Tag Archives: nightmares

the ever-present past

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Michael Patton

Dreams tell us the truths we ignore while awake… Consider the documentary The Act of Killing… At the beginning of the film, an Indonesian man by name of Anwar demonstrates how he killed hundreds of ethnic Chinese during the genocide … Continue reading →

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Me on Me

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael Patton

 Was it an incubus? Or was it me pressing down on me? In the dream… I’m lying on my back in bed.  The night room is very dark. The intro for the old TV series Night Gallery appears on a … Continue reading →

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The Ever-present Past

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Michael Patton

  A book on the nature of war may provide us with a clue to the nature of nightmares… In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, former war correspondent Chris Hedges writes… “I did not sleep well in … Continue reading →

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