Acting Your Dreams: Using Acting Techniques to Interpret Your Dreams Read Online Free PDF Page A

you only remember in black and white,
then write that down. Maybe you’re dreaming about something that your dreaming
mind sees in black and white or maybe you’re being shown that “things aren’t
always black and white.” The Dreamwright will use color or the lack of color to
make some profound observations about whatever situation you may be dreaming
of.
     
    The
prominent colors here are:
    —Red for the
sports car
    —Black for the
dump truck
    —But let’s not
forget the name in the dream… Goldeneye. This name is relevant to the dream so
gold is a relevant color.
    —White of the
card
    —Notice again
the Marlboro “Reds” and the red visor. Red is the prominent color in this dream
and this may prove relevant at some point.
     
    Don’t worry
about things such as the dream fridge. Yes, most of them are black or silver,
but since no particular color stood out in the dream there’s no reason to
pursue it. The same is true of the form I’m filling out or the chair I’m
sitting on. If, on the other hand, you notice that there should be color and there
isn’t, then you will want to make a note of that.
     
    Mission #6
    Write down your dream’s colors. If you
don’t remember any color, this is also significant so write that down. Note
whether your Dreamplay was black and white, gray, or any other variations you
remember.

A ction
     
    In a script,
the actor approaches everything he or she reads in terms of actions. The entire
story could be broken down into a series of actions. When an action takes
place, even the simplest of tasks, there must be a purpose for that action. The
same is true in the Dreamplay. A dream is a series of actions, one action after
the other. And every action has a purpose: to move the story along to its
conclusion. Even if it appears that “nothing” is happening, or “nothing” is
moving, i.e. you have “inaction,” what you really have is the action of holding
steady or staying put. To be inactive is a choice not to act and that in itself
is action. The nature of the universe is movement, and to stop that movement
means you have to force inaction. This is action.
     
    In a script,
each character’s actions are based on certain predispositions of their
personality. These are called Units of Action and there are many different
Units that an actor must be aware of. Each of these particular Units of action
will play a significant role in the story as we work to understand our dream
stories and dream characters.

Units of Action
     
    Through
Line of Action:
    The “Through
Line of Action” in a screenplay is very significant. From the beginning of the
story to the end of the story there is a goal that drives the plot. To put in
the terms of the great Stanislavski, the main character in a story will have to
deal with a variety of obstacles and setbacks to reach that goal. This is the “Through
Line of Action.” This goal involves the story and the characters in it. In
Monty Python’s “Search for the Holy Grail,” the Through Line of Action is very
simple: King Arthur and his knights must find the Holy Grail. Everything that
the knights do to find the grail, whether it be face the rabbit, defeat the
knights of Ni, rescue Galahad from the Castle Anthrax or cross the bridge over
the River Death, all hang on one line. The Through Line of Action is to find
the Holy Grail.
     
    In my dream the
Through Line of Action doesn’t seem to be very clear. There is a lot of chasing
and spying with no obvious direction to the dream. In this instance, the way
for me to establish a Through Line of Action in this story might be to pretend
I’m recommending the movie to a good friend. During the discourse of my
conversation, I will learn that the Through Line of Action for this Dreamplay
is to communicate information without disclosing any secrets. When I looked at
this dream further I did in fact realize that I had been trying to reveal
myself to some friends without actually “revealing”