But the ability to make these things happen appears to be beyond my contol. Although I seem to be able to do them in my sleep. Go figure.

Just out of curiousity, Carol, have you ever tried Lucid Dreaming (consciousness exercises that get you to be able to recognize a dream when you're in one, and "take it out for a spin", so to speak)? I've occasionally worked with lucid dreaming when I have a particularly tough writing problem to work on, and it's always been helpful.

If you know you can visualize in your dreams, if you learn to control your own dream state, then maybe you can take that ability back with you into the waking state...

Just a thought...

Meantime, it's time for my own REM