DISCOVER YOUR DREAMS
Every day we’re flooded with thousands of images designed to sell us products, politics, lifestyles and self-improvement programs. Are these external enticements more valuable than your own inner wisdom and creativity? Every night in your dreams you’re on an odyssey to discover a more creative view of your life path and potential. Cozy under the Read More …
What is a LUCID DREAM? A lucid dream is a dream in which you realize you’re dreaming. After starring in the film “Inception,” actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt became so inspired with lucid dreaming he produced this video, “Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious.” In the video Joseph visits with pioneering dream researcher Stephen LaBerge who describes the Read More …
In Dreams, Telepathy and the Grateful Dead My Dream Life offers a moment of parapsychological history with a video clip featuring consciousness pioneer Stanley Krippner, Ph.D. meeting up with his old friend Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead musician. In this video, Krippner and Hart reminisce about a dream telepathy experiment at a Grateful Dead concert decades Read More …
“Sooner or later, we will all have to deal with crises and the question of our mortality. We all have deep resources in our own ways, and if we listen and trust in them in difficult times, they can bring us comfort and transcendence.” Yo Yo Ma For over thirty years, YoYo Ma’s friend musician Read More …
Do you create artwork inspired by the mysterious storyteller of your dreams? Here are examples of artwork inspired by dreams: All artwork featured here was exhibited at conferences of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. You do not need to be a member of IASD or a conference attendee to participate in the Read More …
Edit “I meant to depict a beautiful dream…in a light better than any light that ever shone…in a land no one can remember. . .” Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted scenes of medieval romance including a series depicting knights and ladies dreaming about Read More …
Soon it will be time for the 18th Annual Dream Art Awards of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. The deadline is March 15, 2018 to enter your original art work inspired by a dream. The Dream Art Exhibit will be held in conjunction with the 35th annual conference of the International Association Read More …
It’s almost time for the International Association for the Study of Dreams 17th Annual Dream Art Awards. The deadline is February 15, 2017 to enter your original art work inspired by a dream! The Dream Art Exhibit will be held in conjunction with the 34th annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Read More …
Featuring Artist Nicolas Bruno “By translating my dream experiences into my artwork, it has lifted my spirits from a darker place than I used to reside in,” says artist Nicolas Bruno who has been plagued with the condition known as sleep paralysis for years. Nicolas has therapeutically transformed the struggle with his demons of the Read More …
Every night each of us is the author, director and star of our very own cinema of the night. Renowned filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was inspired by his dreams and it is evident in his rich body of work as a filmmaker. Bergman said this about dreams and the cinema: “Sometimes when I’m dreaming I think Read More …
What do TWILIGHT, AVATAR and FRANKENSTEIN have in common? They were all inspired by dreams. In this series “Famous Dreamers” you’ll read a few famous examples of incredible creativity and success inspired by dreams. In “The Musicians,” famous musicians described dreams that inspired them. In this blog we discover how dreams have inspired acclaimed authors Read More …
Interested in telepathic or precognitive dreaming? Psi dreaming is on the very edge of the vast frontiers of dreaming. “Tuning in to the Frequency” is the theme of the 15th annual PsiberDreaming Conference sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Dreams. It’s coming up September 25-October 9, 2016 and it’s completely online. Even Read More …
“I’m soooo scared! There are monsters under my bed! They might eat me! It’s REALLY creepy!” Most parents have faced such a heart-rending plea from their little one at some point and did their best to comfort and console. But many are uncertain whether or not their gentle assurance is the most beneficial response to Read More …
How to Explore Dreams and Nightmares with Your Child Find out how to support your child with their dream discoveries. Dreams offer insightful messages about the everyday worries and stresses your child faces in their life. As a bonus, dreams offer children important rehearsal time for coping with challenges in waking life. Discover more by Read More …
What do John Lennon, Sting, Einstein, Stephen King, and Goggle’s Larry Page have in common? The wisdom to trust their Dreams! What wisdom lies yet undiscovered in your dreams? In this My Dream Life series “Famous Dreamers,” you’ll read some famous examples of incredible creativity and success inspired by dreams. Let’s hear from the creatives Read More …
Artist and singer/songwriter Ann Stockdale whose dreams inspire her art says: “Dreams are such a connection to our higher self and give so much to help guide us. I’ve kept a dream journal for many years. It’s enlivening to look back over several years at once as the meanings become more clear over time.” Read More …
DREAM NEWS It’s almost time for the International Association for the Study of Dreams 16th annual Dream Art Awards. Deadline is February 15, 2016 to enter your original art work inspired by dreams. All two-dimensional and multi-dimensional media will be considered, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video and installation art. You do not need to Read More …
“Night Garden” Deep in the earth a tangle of roots sends up green shoots and dreams grow wild, like dandelion weeds, feathery heads alive with seeds – and these fine seeds, about to sprout, race the day to find their place in a welcome mind, in an open space in a lonely bed – and Read More …
For a glimpse into how dreams are portrayed in popular culture dreamers can enjoy the web series “Anamnesis.” Anamnesis is the extraordinary sci-fi web series about the phenomenon of lucid dreaming. The series focuses on four principal characters whose lives intersect due to lucid dreams. Check out the “Anamnesis” short film prologue here on My Dream Life. Read More …
Featuring Artist Bonnie Bisbee Bonnie Bisbee’s inspiring art work comes straight from the dreamscape. The painting below was inspired by Bonnie’s dream “Path of Light.” Bonnie says this dream invited her to feel “exuberance, joy and a kind of peaceful power that’s not usually connected with old age, at least not in our culture.” “My Read More …