Involuntary Nocturnal Infatuations

[East Coast Hustle]

In my limited experience, that sort of attitude is found more frequently among the "LOOK AT HOW ARTISTIC I AM!!!" set than among actual working artists.

I mean, it's art. Something that's supposed to be shared with the world for the sake of getting reactions. What a dumb thing to be snobby about!

[East Coast Hustle]

as to the actual topic of the thread, yes I have occasional recurring dreams of that nature as well. So if it's weird then you're not the only weirdo.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Anyway, yes, at various times I've had dreams in which I was having sex with someone completely ridiculous. I always feel odd about it afterwards, like, really? Luckily I usually forget after a few days.

Also, that guy and his friends are snobbish? Because that was some seriously amateurish art, he's got nothing to be snobbish about. I think that maybe real artists aren't insecure enough to be snobbish, because none of my arty friends are. Except maybe John, and that's not really snobbery, he's just autistic and not picking up on when to be friendly.

Eh. It's arty people. Nature of the beast.

No, it really isn't. As a working artist for ten years who runs in a pack of working artists (and, for some reason, scientists), I can say for damn sure that arty people are not snobby by nature. I think that maybe wannabe arty people and hipsters are snobby by nature. I know some of the best and most renowned career artists in this city; we drink Miller High Life and watch Ultimate Fighting together. We run our dogs at the river. We do Thanksgiving every year. Super non-snobby and approachable and genuinely friendly people, all of them. You would not peg any of them as being "artists" just from hanging out with them.

[Cain]

That could be a function of where you are though, Nigel.

I mean, the New York art world is incredibly snobby.  Also, easy to hoax, if you're into that kind of thing.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That could be a function of where you are though, Nigel.

I mean, the New York art world is incredibly snobby.  Also, easy to hoax, if you're into that kind of thing.

Could be, I'm sure. But that New York artist snobbery could also be a function not of the artists themselves, but of the hangers-on and hobnobbers.

Or of the type of people who become famous for art in New York.

Or, possibly they're just bitter and jealous that they couldn't hack it as artists in New York's little darling, Portland.

[Golden Applesauce]

I have the exact opposite. I'll have a dream centering on a friend doing something completely out-of-character and dickish. When I wake up, there's this weird wave of anger and hostility towards the person. Like I'm actually mad at the person. And then when I get over it, I feel the need to apologize to them in real life.

[Cainad (dec.)]

I have the exact opposite. I'll have a dream centering on a friend doing something completely out-of-character and dickish. When I wake up, there's this weird wave of anger and hostility towards the person. Like I'm actually mad at the person. And then when I get over it, I feel the need to apologize to them in real life.

I'm familiar with this one. It's friggin' weird.

[Forsooth]

I have the exact opposite. I'll have a dream centering on a friend doing something completely out-of-character and dickish. When I wake up, there's this weird wave of anger and hostility towards the person. Like I'm actually mad at the person. And then when I get over it, I feel the need to apologize to them in real life.

I'm familiar with this one. It's friggin' weird.

that type happens to my woman occasionally. She tells me about it when i wake up, and i can feel that she wants to be angry and maybe punch me. She never actually does it; i don't know how i would take it if she did.