Life is Just a Dream
Christine Smith
Issue date: 4/16/07 Section: Opinion
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"Everything in your dreams is really a facet of yourself," explained Dr. Frank Ancona, during his "Dream Interpretations" presentation, held April 5 in the SCCC Theater.
Ancona, SCCC Professor of English, was full of jokes. The audience, packed with both students and visitors, was eating them up.
He showed the audience pictures he had drawn to help demonstrate that we dream in images, and he explained how to keep a dream journal, including titling the dream, analyzing the dream, and even drawing the dream.
He encouraged the audience to share their dreams and ask questions about their meanings.
"You cannot have a rebirth without a death," he answered one audience member who she asked for an explanation of dreams of dying. He explained that the symbol of something, or someone, dying could be our unconscious letting us know that we need to let go of something.
Ancona even used his own personal dreams, and images from those dreams, as examples to further explain the complex and confusing images we may see. One dream he explained involved his grandmother's face and the race horse Seabiscuit's face being one.
He finished the presentation by suggesting eight important things to look for when interpreting dreams. These include: the time of day, setting, colors, unusual symbols, and the dreamer's feelings upon awakening.
Ancona, SCCC Professor of English, was full of jokes. The audience, packed with both students and visitors, was eating them up.
He showed the audience pictures he had drawn to help demonstrate that we dream in images, and he explained how to keep a dream journal, including titling the dream, analyzing the dream, and even drawing the dream.
He encouraged the audience to share their dreams and ask questions about their meanings.
"You cannot have a rebirth without a death," he answered one audience member who she asked for an explanation of dreams of dying. He explained that the symbol of something, or someone, dying could be our unconscious letting us know that we need to let go of something.
Ancona even used his own personal dreams, and images from those dreams, as examples to further explain the complex and confusing images we may see. One dream he explained involved his grandmother's face and the race horse Seabiscuit's face being one.
He finished the presentation by suggesting eight important things to look for when interpreting dreams. These include: the time of day, setting, colors, unusual symbols, and the dreamer's feelings upon awakening.
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