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Book of Dreams - a memoir

I think I've edited the final version, posted 1/31/12, but will mention otherwise here if further edits are forthcoming. Original version posted in 2008...

The Book Of Dreams began as a simple journal of dreams. Suzanne gave to me a magical leather-bound book with fabulous handmade paper pages as a gift. I filled it up with my most memorable dream stories. Intrigued by how these stories related to my waking life, I began studying dreams, dream theory, and what others had discovered about the meaning and usefulness of dreams.

These pages contain more than a recounting of dreams. For them to make sense, I explain where certain images, impressions and actions come from. This is why I've called the book a "memoir."

What I confirmed while writing this book is the fertile space inside my imagination, my "mindspace." It is not only a fabulous stage on which I can test ideas for plays and stories, but for discovering ways of being, avenues of courage.

Some of the major moments of my life are chronicled. Not the "where" and "when" and "how," but the "why" and "what if not."

Please drop me a line after reading these dreams. Let me now what you think. Feel free to share dreams of your own... and how dreams affect your own creative process.

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BOOK OF DREAMS - Table of Contents - Click to view now or download for viewing on iPad, computer, etc.

PART 1: Chapters 1-3 (updated February 8, 2012 - 2.1 MB)
• The Dream of Waiting For A Narrator
• The Dream of the Bullet-Proof Tent
• The Dream of Finding My Theatre Ticket
PART 2: Chapters 4-7 (updated January 31, 2012 - 9.2 MB)
• The Dream in which I Realize I Can Breathe Underwater
• The Dream In The Mirror
• The Dream in which Suzanne Floats Among Severed Body Parts
• The Dream of Walking On Water
PART 3: Chapters 8-12 (updated January 31, 2012 - 3.4 MB)
• Four Dreams of Children [Anton, Will, Woody, Sarah]
• Suzanne's Recurring Childhood Dream
• Tobin's Recurring Childhood Dreams
• The Dream in which it is Raining Words
• The Dream After My Father Died
PART 4: Chapters 13-17 (updated January 31, 2012 - 5.5 MB)
• Perfect Wisdom Forgotten
• Suzanne's Recurring Dream of Growing Gum
• The Dream of the Three Temptations in the Desert
• The Dream of the Traveling Briefcase [Part One]
• The Dream of the Traveling Briefcase [Part Two]
PART 5: Chapters 18-20 (updated January 31, 2012 - 3 MB)
• Time Travel
• How To Read This Book [A Preface]
• Daydreaming [An Epilogue]
DREAM MUSIC by Tobin Mueller:

Let Yourself Dream (from Runners In A Dream) featuring Michael Spencer, vocals
Dreams (from Creature) - featuring Emily Rohm, vocals
Impossible Dream (from Song Of Myself, still in production)
In Just Moments (from Runners In A Dream) featuring Aaron Paul, vocals
Was There Once A Time (from Runners In A Dream and The September 11 Project)
I Have Dreamed In Another (from A Bit Of Light featuring Entcho Todorov, violin)
Between Breaths (from Morning Whispers)
Under A Western Sky (from Morning Whispers)
No Place Like Home (from Song Of Myself featuring Woody Mankowski on sax, still in production)

Some of the other music or poetry referenced in The Book of Dreams:

Oh Danny Boy (from Song Of Myself, still in production)
Save The Planet (from To Save The Planet, performed by CenterStage Theatre)
Hail To The Sheriff (from Robin Hood, performed by CenterStage Theatre)
Frankenspell Superstar (from Frankenspell Superstar, performed by CenterStage Theatre; a precurser to Creature)
Blue Tattoo (from Song Of Myself, still in production)
The Cigarette and the Actress (from Falling Past Love) featuring Gregory DelTufo, speaker
Old (from Falling Past Love) featuring Gregory DelTufo, speaker
The Fall (from the Serpent's poin t of view) (from Falling Past Love) featuring Gregory DelTufo, speaker
Wall of Heaven (from Falling Past Love) featuring Gregory DelTufo, speaker