Increase Creativity - Tap Into The Rich Creative Source Of Your Dreams

How much can we learn from our dreams?

There are an almost unlimited number of theories around dreams and dreaming and the whole concept of our dreams being a window to our subconscious thinking.

Psychologists have for centuries debated the importance and significance of our dreams and studied what they mean to us and what they can tell us about ourselves and our states of mind.

But let’s get back to you and your creativity.

Of what use are your dreams to you as a creative person? How can you tap into the wondrous, often abstract collisions of images, sounds and ideas you experience through dreaming?

Many great artists cite dreams as being absolutely key in providing inspiration for their work.

Maybe for some it was just seeing something different or so removed from what they experience in their waking life that provided that inspirational spark, that catalyst for a new piece of work, or re-inspired and energised them in resuming a current piece.

How many more have claimed to see visions in dreams that have led them to them otherwise seemingly unobtainable breakthroughs, discoveries or insights?

When we recall some of the most memorable dreams we've had, it can provide us once again with an excitement and passion, a glimpse of what is possible in our imagination.

And what’s creativity after all but making something that didn’t exist before?

If we can imagine something, literally if we can "make images" of something in our head, then we can go some way to re-creating this in our lives, whether for a particular piece of work, or for the way our lives are led in general.

We all dream, but most of the time we forget them before we even wake up.

One way you could begin remember your dreams more, and to draw more from them to enhance your creativity is to keep a type of Dream Journal next to your bed.

Whenever you wake after a particularly dramatic, exciting or memorable dream, quickly jot down and/or sketch the main ideas in your Journal.

Some practice may be required before you're trained enough to write in the dark and to record the dreams in sufficient detail so you can remember and fill in the rest when you wake again.

Persist with it though, and you’ll find the more dreams you note down, the easier it becomes to remember more and more detail.

And you may find you've unlocked one of the richest possible veins of inspiration and ideas you'll ever know...

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