Dreams lie on the unstable fault line between the objective and subjective. On one hand they are natural phenomena, probably reducible to physical processes in the brain; on the other hand, they have to do with meaning, which is ultimately the unique value of some image or symbol to an individual, based on his or her unique life experience.

We are tempted, initially, to be self-satisfying creatures, to live in a fantasy world, to live in our minds, but the only satisfactions available are the satisfactions of reality,

LIFE IS NOT as it appears. As neuroscientist Professor Chris Frith writes, ‘our perception of the world is a fantasy that collides with reality’. The dream state we exist in is founded on objective truth – we’re alive on a planet, breathing air under skies. But on these foundations we build an infinite variety of imaginary games.