posted May 12, 2005 01:37 PM
Hello GG 
I don't know that this dream indicates a connection made with him, but at the very least it reflects activity in your mind concerning him.
This dream is associated with creative energies, or your creative aspects (arty shop), which you have subconsciously associated with the guy, meaning that this relationship is one you would like to see created. Or, it could be that you are in a creative phase in your life which has allowed this situation to rise to the surface. Whether a soul-mate or not, it could be suggested that your attraction to him is karmically related (finish his words/he remembered something distant).
Now, like I said, I'm not sure what kind of activity is really being symbolized, but there does seem to be an awakening in progress (ocean seemed alive), a stirring of unconscious energies. Certainly your consciousness is being "stirred", the question is, is his? That I cannot answer.
There is one way to find out - ask him. Find him and communicate with him, if possible.