A postcard from Dreamland.A piece in Toolbox Blue shows how to keep a dream diar, and talks about how artists often use their dreams as a source of creative inspiration.
Below are “dream postcards” inspired by a completed free association grid, using a collage technique – tearing pictures out of old newspapers and magazines, and sticking them together to create something surreal.
Theme 1: Chase and escape
A snowy road
Car chase
Police
Spies
Government
Out of breath
Frightening
Been caught out
Exciting
Where to go?
Fork in the road
Travelling
A locked door
An empty space
Walls
A bed
Noisy neighbours next door
Shut out of the party
Listening through walls
Let me in
Hidden cupboards
New rooms
A maze
Discovery
Love and guilt
Schooldays
Old songs
Playtime
Girls and boys
In the cinema
In the dark
Sunny days
Favourite things
Time
Growing older
Loss
Vomit
Taste of burger
Allergic reaction
Feeling sick
Stay in bed
Go to work – every day
Remembering
Take the train
Catch a plane
Round the bend
Car sick
Vomit