Help Wanted: Dream Interpretation
“People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.” — Neil Gaiman
I rarely remember my dreams, as in maybe once a year. I did remember one I had recently.
I was in an art gallery. I picked out a very large painting to hang in our family room. I don’t remember anything at all about the painting except that it was extremely large. For whatever reason I really wanted the painting. I was all set to buy it when someone stopped me. I’m not sure if this person worked at the gallery or was someone who had come with me. I don’t know who it was. It was a woman. She stopped me to point out that the painting was so large that it required a permit. She went on to remind me that if I did not obtain the proper permit I would not qualify for an FHA mortgage should I ever decide to refinance. I took her warnings into consideration and was leaning towards buying the painting without the permit anyway. Before I made a final decision I woke up.
As in most dreams this scenario is absurd. In reality no painting would require a permit or preclude me from obtaining a mortgage.
I am not currently in the market for any artwork and have not been in a gallery in almost two years. I’m not considering refinancing either.
The only part of the dream that seems to have any connection to reality is the consideration of mortgage lending guidelines but only because I’m a mortgage underwriter.
I know very little about dream interpretation and there is not much out there in the way of concrete research conclusions available to reference. I have a couple of dream interpretation books but they are vague and conflicting. I realize that most events in dreams are symbolic, not literal.
Left to my own limited to devices I concluded that the painting itself was not important. I didn’t even remember what it looked like. That left me with only the idea that there was something I wanted but was uncertain if I should buy it due to financial concerns. Or possibly even a more simpler interpretation could be that I am struggling with a decision.
I can’t think of any decision I am struggling with and there is nothing pressing that I am dying to purchase. I did, however, recently change jobs. Maybe I am just worried that I will end up regretting that decision? The mortgage industry is not exactly stable these days. Job security has been an almost constant concern for the past three years.
I have no idea if I’m anywhere near the right track. I did think it was worth thinking about though since I so rarely remember anything I dream about. Maybe this one was important. Or maybe there’s just a large painting in my future.
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My best guess is that you were (are) considering acting on something that carries some risk with it. Possibly maybe?
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I think maybe you’re working too hard! I sometimes have dreams about doing tax returns during tax season–as if 8 hours a day of this isn’t enough! Damn, I hate when that happens.
A few years ago I was having fairly regular REALLY intense dreams that I remembered in great detail. What I started doing was typing them all out – like you’ve done above – and then going to a dream interpretation site and finding anything significant — look up artwork, painting, permit, mortgage, purchases, etc. and see if anything sounded right for my life at the moment, or what was on my mind. Sometimes they’re not as straight forward as purchase = purchase.
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I can’t believe it never occurred to me to see if I could find any info online. DUH! Thanks Christina.
i think it is related to stress you are feeling being back at work. it does carry risk. i agree with dawn on that point.
or it could be that you have a secret desire to be the next monet!
Ha! I have tried painting….it’s not pretty. I think all 3 of you are onto something. I think my new job is a risk that I’m worried about.
Interesting dream, sounds like a manifestation of something from work. Possible that you were working with a client that was attempting to buy into a house that was too expensive or too large for them and it manifested as your dream.
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