Saturday, September 8, 2007

Dream Interpretation and the Art of Unlocking Metaphors

"We are such stuff as dreams are made of."
-Shakespeare



We can't deny the fact: we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. No matter how busy we say we are and no matter how we would like to extend the 24 hours in the clock just for us to finish everything--we still, and we just have to succumb to sleep. Obviously, our body and mind need to rest. And after a hard day's work, we owe ourselves just that.



Dreaming Awake

Of course, we know that we don't just let ourselves fall dead-asleep every night. We dream. Our minds are at their most awake and freest when we are dreaming, and we dream for the best of reasons.


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