This modern-day invention of moving pictures captured through a portable and ubiquitously accessible format pervades our culture in such an enormous way that there are literally dozens of ways in which the concept of “video” connects to other elements of symbolism. At the heart of it, video relates to our ability to create in our own image the experience of being human. We make movies and those movies become a permanent record of our journey. Once the lofty realm of only a privileged few, the technology of video has been made accessible to the masses. There are two sensibilities that must be considered when this symbol appears in a dream.
The first is the creative impulse to capture an element of life unfolding.
The ability to record, pause, fast-forward, and watch at your leisure instills a sense of control in the meaning of video in a dream.
[1]A mental picture and record of one’s words and actions are being taken to convey to others
[2]See “Music Video”, “Video Camera”, “Video Game” or “Video Tape”
[3]See Also: camcorder/ camera, film, record / records / recording
[4]See Also: Movie.
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