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04:21:2002 Entry: "DREAM"

DREAM

First, an IRL Preface/History/Explanation/Background: Back in the 80s, there was this material that became available at art supply stores. It was the texture of a stiff ribbon, but crinkled. Some of it came on rolls, sold like fabric, anywhere from a foot to three feet wide. Some of it came in sheets of only a foot square. It was expensive, multicolored, and irridescent. The textures varied, as did the prices. The more flexible, soft material with richer jewel tones was quite expensive, the more pastel stiffer stuff was less so. They called it "Nuclear" at Meininger's in Denver, although I don't know what its official name was, if it even had an official name. I suspect it came about as an accident...someone was making some flat plastic sheets with an iridescent coating, accidentally heated it too much and voila, crinkly Nuclear was born. I incorporated some of it into my art, but the price prohibited me from incorporating copius amounts of it. I'm sure you've all seen iridescent celophane...it was similar to that, except Nuclear had a stiffer plastic backing on it. Nuclear is very hard to find anymore. It's a shame...it was such neat stuff.

Also, I've never been a Tom Petty fan. Don't dislike him...just not a fan.

Now the dream.

I was sitting at a desk in a strange room, part library, part pet store. I was in the area where the fish tanks were. There was a Tom Petty song playing in the background, and the lyrics had something to do about swimming vs. walking vs. flying. There was a mother with a young girl looking at the fish tanks. The mother was explaining to her daughter why fish can only swim. I thought this was very ironic since she was basically saying very similar things to the song, however I knew that she was unaware of the music playing because she appeared to be one of those oblivious-to-music types. Then the daughter sat down next to me at another chair and desk area. I was writing something down in a small notebook, probably about the coincidence of the Tom Petty song and what her mother was telling her. I didn't want her to see it...I kept trying to move the notebook out of her view, but she kept straining to see it. As this was happening, I kept finding pieces of Nuclear in my mouth, small pieces about 3/4 of an inch square. I would try and discreetly remove them from my mouth, hoping no one would notice my taking stuff out of my mouth. As soon as I removed a piece, I'd find more pieces in my mouth. It got to the point that I annonced to the girl, "I have all these pieces in my mouth and I need to get them out." Then I opened my mouth and large amounts of Nuclear poured out, this time in even larger sections. It wasn't throwing up...it was as if this stuff had accumulated in my teeth and I was fishing it out like old pieces of popcorn kernels that the toothbrush didn't get. Soon I had a bag full of Nuclear, and eventually not just Nuclear but that Craft Fur stuff too. I realized this stuff was too good to throw out.

4 Comments

This dream gives me images of a music video!

Posted by Leann @ 03/31/2002 10:05 AM CST

It's really strange and bad how guys you don't like too much sneak into your dreams at night and mess around there for hours! ;o]
Tom Petty was pretty cool though, or is, cause I don't think he's dead.

Posted by Nico @ 03/31/2002 04:45 PM CST

Oh, no, I don't dislike Tom Petty at all!!! Sometimes I find him rather amusing...dunno why. I'm just not a FAN. It's just sort of odd how a musician I'm sort of indifferent to would appear in a dream over, oh I don't know...David Bowie or someone.

Posted by Ann @ 03/31/2002 05:13 PM CST

Wow Ann, you have some humdinger dreams!! My mind doesn't even come close to be being this creative!! :op

Posted by Maria @ 04/01/2002 05:54 AM CST