Paper short abstract:

An exploration of a dream of encounter between a Saibai Islander and myself. Using Deleuze's notion of the fold I suggest that dreams offer vantages to understand time, interiority and exteriority, surface and depth, particularly in regards to the ethical dimensions of friendship and love.

Paper long abstract:

In 1992 a Saibai Islander man traumatically near death sought permission of me in a dream to cross a threshold to say goodbye to loved ones before dying. Or, at least, that is what I thought he was doing, as it it seemed that the boundary between awake and sleep was itself a threshold under suspension. The events and relationships that preceded and followed that dream suggest that dreams carry history, of a kind, and also extend themselves through an underdetermined future. Using Deleuze's notion of the fold I suggest that dreams offer interesting vantages to think of and experience time, interiority and exteriority, surface and depth, particularly in regards to the ethical dimensions of friendship and love. This paper is accompanied by a poetic delivery.