Thursday, April 7, 2011

Afraid of a Paper Face

This morning I had the most bizarre dream... Normally when these things happen, I intentionally fall back asleep and re-dream the parts that bothered me. This morning, however, offered  no such convenience and has therefore been on my mind all day.

What's this odd dream you might be thinking? It's rather silly, but here it goes...

I was at my parents' place, standing in their front yard while a woman I did not recognize picked flowers with me to make a bracelet. But the wind picked up very fast, and before we knew it, we could hardly stand. I could hear trees breaking, and though I could not see them, they sounded like they were going to land on us.

We ran toward the garage to get out of the way, but as I turned to close the door behind me, I saw a woman with a dark blueish cloak and a piece of paper for her face. I do not mean she had a blank expression, or a face without eyes or mouth, it was seriously a sheet of paper where her face would have been.

Doesn't seem scary right?

WRONG! :-)

I have no idea why, but the woman with the paper face terrified me. In the dream, I tried to shut the door on her, but there were two doors (not in the actual house, just the dream) so when I hit the button to close the door, it began to open the second set of doors. I quickly hit lock again and shut the woman out.

So here's my conclusion... 

I feel this woman had something to do with me, maybe an aspect of myself that I am unaware of, or afraid of facing, but immediately upon waking, I felt irritated with myself for not letter in this paper lady. What if she had been there to help? Now, I will never know.

Either way, this serves to remind me that sometimes the thing we fear the most, is the unknown. I know what the traditional types of dream symbols mean, but this felt different. Any opinions or interpretations? I gladly welcome them. :-)

3 comments:

  1. Wow, that's an interesting dream... unfortunately, I don't really know anything about deciphering dreams, so I'm pretty much NO help here. ;) But thanks for sharing, I enjoy reading your blog!

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  2. Thanks, I'm glad you like them! :D

    Hugs,
    Taylor Lynn

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