Our Dreams Are One of Our Most Creative Times, Should We Hold on to Them?
How to double your daily creative time by changing only 1 thing.
I am a writer, it’s who I am and what I’d like to spend a lot more time doing. I am also a mother of four home-educated children which is why I don’t do so much writing, but apparently, I, like you, and everyone else is failing to make the most of one of our most productive creative times while we’re asleep!
We’ve all heard many times that while we sleep our subconscious brain takes the helm and navigates through the day gone by, along with all the dilemmas and plans for the future. While our bodies drift into their parasympathetic state and begin the process of rest, recharge, and repair, our minds are far from still. A high-speed puzzle genius is at work, processing and trying to find answers to our logistical, emotional, and relational problems and concerns. And that’s not all, be they nightmares or dreams, our sleep visions are laden with potential.
The disturbed sleep of Mary Shelley gave us Frankenstein, while the blissful slumber of Paul McCartney created the song Yesterday. And the potential doesn’t just apply to artistic creativity. What of Elias Howe who created the sewing machine thanks to a terrifying nightmare, or Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist…
