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Gothic Dreamwork 46

Here is an inconvenience from the Gothic tradition.This writer tells her readers that any change which is not pure can be considered Gothic, and her statement is quite problematic:

  • Pure to whom?
  • What kind of change?
  • Mysterious to whom? Are all mysteries inconvenient? (Of course not!)
  • What about Gothic Conveniences?

Gothic Dreamwork 46

That change which exhibits a state distinct from pure,

this vision is a mysterious monument.

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Liability for Interruption of a Dream

Of course questions of legality have arisen during the history of Conveniences and Inconveniences.Some people are not going to be pleased, and are going to want someone else to be liable.This convenience recommends quarantine and reassurance to counteract any dream interruption or dream rerouting.

Carriers of Dreamers—Liability for Interruption of a Dream

Quarantine the dreaming passenger

and inform her of the

momentary creative change of her journey.

No need to create panic and depression.

Source: Carriers of Passengers. Liability for Interruption of Journey, published in 1907 by The Virginia Law Register

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Good Dreamer's Damages

Read with discernment: is this a convenience or an inconvenience?

Good Dreamers

Of course good dreamer's damages receive good care.

Naturally the possession of goodness in such a case

is determined by

the usage of our own common sense

signed, The Sweet Dreams Tunnel Company

Source document: Carriers of Passengers. Liability for Interruption of Journey, 1907, published by The Virginia Law Register

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Celestial Eddies

This convenience shows a page from an historical conveniences daily meditation text.The writer has used the 1897 Celestial Eddies by Lockyer for her source text.

January 14, 1897

Daily Meditation on the Threshold

What are dreams or vision but celestial eddies?

Consider the question put forward.

   

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Caution for Dream Swindlers 1

This convenience warns about the limits of dream damage liability toward those dreamers who have been dishonest in any way.

Caution for Dream Swindlers and Imposters

One who, by fraudulent representations as to her intention,

procures an alternate dream ticket

will have no right to recover for injuries

received while within the dream.

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Archetype of an Inconvenience 1

This inconvenience writer uses a drawing from Joseph Maclise's 1847 Comparative Osteology for her source text.The drawing obviously suggests mortality.Convenience scholars theorize that some inconveniences are written to encourage the attitudes and behaviors of death prior to actual physical demise.This writer poses a rhetorical question about archetypes.She inquires (as have most thinking persons) about the source of suffering, or inconvenience.

What is an Archetype of an Inconvenience?

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Consider the Optical

This convenience writer comes from the holistic tradition.She believes that all aspects of a dream life are important, and that all events (internal and external) contribute to the form and meaning of  reverie.

A Necessity:

Consider the optical,

the lantern, and source,

and manufacturer, & patentee,

and accessories.

Consider the origin

and intent.

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Gothic Dreamwork 66

The reader of this convenience may understand that a convenience academic has initiated a conversation about the onset of the nineteenth-century Gothic period.More specifically, the aforementioned academic has likely stated that the Gothic era was singular due to its highly-decorated aesthetic.This convenience writer argues that each age has held and reflected its own dream flourishes, that the Gothic period was NOT singularly embellished.

Gothic Dreamwork 66

The Decorated Period.

O! No! No! No!

Which period has been without flourishes?

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Determination of the Dream Content

Convenience scholars often discuss the theory that each convenience writer tells her readers much about herself through her selection of source text, the emphases throughout her writing, and her overall advice.This convenience writer has selected Friedrich Christian Accum's 1822 text, A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, to urge caution.Some scholars posit that her warning about fraudulent dreams and her emphasis on kindness must result from a shocking and unkind dream experience of her own.

Determination of the Dream Content

In dreams,

the measure of the scandalous

is not a small measure.

A fraudulent dream life is extremely hard

upon people.

Mentally purchase half, or less, at a time

and let the measure be ever so kind.

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Inconvenience - Metamorphoses of Nightmares 1

This inconvenience writer recommends interpreting every nightmare, or night terror, as a possible source for future dream trauma.

Metamorphoses of Nightmares 1

Almost every kind of nocturnal attack forms an interesting case.

The solitary fright or terror, for instance, forms the food

of possibility,

each feast having its own special

prey diner!

Source text: On the Origin & Metamorphosis of Insects by Sir John Lubbock, published in 1890

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Translate the Idea of a Complete Cure 20

This convenience writer reminds her readers that people live through a variety of experiences, no matter how much we may wish for universal answers to the mysteries of life.

Translate the Idea of a Complete Cure

What does it mean?

The spirit and the heart of the young dreamer

may ask in vain

for a universal definition.

Time measures our rapid journey,

and the every-varying landscapes

call attention to a beautiful variation of voyages.

Source document: The Conclusion of a Voyage Round the World by Beauvoir, Stephenson, and Stephenson, published in 1872

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Dream Flow During the Open Season 6

This writer encourages her readers to give dreams time to grow as it may take time to see change.She has used the 1907 Determination of Stream Flow During the Frozen Season by Harold Barrows as her source document.

Dream Flow During the Open Season 6

Do not contemplate especially the fluctuations in daily gages.

Every woman her own dream gardener: let seeds grow.

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Inconvenience - The Air Surrounding Envy

This inconvenience writer is a minimalist.She encourages the gentle act of whispering mischief and dissatisfaction to encourage envy among people.

The Air Surrounding Envy

is a fatal vapor

in many cases.

Sometimes the vapor is heavy,

but small drops

poured on the ear and mind suffice

to injure dreams.

So just whisper.

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Dream Season 89

Dream Season 89

Practicability of Rare and Beautiful Dreams, &c.

The conditions of beauty are considerable

and generous

and determined by independent observation—

by each mind's eye, understanding, imagination, and heart.

Munificence is supported

[and] is encouraged

For her source, this convenience writer uses the 1907 Determination of Stream Flow During the Frozen Season by Harold Kilbrith Barrows 

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Inconvenience - Adulteration of a Dream 28

This inconvenience writer uses the 1822 A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons by Friedrich Christian Accum for her source document.

Adulteration of a Dream 28

To materially impair a dream:

mix a small quantity of cold

commentary into the compound

dream.

Often there is nothing else to do

and often the solution is necessary,

pleasing, and satisfying.

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Public Dream Report Volume XIII

For her source text, this convenience writer has used an 1898 publication entitled Amendments to Quarantine Regulations.

Public Dream Report

Volume XIII   October 28, 1898   No. 43.

Amendments to Inspection of  certain

Dream baggage on and after April 1 until November 15.

                                                                                         [signed] Dreamery Department, October 22, 1898.

Since the last issue of the Public Dream Reports, the Dream Poison has

declined, and fewer reveries have been reported infected.

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Inspection service has been abolished

at most of the Cognitive Borders.

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