RMST202-Literature Review

I am going to be honest, I tested positive for Covid on Wednesday of last week and because of that reading, this book was quite difficult. I don’t know if it’s the book or the illness my body is trying to fight off but I found the plot very difficult to follow. I am half-tempted to just tell you about the wild dreams I have had in my life instead of this book because although I tried reading it, I cannot remember a single thing about it and do not have anything intelligent to say on the subject. Does this count as a blog post if I don’t really talk about the book? Dreams are on the subject of the book? I’ve always felt an odd connection to dreams; anytime anyone has mentioned that they had a peculiar dream I beg them to tell me so I can attempt to decode it. I guess I am just going to talk about dreams instead because that’s where I’m going with this, and I truly believe that writing is more about saying what wants to be said not what you think should be said. This is going to be unhinged so be prepared. 

In the lecture, you (I am addressing you, Jon, personally because I think you might be the only one that reads these posts) posed the question; what are dreams for? This was a particularly good question in my opinion because I have always wondered the same thing. What purpose do dreams serve, evolutionarily? I say evolutionarily because I am an Anthropology major and sometimes I get stuck in the mindset of why is this important for survival? I suppose it’s not, or maybe it is, I don’t know because I can’t say what life is like without dreams. I also can’t say that my life is either better or worse because of dreams. But regardless, to answer your question, I think dreams are for motivation, escapism, nurturing passion, and connecting to your inner consciousness. I don’t know if any of this makes sense but I feel like dreams are essential to the creative and emotional aspects of our lives. When we get caught up in the mundane tasks of everyday life, it’s dreams that remind us that that’s not all we are made for. A quote that I wrote down from your lecture was “the dream of the committed individual is no more than that: a dream” —I think dreams are essential because they are not permanent, they don’t matter, they can simply be a dream (a reprieve from the every day) or they can be something motivational. It doesn’t matter what they are and that’s what makes them essential, because they simply exist without trying to be anything more. 

Again, I apologise for not writing about the book and I apologise for this somewhat unhinged blog post but regardless I hope you enjoyed and I hope you still count it as a blog post and give me the grade I contracted for! I also apologise for the lack of photos, I am just very tired.