OPEN SESSION: The Moleskinerie Open Thread Discussion

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Moleskinerie invites you, our visitors to share your thoughts on a special topic.

Today it is "Dreams"

Do you write or sketch about your dreams? 

Related: Dream Journaling at Beliefnet

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Comments

[Sophie Brown]

Sometimes it seems that I don't dream for months at a time or else it's just vapors. But I know from experience that if you try to remember your dreams and write them down that it's fun and funny to do. I don't know if it's helpful or not but it's interesting.

[J. McDaniel]

I envy those who remember their dreams. I never have been able to. Sometimes I thinks it's because I sleep lightly and am always aware of what I'm dreaming / thinking while asleep. They feel like daydreams.

My daughter always asks me what I dreamed. I just stare at her blankly as she rolls her eyes!

[Sophie Brown]

It might not work, but you could try keeping a pad of paper and a pencil near the bed, then when you wake up, right away you go and write down whatever it is, even if it's only an image. Then you can train yourself to remember. Do your dreams disappear after you've been awake for ten minutes, or is it that you never remember them and NEVER HAVE? I only seem to remember them at all if I wake up in the middle. And then if I don't write it down it's gone in an hour. Also I'm a very soliptic person (self-absorbed) but even I can find this boring after a bit. Some people see their dreams as having magical qualities, for some this is meaningful or a lot of fun. If you were one of those--I'd have a special notebook for the bed, maybe even a Van Gogh silk collection in different colors (I'm a blackie, that's not likely to change).

One thing someone might try is that I used to use different colored pens in the same notebook for different things. I'd write my goals in green, and my diary in black and so on. With all the different colored pens they have now I'm thinking of doing it again. I'm thinking about buying one of these folios, and then I can put typed sheets or handwritten sheets in there in sequence when I finish the book. I hope it's a workable system.

[Frankie]

I used to dream a lot; all in colour with a beginning, middle and end like little movies. I kept a dream diary from the age of 12 to 17 and I still have it today. It's fascinating reading through and revisiting these snapshots from my growing consciousness and it's sad that, 10 years on, I really don't have those wild crazy dreams anymore. The doors of perception are well and truly sealed! These days I tend to note my daydreams and random thoughts more than anything.

[Sophie Brown]

I had a thought: It doesn't have to be sleeping dreams, it could be goals, like a life list. It could be really cool if you're really planning on doing the things. I don't think I could cope with 100 things or 50 things. I think 25 would be enough to start with.

[Daniel Westman]

I keep a dream diary, both in a notebook and online. I record my dreams because I´m interested in lucid dreaming. Keeping a dream journal is the first step to getting lucid(aware) in your dreams.

Scientists have a common view that you have to awaken directly from a dream to be able to remember it.