It came out of nowhere. A barrage of images from childhood dreams. Things and images not thought of for decades but suddenly once again vividly clear. These dreams stopped around junior high but were consistent from a very early age. Putting them on the page likely will not make them more clear and will certainly confuse the reader. But, sometimes things just have to get out of the head and out in the world.

The words “boggy creek” and the image of a barely moving stream in a dark and dense forest. The view is from the left of the stream and is looking upstream. There is something very ominous about the scene and those words. The feeling is that there is something at the source of the creak/stream but the image does not advance in this direction. There is a feeling of being pursued while at the same time looking for something or someone.

Approximately 20-feet away is a figure that looks like Captain Caveman but without the face or Cousin Itt from “The Addams Family”…this figure has long arms hanging from the side of its fur and has short legs protruding towards the ground. It seems that somehow this figure/creature is related to Bigfoot but much more ominous. At first, it seemed as if this thing and “boggy creek” were somehow related and part of the same dream. Further thought made it clear that they are unrelated and two separate dream images. Like the stream/creek, this is a static image that does nothing but says a lot. The exact meaning is still not known.

A large steel door closing very slowly. The door closes top to bottom and resembles a giant pair of nail clippers viewed straight on. Opening and closing with large tubes and pipes connected from either side. The doors itself or shiny and pristine while the tubes and pipes are worn, torn, and have the look of something vaguely Steampunk. This image is firmly connected to watching my Grandma get on the plane at the old Montrose Airport (Frontier with propellers) and head back to Lincoln, Nebraska. Watching her get on the plane and watching the doors close was a ritual every time she left.

The sudden awareness of standing in front of a large auditorium full of people while naked on the stage. A common “nightmare” but in personal dreams there is a feeling of contentment and comfort, both with being in front of a large group of people, clearly getting to give a talk, and in being naked in front of all. There is no fear in public speaking or doing it while naked. This image somehow reveals that there is a level of gratitude in not being in the audience having to listen to a clothed person give a talk about something mundane likes sales management or the benefits of homeschooling.

A dark and wet city with multiple layers. The layers are buildings built on top of buildings and there are flying cars zooming in all directions. The city is dark and wet and resembles something out of a Cyberpunk novel or Gotham City in 200 years. There is constant movement and a sense of trying to get to a particular destination. Certain tasks must be completed to get to this destination. Each completed task leads to another task and the overall feel is of a treadmill going nowhere. The need to get to the final destination is great and all consuming. Each task becomes more and more difficult and less ground is gained each and every time. This was a childhood dream but it has the feel of an adult facing modern day bureaucracy.

A dream that combines the images of being at a British boarding school while at the very same time observing a ship moving across the vastness of space. The two are clearly connected somehow. The school image is full of brick buildings, large libraries, the musty smell of a shared dorm room, and the chiming of a heavy bell in the distance. The spaceship is long and cylindrical with viewing windows on the port side. The ship is viewed from the rear and to the left and it moves slowly in a straight line before moving off to the right in a quick turn with a flash of its warp engines. How it is known that the ship has warp engines is not known. The connection between the British school and the spaceship is directly related to the 4th Doctor. Tom Baker in Doctor Who. This was watched religiously in the early 80’s and clearly had a huge if not somewhat twisted impact.