first dream was of me lying on a bed in a room that had

microphones on mic stands and one or two japanese people

tending to technical things

this dream was the result of thinking about how to use the

dream state to further our understanding of how the

mind/brain works and, specifically, to capture the

externalized content of dreams

the second dream started off with a tense situation over the

ownership of a pedal-bike

it was undoubtedly my bike and i had caught the person who

stole it red-handed

the thief dashed out of the scene and the dream ended there

with me feeling rankled that i didn't get the bike back

the third dream, again, started off with antagonism in it

the mother of our child was angry and frustrated that i

refused to resume our relationship

another man related to the woman was there and, obviously,

he took her side

realizing i was on a hiding to nowhere, i left

the next scene didn't have any details that i can remember

a baby six or seven months old was making happy baby

sounds and i responded with like-sounds

that went on for four or five exchanges of sounds

it was realized that the baby and i had something in common

the scene changed to a different place where my mother was

there with the baby

my mother was trying to convince me that it would be for

the best if the relationship with the mother could continue

i became vehement and made three or four points saying

why i didn't want to get involved

the final point i made was with the most determination

"i don't want to and that's it. don't mention it again"

my mother said "it would be for the best though" and i

softened my stance

my mother was like that

she had a character-deformity that made her try to bring

people together

she was forever match-making

she loved people being in love

the next scene was with the baby and we were doing the

sound-swapping thing again

it reached a crescendo of reciprocation

the dream ended with the baby looking at me with a broad

smile on his face and i woke up laughing (2nd laughing

dream this week)

the eye contact of that final moment of the dream is one of

those aspects of a dream that gets etched into the memory

NOTES

each of the themes were the result of thoughts, which i

clearly remember having, during the day

the bike... it would be an idea to record the sounds when

sleeping... the mother/child relationship... remembering a

particular interaction with a baby

by and large men don't "get off" on babies (their too busy

being manly)

when you get into it you will realize that babies need as

much, if not more attention, than toddlers

this person is famous for getting a six week old baby

laughing a long, loud, really deep guttural laugh

when babies are lying on their back on a flat surface try

putting your cupped-hand under their head

this person found it gets a positive reaction

R.E.M.