2024 11 09
Mysterious alley. Cleveland, Ohio. August, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
Came across an interesting discussion with author Cormac McCarthy (shown below) in which he discusses his thoughts on the subconscious (it speaks in code because language is, evolutionarily-speaking very new). They also discuss “The Night Shift” being the time, while sleeping, when your brain is working and processing thoughts and problems.
The Night Shift is fascinating to me, and I do my best to stay in touch with it (though admittedly I’m not very well connected to it and want to get better). I’ll remember dreams only if I’m awoken during them (normal, I think). Maybe it was Dali who would set elaborate contraptions to wake him up mid sleep at varying times in order to allow his waking brain to capture buts of what his sleeping brain was working on. This is fascinating!
This morning, I woke up to a dream I often have but with a twist. I regularly have what I call “set dreams” which are basically just me working on a photo production. The difference this time was that the set was a motion set, signaling to me that I’m finally embracing my reluctant pivot to video. These dreams are usual banal, however, I love the idea that I’m running scenarios and gaining “experience” while I sleep to better prepare myself for the often stressful days that I go through in my day job as a professional photographer.
Last night, I was awoken in the middle of the night by a song I had been creating(?) in my sleep. This is another reoccurring dream scenario I have, which makes me wonder if perhaps I do have worthwhile music in me that wants to get out (I’ll often have the urge to start a band despite the fact I can’t play any instruments). I’ve never been able to remember one of these dream songs well enough in my waking hours to know if they are any good, however, the same sort of thing happens with movies I am “creating” in my dream state and those are typically far less amazing in the sobriety of the waking life.
-Clayton
