I have been in my office today getting ready for this semester's classes. My IPod has been playing my collection of mp3 files which includes all of Jack Johnson's music. He is a great musician, whose guitar style is proving difficult for me to emulate on my Martin. (Would you believe that my grandaughter, whom I taught to play the guitar, has been showing me how Jack gets the sounds he does. She's going to end up being a better guitar player than I am.)
A moment ago Jack sang about one of the theories of dreaming. No, he isn't a psychologist, but in his song, Better Together, on his In Between Dreams album, Jack actually sums up the "Dreaming for Survival Theory" in 13 words:
"All of these moments might just find their way into my dreams tonight."
I like this theory of what is going on in our dreams. It basically says that our dreams are the product of our brain continuing to work on problems we encounter during the day.
Maybe I will play Jack's song in class when we talk about what is going on in our dreams because I know that I can't sum up the "Dreaming for Survival Theory" in 13 words.
My students would probably tell you that I can't say anything in just 13 words. Maybe I'm dreaming to think I can.
January 12, 2010
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I like that you still listen to Jack. I find that when I am stressed orjust down that it is always Jack I reach for. I first discovered he had this power while stuck in major traffic on H1 in Hawaii. As you can imagine he is always on the radio. I found that i didn't yell at the other drivers as much. JAck is awesome!!
I have never heard that song before. And no you cannot sum anything up in 13 words but thats ok.
I like the fact that you don't sum things up in 13 words, you elaborate, and thats awesome! My mom says the same things about dreams, things we put back in our mind, that we dont want to, or can not deal with, often appear in our dreams. A lot of my fears come out in my dreams. As I get older, I have more night terrors than dreams now. But I've learned to deal with that. I wanted to ask you a question all year, when we are born, i assume we naturally have dreams, that would mean newborns have dreams. I can't remember anyone ever having to tell me what a dream was, somehow I just knew I was dreaming. How do humans just know we are dreaming, even as a newborn... Maybe we dream in the womb?
Allyssa
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