people who dream know
special happiness which world
of the day holds not
People who dream when they sleep at night, know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid ecstasy, and ease of heart, that are like honey on the tongue.
They also know that the real glory of dreams lies in their atmosphere of unlimited freedom.
It is not the freedom of the dictator, who enforces his own will on the world, but the freedom of the artist, who has no will, who is free of will.
The pleasure of the true dreamer does not lie in the substance of the dream, but in this: that there things happen without any interference from his side, and altogether outside his control.
Great landscapes create themselves, long splendid views, rich and delicate colours, roads, houses, which he has never seen or heard of.
Strangers appear and are friends or enemies, although the person who dreams has never done anything about them.
The ideas of flight and pursuit are recurrent in dreams and are equally enrapturing.
Excellent witty things are said by everybody.
It is true that if remembered in the day-time they will fade and lose their sense, because they belong to a different plane, but as soon as the one who dreams lies down at night, the current is again closed and he remembers their excellency.
All the time the feeling of immense freedom is surrounding him and running through him like air and light, an unearthly bliss.
From the book, Out of Africa (1937) by Karen Blixen (1885-1962).
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