How many of you have ever used at least one dream for creative inspiration?

**BeeClock** · 10-12-2011 12:08 AM

For example, if you are making a work of art, and you need a creative idea, and you have a dream which gives you an idea for your piece of art.
And how often do you do this?

Lucid and/or non-lucid dreams. (You can vote on multiple options; e.g. you've had one non lucid which gave you an idea, but occasionally get ideas from lucids).

**old dead wood** · 10-12-2011 02:39 AM

Amateur songwriter: have received one complete chorus (words and notes/chords) directly from a dream.
Also, intermittently over the years, I have listened to a dream tape that contained many quality song sketches/ideas.
Strongly "knew" that these were mine. (Whether this is a "knowing" based on songs actually being "there",
or it's mere brain/mind circuitry falsely and on-the-spot creating the songs and the certainty, I don't know)
It's very satisfying to listen to these songs in dreams, but I have never been able to bring anything back into wake-time.

**Mancon** · 10-14-2011 10:21 PM

I have occasionally in non lucids and lucid. Usually is has something to do with a school project. I use my lucids as inspiration for writing different stories, and they usually turn out really good.

**Robot_Butler** · 10-14-2011 11:39 PM

I use dreams for inspiration, creative ideas, and problem solving all the time. I am a visual designer, architect and artist.

**BeeClock** · 10-15-2011 03:54 AM

That is really cool guys. Thanks for answering.

**tom32** · 10-16-2011 02:07 AM

I sometimes have Dreams that have music Ect. in them, I really like the idea of this, I might even Try.
So, Thanks for the idea

Bye

**Quantiq** · 10-16-2011 02:18 AM

I'm studying architecture in my grade 12 year of high school. I use a lot of designs for buildings based on ones in my dreams which usually turn out very nice.

**Hephua** · 10-17-2011 11:23 AM

Problem solving..
Sometimes i hear music with sound and chorus, but i've been able to remember only parts of the text and nothing from the sound.
I have seen paintings, drawings, but havent tried to accomplish them yet.(i'm an artist) i get the whole idea and colours, but not in details.
I think human's potential is probably way more active in dreams, we aren't thinking in an ordinary way(kinda like thinking outside the box)
You can make any use of it...for example you can make a script for a porn movie, using your erotic dreams... haha

**shafri** · 10-17-2011 11:41 AM

it is my desire to create my own song. so several times i've dreamed of new song, when i woke up i still remember clearly the melody and jump to my PC right away to start composing, but the problem is, i dont know how to compose a song, and i barely can play guitar, so the song only linger in my mind for a moment until i forgot it

one time i remember i saw some figure i my dream, its some sort of "rule of thumb" in marine engineering design. when i woke up i drew that figure. but look carefully, i dont have any clue of how to use it

**StaySharp** · 10-17-2011 03:08 PM

So far I've only been using very few of my non-LDs for inspration. They are often to erratic to give me any real inspirations. But when they do, they're doing it right.

I plan to use my dreams a lot more for inspiration, especially LDs.

**Robot_Butler** · 10-19-2011 12:23 AM

The designs I come up with in my dreams are often nonsensical and impossible. They rarely work in the real world, but they still give me inspiration and a fresh point of view.

**Folqueraine** · 11-04-2011 10:38 PM

I've been inspired to write short stories from my most interesting and coherent dreams.

**tambu** · 11-06-2011 12:13 PM

I don't really have anything to use such inspiration for, so never

**tommo** · 11-06-2011 12:40 PM

Most of the time that I've gotten inspiration it is for little piano songs which I soon forget, after remembering only bits of it and it not turning out well IRL lol.
Or problems IRL with friends etc. dreams have helped a bit.

A couple of times I came up with cool products that I was going to patent, but never got around to it. lol
I definitely want to get a job where I can come up with cool solutions to problems in my dreams. That would be awesome.

**CWHunt456** · 11-06-2011 05:44 PM

Most of the stories I used to write in elementary school were from dreams. I actually won about 5 writing competitions with my stories. I used to love writing stories from my dreams. It kept the story original and I didn't even have to think it up myself.

**babylemonade** · 11-16-2011 04:23 AM

Now that I think about it, a lot of pieces I've written have been inspired by dreams. In fact, the zombie apocalypse love story that got published in my college's lit journal was written almost entirely one morning after I woke up from a particularly memorable dream.

**Mirui987** · 11-18-2011 08:55 PM

I am a writer, and dreams give me ideas for landscapes and plots I would of never thought of on my own.

**Daegon** · 11-20-2011 05:50 AM

I write a lot of fiction, and much of it is based loosely off my dreams. I'll remember things from a dream, quickly write them down, mull it over, and many times mold the basic idea into a workable story.

**Puffin** · 11-20-2011 08:17 AM

I had a lucid once where I was walking down the street and saw some big wooden sculptures. They were fairly organic and had many textures and curves; I tried to emulate them on paper once I woke up which turned out fairly successfully, resulting in two complete pieces of art, even though I couldn't replicate the exact nature of the sculptures.

This happens maybe once every 4-5 months.

**Naiya** · 11-20-2011 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Mirui987

I am a writer, and dreams give me ideas for landscapes and plots I would of never thought of on my own.

Same here...one of my dreams was basically a whole cohesive plot/story about a guy who accidentally traveled to another dimension and back. It was something I would never have been able to think of on my own and all the characters were as complex as real people.