A bit of dream interpretation?
I had this very fun and quirky little dream this morning and I *think* I may have figured out where it came from.
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I was on my way somewhere (I think in the dream, I was headed to somewhere south of Richmond-who knows why) and traffic was horrific, so we (there were these vague other people with me), decided to pull off at an exit off of a thru-way) and stop and have dinner and wait it out.
Well, at the cafe, it was kind of dead except for us, and one of the employees was amusing herself playing an electric twelve string guitar. Needless to say I was smitten and fascinated.
In the dream, I recognised the brand (some weird old brand), but was telling her that I'd only ever seen 6 string models of it. My travel mates thought I was being condescending or pedantic with my geeking out over the guitar, but the gal playing it was not at all offended and was eagerly answering my questions and we were soon establishing quite the rapport about music and guitars and stuff.
The scene changed and next thing I knew, we were all at the gal's house (where, for some reason she lived with her family who were very welcoming and amused by the bunch of strangers their daughter brought home). My travel-mates were becoming a little annoyed but partially amused at how the gal and I were hitting it off and playing music and talking all animated about this and that, and obviously getting into each other. Well, it was obvious to me as we were progressing from music geeking to stealing smooches when we thought no one was looking.
I realised that this couldn't be something too serious, since at *some* point I *did* have someplace I (and the others) had to be and it was I holding them all up. And in the dream I still had my whole life at home with Sonya too. But I really *liked* this gal and she really liked me, and we were having a whole lot of fun together and while it didn't look like it could be a huge affair between us, we weren't ready to end it then, and I knew that I'd find a way back there for more somehow. And the big thing about my attraction was that we were having so much fun musically. (and the smooching was becoming pretty fun too!)
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So I woke up, grinning sheepishly and wondering "What was THAT all about?" It wasn't any obvious wish fulfillment for a person. She didn't really resemble anyone I'm interested in lately.
But it all tumbled into sense to me when I went and neglected some more of my housework today to work on some music arrangements I've been all fired up over lately. It started with "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" and then other old jazz standards and 40's hit parade stuff I've been getting into to play for the assisted living gigs. I'm really starting to expand my musical palette lately by learning some of these old songs, and my voice teacher has a bunch of them and has been helping learn them as I come up with arrangements. Just yesterday I not only had some breakthrus on an arrangement, but I went online and tracked down a bunch of other stuff that I'd been wanting to find: lyrics, videos, and a complete tutorial about this one song that's looking really scrumptious and informative!
Of particular fun this week has been "It's Only A Paper Moon" which was the first song that my voice teacher and I started to tackle out of her collection. The snag (and the breakthru yesterday) was that I *really* didn't like the arrangement in her sheet music for it and have been feverishly tweaking my *own* chord progressions for it and practicing it over and over again to try to learn it and some other new (to me) chords and chord progressions. It's one of my prettier arrangements of late and again, a LOT jazzier than what I usually do. I'm not just acquiring new songs, there are new musical chops coming into play as well.
Anyway...
I *think* I'm dreaming about a visiting "Muse". Someone who's not in my normal musical millieu, who comes from a musical region that is not my regular thing. We're having a whole lot of fun getting to know each other as I learn these old tunes and adapt them to my current style and repertoire. And even tho it's not my usual thing, I'm REALLY digging what she's bringing to me and want to find a way to have more of it in my musical life. I'm being enriched and inspired by a whole lot of new, different, unexpected, but way classy and cool things. I'm learning and growing, and am being coaxed into doing it because I'm finding it (and this Muse) so fascinating and attractive. And the payoff I'm experiencing is alot like the payoffs I associate with meeting and hitting it off romantically with someone new.
Hence the smooching.
And while I'm so smitten, this musical rush is all I've been talking about to people lately.
I'm *sure* that they totally want to know every detail about every new chord and progression and I'm mastering and every new old song that I'm digging up. And they're rolling their eyes just like the travelling companions in my dreams. Plus I'm feeling just a teensy bit guilty about neglecting some of my other projects and responsibilities for it.
But dammit, she's so CUTE and we're having such FUN!!!!
I've just finished adding 4 songs to the repertoire this week and that's just the beginning.
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I was on my way somewhere (I think in the dream, I was headed to somewhere south of Richmond-who knows why) and traffic was horrific, so we (there were these vague other people with me), decided to pull off at an exit off of a thru-way) and stop and have dinner and wait it out.
Well, at the cafe, it was kind of dead except for us, and one of the employees was amusing herself playing an electric twelve string guitar. Needless to say I was smitten and fascinated.
In the dream, I recognised the brand (some weird old brand), but was telling her that I'd only ever seen 6 string models of it. My travel mates thought I was being condescending or pedantic with my geeking out over the guitar, but the gal playing it was not at all offended and was eagerly answering my questions and we were soon establishing quite the rapport about music and guitars and stuff.
The scene changed and next thing I knew, we were all at the gal's house (where, for some reason she lived with her family who were very welcoming and amused by the bunch of strangers their daughter brought home). My travel-mates were becoming a little annoyed but partially amused at how the gal and I were hitting it off and playing music and talking all animated about this and that, and obviously getting into each other. Well, it was obvious to me as we were progressing from music geeking to stealing smooches when we thought no one was looking.
I realised that this couldn't be something too serious, since at *some* point I *did* have someplace I (and the others) had to be and it was I holding them all up. And in the dream I still had my whole life at home with Sonya too. But I really *liked* this gal and she really liked me, and we were having a whole lot of fun together and while it didn't look like it could be a huge affair between us, we weren't ready to end it then, and I knew that I'd find a way back there for more somehow. And the big thing about my attraction was that we were having so much fun musically. (and the smooching was becoming pretty fun too!)
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So I woke up, grinning sheepishly and wondering "What was THAT all about?" It wasn't any obvious wish fulfillment for a person. She didn't really resemble anyone I'm interested in lately.
But it all tumbled into sense to me when I went and neglected some more of my housework today to work on some music arrangements I've been all fired up over lately. It started with "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" and then other old jazz standards and 40's hit parade stuff I've been getting into to play for the assisted living gigs. I'm really starting to expand my musical palette lately by learning some of these old songs, and my voice teacher has a bunch of them and has been helping learn them as I come up with arrangements. Just yesterday I not only had some breakthrus on an arrangement, but I went online and tracked down a bunch of other stuff that I'd been wanting to find: lyrics, videos, and a complete tutorial about this one song that's looking really scrumptious and informative!
Of particular fun this week has been "It's Only A Paper Moon" which was the first song that my voice teacher and I started to tackle out of her collection. The snag (and the breakthru yesterday) was that I *really* didn't like the arrangement in her sheet music for it and have been feverishly tweaking my *own* chord progressions for it and practicing it over and over again to try to learn it and some other new (to me) chords and chord progressions. It's one of my prettier arrangements of late and again, a LOT jazzier than what I usually do. I'm not just acquiring new songs, there are new musical chops coming into play as well.
Anyway...
I *think* I'm dreaming about a visiting "Muse". Someone who's not in my normal musical millieu, who comes from a musical region that is not my regular thing. We're having a whole lot of fun getting to know each other as I learn these old tunes and adapt them to my current style and repertoire. And even tho it's not my usual thing, I'm REALLY digging what she's bringing to me and want to find a way to have more of it in my musical life. I'm being enriched and inspired by a whole lot of new, different, unexpected, but way classy and cool things. I'm learning and growing, and am being coaxed into doing it because I'm finding it (and this Muse) so fascinating and attractive. And the payoff I'm experiencing is alot like the payoffs I associate with meeting and hitting it off romantically with someone new.
Hence the smooching.
And while I'm so smitten, this musical rush is all I've been talking about to people lately.
I'm *sure* that they totally want to know every detail about every new chord and progression and I'm mastering and every new old song that I'm digging up. And they're rolling their eyes just like the travelling companions in my dreams. Plus I'm feeling just a teensy bit guilty about neglecting some of my other projects and responsibilities for it.
But dammit, she's so CUTE and we're having such FUN!!!!
I've just finished adding 4 songs to the repertoire this week and that's just the beginning.