HALF HORSE - HALF DREAM
A couple of years ago I had a very strong dream about being on the South Bank of the River Thames in a kind of glade of trees - a landscape as it probably would have been before the city existed. Across the water came floating a kind of barge and on it were a family of half human - half horse-like creatures. They disembarked and I watched them for a while before we engaged in some sort of communication. They told me something important or imparted some kind of wisdom which of course on waking I couldn't quite recall. The dream itself continued in a strange and fairy tale sort of way and it inspired some music I later wrote called 'Epitaph for a Dream'.
Then I kind of forgot all about it until, with the strangeness of things, during some research, I recently came across a wonderful animation from 1921 by the American Winsor McCay in an archive. Surprise, surprise I thought I recognised the dream there.
Did I see it as a child and just forget?
Is it is a well-known myth?
Is it an unconcious archetype?
"What does it all mean Steerpike?"
I've no idea - but anyway, here are both.
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I don't know why, but I've always found centaurs quite creepy - maybe cause they technically have two chests? Six legs/arms? I dunno. Interesting dream anyway.
But speaking of finding strange old videos... I was watching an old Robert Palmer video on YouTube and I happened to see a familiar face. With familiar glasses. Could this, perhaps, be you?
I swear, it has to be you... right down to the same fantastic glasses... do you have a time machine or something? If so, please go back and destroy that sparkly shirt before anyone has a chance to create it. I'm sure history will thank you. :)
(Here's the original video)
Waw! So, you were dreaming animation not only before we met, but even before you actually saw it:)))
Or, may be, your mind just reached the storage where all the animated films are kept, the once that were already done, and the once that are yet to be made:))
Al
Yes - yo should what's still in there.
Er, or maybe, not!
Ha Ha! Heather. Very droll. I simply can't see what you mean..
Wish it was Robert Palmer though.
Still, I used to get compared to a British TV presenter - Mariella Frostrup..
Hehe, maybe it was just the glasses; it is scary how similar they look. At least, they do to me anyway. Or maybe it was wishful thinking, since I'm overly jealous of them and want a pair for myself. They look somewhat like a set of vintage 40's Swiss aviator goggles I have, but I think yours are cooler than mine. :)
Now if only I could remember how I ended up watching Robert Palmer videos on YouTube in the first place... it's so easy to get distracted on the Internet. Ah well, as least it made you laugh!
Ha! I just looked up Mariella Frostrup! I don't know, Stephen, I think she might look a bit better in a dress than you would... sorry! :)
Great - music and animation. I like the bit where the tiny centaur is explaining something using all 6 limbs. Think I've had that dream.
Well said.
Wow....superb animation & music..I looked up Mariella Frostrup!
Something dawned on me today.
Do you think the dream had anything to do with the fact that you're a Sagittarius (or vice versa?)
I'm an astrology/paranormal/mythology nut, so I think about this stuff a lot.
Also, I wonder if centaurs have two hearts, since Heather pointed out that they have what appears to be two chests. o_O
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