flight paths discussion

I can often day dream of being a character in one of the books I am reading.

When walking, which I am fortunate to be able to do almost daily, I often drift away. I also find that its my way of getting off to sleep.

Empty minds are a bit of a challenge to me as I have always been infactuated with my imagination

Ice wrote: "I can often day dream of being a character in one of the books I am reading.

When walking....I often drift away...."

It won't surprise me if many of us share a rather isolated childhood with books as a refuge and the characters almost friends, and the other worlds far more satisfactory and stimulating for the imagination

Kinkajou wrote: "Books are a great escape not just when reading them. They set our minds to work, if we let them, and can create all types of wonderful alternate realities, ..."

As long as we are reading a book we inhabit it. Outside the covers we can carry it around in our being, doing whatever (is there any activity xcept perhaps driver that doesnt allow an undercurrent of dreaming?) and be reminded at any time of where we left off, eager to continue. (usually, if we have made a good choice)

@Ice, you wrote "infactuated" in your post. . . I love that. Was it deliberate? If not, it's a great invented word to use in a sentence with "imagination".

When you get involved in the reading of the book, and the images take over your mind and the outside world fades away, it's like inhabiting that world. And when the story ends, sometimes it seems like something wonderful just flew away and left you behind.

Hand up at the back of the class, I cant spell and my grammar aint to(o) hot.

In-fact ...infactuated does sound better.

Also dream in colour except for day dreaming.

I think some GR members call some of this Role Play - perhaps an 'in between' state.

Ice wrote: "Hand up at the back of the class, I cant spell and my grammar aint to(o) hot.

In-fact ...infactuated does sound better......
PLEASE NOTE
I have begun a group dictionary
It is for everyone to contribute new words.
The word infacuated is the first but I remember there have been a few.
Please post your own.

>>>>Also dream in colour except for day dreaming."
My daydreams are alight with colour, sound and motion

Last night I even felt the ground under my feet, I was sinking into it at the time !

tread softly friend, dont sink!
I am missing you an hope you are enjoying your time incommunicado.

Don't sink - glide!

With all the Scandinavian mysteries I'm reading, I'm actually starting to dream of ice countries. They're nice dreams. I'm always huddled in some kind of warm cave-literal or some place like a bed, and I'm either reading or holding on to a friend or a child.

And no work there to worry about!

Ellie wrote: "Don't sink - glide!

With all the Scandinavian mysteries I'm reading, I'm actually starting to dream of ice countries. They're nice dreams. I'm always huddled in some kind of warm cave-literal or s..."

from under the covers, best place to snuggle down for a good read!

Uh huh.

Btw, I'm very intimidated by the high level of the Murakami discussion. I can't think of anything intelligent to add. I actually feel very at home in Murakami's world and am constantly jolted when I read about his "magical" or "supernatural" aspects. I don't know (don't want to know!) what that says about me!

I'm currently reading 1Q84. All I can say is that although it could use some trimming, it's far and away the best I've read this year-and I've read a lot of great books this year.

Ellie wrote: "Uh huh.

Btw, I'm very intimidated by the high level of the Murakami discussion. I can't think of anything intelligent to add. ..."

A lot if high jinks mixed in there.
I have yet to get my hands on 1Q84 and dont plan to read it for a while, so I have just read our flight paths Murakami page and only peeked at Ians group.

I am more involved in Bird Brians Big Audio Project
Now there an intimidating bunch :-) but endearing.
At least most are* Its quite wonderful to hear the reviews. Ian does not sound at all like i thought I havent been able to get used to it.
Thakfully BB sounds like himself, very debonair

well ellie its been a couple of hours since I started writing this message, I have been intermittently writing and chatting with Ice and I wish we could too. You get a lot more in.
altho it seems impossible that I have been on for so long...logged on around midnight.
I've been doing a run of my chapbook...If you give me an address \i will send you one

this seems fairly dreamscape to me...Sounds from a Room: Andrew Bird
http://vimeo.com/35924180

The bridge looks familiar :-D

Quite possibly you've been there.

It was even interesting to watch the traffic in the background and the river.

You can get more signal music through their web page http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/thesignal/li...

Some place in Belgium - have walked across it a few times. Also a well known Abba Song.

this clip is from London

The bridge/place name I was referring to, what no crystal ball in dreamland !!!!!!

you have walked across Belgium?

dreamland mixes up past, present, and future.
its up to us to supply our terms of reference.

:-)

Having walked in Belgium and across this bridge ..... those Europeans ! One day we may dream of a single currency and solvency of Greece !

this is actually where I should have provided my dream of Ice. It is posted under the new thread images and mirrors,comment #3. Here is a link

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Im a bit flummoxed and it seems this is as good a thread as any to seek help. it already features Murakami.
So I'm reading away and totally caught up in Killing Commendatore and ive come to the emergence of Long Face. Chapter 52 starts off referring to the painting that he appears in. I flipped back, wanting to see it again. It doesnt seem to be here. Im so sure I saw it. Am I losing it?

could it be that i just dreamt i saw the picture?
Its too vivid! And I remember thinking how i missed Long Face peeking out from lower left and being creeped out, and moving on with the thought that I'll have to give this a closer look when ive read some more. I know its a thick book but really.
i even checked out reviews....

Murakami has powers. He may have rigged the book so that the reader can only see the painting until the page is flipped, then the painting leaves. :D
Perhaps it'll show up later in the book? Murakami can make strangeness occur.

LOL Petra! That certainly fits the theme. But Ive paused with only 20 or so pages left, reluctant to leave the land of Metaphor