House on a Rock

The dream this morning had me at a couple interesting locations. It begins with me walking up some high narrow wooden stairs to a new apartment. The apartment is a high rickety wooden construction on top of a tall skyscraper. It looks like some slum lord decided he would put it up there as an afterthought with the hope of squeezing a little more income out of his property. The apartment is a real dump. I hear the wind howling and can feel the building sway. It is not safe to live here! I get out and go looking for another place to live.

Next, I find myself wandering through another high rise and I am trying like heck to find the new place I have contracted to rent. I am randomly going through doors and into peoples living rooms. People are watching TV or having dinner, and completely ignore me as I amble through. You would think a total stranger interrupting them in their homes would get them visibly upset. They seem not to see or notice me at all.

I then find myself looking at a rather unusual house. This house looks like something designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The building is placed high up on a natural pinnacle of granite rock. It must be at least 50 feet up in the air. The house is impressive. There is a narrow ledge around the perimeter of the house. I believe the house can be reached by carved stairs within the rock. This house, may in fact, be a real tourist attraction, that I heard about a few years ago called, "House on a Rock" in Spring Green, Wisconsin. It was designed and built by Alex Jordan. He was an eccentric and creative genius who collected lots of historic and eclectic items. The place is a one of kind museum and attraction.

I find myself in my pyjamas curled up with a blanket on a rock ledge just outside the building. I look around at my surroundings and wonder how the hell I wound up here! Somehow, I climb down to the base of the rock and I see a large concrete deck next to a body of water. It is either a lake or a large river system. The next thing I see is a sleek silver futuristic amphibious car launch off the deck into the water. It has an open canopy and I see two men with dark sunglasses seated inside. They nonchalantly drive off out on to the water and motor away for a day of fun. This is when I wake up from the dream.

Now, how do I go about understanding this dream? Well, finding a new place to live has certainly been on my mind. I may have the opportunity to move to another city here in a couple of months. The new place will have rent assistance. I have mixed emotions about the whole thing. To say I really do not enjoy the stress of moving would be an understatement. The dream reflects how my unconscious feels about it too. My unconscious is equally stressed.

It is interesting I wind up at the famous "House on a Rock". Why here? Hmmm? It is a place I have been longing to see ever since I heard about it. The fact I show up there in my pyjamas and a blanket reminds me of an astral travel experience I had years ago. I showed up in the same attire at a shopping mall in London, England. A security guard discovered me behind a locked gate. He gets on his radio to report me and tells me not to go anywhere and that he will return with keys to let me out. Actually, he wants to return with officers to arrest me! I fooled him. I came back into my body here in Michigan. I laugh that some mall cop was probably teased for many months after that incident. Most people will not believe this story. I will never be able to prove it happened. I, myself, know it was real and that is all that matters to me.

The amphibious car is a curious symbol. I am not sure what to make of that. Does it represent some longing for summer and adventures on the water, perhaps? It is the middle of winter right now. An amphibious car is a vehicle that can transition the elements. It can go from earth to water and back easily. Maybe my unconscious is suggesting I do this move to a new apartment in a similar manner? I need to be resilient and just roll with the changes, and try to have fun. It is a thought to consider. From my perspective, right now, all change is unpleasant, uncomfortable and will yield mixed results. Some of the outcomes will be positive and many of them will be neutral, or less than desirable. God, I wish I could, just once, have a blessing beyond my most wild expectation. My girl Hakima is the closest thing I have ever had to this. Alas, she is an ocean away from me. If God, the angels and the ancestors brought us together for life, as husband and wife, I could declare a full blown miracle.

For now I will muddle forward and roll with the changes. If an opportunity arises I will grasp it with both hands and scream profanities at the world as it tries to pee on my victory parade! Such seems to be my lot in life. Ha! [Sigh!]