theme  of  dancing:  The  ballroom,  the  dance around
the fire, and the square dance, for example, remind us
of the word, Sundance. There is the theme of the circle:
around the fire,  around  the tree,  the cardboard ring,
the  circle  of  chairs  and  the song,  "Let the Circle Be
Unbroken."     This     again    reflects    among    other
possibilities,  the nature of Sundance.  There  are some
other  themes  that  might  prove  interesting  as  more
dreams are received,  such as the theme of the "other"
(the dancing  partner,  the  bouquet  for  someone else,
the   "someone  else"    with    the   dreamer,    and   the
mysterious bed-partner),  and  the  theme of "new life"
(the child,  the plant cutting and the fair-haired young
boy).
      Perhaps  the  one   most   dominant   theme   in  the
dreams is the contrast  between the individual and the
group,  sometimes  involving a conflict.  On  one hand
the  group  may have the advantage of higher energy:
I  am alone ... in  the  driver's  seat  ... no  horses ... seven
people on board and there are ... horses ... or  It is cold in
my  room  as  the  source  of  heat  is  in the room with the
people. On the other hand, the individual is important:
... nor  do   I  like  the   idea  of  being  constantly  brought
together  with  no  more  time  for the individual ... One of
the  needs  of  the individual is for individuality: While
dancing,  I  suddenly realize  that my steps are exactly the
opposite  of  all  the  other  dancers'.  There is a need for
privacy: There  is  one  chair ... where  one can work on a
potter's wheel.  I think this is nice, except for the fact that
people  will  be  standing  around  watching  you.  There is
also a concern for maintaining one's identity: They've
left  the  whole  wallet  and  valuable  identification papers
instead of just cash.
      This general theme of the individual and the group
may  reflect,  on  one  level,  a  concern  that  a journal
published  for  a  large  group  of  people  might  have
difficulty  meeting  the  special needs of the individual
reader— On  a  deeper level,  the  theme  points  to the
heart  of  the   creative   tension  inherent  in  the  very
notion  of  community— how  to  reap  the  benefits  of
cooperation  and   at   the  same  time  encourage  and

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