Wednesday, September 30, 2009


A Lovely Dream

There are nights when my dreams become crowded. A fairly extravagant dreamer in quiet times, when I am under too much stress, or a bit overworked, my dreams can resemble a painting by Breugel, one in which all his tiny characters not only have dramatic back stories but a multitude of voices with which to share them. Clamouring to be heard, they chatter away in a myriad of accents, each story as imperative as the next, a rowdy, chaotic cacophony. They scurry and scatter, up trees and down avenues, working, cleaning, cooking, running, walking - never sleeping.
I wake up exhausted.
On the other hand, when my days are placid and my mind is calm, my dreams are a serene reflection. They are airier, breezier, more like a Monet. I lazily float on a glassy pond with my fingers brushing past water lilies. I drift like a rose petal along a sweetly scented garden pathway. I wander Westminster in a soft London rain.
I wake up refreshed.
I used to have a recurring dream. It was during a period of time when I was extremely busy, working with several clients at once, all in addition to a variety of other extracurricular activities, time-eaters all. In this dream I was dozing in a bower bed draped with white flowers. Warm zephyrs gently blew the curtains and sounds of the sea could be heard through the open windows. In another part of the house I heard a knock on the door. The door was then answered by director, Steven Spielberg. Outside there was a line of people stretching down the drive and off into the distance; clients, friends, family, neighbors....as far as the eye could see, all wishing to speak with me. Mr. Spielberg (who for some reason was wearing a heather grey fisherman’s sweater) simply said to them all, “
I am very sorry, but Mrs. Terry is seeing no one at present.”. Then he closed the door.
Ah, now that was a lovely dream.

41 comments:

  1. In a fisherman sweater, ha ha!
    Now that's a sweet dream.

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  2. It is good to read of someone else who dreams all the time - I have the most vivid dreams - sometimes they are so real that it takes me almost all day to shake them off and return to reality. Interesting post as usual Pamela. I suppose Edward has lovely dreams involving rabbits and juicy bones!

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  3. I remember my dreams every day of my life....and these past few nights, I've had really good dreams that make me feel happy when I awake! Not exactly like yours though! heehee! Love that dream!

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  4. Isn't it amazing where our dreams can take us? That one was obviously telling you to slow down a little, Pamela.

    Wonderful illustration!

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  5. Your dreams, even the frantic ones, have so much creativity! PLEASE tell me the name of the painter and painting? How wonderfully it illustrates this post.

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  6. I love to dream and I do day dream, my mind wonders far too much!
    This is such a beautiful post with a painting to match.x

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  7. I wish I could remember my dreams. So often I cannot. Wonderfully worded as usual. Smiles, LC

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  8. I'm feeling sleepy reading your beautiful descriptions of your dreams. Leigh

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  9. excellent! who better to run interference! the magic man!

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  10. Hi there and thanks for commenting and following me. I know that everyone says this but Edward is oh so gorgeous....I just love seeing his picture on my followers.
    Anyway...dreams. I just love dreams...the nice ones, obviously.They can be so 'off the wall' sometimes, can't they and why is it that you remember them sometimes and not others ? XXXX

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  11. Ah- now the time-eaters- those are the ones that nibble-gnaw away at our dreams-creating the chaotic images. I could not agree more and I love the illustration as well. GT

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  12. How wonderfully you describe your dreams. When I was young I had vivid memorable dreams that stayed with me for days - I can still remember parts of them even now, but over the last few years I find I dream less and can't always remember them although I know I have been dreaming:)

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  13. Lovely dream! I have always remembered my dreams, some are very vivid and strange! Suzie. x

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  14. Thanks for bringing me into your dreamland-My BFF always shares her dreams with me, and I must say, my dreams are boring in comparison to yours and hers! :)

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  15. I always feel as though I am walking into a warm, cozy room with a fire when I read your posts Pamela. My dreams are scattered~ almost always they are pleasing. And I do remember them.

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  16. You are so amazing. Even while you sleep. Dreams are very revealing about an individual, I am so happy you shared yours.
    In my dreams I am usually flying, trying to get everyone's attention below me. No one sees me. And then there is always a lesson to be learned about what is going on below. I am the observer in dreamland as I am in life.
    Wonderful post, and wonderful you.

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  17. I love how vivid this dream is. I've had terrible dreams for the past few nights, so it's nice to read about a good one! xoxo

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  18. That was very nice of Mr Spielberg, a guardian angel of dreaming, we could all do with one of those.

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  19. Steven belongs more in a nightmare dream with ghosts and goblins and scary dead pets! Pamela, only you could put him in a beautiful dream!
    * MUWAH *

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  20. I sympathise with dream-induced exhaustion! Recently I am having night-time visions of a gentle armageddon-type movie! Usually I dream of going back to college only to forget/miss/ignore my exams and fail again...

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  21. Love you post ...yes a lovely dream I need a Mr. Spelberg. I love the images you select too.

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  22. HaHa! You need to get out your dream dictionary! This one has SO many elements. :)

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  23. I dream about houses and house tours and architecture. I don't have a clue what it means.

    Love your dream.

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  24. When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, when you wish upon a star, your dreams, come true...la da la de la de dah....here comes the fisherman over sea and over gale...I can see him now protecting his lady. Perhaps a night in shining armour just waiting in the boat for you. Turn back time to the 1800's and we can go there, in our dreams.

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  25. Vivid and active, wow you do have fabulous dreams. The Spielberg is wonderful.

    My stress dream is still related to waiting tables. I have an entire restaurant to serve alone.

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  26. Oh My God that is so funny and so serene. I would love a dream of scents and sounds as yours.

    Mine are normally remembered fragments, deeply felt, emotionally tugging.

    I used to interpret dreams for friends a while back then stopped. I admire the lofty Spielberg one though, how strange, he was in one of my dreams years ago! I've just realised something, he does resemble your hubby's picture, just a bit. Peace, love, x.

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  27. swapping details are posted today my friend. xo to Edward & Apple from Miis W Dixon

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  28. blessings and may you always have sweet dreams Angel
    Love Jeanne

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  29. That is the best dream! I would very much like for Steven Spielberg to be my gatekeeper.

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  30. i love dreams like that, when there's an expected person there and you see them so clearly...heather green sweater and all.

    i had a vivid dream the other night about a place i was going to visit the next day. when i got there, i expected it to be exactly as it was in the dream (which it wasn't), but the dream had been so real, i felt my visit had already happened.

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  31. Ahhh, I see you are another dreamer like me! I'm so excited to be the girl (nearly in the Scottish Highlands) who will be sending you 15 things ... I will think long and hard and try to make them as dreamy as possible ;-)

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  32. Hi Pamela,
    I'm glad you like your bracelet.
    Thanks for letting me know it arrived safely.;)
    I enjoyed reading your dreams. I think if you dream a lot it is a sign of a very creative mind working overtime!:)
    I like weird and wonderful dreams, as they can sometimes be very inspiring.
    Beautiful painting you have posted as well!

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  33. Hello P&E,

    No-one would mess with Mr Spielberg, so good to have him on your side! I find dreams rather illusory; I have them but rarely can remember.

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  34. how funny! the line of people sounds like the nannys who get blown away in Mary Poppins.

    I don't usually remember my dreams but sometimes I wake up and I don't feel refreshed and I know I've had stressful dreams but don't know what they were!

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  35. Lovely dream indeed. A house is meant to symbolise the psyche I think I read somewhere.

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  36. Interesting. Steven Spielberg directing your life. Turning away all the busy-ness so that you could continue to sleep peacefully. That was very nice of him.

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  37. Surprised that this painting from Breugel is so fairy-tale like! When you dream a lot, I hope you have read my posts on dream language, a while ago?

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  38. :D
    I wonder what strange things we might do in other people's dreams!

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  39. Oh this dream is ever so much more pleasant than any of mine...I love the Stephen Speilburg in a fisherman sweater detail:)

    My latest dream was of a backhoe knocking down my house and chasing me!

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