Skunk Dreams

Last night I dreamt that I met NBA star Steve Nash. This is weird and random. I know. I was reading about him in a book called "IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas" by Chuck Klosterman. That new film, 'Inception', came out today. I guess the movie is all about dreams. Maybe. I haven't seen it. "Skunk Dreams" is about dreams in a way. Louise Erdrich is a very descriptive writer. I was amazed on how well she could describe things. I'm not going to give an example, because the whole essay is very descriptive. She tells about a few dreams that she had. "I may be a woman who has dreamed herself a skunk, or a skunk still dreaming that she is a woman." Kinda weird to think about. When she is in Valley City, North Dakota, she dreams of the woods. She didn't think about the dream until she moved to New Hampshire. She talks about how she thought that the woods there seemed "bogus" at first. She later beings to find the beauty in the woods. She finds solace in the trees. She even wrote it: "I found solace in trees." I also find comfort in the woods. Ticks suck though. I slept under the trees the other day actually. I know this is probably weird for some people, but I think it's great. Waking up to the sound of birds singing is great. ANYWAYS, the author said, "My dream, was about obstacles still in place. The obstacles that we overcome define us." Everyone has different dreams. I'm not sure if there are obstacles in my dreams. I once dreamt that I was riding a huge white horse through a rain forest. I think we should just leave it at that. There is no need to think deeply about this dream. Maybe I'll ride a huge white horse someday. Maybe fight in the Civil War. Maybe I'll meet Gram Parsons. These things could never happen in my life because A)Horses cannot be the size of whales. B) The Civil War was in the past. and C) Gram Parsons is still feeling blue in his grave. Dreams are dreams. I don't think anyone will fully understand them. The author makes it seem like dreams show what the future will be like. Similar things might happen, but it's a little overwhelming to think that dreams show the future in a way. In the essay the author talks about skunks too. She says skunks come and go. Dreams come and go too. It's easy to dream, just like it's easy to get near a skunk. People have no reason to kill skunks, but if they are killed, people will forget about them. This is kinda like dreams. Dreams are forgotten all the time. She says that she would be a skunk if she could be an animal. I'd be a cat. This essay was very interesting to read. I'm not sure if I understand it completely. Maybe this essay is supposed to be like a dream: Difficult to comprehend.