Inception. A 2010 action film by Christopher Nolan that left the world wondering if it had all been a dream. Of course, in true Internet fashion, it got dissected into oblivion and so I stopped caring. To this day, I still have no opinion as to the conclusion of the film.
I am currently watching it with my family, and the scene where Arthur explains the idea of the totem to Ariadne got me thinking; what would my totem be? Arthur explains that it should be something small that you can carry on your person, has a fair bit of weight, and should never be touched by anyone else so as the particulars of the weight and feel are familiar only to the specific individual...
There aren't many small objects that immediately come to mind. In the film we see a spinning top, a loaded die, and a bishop chess piece. Of all the small objects in my room, the only items that I can see in my mind and know their specific location are a USB drive, a Pokémon figurine, and a Nicaraguan monetary coin.
None of these are cool enough. I need better objects in my room.
I think of all the things I would like to own, it would be a small figurine of a barn owl with wings outstretched. Perhaps made out of some kind of metal, so that if it were to hit a solid surface, it would emit a sound, perhaps a frequency that rings. Maybe the temperature of the item would stay cool in the dream state. I am not sure how much control you can have other these totems, but that would be my interpretation of what your totem could be.
What about you? What would your totem be?
And was he dreaming?
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