Fish Floor

1. Bali Islands

Very light dream, but I don't remember much. Many people, among which my brothers and maybe may parents. Parts may have been played at my parents' home. Some of of it outside. I remember the colours green and yellow. Brother N was surely there.

About travelling. Planning to travel and actual travel. There was some talk about going to Indonesia.

At some point I took a look at a map and see for myself where people thought I should be going, because that was what it was about. It was a map of Indonesia. Many islands. And I sought out Bali, but couldn't really find it. About half of the islands were called Bali-something.

2. Golden Necklace in Custody

I was at the counter and had to pay for something. The set-up was a bit strange, as I normally am the one behind the till. Not this time. This was in a long, small, dark shop. Not even a shop but a workshop place. We were at the register and I had to take off my necklace to get or do something. Nobody told me to, but I couldn't arrange otherwise. So, it was for a personal reason.

Nonetheless, I told the waitress to wait and gave her the necklace, so that my hands would be free. But I could already see what would happen, and she started to put it away. In the register, among the coin. But I needed it back, this was no pay. So, I had to act quick and tell her not to do that. I was really afraid that she would keep it because I had given it to her. It was an older lady, small, blond or maybe white hair, and next to her were other waitresses. They were helping someone else already. In some ways this looked like a market stall, only inside a building and the only one.

Though I feared losing the necklace, I took it off anyway and gave it in custody. It was the golden necklace I always wear. My astrological sign.

3. DVD about Runes

I went into a shop, some IT place, not the first room, I had to look a bit, as if this was a gallery. Maybe I have been in this building before.

Then I go in. I see a lot of computers, all of them apples, the kind I am not familiar with. Maybe two people sit there. Boys. I look around. This, too, is not really a shop, people don't come in and buy stuff. It is more like a workshop (atelier). Even more like a business place, with desks and what not. But very messy. Stuff lying about on the floor. But people did their jobs.

I was looking for something in particular. And I found it. I go through the mess, not expecting to find what I am looking for, which is something on runes. But I do. There is a cd-rom or dvd-rom about runes. It is green, and the word runes is written in big capitals on the cover. I take it with me. I hope it is what I am looking for, so I go to one of the men sitting behind a computer and ask. He says it's good, but he has something else as well. I am really astonished that they got this kind of stuff, because you normally don't find it. So, I wait, and next to him, on the floor of course, the person finds another disk, smaller than the first. I can't see what kind of thing it is. The boy is happy to try both and let me show what they are and how they work. I presume they are probably arty stuff, in that you can create rune imagery. That would be great.

In the meantime, I get the impression that these people do mainly art with their computers.

Also, in the meanwhile, the classroom tends to get fuller, and more people come in, all still young. They are students. They sit about in the room, everywhere, don't need chairs, just sit on the floor. I take a good look. They really look like geeks and nerds. Glasses, young, looking bright and clever, girls too. I feel somewhat threatened because any of them would be much more intelligent than me. Because they work with programming and know how to see through the cause effect relation. The room gets really crowdy. And at last, the teacher comes in. She is still young too. I think I would like her classes, but I don't have time.

The boy who was showing me, stopped, and when people still come in, he says to one in particular that he was looking for, to help me out. This person has dark hair, as older than the others, but more my age, and has two tattoos on his face, one on one side of his nose, the other on his cheek. His dark brown hair is done in a particular way. I know him. But he doesn't seem to recognize me.

The man tells him what I am looking for and says to take me upstairs. And the other one agrees. When the man with the tattoos comes in, he is looking for me, because he doesn't know who I am. So he calls out 'runes' and more 'runes', looking left and right, but his voice comes out as a whisper. I still hear him of course, and almost immediately I put my hand in the air to get his attention, so he doesn't get embarrassed further, and me neither. We leave class.

4. Art on the Top Floor

(Continuation of previous dream.)

He takes me though a hallway. The whole building looks like a school. Up some stairs, then through a door. We enter a big spacious room. People are working here. They are older, more experienced. This is where he will show me. I follow. This is clearly an atelier. High ceiling. Windows at one side. Screen dividing the room in two.

He leaves me be for a moment because he has to attend some matter. I see some people looking up, but I feel welcome. They are the kind of people I would have a talk with. They look a bit alternative. I see they do mainly art. There must be a little bit technology, but most is art. Big paintings, also crafts. Here, too, most boys sit on the floor, just like that.

One person in particular has dreadlocks and is eager to talk to me and show off. He says to the other one who has brought me in: why don't we show him our movie. He points to the wall, where a painting is hanging, abstract art, much purple. This is a part of the wall next to the door where we entered. But the first man says no and takes me along, behind the big screen, into the other part of the room, hall.

Here again, he leaves me alone for a minute, attending to something I suppose is for me. He looks in drawers and stuff that are stacked against the wall. High up are the windows.

I look around. This is a pleasant room to work in. But I am surprised to find water on the floor. My feet are in the water, there is water everywhere. I look around. The water is clear. It is only ten centimeters. But there are fish in it, too, and I ask him about it. He turns back to me, and explains that they are always here. And I suppose that the water is always in the room, just enough for the fish to swim in. They are koi, and most of them are white. Normal size, speckled with black. There are two larger fish, with more gold in it. He points at one and says: that is the mother. I can't tell, but imagine, all the other fish are her children, and she must be very old, which says something about the place too.