The Lord of the Manor has died and he is lying in state with great pomp and ceremony. There is a feeling of a great sense of tradition behind it but it also feels a bit passe. I am witnessing the dream both as the Lord of the Manor and…
I am walking down Military Road in Neutral Bay. I meet Dixie, who is a friend of Penny’s. I ask her where is she going? She tells me she is off to see the minister. I ask her does she mean a minister of religion? (Dixie is very religious) No,…
I have been commissioned to paint Kerry’s portrait (bus driver colleague, who is dying of cancer) for the Archibald Prize. I plan to paint her in her hospital bed, ravaged by cancer, plus an image of her standing beside the bed in her bus driver’s uniform and another image of…
Lindsay
In my gold cufflink dream my comment about the journey not being over, more discoveries waiting to be made. Then I had this dream. The journey continues. Also I think that my comment in my orgasm part 2 dream about my brother’s suicide, 16 years ago has bearing on this dream. Because of his death I had to step up into his roll in his family. I attended his daughter, Kyleigh’s graduation ceremony and I gave the father-of-the-bride speech at his other daughter, Emma’s wedding. Is that a reference to the bus stop dream? I kept in touch with Robyn my sister-in-law on a regular basis. It wasn’t me on my own, my brother Alistair also played a considerable role as well. Reference to my Dad isn’t there dream.
Hi Lindsay, my condolences again for the loss of your brother.
It does sound like there is a strong connection here between helping the community in your dream and the role/purpose you play in your family. It also sounds like your psyche is continuing to assist with your grief through dreaming. I’m intrigued by the buried secrets and the theme of turning a blind eye in this dream.
I guess you would have to know the book, The Dry, to understand the reference to the buried secrets and lies. There is no shortage of them among the community. The part of the movie that had the most impact on me was the part where Gretchen reveals, to Aaron Faulk, that Ellie Deacon was sexually abused by her father and that everyone (except Aaron) knew about it, but turned a blind eye to it. It was the look on Gretchen’s face when she admits that she could have done something about it but didn’t, and she looks away. I felt that very deeply.
The 4 central characters are best school mates Luke Hadler and Aaron Faulk and Ellie Deacon and Gretchen. Aaron is very keen on Ellie and Luke and Gretchen are an item. Luke, however, married Karen. Although Gretchen denies it to Faulk it is obvious that Luke is the father of her son, who is the same age as Luke and Karen’s son.
When I get home I will send you the book club guide that I downloaded of Jane Harper’s website. It goes into all the themes present in the book.