I've been learning how to lucid dream for about a week now, and i've had two (semi) lucid dreams. In both of those lucid dreams, i find something weird about the dream, then my dream self does reality checks (finger through palm, breathing through nose, looking at the time). So basically it's then that i become lucid. However, the "visuals" aren't very vivid at all-- usually i just see shades of red or blue, and it's not really "life-like". I know i should shout "clarity" or something, but i could never remember to do it. Lastly, it seems that sometimes i'm in control, and sometimes i'm not. It's like my lucidity goes on and off every few minutes or so. Any tips on how to deal with these? Thanks in advance