This modern-day invention of moving pictures captured through a portable and ubiquitously accessible format pervades our culture in such an enormous way that there are literally dozens of ways in which the concept of “video” connects to other elements of symbolism. At the heart of it, video relates to our ability to create in our own image the experience of being human. We make movies and those movies become a permanent record of our journey. Once the lofty realm of only a privileged few, the technology of video has been made accessible to the masses. There are two sensibilities that must be considered when this symbol appears in a dream.
The first is the creative impulse to capture an element of life unfolding.
The ability to record, pause, fast-forward, and watch at your leisure instills a sense of control in the meaning of video in a dream.
[1]Communication, connection, or attention (real, desired, or feared).
A focus on whatever the subject of the video represents (perhaps because you consider it important or you want to remember it).
Consider what was going on in the video, its context, and your feelings about it.
See Also: Show or Movie, TV, TV, Being On, Camera, Photo, Internet, Video Recorder, Camera
[2]A mental picture and record of one’s words and actions are being taken to convey to others
[3]See “Music Video”, “Video Camera”, “Video Game” or “Video Tape”
[4]See Also: camcorder/ camera, film, record / records / recording
[5]See Also: Movie.
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