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When i dream, I dream in colour…

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ok its first thing in the morning and i should be at work soon but i thought i would stop off and write a little bit about the dreams i have been having recently. Dreams always fancinate me for the reason that if vivid enough gets me thinking “what do they mean?” and “how does this relate to my life right now?”

Now since this is on mymind and ive been talking to people on Twitter about this, this morning. One reason why the whole dream interpretation came up was because in the “Creative Utopia” book i have been reading it discusses the theories of Karl Jung of how you gain meaning from things appearing in your dream by working out how the objects, animals, people etc realate to you.

So the first dream i had on Sunday night was about me fighting with a spider…not you jackie chan style moves, I was actually trying to trap it under a glass (im not scared of spiders but i hate the idea of them being on me so i always use ths method to get rid of them in real life). But when i did trap the pesky critter under the glass it would be strong enough to push me and the glass away.

I eventually came to some form of peace with the spider and was then helping to add wings to it, so it started to look like a butterfly except the wings looked more like leaves and it put them on wonkey lol!!

the dream i had last night was about me being on a school trip of some kind, i had just done some kind of sports activity and was trying to get changed back into my regular clothes as i hate wearing trackies out and about. so being almost topless by this point, a counseller i used to work with, popped her head round the curtain and told me she needs to use the space for an appointment (well actually the woman was a blur of both the counsellor, i used to work with and the one i do now, and i mean counsellor at the college not my own personal one before ideas start going) so still trying to sort myself out in a bit of a rush and a child opens the curtain to give me a pink cupcake, which at the same time i can see across the room that a friend of mine was also recieving a gift (much better than mine i might add lol). I just remember gazing at the cupcake thinking how kind it was i got this but i cant eat it (allergic to Wheat you see). There was also a man in it who i kept seeing who is a friend of mine, dont know why he was always there but he was just watching me

so work that out Mr Jung!!! better get to work, but before i go i thought i would add these lyrics from a song ive been listening to which i think sum me up a great deal


“The Way I Am” by Staind

I’m not very good at just paying attention
I’m not very good at remembering things that you say
I’m not very good at persuing redemption
I’m not very good at concealing the hand that I play

[chorus]
It’s the way I am, you’ll never change
The way I am, or re arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it’s the way I am

What I am Reading: “Creative Utopia: 12 ways to realize total creativity” by Theo Stephan Williams

What I am Listening to: “The way I am”, “Tangled up in you” and “Believe” by Staind

Searching for that Creative Utopia

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Unfortunately i didnt win the snazzy new phone from the #zombiephone competition but the winner was very deserving.

So im about mid way through the Creative Utopia book and i have to say it is actually pretty interesting stuff it, it basically describes methods and activities in which to spark the creativity in you which had the usual aromatherapy rituals but one that regularly comes up but i have not really appreciated until now is Feng Shui…

ok i wont go as far to say i will be rearranging my whole house to fit the Feng Shui way but what did strike me about the concept of the feeling of restlessness when things are disorganised and messy, I remember when I was studying for my Marketing exam in June the washing up or any kind of mess that was going on in the kitchen would burn into the back or my neck until i finally got up and did it, there was almost a sense of lack of control and anxiety which in itself is a bit odd.

But the main thing about the book which struck a cord (must admit i did joke about it in my last post to start) was about disconnecting yourself from technology to give yourself some time to think and be productive, so that means no internet no mobile phone just you, the world around you and your thoughts…

What what i have found sad about today’s society is the inability for some people to think for themselves yes the internet is a valuable tool and if used appropriately can enhance your learning and your performance, for example i never claim to know everything no person ever can, but i always know where to look if i want to find the answer and then extract what i need from the resource and apply it to the task at hand. But the internet is not the only tool for such education, I am a big fan of sitting down and reading a good book, not only to find my answers but I actually find my mind works a lot better if i have sat and read a good fiction book.

But anyway, enough with the rant and on with the creative side of things. The concept of distancing yourself from technology to be inspired by the surrounding that you are in as sometimes we do numb our brains to whatever is put to us, whether its the latest album feeding us music and lyrics, TV, text on the internet, the lastest text message on your phone…they all tend to feed information directly to us without any given effort on our part….apart from the odd bit of text on the internet of course.

So to extract myself from that to read this book to sit and digest the information without glancing at my phone every 2 seconds to see if i got another tweet, left me feeling inspired and creative. I had an impulse to do some drawing and some watercolour painting which i havent touched since secondary school. I ended up crawling into my loft like a mad person (I was actually told by my partner i was acting insane too) so i could find my reference mannekin to draw figures with…i even drew a sketch as to what i wanted to achieve:

My drawing plus the notes i wrote after to write this blog with

My drawing plus the notes i wrote after to write this blog with

I even vowed that i would take the advice from the book and buy myself a little A5 sketchbook so i can write and draw ideas when i feel inspired….from now on I will take more of this time out to myself as my senses never feel so awake as they do when im away from technology and my mind is free to think and be inspired.

I do miss the times i used to sit by the lake near where is used to live, lost in my thoughts, perhaps i should take up meditation?

What I am Reading: “Creative Utopia: 12 Ways to Realise total creativity” by Theo Stephen Williams – very inspring book i must say

What am I listening to: “Scream” by Michael Jackson – I can always imagine myself dancing to this when i hear it, its a shame im usually in the middle of a street so to burst into a dance routine may be a bit insane