Denise has come to visit. I was not expecting her. We are standing outside. All of a sudden, Denise’s right shoulder blade spontaneously catches on fire. I push her to the ground and get the fire out.
Dave and Marsha are at my house (not waking life). Denise and I are inside with them. I have a hard time introducing them to each other because I am having trouble remembering their names! I do remember, but it takes a while. Dave has slept in the basement bedroom that does not have a roof over it. That is where Denise will sleep.
I tell Denise that Paul and I are going to buy a new house. I tell her about the garage that is huge with a dirt floor and no roof. I see it in my mind’s eye.
Day notes: starting to copy VHS’s to DVD’s. These are old movies and they bring up memories of old times.
I worked on this dream with Kathleen and Shaney. This is what I wrote: If this were my dream, a part of me that Denise represents has come to visit unexpectedly. Maybe it is a part of me I am not that well acquainted with or forgot about. Her right shoulder blade spontaneously combusts. This freaks me out. I push her to the ground to put it out. This could be a positive image- something to do with creativity? I think of the shoulder blades as being expressive especially when I see an animal like a cat move-similar to a dance move. The right side could have to do with the future. Maybe it is something I am not ready for? (to have my memories changed?) Dave and Marsha-trouble with my memory. Dave stays in the basement bedroom without a roof. There is no protection from the elements. However, the room is open to the sky. The roof could represent memory. Dave could represent masculine energy-the action principal. Denise could represent feminine energy. That energy is also going to experience the no roof bedroom. Paul and I are to move to a new house with a large, tall garage with no roof and a dirt floor. It is empty. So, if this has to do with memory, maybe it is an opportunity to revisit my old memories with the realization they can be changed or reinterpreted. Looking at these DVD;s is bringing back the time in my life a good 38-39 years ago. Maybe, they will help me bring back more positive memories especially any self-criticism.
Ideas from Kathleen and Shaney. A garage could represent memory because it is a place where things are stored. Memories can be malleable. The song: Happy Like a Room without a Roof by Pharrell Williams.
I like all of the work you have done on this dream with Kathleen and Shaney. Memory and the video transfers you are doing seem very connected. Perhaps consider this might have a health aspect as well, especially since Paul is in the dream and the roofs are not sealed, protected. Mild cognitive decline is common at our age. For me, the dirt floor and open roof could also be a connection to birth/earth and death/heaven.
I do have emotional shoulder issues at the moment. Feeling burned, unable to fully “shoulder” (carrying something very heavy).