It was like one of those deceptive patterns, where, when you concentrate on one part of it, the others appear to be moving. But when you look at the other parts, they appear just plain stationary drawings. Although, if you look at the whole pattern with a blunt eye, the whole pattern appears to be moving again.
I had a similar experience. The whole sequence was spread out like a pattern on a large canvas. From a blunt recall, it all appeared to be intact and sensible. But as soon as I tried to concentrate on specific parts, that individual spot just vanished from the canvas. Even through the corner of my eyes, I could still see the rest of the scenes still intact in the canvas. And then when I moved to another part, it happened again. Woosh!! It was gone as if someone behind the screen was deliberately switching off the lights right where my eyes looked into it. Like someone was playing a prank on me in my own dream! But then again, I realized, it’s just a dream and the prankster is no other than my own imagination.
I lay awake at five in the morning, wide eyed, staring in the thin air between myself and the dust clad fan blades. A little while later, a sound broke the silence and as the blades came into focus, suddenly I realized about the slipping memory. I tried to get hold of it as much as I could, but it was too late. And slowly, it slipped through my consciousness as the sand sneaks out from a bound fist. All I could remember within ten minutes of waking up from the dream were just these few words.
DAY OUT HAVING GREAT TIME CAKES AND PASTRY PARTY POOLSIDE SANDALS GOT BACK HOME ALONE HEAVY RAINS FLOODING AQUATIC CREATURES STUCK DIFFERENT PLACES COLLISION SO NEAR YET FAR
As I read them again and again, and try to get a story out of’em, I can only guess that it was about one of my best friends, it was definitely horrible and before any good happens, I woke up leaving the friend in a tight spot where she could have been severely hurt or who knows, may have landed into some fantasy world through a secret passage. Well, I am going to sleep again hoping to continue from where I left. Although, past experiences tell me that never happens.
