Dream: Cupid's Arrow in the Big Apple

Art by Henri Pierre Picou

Dream Journal Entry: September 9, 2019 I was in an apartment with some people. It feels like we haven't been here long and we are still getting sorted. I notice a spot on the wall. When you walk in, it is to the right. I look closer at the spot and, as it turns out, it is a window that the landlord can see in and watch everything we are doing. We all feel upset about this. There is something mentioned about the kids using the toilet and leaving the door open so she can see everything. Later I look at the spot and it is bigger now and I can see her at her desk watching me. She waves and smiles. I feel like I want to have a conversation about this with her because it doesn't feel right.

People are getting ready for bed and the bed has been moved to a central area because it is less visible than in the bedroom. I then notice the whole wall is a window, but not just a window but a door. I see the landlord had a whole bed and room and I go inside thinking it doesn't seem right that I am paying rent for her to stay here. I go in and get in bed with her and she seems startled by this. I only remember sleeping there but it seems like something has occurred but I can't remember what. I wanted to tell someone about it. I thought if she was going to watch us, I would show her how it feels and I just never left the room until I woke.

Art by Hans Zatzka

Later I seem to be in New York City and I am wandering around. Then it seems I am at some sort of children's activity with a little girl and another person. For some reason, I had taken off my shoes here. When the activities were complete, we moved to leave, the three of us, but when I got out the door, I realized I didn't have my shoes. The woman with me said they had probably already thrown them away. I thought I would try anyway. I asked some of the workers because the shoes were no longer where I had been. They said they had probably been thrown away and pointed me to a large bin where all the trash was going. I found lots of shoes but I couldn't find mine. In fact, I couldn't even remember what mine looked like, so I just decided to go bare foot. I knew it could be difficult to navigate the streets of new york without shoes, but I did it anyway. The woman and the child had wandered away and I thought I could meet up with them again somewhere else. 

Before I went up to street level, some woman was trying to shoot me with something. I didn't know what, so I dodged it at first and it missed. She shot at me again and this time it got me. I looked and there was a metal hook shape with pink fluid inside and I looked at my left arm where it hit. I picked up the other hook with fluid in it and I am comparing the two and can see that the one that hit me, indeed, had less fluid so some of it made it inside me. The woman looks at my arm and sees it is swelling at the site of entry and she makes a sound like it isn't great then says, "That doesn't look good but it is better than the last person I tried it on. It is an experiment and it is something you will need in the future. Make sure you take a bath soon." And then she disappeared. I'm left behaving rather loopy and silly...sort of like i am high. 

I wandered through the streets and ended up finding a pair of shoes to put on. I walked for a while in those and then came to maybe a mall or something and I am playing in a water fountain, still seemingly high, and I am considering maybe this will be an okay alternative to a bath because I wasn't sure how long it would be before I got home.

Art by Hans Zatzka

Somehow I lose my shoes again and I just slip some white heals on and now I am with a companion and we are both making clip clop noises with our shoes and I am amused. I am telling my companion about the shot I was given and am saying it is for sexuality and that we are going to need it in the future. Now suddenly I am the companion and I am thinking, I probably need one of those too and thought it was lucky she had the hook with her that had initially missed her because maybe I could use it too.

I come up to some party that people are having and I just sit down with them. I apologize but said I just needed to take a break as I was still pretty loopy from the shot. They are cheerful and want to share cake with me. I am grateful. 

Art by Hans Zatzka

Now suddenly I am in my own home in Oregon and I see someone slide into my back yard from the right neighbors side. He is a bald, darker skinned man at first and he looks at me and says, "Oh, I guess this doesn't lead out." I said, "No, this is my back yard but I can get the gate for you if you like." He started walking toward me instead of the gate and I felt unsure. As he walked towards me, he turned into a woman with long dark hair and then as she entered the house she turned into a light skinned woman with blonde hair and now she is speaking with an Irish accent. I am looking at her intensely because she looks familiar and I am trying to place where I have seen her before. And then I started wondering if she was the sister of this really sweet and kind person I know.

She laughs and says, "Yes! Every time my brother mentions you, you should see him light up. He gets so excited." And then I started to wake up.