy village for a while we become friends with everyone and start a tincture business. The elixir's are made from the dew off of various flowers, grasses and plants. We live above our shop and are loving life as fairies until...
(an undetermined conflict with humans occur)
We are forced to choose to stay fairies for the entirety of our lives or return to our lives as humans and never look back to the fairy world.
This concept was really cool because it is definitely a metaphor for the feelings both Zoe and I are experiencing now. We both loved trekking and the west coast so much and miss life on the road. When we left Crested Butte, CO it felt like we were leaving forever and yet the west is tugging so greatly on both of our hearts. Zoe still has a year of high school and 4 years of college, and I have Semester at Sea and one more semester at Towson. Although we are excited for what is to come, I know both of us would drop everything to go back if it wouldn't disappoint those we love here on the east coast.
Maybe our dream will clear up some of our decision struggles.