Dreaming About Skunk Dreams

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than nature. The most serene and peaceful settings on earth occur only in the outdoors. Everyone can find peace in nature, whether it be in a forest, on a grassy field, or by the giant ocean listening to the waves gently crash down onto the shore.

Louise Erdich longs for nature. She would want nothing less than to become mother earth herself. Louise writes about how when she was 14 years old, she decided she wanted to sleep on a football field. Although the original plan was to sleep their alone, she ended up making a friend during the night. This friend turned out to be the animal known as a skunk

Now I personally don't know if I could keep my cool around a skunk, but Louise fights her feelings of uneasiness and fear, and instead views this as miracle of nature. Curling up with the skunk, Louise is drifting off to sleep, wondering if her new friend is dreaming. She finds herself wondering if the skunk is dreaming about food, or another skunk to make a family with. Or maybe this animal is dreaming of being a woman. Maybe Louise will dream of being a skunk.

Dreams are very wonderous. What really happens when one dreams? Is the mind drifting off into another dimension, or are we seeing into the future? Maybe dreams are just elaborated thoughts brought up by our extensive imaginations. When it all comes down to it, dreams are whatever a person wants them to be. There's no right or wrong answer when it comes to dreams. Lousie Erdich had a dream about a fence. At first she was scared of the fence. Curious of what lies beyond, she creeps closer. Then out of the darkness appears an elk. To Lousie it is the most magnificent thing she has ever seen, and just like that, she feels at peace by the fence.

Many years later Louise comes across this fence in real life. It is a closed off wild habitat. She longs to venture past it and become apart of this safe haven. She is on the edge of what her being urges to explore and experience. Soon after Louise finds a way around this "hurdle" in her life and reaches what she desires. She explores beyond the fence and finds a new "home" in nature. Everyone has place of peace in nature, and this was Louise's.

Nature has a way of changing a person and their emotions. Some are scared of it, and some would like nothing better than to morph into an animal and live hand in hand with nature. As peaceful as it can be, the "outdoors" have dangers of its own. Many of these dangers are cause by people and other animals. Skunks care not of these dangers. Those proud animals need only worry about what to eat, and where to go next. People and animals leave skunks to roam and be free as they travel from place to place. As a 14 Louise slept comfortably with a skunk, wondering if skunks dream about becoming a woman. Now as an adult, Louise would like nothing more, than to become a skunk herself.