Rebound REM is a state of quickening, cascading, fragmented dreams, an emergence of dream images and archetypes that have been suppressed, often odd and horrible nightmares. It is unlike normal dreaming because one wakes up frequently in a strange and liminal place. Rebound REM fascinates me because it imples that dreams have a storage tank, that they are a necessary fuel. He was afraid that he would either fall out of bed and down to the earth or float out of bed and up to the sky. Reality is a web of possibility.
Magical realism happens as truth in another dimension.
Sofas that fly. The spirit can be a force with more power, control and wisdom than anything that exists in the physical realm. A successful piece straddles the dreamlike terrain between what is familiar and what is fantastic and, in the end, leaves us questioning all that we previously believed to be real. You may not use, copy, publish, upload, download, post to a bulletin board or otherwise transmit, distribute or modify any elements of this site in any way, except that you may download one copy of such contents on any single computer for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not alter or remove any copyright, author attribution or other proprietary notices.