THE WORLD DREAM BANK: TOPIC: Air

The World Dream Bank:
Air

Dreams of anything to do with air: air pressure and composition, atmospheres of other worlds, stratospheric journeys, wind and weather; but also dreams of breathing and respiration, anoxia, choking, drowning etc.

RELATED TOPICS: water - fire - earth (the underworld) - climate and climate change - terraforming - See also the full INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

The World Dream Bank has 1500 dreams and dream images plus 500 other pages on dreamwork and shamanism, creativity, genius, art, surrealism and fantasy. Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright Chris Wayan, 2001-2006.

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	AIR OASIS: by Wayan; 1984/4/15, a dream of marginality. Why'd I have to get my big inspiration deep in a lake in the Land of the Lizard People high in the Andes?
	ALPHA RALPHA BOULEVARD: by Wayan; 1997? Watercolor 14" x 17" A path arching up into the sky--an image that recurs in my dreams...
	THE BIOSPHERE VARIATIONS: by Wayan; 15 MB, 2004-6, a set of sculpture-photo-drawing-travelog-webmazes: Tour beautiful, bizarre worlds most exobiologists would write off as hopeless for life, and meet the natives... CAUTION: SEXY ALIENS, WEIRD CUSTOMS, EVOLUTION
	CIRRUS: by Wayan; 580 x 450, 1982? Crayon, 11x14"; a waking skyscape. I was hunting edible fungi in Foothill Park near Palo Alto when I saw this...
	CLOTHES MAKE THE HERO: by Wayan; 1995/4/9, a dream of the power of tackiness. I always laughed at those silly superhero outfits. But when it's my turn to fly, I find out why... CAUTION: LANGUAGE
	THE DARII: by Wayan; 1994/8/15, a psychic dream of another life . I'm trying to prevent a race war, but can I kill someone I admire? And if so, can I live with it? CAUTION: VIOLENCE, RACISM, GUILT
	EMADRO: by Wayan; 1983/6/4, a wild dream on clinging--and letting go. An elephant sinks in the North Sea, and the Oracle Mink says a wizard did it. Can old Lady Gandalf help?
	I TOSSED MUSIC: by Wayan; 1997/9/19, an advisory dream. I asked my dreams "should I return to school?" They replied with this bizarre tale of sabotage... CAUTION: VIOLENCE TO DUMB INSTRUMENTS
	IN IO: by Wayan, 2 ill., 1981/8/7, a wild otherworldly dream. I live on Io. It's nicer than its photos. At least inside, where the oceans are--where I grow a second head...
	LILY OXYGEN: by Wayan; 500K, 16 illus.; dreamed 1984/1/19, drawn 2000; a strong psychic dream. I'm Emily Dickinson reborn in 2100 as a peaceful breeder of hydroponic lilies, till my dad drafts me as an Arctic energy-prospector, where I meet a ghost, a fiery Beast, a new me, and the girl of my dreams... CAUTION: QUEER-POSITIVE, NUDE PROSPECTORS, GNOMIC DICKINSON QUOTES
	LYR: by Wayan; 7MB, 2005, 80 pages w/200+ drawings and maps; a virtual planet A vast sea-world with 8 times Earth's mass, whose isles are home to at least 19 intelligent species... CAUTION: CUTE ALIENS, WEIRD SEX CUSTOMS, GODLESS EVOLUTION!
	MAELSTROM AND BORE: by Wayan; 1995/1/23, a dream poem. An avian friend of mine researches a whirlpool. But it doesn't want to be studied, and it has friends too...
	MARIAH: by Wayan, 1994/9/23, a mystical flying dream. An un-jealous wind lifts me above the San Francisco hills, so I can hunt for my love: the Muse...
	MARS REBORN: by Wayan; 1MB, 27 photos, 15 pp, 2003/9/22, a sculpture, a tour guide, a virtual world Mars as it will be 1000 years from now, terraformed. A guided tour with photos...
	MY LIPS ARE SEALED: by Wayan, 1989/6/3, a moody, psychic, epic dream. A two-part dream: I'm a Romantic poet who defeats the curse of the fountain, to marry; but when our daughter's grown, a new curse strikes me mute, paralyzed. And I mistake it for old age! Then, in real life...
	OISIN: by Wayan; 200K, 2005, 4 maps and images; a nondream virtual world A model of a Europa-like moon with life under thinly ice-covered seas...
	PEGASIA: by Wayan; 2MB mini-site, spring 2006, 16 p., 50 maps and photos A contest! Here's a wide, fertile world full of empty ecological niches for intelligent creatures. Design one!
	PLANETOCOPIA: by Wayan; 2006/6/3, an annex to the Dreambank with 16 nondream imaginary worlds. A mix of sculpture, drawings, travel writing... science and art. Alternate Earths, possible futures, and pure experiments in planetology, biology, sociology. Most of them teem with intelligent creatures--alien Edens! CAUTION: ANARCHISM, NUDITY, COMMIES, EVOLUTION
	PUFF TIDE: by Wayan; 150K, 1993/5/1, a nightmare on indulging rage and tears; 8 illus. I'm swept off sea-rocks, as my scaly guardian watches calmly--letting me drown in the tears I shed... CAUTION: DROWNING
	PULLED UNDER: by Wayan; 1976/4/15, a nightmare. One by one, we're pulled under the water, the earth... eaten. That's the fate of all flesh. And we're flesh. CAUTION: HORROR
	A PULP MYSTERY: by Wayan; 1997/5/7, a nightmare. A detective talks all his suspects into suicide. But they still bury me in wood pulp and beat me to death... CAUTION: BAD POLICE PROCEDURE
	ROCKET BREATH: by Wayan; 1989/2/17, a physics dream. Floating in my parents' house, I get trapped in free-fall! How can I get a grip? (Nothing symbolic here!)
	SERRANA: by Wayan; 2MB, Oct-Dec 2004, a sculpture/webtour with 60 maps, photos and sketches A dry little world with many small seas, Serrana has at least six intelligent species and an anarchist culture. It's a tribute to Ursula Le Guin's anarchist utopia, "The Dispossessed", and Kropotkin's theories of biological cooperation... CAUTION: ANARCHIST POLITICS, ALIEN NUDITY
	SIPHONIA: by Wayan; 1MB, 25 p, 2006, a nondream virtual world, in progress; maps, tours First, suck up 90% of Earth's seas. Now wait a million years for life to adapt. Tibetan plateaus above steamy new Deeps ruled by giant parrots, ravens and otters...
	SPECKLED EGGS: by 1stargirl; 2008/6/16, a dream of intrigue. I dreamed of speckled eggs, Caribbean drug traffickers and of almost drowning near a sinking boat...
	THE SWORD DANCE: by Wayan; 1988/4/29, a psychic dream. I visit my friend Xanthe's lungs, where a swordswoman in a red bikini gives me a unicorn. The next day...
	THAR SHE BLOWS!: by Madeline; 2008/3/27, a pirate mermaid shipwreck sex dream. On the run I meet a lycan, a pirate, and a mermaid. She causes a flood, and something floats by I just have to grab... CAUTION: IMPLIED SEX
	THARN: by Wayan; 8.3MB (45 p, 200+ ill.), 2006, a nondream virtual world: maps, photos, portraits, tours Tour a rugged, spectacular moon with air and water in deep canyons sheltering a dozen intelligent species CAUTION: ANARCHISM, NUDITY, SCIENCE
	VARTENA: by Wayan; 1986/9/9, a psychic nightmare. I find myself coaching a violent version of water polo called Vartena. A friend near-drowns. The next day...
	VENUS UNVEILED: by Wayan, 2004/8/30; 4.5MB; a virtual world with 130 photos, maps, portraits. Tour Venus as it will be in 1000 years, after terraforming: paradise for dozens of intelligent species!
	WHAT THE PTEROS TELL: by Wayan; 1995/9/11, an archeometeorological rant. The size of ancient flying creatures implies that Earth may lose more atmosphere over time than we think...
	WINDBAG!: by Wayan; 1980s, ink tinted digitally; dream image I didn't even think of "windbag" since it didn't talk a bit. That bag was all action--full of flying magic...
	THE WIND FROM HELL: by Wayan; 1981/4/21, a brief dream fable. Hot air rises, right? So there's a monsoon from Hell, lifting souls. Lucky for us that gravity balances it...
	XANADU: by Wayan; 600K, 2006/6/6, a nondream virtual world An alternate Titan, Titan as it should have been, with ethane seas full of life...