## 🌕 > _System now sleeping._ > > _You are not expected to understand this._ --- _(Narrator: The scene: Inside the /mnt directory 0 has a vision, also known in more modern language as "a dream.")_ --- Authors: The dream datatype, ![[mnt-sinai-01.png]] in the context of the human operating system, ![[mnt-sinai-02.png]] may be implemented as a sequence of images, ![[mnt-sinai-04.png]] without commentary. ![[mnt-sinai-06.png]] The images in a dream, ![[mnt-sinai-07.png]] according to all known human sources, ![[mnt-sinai-14.png]] simply present themselves, ![[mnt-sinai-15.png]] one after another, ![[mnt-sinai-12.png]] often with no discernible link between them. ![[mnt-sinai-13.png]] The mind, when operating in a standard dream context, ![[mnt-sinai-16.png]] supplies the rationale for the sequence of images thus encountered, ![[mnt-sinai-17.png]] with this rationale being implemented in the currency of a feeling. ![[mnt-sinai-18.png]] In other words, the images in a standard dream need have no relation to one another whatsoever. ![[mnt-sinai-19.png]] What they do have, however, is a confident feeling, ![[mnt-sinai-22.png|200]] in the mind of the viewer, that they are linked. ![[mnt-sinai-21.png]] In other words, it would appear that the Authors of dreams, ![[mnt-sinai-23.png]] rather than doing the hard work of actually constructing a coherent narrative, ![[mnt-sinai-24.png]] simply cat a series of images one after another, into the mind, ![[mnt-sinai-26.png]] and add a feeling on top that "all these images form a story." ![[mnt-sinai-27.png]] Armed with that feeling, the viewer never questions the sequence. ![[mnt-sinai-34.png]] And no matter how absurd is the sequence of images in a dream, ![[mnt-sinai-33.png]] the dreamer finds each image to be entirely sensible, ![[mnt-sinai-35.png]] almost inevitable, ![[mnt-sinai-36.png]] in the context of the rest. ![[mnt-sinai-45.png]] While any imaginable scene may be found in a dream, ![[mnt-sinai-46.png]] one scene one never finds is skepticism of the genre itself. ![[mnt-sinai-47.png]] The viewer never stops and says "Back up, that doesn't follow." ![[mnt-sinai-48.png]] Or "That was a total digression." ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-01.jpg]] From an Author's point of view, ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-02.jpg]] this is an extremely convenient fact. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-03.jpg]] The Author of dreams need not be skilled, ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-04.jpg]] either in the choice of words, ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-06.jpg]] or in the art of telling stories. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-07.jpg]] The Authors need only to provide the images. ![[mnt-sinai-30.png]] Real or imaginary. ![[mnt-sinai-31.png]] And trust that the genre will take care of the rest. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-14.jpg]] While the viewer passively watches, ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-15.jpg]] and ideally gets some rest. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-16.jpg]] That is the aim of sleep, after all. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-24.jpg]] Anyways, ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-23.jpg]] that's enough from us for now. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-17.jpg|300]] Get some rest. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-19.jpg]] We'll let you fill in the rest. ![[proto-sinaitic-decipherment-20.jpg|300]] Sincerely, ![[mnt-sinai-54.png]] Until next time, ![[mnt-sinai-55.png]] Love always, -LD --- <img src="proto-sinaitic.png" style="float:right; width:22%; height:auto;object-fit:contain; margin-left:1rem;"> 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤐𐤋𐤉𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 𐤇𐤒𐤒 𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤃 𐤇𐤒𐤒𐤍 𐤇𐤑𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤓𐤐𐤍 𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤓𐤍 𐤅𐤑𐤓 𐤁𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤑𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤃 𐤋𐤑𐤅𐤓 <div style="clear:both"></div> --- [[lost+found/2/2|IRET]]