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You can live many lives through your dreams. That's what makes them a handy source of inspiration.
This week's Drama Newsletter is all about - you guessed it - dreams!
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Can you remember your dreams? I can, most of the time. Sometimes all that lingers is a snippet or two, but generally speaking I can remember the storyline and quite a bit of detail. Indeed, I can still remember some from years ago. There are also those that have come around more than once.
My husband rarely remembers his dreams. When I was a child there was one morning when, as the alarm went off, it felt as though I’d only just fallen asleep. If that is what it’s like not remembering your nightly mental adventures I sure prefer it my way, because I didn’t feel rested at all that day. Besides, even if my dreams aren’t always pleasant, they certainly tend to be interesting.
I don’t know what yours are like, but my best dreams feel like being a character in an utterly convincing movie where you can touch, smell, taste your environment and are emotionally involved in the storyline. More often than not I have at least some say in what I want to do and where I want to go. At some point in the past I learned to overcome nightmares by changing what was happening or what I was interacting with. For example, in a dream about huge, scary spiders I would change them into fluffy, friendly spiders, and then I’d no longer feel frightened.
I don’t know why, but gigantic birds have been frequent visitors to my dreams. When I was little I had a recurring dream about birds with legs as long as skyscrapers that’d be walking around the city. Enormous swans attacking the population have stopped by more than once – I know now that I have to communicate with the Queen of Swans in order to restore peace.
As odd as they might be, our dreams can be a good source of inspiration for our poems and stories. Even if an account of the peace negotiations between humans and swankind makes little to no sense, you might be able to use snippets of the action, or the general feel of the dream. What was it like to feel small and helpless in the face of the enemy? Is that what a mouse feels like when the eyes of a cat meet theirs? How would you summon the strength and courage to confront enemy forces when you know that the slightest mistake could bring about not just your own downfall, but that of your people?
In my dreams I have been a superhero, a singer, an actress, a Formula 1 driver… I have been the member of an underground resistance. I have flown planes and dragons. I have been old and young, beautiful and, well, less so, I have been various nationalities. I have travelled through history. I have been a romantic heroine rejoicing in love and suffering in loss. I have laughed. I have cried. I have felt so deeply that I woke up with tears streaming down my face.
It is often said that you should write what you know, and to a certain extent, I agree. There must always be room for the imagination, however. Part of being a writer is having the imagination to place yourself in someone else’s shoes, someone else’s life. Dreams do exactly that – in my dreams I can be anyone, can do anything, and that makes them useful. I remember what it is like to fly a dragon, even if I have never done so when I was awake. I have hugged my grandmother after she’d passed away, letting her know once more that I love her. I have done all these things and I will do many more. You will, too. You might as well make use of some of these experiences. You never know who would love to – perhaps even need to – hear about them.
May your dreams bring you happiness and inspiration,
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