What Dreams May Come

I rarely remember my dreams. But the other night I do remember that I dreamed I was on a boat, a huge cruise type boat. The captain was yelling at everyone to grab an oar because we needed to row home. The only thing that I could find was a roll of toilet paper. But the captain kept yelling, "Row!" Then I woke up. Wish I knew what it meant because they say your dreams have meanings. Like, if you dream you are being chased it means that you are feeling threatened by someone or some emotion. I checked my cabinets, I have plenty of toilet paper.
Photos can represent dreams in so many ways. By the subject, the composition, the post processing. An image can be surreal or ethereal, and therefore be dream like. I love images that take me away, make me wonder what's going on in that world. I want to put my ear to the picture and hear the sounds. What dreamy images do you have or can you create? Do you remember your dreams and can you represent one in a photo? Or maybe someone is dreaming. Come on, spill the dreams here.
This guest post comes our way from the lovely Melody of HipMomma's Journal.











Reader Comments (31)
here's mine, i've kinda been in this mood lately
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2617321854/
my three year old son, however, woke up first thing this morning and explained how he cooked bacon and eggs and cheese for breakfast all by himself in his dream, and during his dream i laid in bed waiting for breakfast to be served.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11439752@N04/2606416582/
But my favorite kind are the ever elusive flying dreams. Here's one that could be flying if you didn't know better!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrielouise/2301097166/
I could totally be having a dream with this little guy in it. He's trying to tell me something, but I'm not sure what it is.
Then I wake up and say, "what the hell?!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2623079471/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2617760514/
I dream in color...always...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/2432804739/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26029966@N02/2624179716/
Here's a shot I took a few hours ago before I even read this post. It's so dreamy!
http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/once-upon-a-dream-2/
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=441
And here's one that I entitled 'Awake in a Dream'...because it was so unreal:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=185
http://flickr.com/photos/hliza/2140245847/
http://tracienolesross.com/sketchbook/?p=135
The nightmares weren't your typical guy chasing you, trapped, scary monsters and ghosts... They probably wouldn't even be scary if you really looked at the picture-but I found out later in life, through some of my first panic attacks, that those reoccurring nightmares actually were images of how I felt-during a panic attack.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/1592419835/
So my picture represents that. all the glow, and suddenly the enveloping darkness that I felt trapped inside and gave me a fear of dreams.
(I don't have the same nightmare any more-after I slept with a dream catcher above the bed-it vanished...)
Wonder Collides
http://wayfaring-wanderer.blogspot.com/2008/03/wonder-collides.html
http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy/Pages/Nikon_D60.html#7
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2622812785/
http://cotterpinhouse.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/rain-rain-go-away/
This is probably my favorite ethereal/dreamlike picture that I have:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kraft/1430141468/
I just posted about Old and New, but the feel of one particular picture just makes me dream about a time that has passed.
I post-processed the picture and added some texture:
http://secretagentmama.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bestshot1_6308.jpg
Part of this post: http://secretagentmama.com/blog/2008/06/30/best-shot-the-old-and-new/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2381417647/in/set-72157605472764432/
http://fimby.tougas.net/lavender_at_Pineland_Farms_garden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9068078@N05/2621143297/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcmartin/2067166307
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinator/2603230642/