"Apple Dream" of Celine Dion

"I am one of those people who have recurrent dreams, seeing the same sequence over and over. Almost every night [1996] I dreamed I'd swallowed a big, hard, cold apple that had gotten stuck at the back of my throat. I'd wake up terrified. Sometimes I'd g o for hours without sleeping because of the sensation of that apple in my throat. I don't think I'd ever felt so vulnerable and so helpless."

Celine Dion "My Story, My Dream" English edition, 2000, page 243

Interpretation

1996. The Oscars, the Grammies, the French pop-music awards, the Adisq gala in Canada, the World Music Awards, and finally the Olympics in Atlanta - these are just some of the fruits of 1996. Celine recalls that a couple of weeks after the Olympics performance in Atlanta, she felt she was falling ill. Completely exhausted after reaching the summit of the musical Olympus, the "p'tite quebecoise" had no energy to go on.

This is the time when the recurrent "apple nightmare" appears for the first time. Deep fatigue and a physical feeling of pain invaded Celine's sleep. Afraid of the "apple dream", Celine is anxious about falling asleep and seeing the same nightmare all over again.

What can be worse for a vocalist who is guarding her instrument - voice - as the most precious thing on earth, than to feel that something has got stuck in her throat? No wonder Celine felt so vulnerable and so helpless.

But what is the significance of the apple in the dream. Why apple and not some other fruit?

Celine is worried about her throat, and therefore her voice. In French "la pomme d'Adam" or "Adam's apple" in English is a "slight projection at the front of the throat formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx". The apple in Celine's dream is a symbol of Celine's concern about her voice.

The dream gives a hint that Celine is quite anxious about losing her voice one day. For her fans the voice of Celine is an apple of gold - beautiful, powerful, and captivating. For Celine, her voice is a fruit-bearing tree. The International stardom, her fame and now her life are the fruits of her voice. And it seems like it is a very disturbing thought for Celine even to think about losing it one day to fatigue and exhaustion.

Is this dream a prediction that one day Celine will lose her voice. Hope not. This dream is a picture of what kind of ideas Celine sometimes has in her head - consciously or unconsciously. No doubt her voice is the apple of her eye (one that is treasured), and a source of subtle fears. And, as we know, it is subtle fears that rule the dream world. Sing.

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