What do Salvador Daliās Persistence of Memory (the painting with the melting clocks), Elias Howeās invention of the lockstitch sewing machin
What do Salvador DaliāsĀ Persistence of MemoryĀ (the painting with the melting clocks), Elias Howeās invention of the lockstitch sewing machine in 1845, and the Beatlesā songĀ Yesterday, have in common? They all were ideas that first emerged in dreams. Dreams, where we spend up to 1/3 of our lives, are fertile soil for us to explore and expand our creative practices.
Dreaming is recognized by researchers to be a place where we can have a much more creative space of mind because we are not bound by external input nor our own self-imposed limitationsāthe mind is literally able to go anywhere, do anything, and be anything. Daydreaming in many ways mimics more deep sleep dreaming, where the mind is again free to wander, to create, to explore.Ā Because of this, both daydreaming and dreaming are powerful creative tools, and one you can harness to build your creative practices, generate ideas, and create a more fanciful view of the world.
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