Scheduling has become less about pacing out my work to avoid burn out and more keeping my head down and promising all sorts of delights and rewards if only I can survive the week. And what, precisely, happens when I finally reach home on Friday? I begin a two day long marathon of sleep.
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| Endymion and Selene by Edmund Dulac |
And so Endymion lives in dreams, though what he dreams of, is anyone's guess. The madness of the world and deadlines and time no longer touch him, thanks to Selene. But while he is unchanging, dreams are mutable, shifting, strange things. What do those landscapes start to look like, without the concerns of the real world to weigh them down or balance them? When the inner life is given free reign, is it better? Or just disconnected? What does Endymion dream about?
I imagine Selene can send him dreams enough to compensate for not actually living a real life. =)
ReplyDeleteI know I'd prefer to be a member of the living world, but a lot of mornings I'll protest that idea. Its all about balance!
ReplyDeleteDo you suppose if life were more dream-like, more people would wonder if they were dreaming? Maybe that's why real life is not so much like a dream.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you start the post by talking about your week and how it transitions perfectly into the fable. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI'd much rather be awake! My worst dreams leave me shaky all day, and even the best ones are bad because you feel so disappointed once you wake up.
ReplyDeleteYou have quite a knack for getting across complex stories in quick and compelling ways! And I agree with Kristina, the structure of this piece draws us right in, with your personal story adding whimsy and light to the fable.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever had a lucid dream? I did and I kept having "false awakenings" where I couldn't tell what was real life and what was a dream. I literally felt like I was in Inception.
ReplyDeleteOh and I like your transition here, starts out normal and then becomes fantastical =)