Dreams of shells and armor, and armored creatures, from turtles to snails to clams to ankylosaurs... Are these dreams about emotional armor? Not always. Self-defense, maybe. But self-defense not via action, but by one's nature. Not everything requires action--a hard lesson for dreamers raised in capitalist societies, especially.

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	ADDING SHELLS TO NINA: by Wayan; 1974/10/4, an absurd dream poem. I lay on a beach with Nina. I stuck a shell on her body and designed a fabulous line of prosthetics...
	BACKACHE DIALOGUES: by Wayan; 1993/12/10, a set of bizarre diagnostic dreamlets. I asked my dreams why my back hurt. They told me: pregnancy, marsupial pouches, snapping turtles...
	CIRCUS GIRL: by Wayan; 1993/1/10, a dream of love and trouble. I fall for a circus girl. Her brother is jealous, so all the dwarves show up with guns... CAUTION: INCEST ISSUES
	THE CONCHES: by Wayan; 1996/5/23, a dream about projections. A visit to the Conches, a strange race who are only people intermittently, seasonally...
	DAWN'S DREAM: by Dawn Z and Wayan; 2.3MB (MP3 + lyrics), 1999/4/1, a rock song telling a dream My friend Dawn dreamed she crawled into a dumpster to live, and at last felt at home, secure...
	DREAMS BLOCK VAMPIRE ARROWS: by Wayan; 1995/3/30, an encouraging nightmare. Fighting vampire archers is risky enough WITH proper armor! And all I have is dream-journals... CAUTION: VIOLENCE
	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...
	TURTLE HARANGUE: by Wayan; 1997/1/29, a warning dream. A man mocks the turtle he caught, calling it "inept"--what's an adept turtle, then? I distract the guy while it...
	VIRGIN ON THE VERGE: by Wayan; 640 x 680 tall, 1992. Digital picture/poem/rant. Ever since I was battered I feel like a virgin again: longing, but wary--scared where sex may lead... CAUTION: CARTOON NUDITY, SEXUAL THEMES

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