The Potential of a Dream
Dreams most likely have no meaning. Their eerie combination of archetypal images and visions can be so incredible, and so moving, that when we wake up straining to recall them , clinging to their hidden lessons. Most likely, dreams are a product of memories and emotions we experience from our waking lives.
There is one thing we should learn from our dreams.
The purpose of a dream can be found in the luminous moment when we are both asleep and awake; when we cannot differentiate between fantasy and reality. It is in this moment that our dreams add to our creative faculties. Subconsciously, we take these luminary moments with us and harness them to our waking lives, producing spontaneity, fantasy, and inspiration.
When we blend the infinite possibilities of our dreams with our rational abilities, inanimate objects can be liberated, art can be born, and our souls can be set free.
"The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything."
- Waking Life (2001)