I was on a bus coming home from university and Barack came and sat beside me. I don't know how I knew it was him, because I don't follow the election at all. He was wearing a dirty suit and smelled bad. I was reading and he asked me what I was reading. I showed him the book: The Lord of the Rings. I've never seen that movie! he exclaimed. Then he gave me his business card from his wallet. It was really cheap, like something printed off a school computer, and Senator was misspelled. He got up to get nachos from the bus concession and I put my backpack on his chair so he wouldn't sit by me again.
That dream comes courtesy of a poster known only as "18-year-old female from Canada" and is one of hundreds of examples of dreams ordinary people have had about the Democratic presidential candidate.
Started by Toronto-based writer Sheila Heti, I dream of Barack is a collection of the nightly visions people have had of the American politician. (She also hosts two other websites: I dream of McCain and I dream of Hillary.
According to Kelly Bulkeley, an author and faculty member of the Dream Studies program at John F. Kennedy University in San Francisco, the significance of some of these Obama dreams is often based on the fear that his siren call for change may be hollow.
Whether that is the case or not, Obama certainly has managed to inspire people across North America to dream a little dream of him.
How do you feel about Barack Obama, the first black man to have a serious chance at winning the presidency of the United States?
Are there any Canadian politicians that have had a similar impact on your sleeping life? Which ones today have the stuff that dreams are made of?
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That dream comes courtesy of a poster known only as "18-year-old female from Canada" and is one of hundreds of examples of dreams ordinary people have had about the Democratic presidential candidate.
Started by Toronto-based writer Sheila Heti, I dream of Barack is a collection of the nightly visions people have had of the American politician. (She also hosts two other websites: I dream of McCain and I dream of Hillary.
According to Kelly Bulkeley, an author and faculty member of the Dream Studies program at John F. Kennedy University in San Francisco, the significance of some of these Obama dreams is often based on the fear that his siren call for change may be hollow.
Whether that is the case or not, Obama certainly has managed to inspire people across North America to dream a little dream of him.
How do you feel about Barack Obama, the first black man to have a serious chance at winning the presidency of the United States?
Are there any Canadian politicians that have had a similar impact on your sleeping life? Which ones today have the stuff that dreams are made of?
More...