I dreamed I was staying at the house of my former dance teachers for some reason, and they took in two artists from Russia or Ukraine for some foreign exchange art program. One was blonde like them, and a perfect fit, same artistic interests. The other one was crying so I started talking to her. She said she didn't belong here, she said she was Jewish, and she did some sort of magazine print work, not the same kind of art as all the others in the house. I didn't tell her I'm Jewish too, because I always carry society's chip on my shoulder that I don't have the right to label myself anything because I am of a mixed background. (Imposter syndrome.) But I feel nervous for the same reasons around those dance teachers, so I wanted to make her feel more comfortable and at ease that at least one other person in the room felt she belonged, because I felt I didn't belong either. I think the Jewish girl in the dream symbolically represented a part of myself. I was trying to soothe her, but was struggling with what to say.
7:00 a.m. - 2022-11-06