Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.
~ Anthony Lawlor
(A Home for the Soul)
A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.
~ Dave Matthews
(Twitter, November 14, 2008)
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
~ Henry David Thoreau
(A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers)
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
~ Victor Hugo
(Les Misérables)
“Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.” That’s new to me and I love it!
Glad you love it, Laurie! When I think of all the surprises I’ve encountered in my dreams…
Still muddling over: “Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” …is it saying when we dream of being awake ? or when we’re awake and “day dreaming” ? Rhetorical question. No answer required.
Thank you for making me smile, Sybil. 🙂 You kind of remind me of my husband – he loves to ask rhetorical questions whenever I get too carried away with metaphors and poetry, and his logical approach never fails to crack me up. 🙂 Well, almost never…
I love the illustration you chose – it reminds me of Kay Nielsen’s drawings for ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’.
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Now that you mention it I do see the similarity between the two artists. Your comment and link put me on a little search through my library. I have a copy of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” which belonged to my mother – she inscribed her name on the bookplate and the writing is that of a child. It was published by Garden City Publishing Co. but has no publishing date. A quick internet search shows the edition I have was published in 1932 and my mom was born in 1931, so that fits. As a child I loved these old tales from the north and the magical illustrations, too. I think I will read this book again! Thanks, Aubrey!
I like the picture and the quote as well. Thank you 🙂
Welcome to By the Sea, kbvollmar – I’m happy you enjoyed the combination. 🙂
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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake” ~ I will take that as meaning when we are living our dreams…. a lovely thought. 🙂
Sometimes I think it means that when we are aware of our dreams we can live more authentically than if we drift along the surface, afraid to go deeper and know ourselves. It’s wonderful how the one word, dream, can stir up so many interesting thoughts and interpretations.
Love this post, Barbara. The Thoreau quote is one of my favorites. I’ve been having interesting dreams lately. I often wonder if my daily meditation challenge/practice is having an influence.
Thank you, Robin. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to discover a deep connection between meditation and dreams. My dreams have been full of surprises in recent years, and some times I mull them over for days…