One way to respond to a dream is through creating something that honours and deepens the experience of the dream. Many dreamers want to create a piece of art in response to a powerful dream, especially in cases where the dream has a striking visual quality. Here is a gallery of artistic creations that were directly inspired by dreams. The text of the dream itself is included, and also (in some cases) the dreamer’s insights about the meaning of the dream.
Sitting with my knees crouched in my arms, on a sunny day, in a barren concrete parking lot, I am watching over/guarding my father’s home/property. From where I am sitting...
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Veronica and Betty (from Archie) and Thelma (from Scooby Doo) are sliding down a snowbank. There is a dinosaur who looks like he is going to eat them, but it...
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The Blue Mug and The Flowers In this dream my dreamworker was sitting behind a desk at some place of learning. I was there as a participant (maybe student) but...
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The dream that inspired the painting “The Three-Legged Ones” happened in January 2008… In the dream I saw a clearing. Off in the distance at one end of the clearing...
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Me and my friends were in a car–a bright red one. Suddenly we stopped and came into a giant sun-shaped parking lot. As we walked out onto one of the...
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I start the dream off walking down a moderate incline of a rocky hill, around mid day in my hiking gear. As I approach the bottom I encounter a scattered...
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I’m playing on my bike. Black people on weird black pods offer to race. We race and I win. I’m walking my bike into a place where bikers live, before...
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I am visiting a school. I am in a classroom. There is a wall of art work. I see the art work of a particular child. She creates rainbows. I...
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