Task of the Month for January 2017

**woblybil** · 01-19-2017 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut Zero

I was able to get the "ask a pencil to draw something" task done!

(Although, I hope it still counts, since I didn't really "ask" it to draw something. I just "willed" it to draw something, without trying to influence what it was.)

Spoiler for Dream:

01/17/2017
Dream Two:
"Pencildragon"
(Lucid)

I was at some outdoor carnival or festival, held out in some rural field at dusk. Munching on cotton candy while I walked, I spontaneously realized that I was dreaming. Immediately, I was surprised at how much I could smell and taste the cotton candy (I have very few experiences with tastes and smells in lucid dreams), and even though the dream already felt very clear and grounded, I decided to take a few moments to touch my surroundings, running my hand along the wooden frame of a wooden kiosk nearby. Raising my free hand up in front of my face, I saw that my fingers were very wavy, which was a bit at odds with the solidity of everything else around me.

Quickly, I tried to think of what I had planned to do with my lucidity once attained it, before I'd gone to bed. I remembered the 'Tasks of the Month' and that I wanted to try the pencil task (which was to "ask a pencil to draw something for you"). I turned back to the kiosk, expecting to find a pad and pencil there, in which I could do the experiment. Sitting atop the counter, I found a pad and a few, loose, colored pencils. I picked up one pencil - blue, I believe - and set it in the center of the pad. Without speaking, I attempted to "will" the pencil to draw something for me. The only thing I remember, about the actual process, was the pencil moving back and forth and making a few scribbles, but it ended up drawing a (quite simplistic) dragon. (One of the art pieces I have been brainstorming on, in waking life, has been a dragon. I haven't yet drawn the final draft, but I did draw a dragon thumbnail, about a week ago).

Satisfied that I had completed the task, I took to the air and flew away from the carnival to do some exploring. While flying over the wide, green fields of the early evening countryside, I looked below me to see an actual dragon, roaming around the landscape and idly blowing plumes of fire at random. It had sort of a cartoonish, video game feel to it (I had been playing PlayStation VR, before bed - no dragon games, though), and felt as if it was just a manifestation of the dragon that was drawn on the paper. I decided not to bother with the creature and continued flying over the field. I don't really remember anything afterward.

Having done it as a Task I think is what counts.. However you did it or whatever it drew is probably not relevant so I would say it counts..Don't forget to apply to permission groups in your control panel for wings.

I tried something very similar but got way different results..I simply said "Hey Dream, I want a pencil to draw something or me" A girl with four arms appeared and handed me three items,
A chunk of wood, A hoop of barbed wire and an ice cube tray and 'Ordered" me to stuff them down my pants and jump down a slide to the level below. I obeyed her but only got halfway down the slide when I woke up.....

**Daniele** · 01-20-2017 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by woblybil

I tried something very similar but got way different results..I simply said "Hey Dream, I want a pencil to draw something or me" A girl with four arms appeared and handed me three items,
A chunk of wood, A hoop of barbed wire and an ice cube tray and 'Ordered" me to stuff them down my pants and jump down a slide to the level below. I obeyed her but only got halfway down the slide when I woke up.....

Barbed wire down the pants? Ouch!