What Is It With Writing in my Dreams?
Am I losing my mind or can you relate?
Whenever I’m working on an article or a landing page copy it becomes part of my dreams.
Surprisingly I’m a better writer there. I find words much more easily. I create rhythmic and compelling sentences.
I woke up several times at night having an urging idea or sentence to be written. An idea that feels so powerful that I just can’t ignore and go back to sleep.
What I do is turn my phone on and try to write it down in my notes despite those deadly sleepy eyes.
Then the first thing I do in the morning is to check my phone to see if that was a dream itself.
Sometimes I find great ideas and sometimes I just wonder what was I thinking in that dream to think these words or this idea would work. But for most of it, it just blows my mind.
I wrote this very article in my head. On my way back from my grandparent's house while in the car.
Don’t worry I wasn’t the one driving. But I was the one daydreaming.
I felt hypnotized. The words and images flowed in my head and that felt so satisfying.
This time I didn’t write on my phone. I didn't move. Because I felt like this amazing flow would disappear. I couldn't stop this storm of emotions moving through me. I just enjoyed it for what it is: writing in my head.
Am I using the same words and expressions now? Not really.
Does it still feel magical? Yes, it does.
Especially when I cut all the noise around me and get lost in this piece. Writing as if it is the only thing I’m here to do and experience.
Getting ideas in dreams seems magical. Dreams are so creative and inspired. It’s not a surprise though in the land of possibility where everything can be true.
Several artwork ideas were based on dreams. The list includes:
- The film “Inception” by Christopher Nolan
- The song “Yesterday” by the Beatles
- Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
- The novel “Dreamcatcher” by Stephen King
- “The red book” by Carl Jung
It doesn’t end with the artwork, ideas can be related to any other field or problem.
Trying to research more about this phenomenon, I found that people are even trying to get ideas in their dreams through a process called sleep-storming.
“ Sleep-storming is about being relaxed enough to make those dreamlike connections — while at the same time being alert enough to guide your dreams along channels that will be useful to you when you wake”. — Jim Beckerman
It can happen by following some tips such as:
- Focusing on the problem you want to solve before you sleep
- And waking yourself mid-sleep.
After reading about it, I feel less worried about writing in my dreams. I even want more of that.
What are your thoughts?
Have you experienced something similar? Did you ever get ideas in your sleep?
And are you willing to try sleep-storming?
