Provisional Analysis for Lorraine, 6 March 2010

This is how you described the room:

I am sitting in an upper middle row of a science lecture hall. The lecture hall seats are designed as if each row of seats were placed on a stare of a stare case, so that everyone has a view of the PowerPoint demonstration at the front of the hall. I have no books or lecture notes in front of me. There are about 70 to 100 other students scatered around the seats. No two students are sitting next to each other.

I can't tell what is being said by the teacher down at the bottom. I don't even know what the subject of the class is. I hate this room. I feel so unconfertable.

The temperature is about normal, maybe a little on the worm side. The walls are padded with a gray sort of textured cloth to prevent any students from echoing. The seats themselves are brownish-red colored.

The initial room is the subject’s childhood. What interests us here is the general atmosphere of the room, in addition to the level of furnishings described by the subject. This comfortable room suggests a childhood that was pleasant (41.33%). The depth of description tells us that the subject has strong memories of childhood (27.49%).

You wanted to leave the room.

The subject wanted to become an adult.

This is how you described the forest:

I am standing on a hill in the field just before the forest. I can not actually see into the forest from where I stand. It's all just a mass of trees.

The trees are about 2 1/2 to 3 stories high. They are pine trees, although, I can't see any pine cones around. The trees are the highest right where the trail enters the forest, but they seem to taper off in hight within 50 feet of the enterence.

(I'm not looking into the forest, I'm looking at the tops of the trees. after about 50 from the enterence, the trees become thinner- thus the forest must be brighter after that).

The forest looks dark twords the front but visibly brightens up within 150 feet of where the trail meets the forest.

I can not smell that characteristic pine-tree-smell. I hear birds chirping but I can not see them.

I'm a little disapointed that the trees were not fruit trees- just unmanigable pine trees that offer little protection from wind or rain.

The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. A semi-dark forest tells us that the subject felt somewhat oppressed by the attention the adults gave (29.06%). Tall trees imply that the adults had a strong influence on the subject (50.07%).

This is how you described the path:

The trail itself crosses threw a field before entering the forest. The field is a chearful looking place with druping yellow grass about 1 foot high.

The path, wich is perfectly visible in the field, bcomes instantly obscured by the forest. It's almost as if the road ends suddenly right where the forest begins.

I'm too far away to tell if the path continues into the forest.

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. That the path is free of obstructions indicates that the subject had no problems during adolescence (59.79%). The lack of evidence of fellow travelers suggests strong feelings of isolation at that time (57.63%). The visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence (54.36%). A narrow path suggests that the subject had limited options for emotional growth at this time (67.27%).

This is how you described the water:

It turns out that the path does go through the forest, although the path is considerably thinner here.

I walk along the skinny path untill I find a carved out ditch in the ground. A small amount of water is trickeling threw the ditch, perhaps only 2 or 3 inches deep? The (streem?) is only about 5 or 6 inches wide. I can see large gray pebels under the water.

The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Clear water tells us that the subject has no issues regarding sex (89.16%). The movement of the water suggests a normal, average if somewhat playful sex drive (31.78%).

When you came to the water, you crossed it.

The subject is open to new sexual experiences.

This is how you described the cup:

A worn plastic cup is partally obscured by the grass along the trail. It is cloudy white with scratches all over it. It probobly belonged to a little kid who abused it a lot.

I pick it up. Despite all it's scars, it still looks intact. There are no chips or cracks that would compramise the cup.

The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. A practical container indicates that the subject is pragmatic when it comes to questions of marriage (62.78%).

You took the cup but left it empty.

The subject is interested in marriage, but sex won’t be a significant part of that relationship.

This is how you described the key:

Oddly enough, the key is made of wood.

(this is probobly a result of me playing Legend of Zelda type games- where a stone key unloks the Earth Level, a dimond key unlocks the water level and the +++Wood Key+++ unlocks the Forest level)

The key wighs about half a pound and is made of solid, pollished wood. I have no idea what it unlocks, but it seems to belong to the forest itself. I mean, what other human would use a key made of wood?

While the key itself may not open any locks, I get the distant idea that just keeping the key in my posesion will alow me to go someplace special within this forest.

The key is the ideal career for the subject. What interests us here is how the key appears (representing how others view the career) and what it may open (representing the subject’s goals for the career). Old-fashioned keys suggest that the subject desires a traditional career (46.77%). Having the key open a house, car, or other commonplace use tells us that the subject has no extraordinary expectations about a career (52.03%).

You avoided the bear.

In a crisis, the subject prefers the indirect, non-confrontational approach.

When you came to the wall, you tried to go around it.

The wall represents death: by trying to walk around it, the subject shows an acknowledgment of death, but also a need for an alternative to its finality, such as an afterlife or reincarnation.