Last
night Ginsberg was reading Beat Poetry to a disinterested porcelain cat who wished
only to be known as Bono while Tom Waits (who'd been drinking again) was smashing
my dinner plates into the sink ;)
Introduction:
Do you dream in black and white or colour? Do you dream in full movies or
do you see flashes of images? Do you remember your dreams all day or only for
a fleeting period when you wake up?
There are many theories on dreaming. Some say dreams give you a deep insight into
your current thinking. Some say your dreams are you working through your waking
life's problems. Some say dreams are simply the different parts of your brain
entertaining and interacting randomly throughout the night during your long resting
period. In the end, dreams are interesting and can be a great source of creative
inspiration. And sometimes, the dreamscape can be just plain silly.
Most
people only remember their dreams for a very short time after they wake up so
keep a pen and paper by your bed and record them as soon as you wake up.
I
once read at Uni that at the end of a lifetime of studying dreams, Karl Jung was
asked if he could interpret any dream, to which he had to confess that he didn't
know what it might mean.
Initial
Task: You are to keep a pen and paper by your bed this week and each time
you wake up you are to record in point form the dreams you remember from the night.
Experiment
- only if you want to, try eating some cheese before you go to bed to see
if your dreams change any in their nature. Some of the Surrealist painters used
to do this to enhance their dreams.
Possible
Tasks
-
Sit in a circles of 5 students and have them read their 'favourite' or 'most interesting'
dream to the group.
- What do you think the dream is trying to tell you?
-
What do you think this dream might mean?
- How is the dream related to anything
happening in your life at the moment?
Little
Joke - "Now
people there are some dreams that you really don't need to share with your teacher.
Maybe you should share them with your parents or friends... or maybe you should
just keep them to yourself" :)
