Some questions about dream control

Often, when I want to change the scenery in a dream (go somewhere else) I will picture a place in my mind, close my eyes, and start spinning. To my disappointment, I will often end up in a place very different from what I visualized. For instance, I was trying to conjure up a friends house last night (in a lucid) and found it was very hard to hold on to images I know are what her house looks like. For instance, when I pictured her living room and opened my eyes, parts of it were right, but where the tv is was a fireplace (lit) and a sofa across where the sliding doors are.

It's pretty frustrating. I didn't always have this much trouble visualizing things. Any ideas on what I can do to make this aspect of my dream control better?

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Hmm... well, at least you can spin and remain in the dream, and actually get other places. That usually wakes me straight up :( Have you tried any other methods besides spinning? If you did something where your destination was defined ahead of time, like found it on a TV, or looked through a window and it was there, or looked at a photograph or poster, then all you'd have to do is climb through, keeping your sights on the proper goal?

Dreams are craziness. I know there are a lot of threads on the forums about working on and building up ones' ability to visualize. I guess your level of familiarity could also play a role. Does it really take away if some small bits of the dream are incorrect? Maybe just have fun and explore a house where there is a new fireplace when there shouldn't be!

I don't usually care if things aren't quite right, as long as it's close enough
and the ppl you want, are there. I think trying to make your dream-scapes
perfect would be asking too much from your mind.....your head might blow up
.....for real! :lol:

BTW.....I think it's JET73L, who visualizes some kind of dream-scape options
thing in his head, and picks one he wants and goes there that way.
(If I understand him correctly that is) Maybe you could even dream up
a machine with buttons on it, and each button is a different dream-scape
and when you press one you go there lol
Not sure if the scapes would be 100% perfect though. Even my own
bedroom is always a little off, and my house can become something
totally different without even wanting it to. I usually don't care and go
with it.

You're both right - I guess it doesn't matter if the dreamscapes are perfect. I am pretty terrible at visualizing though.
I do prefer it when the people I bring into my dreams look/act right. Otherwise I don't get the same feeling.
But sometimes they do. When they appear on their own they're usually right.

In the one pseudo? lucid dream I had, I was on the street and I wanted to get home in a flash. I tried to make myself just get there in a flash, but it didn't happen, couldn't get it to work. I sort of floated/flew there across the street. That was about as exciting as it got, though, alas.