A Scarry dream

This one was a cartoon, viewpoint being the backseat of a cartoon car in which sat the worm family from Richard Scarry's books. You remember Lowly the worm? Yeah. He was buckled in the backseat, and his parents, complete with hat and bonnet respectively, were in the front. It seemed to be a normal car, and not an apple with wheels- but it was red.



The background music for the dream (was not coming from the car radio or any other discernable source) was Aaron Copeland's "Beef: It's What's For Dinner" bit. (Meaning, the musical composition entitled "Hoe Down" from "Four Dance Episodes" from "Rodeo" written by Aaron Copeland published by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music- and used in a series of commercials for the Texas Beef Council.)

Usually dreams about cars have to do with where your life is headed, and who's doing the driving, or who's in control. Lowly Worm is an interesting character because, though we see him attending Busytown School with the other children, we also see him piloting helicopters and other things that usually only adults do. He's always been sort of a mystery in that regard- is he grown up or not? In this case, apparently not, as his parents are in control of the car- but maybe the question is what's important here. Is he grown up, or when will he, and why isn't he taking control of his life? Lowly worm being representative of, um, probably me. Me as a lowly worm (again with the self-esteem issues!), in a make-believe world, sitting nicely and letting those with cultural seniority do "what's best" with my life. Me, who tends toward vegetarianism, listening to music from the Texas Beef Council.

Anyway, it was still pretty creative. All subconscious-level criticism should be this fun. I think it would have been really cool to ride in an apple car, by the way. ;)


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