Comments on: On Dreaming a Song http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/ Thoughts on Dreams, Life, and Spirit Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Blog o’ Gnosis » Blog Archive » A Dream Harvest http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-8220 Blog o’ Gnosis » Blog Archive » A Dream Harvest Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:00:04 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-8220 [...] couple years ago, I wrote about how singing and especially songwriting was one of my personal indicator species—those activities which, by their presence in my daily routine, mean that I am functioning at my [...] [...] couple years ago, I wrote about how singing and especially songwriting was one of my personal indicator species—those activities which, by their presence in my daily routine, mean that I am functioning at my [...]

]]> By: Anne http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2337 Anne Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:36:03 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2337 I've only had that experience once but with something far less complex than an orchestra: it was a round sung in four voices so that I could hear how all the parts lay together. Dream memory is a fascinating phenomenon, especially in relation to poetry and music. That may be the subject of my next post, now that I'm done ranting about marketing hype. I’ve only had that experience once but with something far less complex than an orchestra: it was a round sung in four voices so that I could hear how all the parts lay together. Dream memory is a fascinating phenomenon, especially in relation to poetry and music. That may be the subject of my next post, now that I’m done ranting about marketing hype.

]]> By: David http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2309 David Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:37:16 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2309 One of my favorite dreams is conducting an orchestra as a way to hear music I am composing, as I'm dreaming. I can hear the music as if it were live. It then usually takes me days to transcribe what I composed, if I can remember it. That's the problem - dream memory is not so great. One of my favorite dreams is conducting an orchestra as a way to hear music I am composing, as I’m dreaming. I can hear the music as if it were live. It then usually takes me days to transcribe what I composed, if I can remember it. That’s the problem - dream memory is not so great.

]]> By: Anne http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2296 Anne Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:20:10 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2296 Well Bill, you never know about those melodies. Just like a dream, it sometimes doesn't seem very important, but if you just work with it and play around with it they're usually quite beautiful. I don't really want to get into the lyrics Torrey, but the tune was Pat Metheny-esque, evoking the open hills, with an overlay of banjo that had a Civil War lament sound to it. Another interesting detail of the dream is that I realized I was dreaming a song, got out my journal to write it down, and the dream stopped and dictated the song again for me, line by line. Then I realized I was still dreaming and hadn't actually written anything down. So I woke up, and got down 2 or 3 of the lines. The dream within a dream phenomenon is always fascinating to work with. I have another post planned about poetry, how the phenomenon of "compression" works in creativity and in dreams. Stay tuned... Well Bill, you never know about those melodies. Just like a dream, it sometimes doesn’t seem very important, but if you just work with it and play around with it they’re usually quite beautiful.

I don’t really want to get into the lyrics Torrey, but the tune was Pat Metheny-esque, evoking the open hills, with an overlay of banjo that had a Civil War lament sound to it. Another interesting detail of the dream is that I realized I was dreaming a song, got out my journal to write it down, and the dream stopped and dictated the song again for me, line by line. Then I realized I was still dreaming and hadn’t actually written anything down. So I woke up, and got down 2 or 3 of the lines. The dream within a dream phenomenon is always fascinating to work with.

I have another post planned about poetry, how the phenomenon of “compression” works in creativity and in dreams. Stay tuned…

]]> By: Lauren Merritt http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2292 Lauren Merritt Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:43:13 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2292 I wish my dream life was as indicative as you find yours. Sounds wonderful. I have had some success recently in a related line of work - writing poetry. I have been pawing through my stack of 160 pieces written over the last 40 years with marvelous results. I wish my dream life was as indicative as you find yours. Sounds wonderful. I have had some success recently in a related line of work - writing poetry. I have been pawing through my stack of 160 pieces written over the last 40 years with marvelous results.

]]> By: Torrey Byles http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2289 Torrey Byles Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:25:25 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2289 Dreamer's choice question: what were the lyrics to the song? what was the melody? Perhaps to be answered once all of it is ready -- and sufficiently copyrighted -- for publication. Nevertheless, for me, the whole of the dream is not yet there until I hear these elements. In my version of the dream as reported, it is symbolic of how I live my life: composing it while I live it, and lo and behold, it is beautiful. What a wonderful confirmation of how I dance with life! A beautiful picture, Anne, thanks. Dreamer’s choice question: what were the lyrics to the song? what was the melody?

Perhaps to be answered once all of it is ready — and sufficiently copyrighted — for publication. Nevertheless, for me, the whole of the dream is not yet there until I hear these elements.

In my version of the dream as reported, it is symbolic of how I live my life: composing it while I live it, and lo and behold, it is beautiful. What a wonderful confirmation of how I dance with life! A beautiful picture, Anne, thanks.

]]> By: Bill Pezick http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2287 Bill Pezick Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:53:29 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2006/10/14/on-dreaming-a-song/#comment-2287 If it were my dream, what an auspicious dream! For me, it would mean that my [Bill's] customary gap between imagination and action had narrowed to zero. And the detail melody memory might be suggesting that my ability to self-observe in waking life had gone broadband. When I've been able to transcribe melodies from dreams, they've been composed by the universe, not me. And they've been relatively boring. If it were my dream, what an auspicious dream! For me, it would mean that my [Bill's] customary gap between imagination and action had narrowed to zero. And the detail melody memory might be suggesting that my ability to self-observe in waking life had gone broadband.
When I’ve been able to transcribe melodies from dreams, they’ve been composed by the universe, not me. And they’ve been relatively boring.

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