Although I find nearly all of my dreams to be fascinating, I rarely have enough willpower to write them down, and I often have difficulty expressing them in words, especially since so much of the power of my dreams is in visual images and music. Unlike Brian Moe, who seems to record just about all of his dreams effectively and wittily, I'm too embarassed to publish any but a few of my favorites. Not that the content is embarassing-- I rarely have dreams that I'd be reluctant to share with nearly anyone-- but the writing sucks, so when I look back at the records I'm not impressed. Anyway, here is a list to which I will occasionally add new or rediscovered/rewritten old dreams: The Best of My Subconscious.
Please write to me (ranjit@moonmilk.com) if you're interested in this stuff.
I have almost two years worth of comments that people have sent me...
somehow I never had time to put them on the web. I apologize, and I plan
to do so soon in hopes of stimulating discussion. (Oct. 9, 1995)
It hasn't happened yet. Maybe someday. (Sept. 3, 1996)
Who am I kidding? (Feb. 17, 1997)
I'm trying to come up with questions to ask to elicit the kind of information that interests me about dreams... whether dream X is really X or you just dreamed that it was X, for X being things like creativity, complexity, profundity, beauty, etc. I've dreamed interesting buildings that if I were an architect I could probably build, and people could then walk into them and confirm for me whether I'm really a tremendously good designer when I'm asleep, or my designs are interesting only to me. On the other hand, I've dreamed original music and stories and such that were wonderful in the dream and for as long as I could maintain a half-awake state, but I simply couldn't remember enough of them in full consciousness to decide whether they're good even to ME when awake. I have this feeling of regret: that I can compose and orchestrate fascinating music only when asleep, and I can't bring the music out of the dream with me. Or maybe I'm just dreaming that the music is good.
More specific info i want to gather from dreamy people (well people in general)-- things like: how vivid are the various sensory impressions in dreams, and compare to waking imagination [I have almost no visual imagination at all... i can't even imagine a familiar face... but my dreams usually have very vivid visual impressions]; recurring themes and settings; all sorts of stuff about how you feel about your dreams WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE.