That essay, however, was too obvious, too intellectually narrow. This time I really want to go off into the ozone. My chosen vehicle is dreaming. It seems to me that people don't give dreaming its due. All too often dreams are described in overly simple terms, as if they were stories.
People talk about dreams in much the same terms they use to describe movies.
Another aspect of dreaming that strikes me as important is its nonlinear nature. Indeed, when we report a dream, we often provide logical connections that may not have existed in the actual dream. This brings me to assert my own personal opinion about dreams. I believe that dreams are a consciously appreciated subset of more complex mental activity. When we dream, our brain cuts loose and lets the mental activity fly.