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Floating

I’ve been doing this strange thing lately… I’ve noticed it usually while walking alone, either in a shop or down the street, or while standing in line. My mind will start to wander a bit, as minds will do, but it always seems to drift off to the same thing- which isn’t a thought, specifically, but more of a feeling or an image. I start to imagine that I’m slowly lifting off the ground, lightly and steadily, like a balloon. My feet lift up and I go slowly, lazily twirling off into the sky, light as a feather, spinning happily like an astronaut and smiling down at the world I’ve left behind.

I’m not really sure what this is all about but it’s started to creep into my dreams as well. A couple nights ago I was inspecting the side of a red wooden building in the center a field when off I went, drifting up into the eaves of the building, the white nightgown I was wearing drifting around me like a ghost.

Not that I mind these reveries at all. I have, I think, more than my fair share of nightmares sometimes and these strange thoughts and dreams are a welcome respite. I wonder if this happens to anyone else? It would be interesting to talk about.

Posted April 16, 2004 in
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  1. I have been in severe physical PAIN for the last 4 days. So, this all sounds lovely to me. I hate teeth and all they stand for. (not really…)

    — Joshua

  2. wow, feeling reminds me of Finder, by Carla Speed McNeil..the fellow with the network hair floated off into the air like a balloon..in fact, I think his head was a balloon floating off in one of the panels.
    it was really cool.

    — ross

  3. Many times I have found myself floating in dreams, in a direction, and then I remember, “Oh yeah! That’s how you do it ! The secret to flying is—you hang your feet ”!

    — Andrew


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