Walking on fish

Sometimes you don’t know what a dream symbol means, but you’re sure it means something.

Last night I dreamt I was walking on fish. I was walking in a stream, and it was some sort of punishment or penalty or something, that I had to take this extra walk, and the stream is very shallow; ankle-deep, and my path is all these small pebbles. I see some tiny fish swimming past (downstream) as I walk uphill, and then I realize that some of the pebbles are the bodies of the tiny fish. No, all the pebbles are really fish. I dislodge a few from the path and they’re little silver-blue fish, about an inch long and kinda fat.

I wake up thinking, That’s got to mean something.

12 comments

  1. paula says:

    interesting…for a moment my mind went to Pymatuning…..
    http://www.pymatuning.com/Spillway.htm
    The carp are disgusting. You can buy bread to feed to them, but the sight of so many gaping mouths made me twitch.
    I turned around & started tossing the bread to the nearby gulls who would snatch it in midair.

  2. Ken says:

    Ick. Walking on fishies…….

  3. deblipp says:

    You people are NOT helping.

  4. Ken says:

    “You people are NOT helping.” Well, you know, sometimes a banana is just a banana……

    But I have to say that you have interesting dreams. I rarely remember my dreams… my usual immediate response to waking up is “Damn I’m tired… do I really have to get up?”

    To which the dogs respond “Yes indeedly do you must. RIGHT NOW!:

    Maybe I can feed them some of your fishies……

  5. deblipp says:

    The dream expert people say morning before waking up and afternoon naps are often the best time for remembering your dream.

    Arthur wakes up at six and his bumbling around tends to wake me, so then the last hour and a half is almost a nap. That’s where I remember most of my dreams from.

  6. Barbs says:

    (singing) I’m walking on sunfish …….

  7. sari0009 says:

    Here’s what came to mind

    Perhaps it’s about Stream of Consciousness…examining emotional footing…

    Fish are sometimes conscious (presently moving) and sometimes subconscious (still) emotionally fattened intuitions/ideas/memories/pieces/moments/connections (your own and others’) relied upon. Somehow you’re put in a situation that surprises you, bewilders you perhaps, and causes you to slow down and take a full-sensory look—to see that what was kind of initially inert may actually be plump and varies between organized clusters to those moving (?) randomly. Eventually, you take control to poke around as part of a discovery/observation process. May involve:

    • Motivation
    • Control/Interaction/Observation
    • Grounding/Source
    • Slowing down and examining in a sensory way
    • Shifting values/focus (from material/work to emotional-spiritual) involves letting go of control …for a moment (uncomfortable interim perhaps)
    • More consciously choosing to stir up what/whom

    The experience makes more impact than you initially think…

  8. deblipp says:

    See, everybody? Sari tries to help!

  9. OhKen says:

    Hey, I have enough trouble trying to figure out what’s going on when I’m awake………

  10. Roberta says:

    and Barbs sang; that was helpful.
    and I stayed the fuck out of it, which, considering the topic and the day I was having, was incredibly generous of spirit!

  11. deblipp says:

    Thank you Roberta for not helping, thank you Barbara for singing, thank you Ken for being awake.

  12. sari0009 says:

    Now that really did make me laugh out loud (in a good way) …and you know what popped into my head as I read the last comment? The stacked farm animals from The Town Musicians of Bremen fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen