I see Bob Hanson dressed up like an indigenous male with dark red paint on his face and a small headdress. He is on stilts so he is even taller than he is (6.7). He is walking around this house. Renee, his estranged wife, is there also. She is dressed somewhat similarly and is on shorter stilts. (she is also a very tall person). The three of us open a small container and there is a handmade symbol of a god. The message is for us to go up on this roof.
The scene changes. I am now with Renee (no costume). We are in Japan. We go into this building that has five or six stories. It is on a lake or the ocean. We see lots of people swimming in the ocean. We go inside the building and sneak around, finding stairs to go up. The building is also a hotel. We go up a flight of stairs and end up in a line that is going into the dining room. We then find another set of stairs and go up to a higher level. Now we are in a large, open room that feels like a mechanical room. We see these concrete stairs and go up and up and we end up on the roof. The roof is small and shaped like a T. It has black tar paper on it.
A person dressed up similar to Bob gives something to Renee to take somewhere. There is a woman sunbathing on the roof. Somehow we get down to the ground. I help someone out by swimming. (this part is vague) I viscerally feel myself swimming. The water is a comfortable temperature. I feel strong and positive.
I had a kind former coworker named Bob Hanson, but he was only about 5 feet 6 inches tall. Stilts are about elevation, yes?
I love the phrase “flight of stairs.” How good that you continue to move up the stairs (fly), to the highest level (the roof). I wonder what “T” means for you. It reminds me of your recent “tea” dream. Japan, the spiritual east, and the handmade symbol of a god. You are a spiritual worker, Bonnie.
I like that you help someone out by swimming. A fine metaphor for your emotional work over many years with children and dreamers.