I just watched a short cartoon about a world called Rarg that is a lovely peaceful place that discovers that it is entirely the creation of one sleeping mans dream. They build a porthole to reality, kidnap him sleeping in his bed and very quietly transport him to a sound proof room so he won't wake up. At this point, the video quit buffering for some reason, but if I remember correctly it ends with the dream changing and all of the Rargians becoming birds.
It's odd to watch because I have hazy memories of watching this cartoon when I was very young. I wasn't sure if it was real, or if I had dreamed it myself. It's an interesting inside-out kind of fable. Making reality part of the dream instead of the dream into reality. The dream-dwellers are, of course, delusional because anything they do is part of the dream. However, we could also be dreams of course! If we are dreams I suppose it won't matter if I don't do the dishes tonight.
I have been making more of my dreams a reality lately. It sounds corny to say, but I have been again discovering the importance of taking how I spend my time and energy seriously as it pertains to my goals. I have compiled a list of the things that I can do right now to work towards my goal of supporting myself through making things, and a list of things I need to learn or further develop to move forward.
My biggest blind spot is business management. Luckily, I can ask Rita Pettey's about this. She owns Yarn Hollow (yarn and fiber dying business that's growing!) and is a smart businesswoman who doesn't make starting a small business look so scary. I took the first part of a small business start up class last fall. I generally exaggeratedly summarize it this way- "You will have no money, time or family. If you do not give every waking second of your life to your probably thankless and not profitable business it will fail! If you are not willing to make it your absolute top priority, you will fail!!" Not awesome for me to hear, have recently moved in with a boyfriend and his two children. Rita presents a different example. She has two grade school children and a husband who get time with her every day, she watches movies, hangs out with friends and her business is growing. She gave me some book recommendations, so hopefully that will help.
In the meantime, things are going very well in my day to day with some potentially quality of live/work changes coming soon. I feel as though the universe wants me to be happy. The cosmic trickster might just be playing my tune...
