An oneiric earworm...
Feb. 20th, 2015 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylSometimes I have no idea what goes in on the lower reaches of my subconscious. This morning, as part of an somewhat fractured dream that involved me looking for someone in a labyrinthine office — stop laughing at the back Dr Freud — I also dreamt I had John Rutter's Look at the World stuck in my head, complete with both words and music.
Given that the only time I remember hearing it is on the radio several months ago, I'm pretty surprised that the outer reaches of my brain were able to dredge the whole piece up in its entirety. I also think it's slightly unfair, given the degree to which I more or less constantly have one piece of music or other running in my head, that I also have to experience the same phenomenon whilst asleep! (Honesty requires me to admit I have lots of dreams which involve having to sing a piece of music without any preparation or, indeed, training although these are clearly just markers of general anxiety and lack of confidence rather than things constantly stuck on repeat somewhere in my head)
Given that the only time I remember hearing it is on the radio several months ago, I'm pretty surprised that the outer reaches of my brain were able to dredge the whole piece up in its entirety. I also think it's slightly unfair, given the degree to which I more or less constantly have one piece of music or other running in my head, that I also have to experience the same phenomenon whilst asleep! (Honesty requires me to admit I have lots of dreams which involve having to sing a piece of music without any preparation or, indeed, training although these are clearly just markers of general anxiety and lack of confidence rather than things constantly stuck on repeat somewhere in my head)
