dreamwalking

two days ago i drove home from downtown los angeles at seven am, arrived at seven thirty, and let myself sleep for an hour and a half before i had to get up and go to work.

i was looking through some sort of box and found a folded rectangular piece of plastic with deep scalloped edges all around. it was purple and when i unfolded it i recognized it as a starfish and was sure to keep its mouth submerged in water.

i looked through another box and found an osprey at the bottom lying on its side. it had a white head with black markings, a great black beak and black tongue. (i recognized it as an osprey in my dream and i just google imaged osprey and that is exactly exactly what i saw in the dream.) i asked it if wanted to be released and it nodded. i released it and soon its osprey wife had arrived to meet it.

i was on a platform with a family of orangutans. suddenly, the platform was in freefall, akin to a falling elevator, but i wasn't scared at all - it was exhilarating. the orangutans were hooting and dancing. suddenly i was seeing everything from an eagle-eye, swooping camera point-of-view and i could see the orangutans and an entire rainforest and i could hear the chorus of birds and music accompanying a joyous rainforest.

and then i woke up and went to work.