Optimus2g

In the film Waking Life, R. Linklater does a fine job of blending the surrealisitic aspect of dreaming with the concept of consciously controlling the content of our dreams discussed in S. La Berge's two chapters that we read on the subject of Lucid dreaming. It was interesting how Linklater had the main character of his film discuss consciously topics related to dreaming and waking life, while in the dream state, over the course of the film. This was reminiscent of the montage of dreams mentioned in Ch.1 of La Berge's The World Of Lucid Dreaming. The idea of "people being in control of their own universe," mentioned in Ch. 1 (p.2) is at the very essence of consciously contoling one's own dreams. In short, both La Berge and Linklater hit upon how Lucid dreaming can help people to control their own imaginations by consciously being able to transform objects and people (p. 2) in what would be considered as being impossible during waking life, but perfectly normal during the dream state. Linklater does a superb job at blending aspects of the surrealism and realism with consciousness within the dream state, so much so that, the viewers of his film can "get lost" in the film itself, if they're pondering over the idea of conscious control of their own dreams---I know it had that affect on me.