July 31, 2002

I�ve been having very lucid dreams again, with developed plots and detailed characters. I remember the retro-trendy zebra-striped shirt one Tarantino-esque character wore, and the amber veins of a pixie�s gossamer wings. I remember the tone (the helplessness of moral inaction) and the theme (the hope for the immortality of beauty) of these said dreams. It shows that, at least, some part of my brain works.

Could this be related to the prescribed increase in my serotonin and dopamine levels?

I read an article (I can�t remember the name of the science mag, please note the irony) that anti-depressants can make you smarter. Or, rather, since depression is associated with a lower count of neural connections, then a recovery from depression results in an increase of neural connections. See, I also learned that from Stargate SG-1.

What if you could record and sell your dreams? Would it be like the best or worst of television? Or worse, would it be boring TV?

Or this just means that I�m watching too much television...