I had a dream last night that I can still visualize..
I was stuck at some locale that I could not leave so I had to make do with my surroundings. It seemed like a place I've seen before (more or less).. (maybe somewhere along Johnson Creek Road/Springwater corridor.. it's near houses but kind of industrial; just a vague approximation). I felt I had to find shelter as the sun was going down and I knew there were present threats. I wasn't concerned about food, water. just protection from perceived "unfriendlies". one specific danger that I vividly remember was a bear.
After exploring this road/path, I ended up checking out this rundown warehouse. It had lots of windows and big sliding garage type doors. the warehouse was basically empty with a few leftover items that I can't quite picture in my mind anymore.
later I realized I was working with a few other people, trying to survey the structure and identify places that could be breached so that we could try to find materials lying around to secure these openings. As we continued to work on the building more people were showing up. I was trying to delegate duties to them to kept them occupied as well as make use of their skills - working toward our common goal of safety.
I remember there were some windows and sliding doors that only had one of two working locks/latches.. the other side was either bent or broken. I couldn't worry about those details and just continued troubleshooting the larger problems. There was another part of the structure that had a very narrow opening (about 10 feet wide but only 2 ft tall) and it could not be fully closed. the core "team" decided we had to have a couple people there to ward off any "foes" that tried to enter the building from there.
Earlier in the day I'd seen the long sticks, almost like jousting poles.. I figured we could at least buy some time with these "weapons" if the bear tried to enter from this spot. I remember going to retrieve one of the poles and passing it through the narrow opening to another person inside. We also had to clear some debris and other warehouse junk inside this "bunker" so no one would trip trying to defend us.
Elsewhere in the warehouse were these large rooms with high ceilings. They had windows way up there but without a ladder, it was hard to check them; I figured they were too high for the bear. There were some large pieces of equipment in the first room but nothing that was useful for our purposes. There was another adjacent room that could be closed off with a large door.. most of the people that had arrived were in there.. I can't recall what they were doing. Talking I think.
in the end, I don't recall ever having to confront the unfriendlies..
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The warehouse kind of reminded me of the warehouse in that Discovery Channel show "The Colony". It also reminds me of the idea of the "100th window", a concept in security where
"There's always a way in, there's always one thing you'll leave and locks are undone, and something you've forgotten. It's a great analogy to the human psyche and the soul, and the way we're voyeuristic, we like to look at and see everything we can get our hands on, have that power and be able to look at other people and look into thoughts while closing ourselves off and keeping ourselves as private as possible."[2] (Robert Del Naja)
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