A Dream of Flying, part 1
Track #9 on handmade, “A Dream of Flying,” takes its name from two sources:
- The first episode title in Alan Moore’s version of Miracleman. (Long story, just read the Wikipedia article if you’re interested.)
- The most common dream I have, the result of lucid dreaming.
About this, the less I say the better. I’ve been learning to control and shape my dreams for years, but the problem is, I have a very good memory: good in the sense of “real to me,” not gray or hazy. However, sometimes it’s hard for me to tell which memories are from real life and which are from lucid dreaming (especially if there’s no obvious surreal element, like flying). If I write down any of the stories or events from my dreams, I’m afraid they will become more real to me, and therefore I’m more likely to mistake one for the other.
When I typed the term “dream of flying” into Google, this was the first page I found:
Evidently I’m not alone, as there are a lot of things on this page I recognize as true for me immediately.
I’ll be back with more on the composition of this song tomorrow.
