I don't trust my brain...

[teddog]

But I'm writing down this dream of mine because it's surreal beauty impressed me. It's also enough to make people think I'm insanly pretentious, which may or may not be the case. I'm not sure myself.

Basically, the world itself was... uh... split into two halves: the first is the world we live in and the second is the world were movies and TV programs are filmed. The two worlds co-exist to a point and at odd locations you can find the doors to cross between the two. The doors themselves are rather plain looking. Remember those steel and glass door common in high school? The glass windows with wire support inside? Those ones.

Because of the huge amounts of glass, the doors allow people to see from one side to the other. They're always unlocked, but small paper signs scared most people away from even opening the doors, let alone exploring the other side. Instead, depending on the door's location, people who wanted to get to the other side just sat and look at the door longingly until someone opened it for them.

Actually, that's the one piece of symbolism I DIDN'T like, as it seemed rather forced. However, I will note that one person in my dream, whom I can't connect with anyone I know, found that a door was located in her bedroom and that the windows gave the people on the other side a clear view of her bed. She left the door uncovered so that the people on the other side to see ALL of her ablities. I found that funny!

Anyway, the other side of the door, the world were films are made, was rather dull. The walls and objects were in shades of grey and off-white, in contrast to the world of bright colours that was the "real" world. The reason for this was because everything on the "film" side is coated in a layer of paint primer. The people creating the media would paint the world as they saw fit and then put the primer back on when they were done.

I can't remember too much other than that... but that's weird enough, no?

Comments

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

The only thing seperating them is a door. A idea that is used quite commonly in writing.

Like the Gate in Fullmetal Alchemist. Such as it is, I STILL find the comic version full of some of the most unnerving imagery I've ever seen. The anime is all fine and angsty, but the comic is suffering from... whatever David Lynch has. I think it's time to read through it again. ^^

The odd thing about the dream doors, however, is that everyone was fully aware of them. They were just... there. Yet very few people willingly crossed over to the other side. That probably has the most meaning out of everything else, although that meaning would vary depending on who reads it. Does it mean people are scared to enter the media business on their own? Or are they scared of the world that media builds, even though it's all fake?

[moonygirl.livejournal.com]

Yes the idea of a door and gate is popular. However FMA takes on a different apporach than some books. The gate is a bad thing in a sense, almost silimar to judgement.