Something of an Odyssey…

            “Something of an odyssey” is a collection of twenty-two explicit, clearly developed, and detailed dreams that interrupted my sleep between 1990 and 1995.

            A psychologist’s analysis would surely provide some insight valuable to understanding the self that I call “me”, if only there was sufficient time and interest to explore the key words that pop up in each story.

            But, I feel no need to know more about me, coming as I am to the end of my journey, and I have, therefore, decided to present my recollections as short stories; maybe you will learn more about the self you call “you”, as you tread your way through your own trip, responding to your own list of key words.

            The vivid depictions of these stories seem, I am told by friends, seem to address something general to any reader, not just to me the sleeper, a lone dreamer. 

If my storylines cause reactions for you from mildly interesting to fascinating, and lead you to speculate on and to ponder possible meanings, then I shall be satisfied in having asked for your time and effort to read my words.

The psychologist and psychiatrist may be disappointed that I have downplayed the dream description, avoiding analysis of my writings, but, I have concluded that it is much more interesting, to me, and beneficial to you, to address a larger group aggregate, than it is to look just at my “self” for exposed meanings and confessions. 

It should be much more interesting, to you, to hear your own inner voice respond to anything you might discover, in my list of key words or in the list of key words you underline as you read along. 

            This trip takes you to specific destinations such as Manhattan and Brooklyn (The Taxi), to The Pentagon (The Missile Attack).