December 2023

Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images Dreams, as we all know, are difficult to define. How often have you ever found yourself on the border of a latest world, slipping into the edge of something uncharted, only to have yourself snatched from the promise of sleep? Before a scene can crystallize, before any wisdom will be extracted, you’ve been blunted by a neighbor’s pounding feet or blasting music, distressed by the pings of an irritating iPhone. Disturbed and disrupted, you understand as I do know, that after the senses are startled, the peace required for dreams evades. In our waking world, a world polluted by the monistic psychologies of an invading culture, dreaming is commonly considered frivolous. We're expected and encouraged to give...