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Dream imagery

I'm a visual person. I learn faster if I have something to look at, be it lecture notes written on a blackboard, some pretty illustrations, or taking notes in colored pens and doodles. And while I do have mad skillz, they are not in drawing or any visual art.

Sometimes I've found it extremely difficult to accurately portray a scene in one of my dreams with words. Sometimes it's not really important to show that the mother ship is a little further to my left and just above the flaming tree. Other times it feels absolutely necessary.

And it's at those times that I like looking at dream imagery, like those at Slow Wave. While I wish I could recreate my dreams visually like that, too often my dreams are filled with more visual imagery than can be placed in a sketchbook.

I tried a simple sketch on a scrap piece of paper when describing a truly odd airstrip to B earlier this month. It was a simple line sketch, and I decided to recreate it to post alongside my dream.

Hopefully it will help me remember the dream when I re-read it in a few years time. Which is why I record my dreams: for me. Not for you.