BEST OF 5/12/22 - Dreamwalking in the Mouth of the Multiverse w. Derek Murphy

For years popular culture has been shifting our collective energy into superheroes and other dimensions. Movies have always taken us to other worlds, be that the very adult Pan’s Labyrinth or the child-themed Caroline, or they have brought other worlds and their inhabitants to us through portals in Pacific Rim and from in Independence Day. This is all entertainment, fantasy, and metaphor but today’s popular culture seems to be obsessed with different sigils they wish to charge with our attention in order to carry out complex rituals. Sometimes it even seems some symbolic directive has been issued and the following movies of different genres start mimicking each other. 'Dr Strange' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' are so closely related that it feels like one was an extension of the other. Both are centered around the concept of multiple realities existing in parallel dimensions that are endless in possibility. Everything is only an arrangement of particles and every tiny decision branches off into a new universe with parallel possibilities. It’s all just part of the infinite Multiverse and dreams are windows into our multidimensional selves. They include the red lady, mirrors, jumping realities, possession, child sacrifice, black goo, third eyes, and overt black magic.