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I’m examining a dream that has racial symbols. A Caucasian
male dreams that he is escorting his African American wife onto an airplane.
While there are many metaphoric associations one can make
when confronting racial imagery in dreams, we are concentrating on the issue of
skin tone, because this dreamer described his dream-wife as a “light-skinned
black.”
Color has powerful emotional associations. It isn't
archetypical, however. There is a phenomenon called synesthesia: With this
condition, one hears a sound (or experiences an emotion) and inwardly sees a
color associated with it. Composers of music often associate musical pitches
with colors: “When I hear the note F-natural, I see blue.” But ask three
composers with synesthesia what color they see when they hear F-natural, and you’ll
get three different replies.
The same is true with people’s associations with color in general.
Black is sometimes associated with emptiness and fear. But not always. This dreamer sees it differently:
Tell me about…
* Escorting: Accompanying and helping her along.
* Wife: My partner and feminine counterpart.
* Airplane: A mode of transportation to take you long
distances in a relatively short time.
* Not my wife in
real life: The “woman in my
dreams” (he laughs) is not my real partner; she was a figment of my
imagination.
* Black: Black is the absence of light. It represents
total possibility. The instant you add light, you add form. If you have total
lack of form, you have infinite freedom to manifest anything you want. As they
say, “Black is beautiful.”
* Light-skinned: It’s gorgeous—all of those delicious tones
just radiate health and beauty. It's exotic and alluring.
* Walking in front
of me: She is definitely leading
the way. She has her own purpose and motivation.
* Don’t see her
face: There is an air of
mystery, and I can’t read her emotions or thoughts all that well.
* Great affection: We have an attraction that is significant.
* Gorgeous: Breathtakingly beautiful.
* Standing near the
door: We have just entered the
plane and are not yet settled.
* Crowd of other
passengers: We’re not alone. It
will be a full flight.
* Wait until your
name is called: There seems to
be some sort of lottery system to decide where you are seated.
* First name called: Good fortune. And we’re surprised at our
luck.
* Front row seat: The most ideal placement, really a place of
honor.
* Not a passenger: I’m not going with her. I’m staying behind.
* Say our goodbyes: We reaffirm our affection while departing
from each other.
* The doors have
closed: I have no way out even
though I am not supposed to be here.
* Retractable
walkway: It’s my path back to
where I am supposed to be, but it is no longer accessible.
* Wide, but vertically narrow
window: It’s a possible escape
route, but it is really too small for me. I’ll take a risk trying to get
through.
* Afraid I’ll get
stuck: I won’t be able to pass
through to the other side. I’ll be wedged in between two environments.
* No leverage: I can’t find anything to grab onto to help
myself through.
* No one helps me: I’m on my own.
* Wake up from your
dream: Come back to reality.
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