Podcast: Dreamy Audio
Episode: 18
Title: Lumber Company
Host: Lewis Moten
Release Date: May 2, 2005, 11:46 pm
Restored Date: January 16, 2026
Duration: 2:54
Channels: 1 (mono)
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Encoding: MP3, VBR (~130 kbps)
File Size: 741 KB
Summary
In this eighteenth Dreamy Audio entry, Lewis Moten recalls a dream where identity keeps shifting: he begins as the owner of a lumber store, then becomes a new employee being shown around by that same owner. The space is busy with workers and contractors, blurring lines between authority, responsibility, and learning.
The dream settles into quiet social judgment—whether to point out torn clothing, who can be corrected safely, and who might disappear from embarrassment. Making long rug-like mats from cut cloth becomes an act of care and practicality, ending with shared understanding about helping people without pushing them away.
Transcript (auto-generated)
I was the owner of a lumber store. I was walking around, showing it off, and suddenly I was one of the employees. And I was a new employee, and the owner that I was was now showing me around, and introducing me to the new things that I needed to take care of.
And there were a lot of contractors there as well as employees. And one of the employees pretty much had holes in his pants or something around the knees. And he politely went up to the guy and suggested that he might need to get another set of pants, because the employee apparently wasn’t aware that there were holes there. And then he proceeded to show me how to make, how to cut the cloth to make some really long rugs, and attach them to rubber bands. And so I was cutting them and setting everything up on my own. And I was going to bring them over to someone else. And I saw one of the contractors who had the same problem with his pants.
He had some holes in it. And I was going to tell him, but then I was thinking I might not want to, because he’s a contractor who might not come back the next day of embarrassment or something, whereas employee would pretty much be more obligated to come back. And I saw the owner of the rubber store again, and he pretty much told me the same thing I was thinking and said, I’m going to try and help the contractors with hygiene issues.
I guess they’re just not hygiene, but personal looks. And then we went over and we rolled out the carpet, and it was the guy that I was making it for.
I think that’s about it.
