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den ([personal profile] den) wrote2003-08-16 05:35 pm

Dream Weaver... what drugs are you on?

I don't normally remember my dreams, but one this morning hit between the first and second snooze alarms. That's probably why it stuck.

I'm in a large room of my house which has a wire screen wall. It's some sort of flight aviary. I'm building bat boxes, as a bloke does when he's in an aviary, but these ones are a little different in that they have a hinged door I can open to see inside. I notice a piece of paper poking from the opening of a box and open the door. Someone has used the sheet to cover the opening, so when I open the door all I can see is the paper.

And some eyes.

Whatever is in the box has cut some small eye-holes in the sheet and they're looking at me. I pull the paper away and there's a tiny brown owl in the bat box. The bird can't be more than 6" tall.

"Where did you come from?" I ask. The bird looks at another box and so do I. There is a feather sticking out of it. I open the other box and there's another owl in it, white this time and much larger. I open the dozens of bat boxes that I seem to have built in the last 2 seconds and they all have owls in them.

Then a bat arrived, saw the owls and said "Excellent! We can start."

The snooze alarm dragged me into a sitting position. I stared at the clock and asked aloud "Start what?" Unfortunately the bat boxes, owls and flight aviary were gone. I don't even know what house it was except that it was mine.

I'm sure there's a message in it somewhere. Or maybe it was just my subconscious playing sillybuggers.

[identity profile] lizardling.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Silverwing (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0689825587/qid=1061023848/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1960187-7286254?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I've never read the book, and only have the vaguest idea of what it's about.

owls and bats...

[identity profile] acelightning.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 03:18 am (UTC)(link)


[identity profile] kelloggs2066.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Probably they wanted to start some sort of nocturnal dating service to hook up owls and pussycats.

Or maybe they needed to rent a pea green boat?

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The owl and the fluffy bat went to see
A beautiful pea-green boat.

"Eh. It's orright," said the bat. "How much izzit?"

[identity profile] philrancid.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Dude it's obvious--time to start your day!

except...They're the ones that are going to be driving today, so be casreful out there...

[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe that little owl was in a human blind observing *you*:D. Perhaps they were going to give you flying lessons.




[identity profile] makovette.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Someone slip some electricity into your lager last night or what? ;-)

CYa!
Mako
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[identity profile] waywind.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Start the miniature noctural flying animal revolution, of course. What else?

[identity profile] jim-lane.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Since "Silverwing" is a children's book, I'm sure you (with your strong writing skills) could turn your dream scenario into the kernal of a GREAT story.

Give it a shot!

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2003-08-19 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The way uni studies are occupying me, I'm flat out just writing journal entries. I've written nothing original for ages and my renders have all been fan art. I'm a bit frustrated about that.