Wow. I was reading an article by Dr. Temple Grandin called “Do Animals and People with Autism Have True Consciousness?“, and I was stunned by her comment, “Perhaps language blocks access to the subconscious.” This seems true to me at an instinctive level. When I wake in the morning, I …
I had a series of dreams a few nights ago in which my subconscious apparently decided to address the economic situation. In one, I had a new career in which I was teaching people to practice yoga in bed–sort of a cross between yoga instructor and massage therapist. In the …
I dreamed last night that I saw someone being decorated with delicate, henna-like lines, from head to toe. The process itself seemed warm and caring, and the art was beautiful.For me, lines are related to the process of writing, and henna is linked to the support of women for one …
I was in Tallahassee a dozen years ago, and there I met a woman who was a writer like me, but also a mother. She told me two unrelated stories: one was about the man she had been living with who turned out to be violent to her and to …
Think about your character’s driving characteristic. What animal might represent that characteristic? Write a scene from a dream your character might have featuring that animal.
When you first wake up, try to capture one character from your dreams whom you do not know in waking life. Note what was frightening or irritating about the character. Pretending to be the character, write a personals ad that reveals that trait without the character knowing it.
