Lens – A lens is a way through which we see the world. In a dream, a lens is a symbol of perception, and the state, shape, and color of the lens are all symbolic. For instance, if you dream of looking through a cloudy lens, this indicates an incomplete understanding of reality. Perhaps someone in your life is keeping something from you or preventing you from being able to see the world clearly. If you dream of a lens that makes everything look bigger or smaller, this is an indication of the emotional reaction you have to reality – either you blow everything out of proportion or else you ignore things that ought to elicit an emotional reaction in you.