man's bestfriend

[sploosh]

I had a dream the other night that I can't really figure out =/ anyway I had a bluish-gray puppy..allot like this color but a bit grayer. It didn't have a name..at least not one I can remember, but we were inseparable...everywhere I went the puppy followed and we were really happy...while we were playing in a park a group of kids came. They beat the crap out of me and took my puppy away from me. I literally felt like dying, that puppy was my entire world. But what really killed me was listening to it cry when they took him, then one of the boys hit him. Years went by and I was traveling with a band as some type of musician, I'm pretty sure I was a singer, but we were with michael jackson, which I think isn't all that important. i remember being depressed and constantly thinking of how I was going to be able to get my (now) dog back, I was completely obsessed with the thought of him. A traveling flea market came to our town so I decided I would go check it out...I was walking by a bunch of stuffed animals and i saw a tub full of blue dogs..I picked one up and thought it was hopeless so I was just going to give up, than I started to cry. immediately I felt something touching my leg, when I looked down I was amazed and incredibly happy to see my dog resting his head against my leg. His tail started to wag while he jumped up on me then knocked me down and started to lick my face. The owner soon came over to break up our sweet reunion by telling me not to touch the dog, that it was a vicious and vile creature. I recognized the owner as one of the boys who took my precious puppy away from me..it was apparent he didn't like the dog and the dog seemed to loathe him. The owner then told me that the dog wasn't for sell, I guess he was assuming I wanted him, and he was right. I realized the owner then recognized me too, then he got furious. He bent down to what I thought was to take my dog away from me again, but I realized he wasn't aiming for the dog, he was aiming for me. I had no idea what he was going to do, I was petrified with fear, then the dog jumped in front of me and started to growl at the owner..when the owner refused to back down the dog attacked him...then I woke up....I have no idea where michael jackson came from lol, but the puppy reminds me of myself allot...especially how i act around my crush..as if I were a lost puppy who follows him around everywhere, always wanting to talk to him, and being completely devastated when I can't.....but the dog reminds me of my crush, always trying to look out for me, making sure I'm okay...a few days before I had this dream I hadn't talked to him for a while...then right after this he decided to email me to check on me, 'just out of the blue'...so I'm guessing this might be what I felt like during that period without being able to talk to him...but it could be something completely different...so any thoughts? xDDD

[Anansi]

Hey, I think maybe you interpreted your own dream. Looking at some of the archetypical images in the context you provided, a puppy can represent a blossoming friendship; also, that friendships grow stronger. Since the dog grows up over the course of the dream, that could represent a growing or developing friendship with your crush? It's a bluish dog; the color blue can stand for a lot of things, but one of them is devotion. Does that sound applicable? So there you are with your puppy/friendship that means the world to you. For the beating that occurs; that often generally represents you need to make some fundamental self-changes, some conscious adjustments and evaluations. Also, it can mean someone is pushing you beyond your limits. Because the puppy/friendship is taken away at this point, that seems to maybe indicate that the friendship is growing beyond what you're comfortable with (pushing the limits) and you feel the need to grow into or adapt to the role; maybe decide which direction to take the friendship? Was there something that happened with your crush to precipitate the few days of not speaking that might have got you thinking about this? How you feel with the puppy/friendship gone seems to be a means of subconsciously exploring the value of the friendship and testing if it's something you want; possibly asking yourself if it's worth making those aforementioned changes? The episode with Michael Jackson - you seem to dismiss it as a non-sequitor, so I'll kinda pass it by too. In a general way, though, music in a dream is an expression of the soul; was it harmonious or discordant? Might shed some light on your emotional state. Back to the quest for the blue dog. A market will often represent a lack, whether emotional or physical, in your life. You're looking for the dog, so that's clear enough; seems to be just your brain saying, "i hope you enjoyed your tour with Michael Jackson. Now back to our scheduled program." The tub of stuffed dogs seems to be a way of indicating no substitutions will do. Right then, the real dog comes up, now grown up; this is maybe your mind exploring what the relationship would be like if the changes are made and it's allowed to grow? The happy reunion with the dog seems to be subconscious approval of the new mode. The man threatening you seems to hark back cyclically to the original beating - is this your brain going, "but wait! We really haven't made these changes..." and sort of bringing in a shot of reality? However, here the dog is able to protect you; that's a good symbol of loyalty. Also, I wonder if it could be indicating to you that even if you don't make said changes, the friend will still be a good and loyal friend? Hope that makes some sense.