‘To be a creative soul I need to nurture my dreams’
When we combine dreams and writing we joyfully release the stories and poems that want to be expressed through us. the Dreamng on the Page Writers Showcase will be an occasional column where I sharing the work from writers who recently completed the Dreaming on the Page writing courses. Each piece is selected because, like a memorable dream, it contains beauty and meaning that’s too good not to share.
Q&A: Working to Understand Dreams
Q: Do you have any suggestions for how I can work to better understand the messages contained within my dreams? Signed, Seeking Understanding A: Dear Seeking, Did you know that in my other life I’m …
L is for dream LINES (CV)
sometimes a line from a dream lingers in the imagination lovely, literary; it doesn’t want to be analyzed, doesn’t want to be any longer than it is let the line be let it lead you …
Dreaming is the Poet’s Work (CV)
In her book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard claims she never learned anything useful from a dream. And yet she gives us this quote by Octavio Paz: “Octavio Paz cites the example of Saint-Pol Roux, …
The Colors are the Movement (CV)
Morning Garden Both Hands Dreaming When words from two dreams got caught in my drawing the word feelings became birds flying. The sky became the story, etcetera became flowers and my journal a beautiful garden. …
Dream Houses
Houses in dreams are said to represent the Self: Windows for eyes, doors representing what you are letting in or locking out, and so on. Lucid dreamers often have a dream house through which they …
The Place of the Poet
I try to notice Everything about this room: The windows, long, low and stretching to the floor, The blankets woven with The sure weight of comfort, The yellows of late afternoon When rain is done, …