I could barely remember my dreams at first, but with time you get better at recall. My trick is to journal longhand as soon as I wake up, using minimal light. I don't use my phone or laptop - the screen brightness could awaken me further and pull me further away from the memory of the dream. My recall has improved significantly over the past few months, and I'm finally starting to remember dreams that get interrupted by my work alarm.
Also, as far as what to actually do with your dream journal entries, I've been following the Jungian idea that they're windows into the unconscious. Whether or not you buy into that, one piece of advice I keep seeing over and over again regarding this is a dream element's personal meaning is more correct than some dictionary's definition. If you dream of something weird and you look up some aspect in an online dream dictionary or something, that's not going to be necessarily an accurate interpretation. Anything that your unconscious sends upstairs in the form of a dream is going to be personal and not standardized.
Also, as far as what to actually do with your dream journal entries, I’ve been following the Jungian idea that they’re windows into the unconscious.
New year proposal was getting back into music-writing/making, I've been in a rut... and I was thinking that a key component was I lacked dream imagery.
Dreams are a fantastic source for creative inspiration, whether it's image or feeling or vibes! Journals are a great way to improve recall and have a greater well of image to draw from.
I could barely remember my dreams at first, but with time you get better at recall. My trick is to journal longhand as soon as I wake up, using minimal light. I don't use my phone or laptop - the screen brightness could awaken me further and pull me further away from the memory of the dream. My recall has improved significantly over the past few months, and I'm finally starting to remember dreams that get interrupted by my work alarm.
Write things down by hand, got it. I was gonna try to start on laptop, but I should make an effort to get away from screens anyways.
Also, as far as what to actually do with your dream journal entries, I've been following the Jungian idea that they're windows into the unconscious. Whether or not you buy into that, one piece of advice I keep seeing over and over again regarding this is a dream element's personal meaning is more correct than some dictionary's definition. If you dream of something weird and you look up some aspect in an online dream dictionary or something, that's not going to be necessarily an accurate interpretation. Anything that your unconscious sends upstairs in the form of a dream is going to be personal and not standardized.
New year proposal was getting back into music-writing/making, I've been in a rut... and I was thinking that a key component was I lacked dream imagery.
Dreams are a fantastic source for creative inspiration, whether it's image or feeling or vibes! Journals are a great way to improve recall and have a greater well of image to draw from.