The Dreamer’s Paradox

Is the question “What is real, and what is dream?” the same question as “What is real, and what is imaginary?” Surely, some things you dream up are real (out there somewhere), and some are not. Just as some things you imagine to be real, are real, and some are not. Apparently it’s all a matter of degree and discernment. Just exactly how skeptical do you want to / should you be? music and spoken word is from Hypnic Jerk by JT Bruce, on his album The Dreamer’s Paradox (originally a ten minute song) www.jamendo.com creative commons copyright === Lyrics: The average person spends 22 years of their life asleep. One third of your life will be wasted. Youll lie in an unconscious, catatonic state and sleep your life away. What if you could take those years back? The desire to dream is primordial. Some evolutionary process has instilled life on this planet with the ability to dream. It is essential to survival. Even dogs dream. The exploration of dreams in search of answers we cannot otherwise obtain is a tempting solution to things wed rather not deal with. Sometimes, this desire transforms dreaming into a vehicle that attempts to displace the mediocre existence of our ordinary world. At first, it is a plunge into hyperreality – a world more real than the real itself. One so entrancing it can become an addiction with confusing side effects, such as finding evidence of things you dont remember doing, looking at the world through a fog, or experiencing false awakenings – dreams …
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