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. …
By The Sea: The gateway to sleep (CV)
Some of my happiest memories are of lying down to go to sleep after a day at the ocean. The sound-memory of ocean waves breaking against the shore continue to crash and retreat in my …
Waking up is hard to do
“Am I awake or dreaming?” This questions becomes something of a mantra for people who are attempting to increase their powers of lucid dreaming. In order to be awake—that is aware—in a dream, one needs …
Synchronicities: Dreamer meets Poetry — plus a bargain
Today I was wandering downtown in the rain when I found a book on the sale rack of our local bookstore titled, Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming by Catherine Shainberg. Right there three of …
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 …
“Nothing Matters”-The Voice of the Dream
One night, during a recent visit with my mother, who is suffering from age-related memory loss, I went to sleep feeling sad, small, angry and frightened over what is happening to her. This is the …
Mirrors or Windows … Reflecting on Dreams (CV)
Do dreams reflect reality? Is a dream a mirror you hold up to your life or a window looking out on new possibilities? Can dreaming help you reflect upon your life? Before you wake, do …
D is for Deer … and Devotion (CV)
As I rode in an open air taxi from the ferry to our camp on my arrival to St. John, in the Virgin Islands, a small family of deer crossed the road just in front …
C is for Coffee Pot: The ABCs of Dreams
For the past few weeks I’ve been teaching my students, who are teen moms, to make alphabet books for their babies using recycled manila file folders and colored markers . I don’t have a coffee …
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