I’m kinda renowned amongst my friends for having mad dreams, and last Monday night was no exception:
Dreamt I was looking at a map of a land mass, and there were two islands, then I saw an explosion happening on a lump sticking off the right-hand side of the bottom island. Then it zoomed out - it was as if I was watching it on the news. It was then that I realised it was New Zealand (but islands looked much bigger in dream). Then I was back, hovering above the waters, and there people in the waters. I am not sure whether the islands had sunk. The people were in this clear water, and I was going to help them. Their arms were swaying in the water, but they seemed okay, in a weird way. They didn’t seem panicked. But I do remember seeing lots of people in the water, and thinking, I must help them.
(Having looked more closely at a map of NZ, there is a lump that sticks off the edge of South Island, where Christchurch is. However, I think in the dream, the lump/peninsula was on the North Island. A friend also told me there’s a volcano under NZ, that if it ever goes off, NZ is a goner. Hope it doesn’t!)
The next dream was short - I saw a man wearing a white t-shirt and dark glasses sitting with a small group of people. He stood up (I think?) and then he was shot in the chest. I remember seeing the bullet mark on his t-shirt. Then it re-wound - as if I was watching a video clip at work (which as part of my job I often rewind, or fast forward, to help me write Audio Description scripts). Then I was realised it was okay - either I think I realised it was a show (and therefore not real) or for some reason, it was okay.
Finally, my third dream was being inside a dragon/monster/Loch Ness-type creature’s throat. I was writing the AD script for a new children’s show. I was inside the throat, which was pink, and it was layered, some of it was stringey, not in a bad way though. I remember thinking, ‘I want to get out of here’, and then I looked up, and could see the sky above - as if I was seeing out of a chimney, but I think I was seeing out of the end of the creature’s throat. As I looked up something inside my head said, ‘the only way is up’. Which I concluded (in my fuzzy dream brain-mind) was the name of the kids’ show.
So, proof that I still have loony-but-interesting dreams. Possible influences for these dreams include having a sore throat, and being inspired by the masterful lyrics of Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, who I had seen the night before at Shepherds Bush Empire. The song that inspired me? This one:
