>>6173
>the fact I can write down two, three pages worth of notes "that go on, and on" is something she can't relate to, and she can't follow all the twists and turns because of course, they don't make sense in the waking world.
I am raising my hand as well. As you have said before, trying to find some rational logic behind the events themselves wouldn´t work for an entire plot because there would be holes that our brains would detect and find nonsensical. Besides...

>That scene only once, but the train sequence reran three times, each one sliding a bit further towards a story of an insane person slaughtering a trainful of healthy people.
you don´t control them all that much to begin with. As soon as those same elements appear again, at anytime they could deviate from what you were expecting.

>>6193
>Food Network video game on friend's PS/3: video, swiss alps covered in ice, musicians doing 'duet-off';
>had a wind-up house to demonstrate the beauty of a frozen summer.
>One of the other game players had an explanation about it. Humility? Accepting things the way they are, thus able to see the beauty.
> all tied back into ice cream, which was the chapter of video game we were on.
Nonetheless, this one does have a concept that could pan out metaphorically and message-wise. The logical flaw is that the Swiss Alps aren´t the most fitting ones for that setting of a frozen summer (despite acknowledging that the height of those mountains is quite high, The Andes would fit for that period though)

Otherwise...you could perfectly play out with those concepts and mix them up for a deep subtle story.