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Perhaps one of the most fascinating aspects of dreams (alongside how they can sometimes be predictive), is the way people over the years have apparently used their content to influence their work.
There are many reported accounts in history – that I discuss in Answers In The Dark – of famous people who took a dream and made it in to ‘reality’. One example is Albert Einstein, who was said to have dreamt the theory of relativity. Another is Elias Howe, who is believed to have dreamt the mechanism that makes a modern lockstitch sewing machine work.
A local example is Sue Wookey, who paints her dreams; an example of some of her beautiful content is below. This highlights wonderfully how dream content can be used to create works of art during the day.
We may not always know what our dreams mean straight away, which is why keeping a dream diary can be so helpful – we can begin to spot patterns in our dreaming, which can then help us decode what they mean when we have the time (I offer a template on how to keep a dream diary in Answers In The Dark).
But one thing I feel sure of is that dreams are not just always the subconscious rattling of the mind; they can be used creatively in many ways to inform and inspire the work we do.
Delphi is the author of Answers In The Dark: Grief, Sleep and How Dreams Can Help You Heal, out now on Amazon and Hive. The Dreams Maven™ is part of the Helping You Sparkle™ portfolio. You might also like Monday Mojo™.
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