I think the Arts faculty departments hurt as well because they are competing for donations and support with art in the community . There are donations towards the Provincial Museum , the AGA , the ESO , Fringe Festival , public art installments , etc . etc . The sciences have less direct competition in that sense . <| sep |> Am I correct to say your definition of lucidity is the level of control you have over yourself and your environment ? Just to restate my definition would be the level of ability to use your rational cognitive intellect relative to waking life . My experience has shown me I can use my intent to alter my lucidity by focusing clearly either increase or decrease lucidity . With this I have been successful at going between states of consciousness that feels like I ' m closer to a dream state , or at par with being totally awake . If a monster is chasing me at a low lucid state , I ' m just reacting , saying oh shit this monster is going to fillet me , I ' ve got to escape or try to kill it . However if I ' m at a higher lucidity state , I can rationally say , ok I know I ' m dreaming , this monster can ' t hurt me , I need to get my fear level under control or I ' ll wake up , let me just ignore it and it will disappear . You can even be in a mid range where you understand you ' re dreaming , but don ' t think of any clever ways to get rid of the monster and it still ends up catching you and making you wake up out of fear . This is the most frustrating for people because they wake up saying , man I knew I was dreaming , why didn ' t I just think of manifesting a rocket launcher ! Why was I so dumb in that situation ! It ' s because you weren ' t operating on the same level of cognitive , rational intellect that you are now privy to in your waking state . I agree that lucidity can be correlated with control , but I have to say I feel my definition is a more upstream representation of what lucidity is . With higher lucidity you have the capability to control your environment in a more rational , thoughtful way , but you are not immune from being limited from beliefs and expectations that throw a stick in your control wheel . If I use my intent to focus on increasing my control of myself or my environment , I may find myself more confident in doing fun stuff or altering things , but I do not feel that dramatic shift in awareness . When I focus on increasing lucidity I feel that shift in awareness where I can then say , oh yea now I can remember , I ' m laying in my bed on my back , I have to wake up in a couple hours for work , I wanted to try doing some more transporting so I think I ' ll give that a go . But we ' ll probably just have to agree to disagree ! That ' s what makes this stuff fun , it ' s so subjective and dependent on the individual .