I'm back. For the past couple of months, I've been in grant-writing mode and have had no time to blog. I was dreaming up new plans, new experiments, new opportunities. You might think that dreaming is a passive experience that happens when you in your most relaxed state. Actually, dreaming can be exhausting.
This weekend, I'm taking a break from the rigidity of focus that accompanies grant writing and am letting my mind meander into a dream landscape most welcome and wondrous. Let's go there together.
There's a movie in the theaters now about DREAMS called "Inception" starring Leo Decaprio and Ellen Page. Haven't seen it yet but have heard it's quite good, and it inspired me to compose a blog about dreams that have appeared in songs. Of course, there's the classic album Rumors by Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks' magical tune "Dreams" that is still played every day on Classic Rock stations worldwide. Before those songs were penned, Roy Orbison was singing about dreams. In fact, dreams seem to have been one of his principal preoccupations because he gave us so many great songs about dreams. "Dream", "In Dreams", and "Sweet Dream Baby". Aerosmith said to "Dream On". The Everly Brothers implored us to "Dream". Whole lotta dreamin' goin' on.
Some artists had so many dreams that they had to enumerate them. John Lennon's "#9 Dream" and Bob Dylan's "115th Dream". Brain experts tell us that we dream at least 40 dreams every night. How many can you remember? Do you dream in color? I dream in sound.
After U2 played their last Joshua Tree tour concert, Bono told the audience that they had to go "dream it all up again". Then those dreams produced their masterpiece Achtung Baby. You never know what your dreams will bring. Keep dreaming.
