Review: _Dream Scene Magazine_ by Richard Wilkerson
I was first struck by the simplicity of the
magazine. Black&white graphics, dream titles, dreams. That's it. There is a
particular attention I need to access my dreams which I like to describe as
attention on how things are occurring in me, as opposed to attention on how I'm
effecting things. In this silence I sometimes experience a fullness I can't get
from consuming. Dream Scene offers this fullness in generous portions. As one
reviewer from Editor's Choice said, "The dreams are completely anonymous
while your thoughts are locked up in you head, so any analysis remains unspoken
in the virtual space." Its as if both the pictures and dreams begin to
reference themselves. Rather than pointing beyond themselves, they evoke and
draw the beyond to themselves. And as with all dreams, within the limitations of
text and imagination, there are no boundaries. The transcendent quickly becomes
trespass and violation. Mutilation bounces back and forth between metaphors of
self to literalizations of paranoia. Psyche at her best and worse; exaggerating,
mythologizing, lying, bending and twisting old forms into new stories that all
seem oddly familiar yet never before heard. Its the sound of one dream clapping.
The editor and creative wizard, Dan Holzner, will send you a free copy if you
submit a dream that is accepted. You can send dreams to his email address listed
below, but you will have to snail him *three unused stamps- not stuck to an
envelope* to cover mailing.
Subscriptions otherwise:
Dream Scene Magazine costs $3.00/issue
Four consecutive issues cost $11.00
Checks payable to Dream Scene Magazine
"Feel free to include personal analysis and interpretation as part of
your test. Drawings, diagrams and collages also accepted. Surreal dreams and
bizarre nightmares always welcome, especially if they're really transcendent
phosphorescent zingers." - Dan Holzner
Dan said he would also accept graphics or text on pc/3.5 disks (text = ASCII,
graphics in .PCX) or just snail him the hard copy and he will scan it in
himself. --Richard
Dan Holzner
DAN@APPRES.COM
Dream Scene Magazine
38 Rossi Avenue, Suite Number One
San Francisco, CA 94118-4218
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Las Vegas Dreamtime
175 5th Ave STE 2322
New York, NY 10010
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