DREAM SYMBOLS LETTER Q
quake expecting the worst; shaking with fear; living in an earthquake zone. What is shaking up your waking life world?
quarrel anger with someone; afraid to be honest about disagreeing with people; fear of argument; sadness. With whom would you like to make amends?
quart missing a piece of the puzzle; not having all the facts you need to make a decision; usually associated with milk. Who is “down a quart”?
quarter twenty-five percent of something; two bits; short of money; uncomfortable with someone at close quarters. Who is “being drawn and quartered”?
quartz you can get energy from various kinds of quartz; a friend who loves crystals; “tuning in”; special spiritual significance symbolizing the inner self. What do quartz crystals mean to your relationship with your inner self?
queen a woman who is a leader; the centre; things come easily to this woman; beautiful, strong and mighty; powerful and able to move straight or diagonal. Who’s the “Queen Bee”?
quick working so quickly you are not paying attention to details; pressure to perform; not moving fast enough; wanting a quick fix for something a quick-witted person. “Where in your life might you be procrastinating.?”
quicksand feeling overwhelmed; drowning; sinking faster than you can swim. Where does it feel as if you are “mired in quicksand”?
quill sharp, pointed remarks; writings from the past; a need to defend yourself; writing a letter to your dream self. Who do you need to write a letter to?
quilt warm, cozy; memories of childhood; feeling at home and safe; many pieces making up a whole; connection to family history. How are you connecting with a group of like-minded women?
quit finishing something; time to stop; enough is enough. What are you having trouble quitting?
quiz asking for help outside yourself; finding the right answer. What question do you need answered?
“Dreams are perhaps the most highly personal expressions you have.”
Letter Q
I am sitting on the handlebars of a bicycle and the man sitting on the seat is pedaling as quickly as he can. He also has to speak quickly to keep me focused. Words and songs of wisdom are quickly pouring out of me. When I stop speaking or singing, the landscape changes and I return to an ordinary state of mind. At one point, we are skimming over water and people are listening to my songs. Then I stop singing, the bicycle sinks and we almost go under. I catch myself and start singing again; the bicycle rises up and we continue on our way. 
I have been a musician for twenty years and have been wanting to get my own CD out on the market. I have made CD’s with other groups, but my lifelong dream is to have my own. Last night I asked my dream self for help in achieving this waking life goal. I titled this dream, “Quickly, Quickly, Quickly” because that was its main message. I looked up handlebars first, and the meaning “to get or have a strong handle on” resonated with me. I have been trying to get a handle on how to complete my CD faster. For bicycle, the entry “time to travel more slowly” seemed to be a message for me to take this a little more slowly as well. I picked landscape as a reference because that was what changed whenever I stopped singing. Under landscape, the entries “cleaning up your own backyard” and “designing your place” fit in with doing my own CD and hopefully achieving my place in the music industry. Lastly, I looked up quick. I have been feeling under great pressure, both financially and artistically, to complete my CD. Surprisingly, the meaning that jumped out for me was “working so quickly you are not paying attention to details”. I realized that focus was the key to keep me in the creative flow, and not working more quickly. 
I meditated every morning before I went to the studio. I found that this ritual reconnected me with my creative flow. The recording would then go smoothly and quickly, yet without a rushed feeling. Synchronistically, I bumped into a graphic artist friend of mine who wants to design my CD album cover.
I finished the CD in just one month. I could hardly believe it! It all happened so smoothly, like sailing over calm water. Whenever I would hear that little voice saying, “Quickly, Quickly, Quickly” I would stop what I was doing and meditate. That would get me back on track again; or as my dream depicted, I would feel the bicycle rising out of the water and moving forward once more.. 
Thinking about this dream and my experience of doing the CD, I realized that I had felt driven while working on it. When I live and write music at my own pace, I get more done and retain my creative centre. I am already thinking about my next album. My dream continues to help by reminding me that it is not the fast pedaling that keeps me afloat; it is to sing my song from that authentic creative landscape within.