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Any interpretations to this dream please?

I am back at the Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts, from where I received my graduate degree. As I did then, the summer after graduation, I worked for the school as a studio painter, "jack of all trades" while deciding where else to move on to. In the dream it is the same as was my reality then. I am working with a man and a woman, We, are all strangers to one anther, only workmates.. But I accept the job, assuming it will be divided into 3 equal parts without discussion, since it is a job shared to be done by the 3 parties assuming their equal responsibilities. Our task is to carry 4 columns made out of cardboard and plaster to the outside, to the roof, where the ventilation is most adequate for the job at hand which is : these must be painted beige and black toward an upcoming exhibit. The fellow says he'll carry 2 for he is the strongest of the 3 of us. The other woman and I allow it. We go through stairs and stairs and even more stairs in order to reach the roof. It seems a climb alike one made to the peak of Everest. Finally when reaching the top, we all begin to paint. I mention having brought as well, red paint - to put under the beige at the columns' top and bottom, as both an under-paint and such as will intensify the detailing of the columns' top and bottom. At mentioning this both the other man and woman sigh to the thought of any "extra" work be done. I explain this toward the effect of the results and their durability. I begin to paint silently..the man and woman are still involved with one another, complaining about doing more work than they think is necessary. At one point, while they have been jabbering, not working, I have finished the red under-painting in ALL, oh-oh..only 3 columns??? I ask the man where the 4th was, since he had taken the responsibility to bring IT. He simply says, he forgot it. This time I sigh but go through a Kafkaesque up and down of staircases to fetch it to the roof, because the man has bluntly refused to budge and get it. When I finally get to the roof, column over shoulder, I see that the two other, have closed the window through which I must crawl through to get to the roof. As they stand outside the window, they are smiling as if they have won at something, totally irrelevant. I am very exhausted so I say, please, at least take the column, the exhibit merits good work. Do your jobs. But they smile with triumph and say no! Then I plead that I am let through, I will do their job, even all their jobs, not yet finished...to this they answer with a smile that shows spiky , very brown-yellowed teeth..'ABSOLUTELY NOT!' Ac consequence I lay my head upon the column with temporary defeat. Closing my eyes for the time being at the senseless futility. What may this dream mean, please? Thank you! Well The Bear-it appears you've touched upon certain interpretations I've been considering.Since I keep a dream journal, though ONLY for dreams I feel there's an importance to keep in mind, I've allowed come to surface a few details u've mentioned. I'm always very busy, not because it replaces something I'd like to deny to myself, but because that seems to be how my mind will not let up.Somewhere THERE, I need to place into order all I don't understand.It's an exhausting process because I've little rest, even in my dreams which may occur in the 3 & 1/2hours of sleep a day or every 2, should I not have collapsed, and closed my eyes from fatigue against the "column".The column: A part, and there were 4 NOT 3 which would hold up "something"?Hmm, never thought of the need for support as to the columns-What was the most terrifying, in fact the only factor in the dream was the other 2 people's impeding smile of triumph!It was shown through brownish-yellow teeth. It Must BE of IMPORTANCE??

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1. That was very interesting I have to say! Thanks for sharing! Em... may it be rejection? I'm not sure because I don't know what you've passed through in you life but somehow the whole point of the dream is at the end. Maybe a group of people conspired against you or something and you felt rejected and had to plead and offer work to be let in again? Sorry if I'm over doing it, but that's how I take it. Dw it could also simply be a dream. Dreams are usually made up of things you saw and went through. So you went through having to do that job in real life but then maybe saw a film and these two things got jumbled up in your dreams? Or maybe the ending was part of a past memory that you think you forgot but it's still in your subconcience.
2. i may not know much about dreams but i think what this dream means is that.....well um i know I'm not doing a very good job of answering but i just wanted to answer you so that u wouldn't get too discouraged i hope u find your answer!
3. you could go to silvia brown home page it tells you about ghost dreams its pretty cool and thanks for sharing
4. In your waking life you have a lot of responsibilities I bet. In the dream you had to bear the greater burden on your shoulders, unfortunately in your waking life this is also true. You work with people and you are equally yoked, sometimes there might be a person who looks responsible, but really fails the team, then somehow you become the only one responsible and end up doing twice the work that your workmates have done. This is Very draining and because it puts you behind you feel defeated. Even though women usually have dreams about their friends and family, less often having dreams of work, I think this is a dream about work. This dream is letting you know that this is taking a deep toll on you, and it is time to ensure that you are no longer used as the work horse by the others that you work with. It is time for you to step back a little at work and remind others that they had committed to their jobs and you have other work to do, you cannot do the the work they committed to do.
5. I have no idea at all but you certainly have some interestingly vivid dreams.. Far clearer than mine are.
6. The school symbolizes the process of building your skills in preparation for life (e.g. it prepared you giving you and honing your skills) There are 3 of you and you think the work to be divided equally (e.g. in life you expect your preparation of skills and division of labor to be divided equally). The columns represent foundation (your life and your skills are--continually built upon a foundation. In fact you came to this school in your dream to seemingly build a foundation for your life and carrer). Travel means change in a dream and going to the roof (top of a bullding refers to superego) means the process of your thought--your anaylisis or process of analyzing things is undergoing change in your life (outside of your dream). So as the staircase is a hard climb like Everett, so too is the effort you are putting into making the changes in your life (not so much the actual changes--but the challange has been making the personal changes in your life--how you choose to think, and perceive things) The paint is for detailing and you have brought extra paint (red) for extra detail work you thought important (e.g. you are working hard to refine your mental process and ability to reason and process through something you are doing--to such a degree that you are doing everything needed plus--e.g. going the extra mile--to make sure you have the ability to do with precision (detailing with colors) with what you need and are working on in your life. The missing 4 th column. You feel and see that your efforts in change and life have been unequal to others who were to do this with you, or, you feel or see that the parts of you that have undergone this cognitive life evaluation change and worked so hard are not fully supported or integrated into you (e.g. you have had to divide your labor. While you have been changing and trying to learn to make the changes...your life has been distracted by other events or problems or distractions that you have had to deal with--the others do not work but bicker. They have closed the window which you must crawl through means you are being hindered by others or parts of your life from doing and accomplishing something you have labored and are laboring hard to accomplish (probably personal goal and personal task but could also be professional). Or, perhaps you feel as though the window of opportunity is gone (been closed) You are not supported in your life to do what you are trying to do. You are going it alone. You feel that events have conspired (the others won't help you and refuse to budge and absoluetly refuse to let you even do their work) to make your task difficult and done soley by you. You are tired and are taking a break from your arduous mental thought process change (you lay your head upon the column) upon which the foundation and support of your project (the column) is being built. The events in your life seem bigger than you (2 workers vs you), but your break as in your own words is temporary. Your efforts to change have not accomplished what you want (they seem futile) and you are going to soon look at it either refreshed or from a different perspective (you close your eyes).**sorry about grammer and punctuation, but I wanted to answer this before I get very busy.