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The moon had two hands, one holding a bow and arrows and the other a burden strap of a woman. The moon then offered to the dreamer to make choice, but would often try to confuse him by crossing its hands. If he became the possessor of the burden strap, he would be condemned to…

In watching a professional ballet one doesn’t realize how much work is put into making the production come to life. Both the dancers and the choreographers put every ounce of energy and emotion into telling their story. It takes years for a ballerina to train for the labor that goes into becoming professional, however just…

Dreams are a window into the mind. These may be our most elaborate, distinctive, revealing, and flamboyant creations; they have fascinated us for thousands of years. The Egyptians built temples for dreaming. The oracles of Greece pondered cryptic dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious. ” Dreams allow us to view beyond that which…

What is Lucid Dreaming, and How Can I Control My Dreams?Info from totse. comThe term “lucid dreaming” refers to dreaming while knowing that you are actually dreaming. The “lucid” part refers to the clarity of consciousness rather than the vividness of the dream. It generally happens when you realize during the course of a dream…

Akira Kurosawa’s “Dreams” Without death, how will we appreciate life? Among many other arcane things that exist on earth, one of life’s greatest mysteries is its nature to end. After watching “Dreams”, I cannot help but appreciate the exquisite cinematography styles that Akira Kurosawa incorporated in the film and also the hidden messages he might…

Hoop Dreams Many authors/film makers realize that sometimes, in order to make a point, an idea is best conveyed through a stirring of the audience’s pathos, or feelings. An audience whose emotions have been affected is more likely to remember a message and take it into consideration. Hoop Dreams, a documentary by Steve James, is…

Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to arise from some source other than our ordinary conscious mind. They contain a mixture of elements from our own personal identity which we recognize as familiar along with a quality of `otherness’ in…

My heart was pounding. My breath was quickened. I was neck and neck with a Uniondale track runner. We were about 200 meters from the finish line. All I could think about was my coach, Derek, shouting the words “kick. ” He would tell us that so that we can give it our all the…

People live every day through the camera that they know as their eyes. People touch, smell, taste, and hear, but how are these senses used when the body falls asleep? A series of images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep, better known as dreams, are one of the most complex and puzzling…

    During the night of July 23-24, 1895, Freud dreamed a historic dream. He called it “Irma’s Injection. ” Four years later, Freud concluded that dreams are wish fulfillments. This was the first dream he had “submitted to a detailed interpretation” (Gay, P. 1998). Freud was living at Bellevue, a resort villa in a…