I sometimes have dreams that seem more like memories. Upon closer scrutiny it becomes clear that they must be dreams--I never lived in that house, I don't have long hair, etc. Teresa and I have had several of these dreams this month. It'll be dream about buying milk, or moving a chair, or something else very boring. Sometimes it's really hard to tell what is a dream and what is a memory. Imagine if you sold your soul to the devil when you were very young. You wouldn't really know what you did and thinking about it now, would you know whether its a dream or a memory?
So that's what I'm thinking: What if you sold your soul to the devil, but didn't know it. Would he check up on you? I am thinking of this in a comic format, existing in a dream world...
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Very "Ghost Rider" in a weird way (where the devil checks up on Johnny Blaze as an adult). Perhaps, again, that's another trick up the devil's sleeve: convincing you that you hadn't done what you probably did and teases you with hints of your folly.
ReplyDeletedreams and memories are scary that way.
ReplyDeletesometimes i ask my parents whether or not things actually happened, or if they were a dream.
i was sort of thinking this way too...in terms of creating a story. what would adulthood be like for someone who sold their soul to the devil? this is the sentence i thought of on my walk the other day:
"I sold my soul to the devil, but not my conscience."
PS donovan, are you painting with blood? subquestion: where did you get it?
ReplyDeleteI know this is jumping ahead, but perhaps we could base the next project strictly off of dreams.....I will share more later. For now, we'll focus on project 1.
ReplyDeleteDreams are good times. (Which reminds me I'd like to buy Science of Sleep). For the longest time I thought I remembered my mom and her friend pinning my ears on as a child. I'm pretty sure that never happened.
ReplyDeleteMan, we just need to hash out the ground rules for that next project....side note: thank you for hosting the party saturday. Definitely a good time. Thank you again.
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to watch Science of Sleep lately too! iTunes keeps shuffling on the soundtrack when I'm at work. I'm all for a dreams project--related or unrelated to Christmas?
ReplyDeleteI think unrelated to Christmas, however, if Christmas is part of the "dream", why not? I think it's more about dreams in general.
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