That's the title of my dream last night. Any time I dream about numbers or money, it's a bit bizarre, and this dream was weird and vivid, as most of mine are. It has lingered in my consciousness all morning. In my dream, I am with an old friend and we approach a door--outside of it stands a former high school classmate who used to play the trombone, and in the dream, this classmate has some sort of grudge against me. Somehow it comes out that this trombone player is selling a saxophone and the friend with me happens to play the saxophone. He grabs the soprano sax and starts playing it and hits the most perfect notes with it. He pauses and asks how much the guy wants for it. Stunned, he replies "$1600." So my friend plays the saxophone again, this time even more beautifully, the notes rising and reaching perfection. "$3000" the guy says, suddenly realizing the value of this instrument he is selling. "Good," says my friend, "because I have $20,000."
What does all of that mean??? The dream is memorable because of the beautiful music but also because of my shock of the price of the instrument. However, my friend who was playing it, knew the value and felt it was worth it. I told him that he had an expensive hobby. "I shop at thrift stores," I joked. It was hard for me to imagine spending so much on something.
This all may have something to do with the West African drumming workshop I plan to take this weekend. The woman who teaches the class also makes the drums, and they are quite expensive. It seems all of my hobbies are expensive too: pottery, photography, and it if goes well, drumming. I haven't played the drums since 1992! The connection between a saxophone and drums other than the fact they are both instruments? My first choice for instruments in sixth grade band was the saxophone but about 20 other people wanted to play that, so I chose the drums instead. I don't regret my choice but I do wish I had learned to read musical notes, something that was unnecessary as a drummer.
I had to look up saxophone prices when I woke up (just for fun to see if my dream actually got the prices right--it did) and then the symbolism of the saxophone. In terms of symbolism, all I found was a website selling instruments, but they did have this interesting little tidbit about their West African logo, which makes me think this dream partly highlighted the importance of bringing music back into my life.
Curious about our logo? It is based on two adrinka symbols from West African wisdom traditions. The symbol on the left is the adrinka SESA WORUBAN symbol, meaning "I change or transform my life," and the symbol on the right is the adrinka BI NKA BI symbol meaning peace and harmony. They symbolize what you can do with music (transform and enhance your life) and what music can do for you (provide peace and harmony)! Are YOU ready to begin the journey?
What does all of that mean??? The dream is memorable because of the beautiful music but also because of my shock of the price of the instrument. However, my friend who was playing it, knew the value and felt it was worth it. I told him that he had an expensive hobby. "I shop at thrift stores," I joked. It was hard for me to imagine spending so much on something.
This all may have something to do with the West African drumming workshop I plan to take this weekend. The woman who teaches the class also makes the drums, and they are quite expensive. It seems all of my hobbies are expensive too: pottery, photography, and it if goes well, drumming. I haven't played the drums since 1992! The connection between a saxophone and drums other than the fact they are both instruments? My first choice for instruments in sixth grade band was the saxophone but about 20 other people wanted to play that, so I chose the drums instead. I don't regret my choice but I do wish I had learned to read musical notes, something that was unnecessary as a drummer.
I had to look up saxophone prices when I woke up (just for fun to see if my dream actually got the prices right--it did) and then the symbolism of the saxophone. In terms of symbolism, all I found was a website selling instruments, but they did have this interesting little tidbit about their West African logo, which makes me think this dream partly highlighted the importance of bringing music back into my life.
Curious about our logo? It is based on two adrinka symbols from West African wisdom traditions. The symbol on the left is the adrinka SESA WORUBAN symbol, meaning "I change or transform my life," and the symbol on the right is the adrinka BI NKA BI symbol meaning peace and harmony. They symbolize what you can do with music (transform and enhance your life) and what music can do for you (provide peace and harmony)! Are YOU ready to begin the journey?
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