Listen Up: A Conversation about Dreams & Diaries
Do you remember when you first started keeping a diary? I do. I was 12 years old and my mother’s friend gave me a little plaid diary with a gold lock and key for my …
Dreamwork: From the “Life is But A Dream” Department
What’s your purpose? One quick way to unlock the messages in a dream is to consider the objects or characters in a dream and ask each one: “What’s your purpose?” This question can be asked …
2014 in review
It’s been a dreamy year here at AllTheSnoozeThat’sFitToPrint. And this part might sound like a dream but it’s true: The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for ‘Snooze … read on … …
A Lucid Lesson in Self-Love
After trying for over a week to have a lucid dream, I finally succeeded… Typically I have a lucid dream once or twice a month without trying. But this time it wasn’t quite that easy–or simple. But it was enlightening.
Dreaming Awake: Lessons from Matisse (#Quest2015)
This past weekend I went to see an exhibit of drawings by Matisse at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. What struck me most was how with a few strokes of the pen or charcoal, …
Q&A: Waste Not Want Not … “Aren’t dreams just the mind’s waste basket?”
Q: What is your opinion of the scientific explanation that dreams are merely a by-product of the consciousness; the mind is just processing what’s happened or what’s been perceived during the day? If this is …
She Passes Me a Note That Says …
Today’s blog post is by Grace Welker, who has just launched a PubSlush crowd-funding campaign to help finance the most beautiful and engaging diary I’ve ever seen for girls. The Oasis Pages is Grace’s dream come true. …
Dream Catching
When we lose out on sleep we lose out on dreaming, too. This is a situation worth remedying. Science tells us that REM sleep, when most dreams take place, helps with problem-solving, emotional regulation, and …
Awake (& Alive) in the Dream
A dreamer’s reflections on ecology, activism, and becoming lucid During a weekend workshop that aimed to empower and inspire environmental activists in difficult times, I had what could be called a reverse lucid dream. In a typical lucid …