Dreamcatchers
We are currently wrapping up the last unit of our humanities course, Who Am I. The last unit is titled Doubt and Dream. We already talked about philosophers and their doubt, and we figured what better way to end the unit than talking about American Indian culture and its relation to dream catchers. With what little knowledge we had beforehand we decided to make our own dream catcher and explain what we thought that they meant. But after going on our field experience to the american Indian center, we learned that we knew close to nothing about the significance of making dream catchers. We talked to one of the directors of the institution and she told us what the different things put on the dream catchers mean. The knots keep the positive and negative dreams and energy trapped in there which can ultimately be detrimental. The weave in the middle symbolizes a spider's web. Spiders are considered tricksters and hold good memories.
As you can see, according to what the american Indian center told us, I did my dream catcher incorrectly because I have a knot in mine. Because we found that dream catchers are supposed to depict the weaver's ideas and or dreams, I decided to keep the knot to symbolize how i don't really like opening up to people about things. And i chose the dark green string for the weaving because It symbolizes a deep connection with money and I like money A LOT.
There are some positive and negative things that I want the dream catcher to filter out and let flow. I want it to filter out all of the bad energies that people throw my way and I also want it to filter out all of the uncertainty that I have about different things. Bad energies could be anything from a glare to the emotional detriment of one person that rubs off on another. The positive things that I want to flow through it, however are the love and support I receive from the people I care about. If I were to hang the dream catcher from the wall near my bed It could filter all of the bad dreams and thoughts out. But if I didn't I would have a harder time getting them out.
As you can see, according to what the american Indian center told us, I did my dream catcher incorrectly because I have a knot in mine. Because we found that dream catchers are supposed to depict the weaver's ideas and or dreams, I decided to keep the knot to symbolize how i don't really like opening up to people about things. And i chose the dark green string for the weaving because It symbolizes a deep connection with money and I like money A LOT.
There are some positive and negative things that I want the dream catcher to filter out and let flow. I want it to filter out all of the bad energies that people throw my way and I also want it to filter out all of the uncertainty that I have about different things. Bad energies could be anything from a glare to the emotional detriment of one person that rubs off on another. The positive things that I want to flow through it, however are the love and support I receive from the people I care about. If I were to hang the dream catcher from the wall near my bed It could filter all of the bad dreams and thoughts out. But if I didn't I would have a harder time getting them out.
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