I dream vividly almost every single night. My dreams are rarely about situations that have happened in my life, they are almost like little movies that my mind has created and written for me to watch while I am sleeping. Some of them I talk about and some of them I don't. I often ask a friend to help me interpret my dreams and I often search for them through a dream interpretation dictionary because it is so interesting to put your dreams into a purpose and relate them to your life.
Throughout the years there are many dreams that I remember, very thoroughly, even back to when I was very little. Some of my dreams are in black and white but most of them are in color. I've learned a lot about how people dream over the last 20 years or so. Through researching and reading. Some people have concluded that more creative people dream vividly and very colorful dreams, but in their dark or sad times they dream in black and white. It's also been theorized that people who dream only black and white are older, or had access to only black and white media in their younger years.
For me, I see my dreams in the stage of age or theme so to speak. When I was little I dreamed a horrible scary dream about one of my sisters, that played out like an intense scary movie including kidnapping, hostage situations, men taking over our farm while my father was out in the fields... something so intense at such a young age. However, I was so young, the dream still comes to me and plays like an old movie on VHS format... Kind of fuzzy, or something you would now see on an Instagram filter I suppose. So, to me the theory of dreaming vs. access to media in the timeset of your dream kind of makes sense.
This morning was one of those mornings for me. I have the best alarm song that pulls me out of sleep smiling, but today I hurried to shut it off because I needed to finish my dream. Of course, by the time you fumble around, find your phone and hit the right button... you're awake now. The dream was so interesting, I knew what it meant right away... I just wanted to see the end. It's like I have to wait a whole year for season two to come out on Netflix now.
Anyone who knows me or follows me knows that I am on the road, all the time. I can't stay home. I love to travel, I go to events, shows, visit friends... I am a Wanderlust, if you will. Throughout my dream I was traveling and though the destination was unknown, how I was traveling seemed to be the main factor. At first I was driving, with a group of people and arriving at a dark destination like maybe a closed amusement park or county fair that was shutting down for the night. I think I compared this to meeting some of my friends or associates to pick them up after a show and help them get to their hotel or where they would be staying after a show. I was happy, we were all laughing, it seemed like everyone was in good spirits. The darkness really reflected in my dream however, and a lot of the color purple came through in that part of the dream. Purple stage lights, lights from a roller coaster or ride near by, the purple lit up the dark where we were all meeting to get to our next destination.
Now, even though in the dream it was something that seemed happy, laughing... this dream reflected something that is a real situation in my life. A movie that needed to play. A lot of descriptions of these dreams include; "To dream of a parking lot represents an issue or situation in your life that you are stuck in. It reflects an inability or unwillingness to move on or overcome a problem. To dream that you are walking through an empty parking lot represents a problematic area of your life that you are slowly getting through." Well. holy hell... haha anyone had a conversation with me or seen any of my social media pages lately? We'll just leave it at that.
After that part of my dream, it was like I changed the channel in my brain and I was watching a different movie, but I was still driving. This time. I was not able to control the car very well. I was on an interstate, and went into the grass and when I looked up I had gotten control and was good. For a while I drove, but then I realized I was on the wrong side of the interstate. I quickly went back into the median and back to the other side of the road sitting on the shoulder waiting to get back into traffic. Then, I looked down and realized I was on a pedal car. I was driving down the interstate on a little tiny plastic car, trying to keep up with trucks, cars, motorcycles and not die. I was struggling to survive and barely peddling. (wow much?) Someone pulled over to help me, they were riding a bicycle. On the interstate they stopped to help riding a bicycle and giving me the confidence to keep going, in my mind if they could conquer this, I could get going and conquer it too. Then... alarm.
It is pretty beautiful you can click the link in orange... (I'll let you listen but you can't have it, it's mine)
UGH! I wanted to see the next scene. Did I succeed? Did I fail? Did I get run over by a semi and die? HOW far did I go? So... let's interpret this! Cars are very common, yet highly symbolic dream symbols that connect you to personal transformation and current life movements. The image of the car is a manifestation of your mental and physical self that has been built up as you move along your life's journey. To dream of a highway represents situations in your life where you are experiencing momentum or progress. A situation is moving along quickly. If you are pulled off to the side of the road, have an accident or find yourself driving a vehicle in poor condition it may symbolize problems or emotional issues you are experiencing during fast paced situations. Difficulties or delays you are having while "moving ahead" with something.
Ok again... Crickets anyone? Life can be a turbulent road so to speak, but when you have signs or a dream like that you should probably pump the brakes and take a minute to listen. What do you dream? Do you ever compare your dreams to your life? I can't imaging not dreaming, a lot of my writing comes to me in my day dreams or my heavy dreams at night. Although life is making movies for me to help me along the way, my dreams mean everything to me. Life tells a story, watch it, write it and read it. Not everyone may want to hear your story, but save it for the ones who do. Someday your story will mean something to the special ones. You may not always dream in color, but then again, life can be beautiful in Black & White. Keep Dreaming...
Also, in case you didn't know... Stevie Nicks is my Fairy Godmother 💗
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