A message from Dua Lipa
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I have a lot of really intense dreams.
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Very detailed. Vivid. Sometimes lucid.
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I keep track of them all because frankly they’re too weird to just let them waste away in the cobwebs of my memory.
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I have a lot of dreams with celebrities. Mostly they’re dreams about my favourite band The National (they’ve asked me to write song lyrics and we’ve hung out back stage quite a few times... in my dreams obv ), but once even Oprah came to see me. She asked me about how my book was coming along and said “Are you going to be ready?”
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Anyhow, last night I had a dream about Dua Lipa. I love her. We were hanging out at some cool hotel retreat type place that was clearly very swanky.
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I had just arrived and was lugging around a huge suitcase. I wanted to begin unpacking. As I undid the zipper it burst open. It was full of toys- mostly tiny action figures like GI Joe. Frustrated, I gathered the fallen toys from the floor and tried to organize them.
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To my right, Dua Lipa opened her suitcase, and to my surprise, hers had tiny action figures too! Not as many as mine, but lots nonetheless.
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Here’s the part of the dream that I’m taking to be most meaningful.
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I said to her, “Oh, I thought since you live here you wouldn’t have quite so much to unpack.”
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And she replied, “Nope, I’ve still got lots.” She gestured to 3 more bags on the floor.
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Weird right?
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Here’s my read: I often assume that I’m not good enough to receive attention or success or appreciation for my work.
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This is the baggage I carry around with me.
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I have proof that I’m not good enough actually! Dozens of memories of people who said it to my face or stole my work and then received the praise meant for me instead.
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They remain tiny figures deep in my subconscious.
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That being said, I’m not unique in this regard.
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Even Dua Lipa has baggage.
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Even though she lives a lavish life of praise and fans and success. She still has stuff to unpack.
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Have you been having more vivid dreams during the past few weeks? What have you interpreted them to mean?