One of Freud's famous dream interpretations involves a bit of text that he reads in his dream (it's a chemical formula). So, um, I'm guessing that it *is* possible to read in one's dreams. Why not? I've even *touched* things in mydreams and I know you aren't supposed to be able to do that, either.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Jul 18, 2005 1:28:09 pm PDT #896 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ChiKat - Jul 18, 2005 1:29:35 pm PDT #897 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I've even *touched* things in mydreams and I know you aren't supposed to be able to do that, either
Really? Huh. Guess my dreams haven't read the rulebook.
P.M. Marc - Jul 18, 2005 1:30:19 pm PDT #898 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Cindy, I have a good visual memory, but not anything that could be described as eidetic.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 1:30:38 pm PDT #899 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you read something in a dream, then try to read it again, it will have changed.
I find words no more or less changeable than anything else. It's a dream after all, and incredibly malleable. I've read, died, smelled, touched, loved ... done a million things.
On phone conference right now. Man, it's boring when you're there, worse now.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2005 1:33:15 pm PDT #900 of 10002
brillig
Connie, do you dream about the story, or are you actually reading the words in your dreams?
Both. I can see the comic book page, with the panels and word balloons. If I could draw I've got some great material.
And I always dream in color--at least, I perceive and remember it as color, and I remember reading somewhere that we don't dream in color. Of course, it's getting into the whole, "Is it there or do I just think it's there" paradox thing which makes irritable.
sarameg - Jul 18, 2005 1:36:59 pm PDT #901 of 10002
Hell, I've solved physics problems in my dreams. Of course, in the million times that happened, only once was it actually right. Usually they became bizarro-physics at some point. Like, involving a lemon and gluing squirrels to paper. But then, I've also tasted colors which tasted of a texture and a sound (btw, I advise AGAINST this. My head still hurts at the mention) and been in a whole helluva lot of pain...or so I thought. Cause I really wasn't in labor.
Burrell - Jul 18, 2005 1:41:59 pm PDT #902 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Really? Huh. Guess my dreams haven't read the rulebook.
It's not common to actually register the physical sensation of touch in one's dreams, hence the old saw about pinching yourself to see if you are dreaming. If you can feel the pinch, you must be awake (except, of course that it *is* possible to feel the pinch and still be asleep).
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 1:42:22 pm PDT #903 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
. I've read, died, smelled, touched, loved ... done a million things.
Time to die now.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 18, 2005 1:46:15 pm PDT #904 of 10002
What is even happening?
Cindy, I have a good visual memory, but not anything that could be described as eidetic.
Okay. I generally don't, except for the odd bit of text here and there, and its placement. I might know Julia has her pink Sketchers T-shirt on, and that it has a soccer ball on it, but I can't remember detail about it.
Hell, I've solved physics problems in my dreams. Of course, in the million times that happened, only once was it actually right. Usually they became bizarro-physics at some point. Like, involving a lemon and gluing squirrels to paper.Oh, I've done that. It makes so much sense in the dream, and then you wake up and are convinced you have the answer, until you actually recall the details.
But then, I've also tasted colors which tasted of a texture and a sound (btw, I advise AGAINST this. My head still hurts at the mention)Flashback?
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2005 1:47:56 pm PDT #905 of 10002
brillig
that it *is* possible to feel the pinch and still be asleep
Perceptual games, what fun. I generally do know when I'm dreaming, especially when things get odd. What's strange is Hubby will wake me from what he thinks is a nightmare, and it's generally a vivid adventure-type dream. Which goes to show that it's a lot more fun to watch adventures than to participate in adventures. Being chased and having the fate of the world in your hands is not relaxing.