Forgotten Dreams
“Where do forgotten dreams go?” J. Allan Hobson, Dream Life: An Experimental Memoir, pp. 175-176 Where Do Forgotten Dreams Go? They sleep in endless seas Dissolve into the orange gold horizon at dusk Rise with …
MLK’s Dream and Mine
On being link in liberty’s chain By Tzivia Gover Originally Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette 11/08/2011 – 1:00am NORTHAMPTON – On a cool, crisp November night, my co-worker Anita Gallers and I stood in …
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, …
Exotic Terrain: No Passport Required (CV)
exotic |igˈzätik| adjective originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country • attractive or striking because colorful or out of the ordinary • of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily …
Lesson Learned: A New App for Dreamers (CV)
This week I’ve been participating in the International Association for the Study of Dreams cyber conference on Lucid Dreaming. I’ve been picking up fun tips and being introduced to profound new thoughts about dreaming there. …
Dream Crooner: Music in Dreams (CV)
I was woken up in the middle of the night to the sounds of a Frank Sinatra song playing in my bedroom … only to realize I was dreaming! I had to be: The bedroom …
Reading Dreams
When I was a little girl I sat up straight and serious in the sky blue armchair in the formal living room, with a floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled with novels, the World Book Encyclopedia and tomes …
Can a Dream Change Your Life? In a Word, Yes. (CV)
In the early dawn hours on a snowy February morning, I was shaken awake by a dream. When I went to sleep the night before in the dorm room I was sharing with a friend …
The Dream Chorus
Each life has its own mythology, its own grand journey and its own universe of symbols and constellation of meaning. Dreams, according to Joseph Campbell and others, provide a personal mythology for each individual, just …
Looking for Zen: Why Writing the Dream Works
The dreams were there even before I opened my eyes. In this one I was lost (not an uncommon dream) and searching for a Japanese restaurant that I eat in from time to time in …