9 Grimmauld Place

I was talking to a friend about the nature of dreams and the unconscious.  We touched on Jung and the 'House Symbolisation.'  I rely on dreams as a source of creative influence as they are often random,varied and absolutely bizarre.  Whenever I am in an unsettled dream state, I repeatedly return to a house that I rented for nine years of my young adult. It has a unsettling story to tell; a past history of failed businesses, divorces, malefic squatters, domestic abuse and suicide. I too, was on the receiving end of unfortunate experiences and I wonder if there was some kind of stagnant energy or haunting of some sort that overshadowed it.  It certainly wasn't on the 'Shady Side of the Street' - it was a plain 2 up/2 down, at the top of a hill that overlooked a seaside resort.

Anyway, said friend recommended that I retrace my steps back to the unconscious.  Why did I return there and not my childhood homes/other rented properties or indeed the home I have lived in for the past twenty three years? I thought about what he had said and managed to locate a pattern within these dreams, where tokens, songs and poetry played a part. I hadn't realised that I had other repetative dream cycles - just that my psyche was most upset on the place that it had settled.  I jokingly refer to it as '9 Grimmauld Place' as a nod to the sinister building pre HP5 OOTP (although the OOTP place was number 12).

What he said made me think - "You return there because this is a place that a lot of damage was done." I was jolted; for some reason I hadn't seen it as that - but he was right.  You know when that is the case, because is strikes at the core and resonates like a temple bell.  Sometimes it takes another person to point out the obvious.  In seeing this, I think I am part way understanding myself a bit more.

I owe that guy breakfast (or at  the very least a steaming pot of tea).

Random Music Bomb - Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II (1992)

Fried Bread - V. Well Done

Anonymous Vs Donald Trump

Strong words from hacktivists 'Anonymous' in the stereotypical 'Vee' British accent, in order to make it more sinister (Why do film directors do this? If they are cast the antagonist as a Brit with a long 'a' drawl, they are dangerous/clever maniacs.  Stereotyping much?)  If we lived in a true democracy, then 'Anonymous'' point of view could be seen as subverting the people's right to vote for whoever they damn well like.  However, I shudder to think of Trump being the so-called mouth piece for western civilisation - but it remains to be seen what 'Anonymous' could actually do.

Some believe they are all mouse and keyboard. Think it is going to be a long and arduous trip to the election (and I don't even LIVE there - I sure as hell see enough of it on the net), but I will watch on April 1st to see what happens.