Saturday, August 15, 2015

Do You Say “No” to Yourself?


The Dream:
I am telling Clark about Bill Cunningham, the New York Times fashion photographer who has been photographing the Paris fashion shows since 1957. This inspires me to create some fashion designs, and I say to my mother, “I'm going to put a group of 12 designs together and send them to someone.” I have the idea that this might get me some clients. Mother says, “Oh, no one would take them.” I respond, “We can't say 'no' to ourselves before someone else does. Don't you see how that limits us?”

Interpretation: This transparent dream reflects my shaky self-esteem, but also shows that I'm fighting back against it. It was probably triggered by an invitation to submit some work to a competition. I've sent them submissions for several years and have never been accepted. (In the end I did submit something, and my piece was included in their publication.)

2 comments:

  1. Dreams are our best friends. We are the authors of our dreams. The emergence of our deepest being. Dream, wonder, feel and listen to wisdom seldom expressed by others.

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  2. Very true, Tersia. Paying attention to dreams is one of the best ways to discover who we are and what we care about.

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