Thread: Keeping a Dream Sketch pad instead of journal?

Originally posted by ShadowVengance
Hello. I know people write down their dreams to keep a good memory of it. I remeber them very well, but since I am a visual learner , and use sketches and stuff to study for tests etc. Could I sketch what I see in my dream and use it to the same effect as a dream journal? I'm hoping so but it's ok, I just want to see if doing one of these can/could improve my dream life.

THAT IS AN AWESOME IDEA

I can sketch vague images as fast as I could write my thoughts down. In fact, because they are images to begin with you may be able to recall them better.

That is awesome.

I hope a lot of people read this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This isn't a bad idea, but remember you'd have to sketch a lot of scenes, and you can't really draw emotions that well, same with thoughts. But you'd also have to be a pretty good artist. Anyways, not a bad idea.

Well, my little cuzin who is like 8, lucid dremas so i told her that she should draw pictures of her dremas so se will rememebr them. I htinght it owudl be eaiser for her to do than to spend time writing out sentences, and for kids drawings are fun and easy.

Adding a caption or entry with the sketch might not be totally neccessary, though. Think about it. The visual image will most likely trigger a detailed memory of the dream, along with any emotions and thoughts.

I already do both, I write what I can and then I'll generally draw pics of places, people or both, or a little cartoon about how silly I am for not realising something was up and that I was dreaming.

I wish i could draw, beacse then i could draw all the places and people in my dream... oh well, ive always been jelous of people who can draw relaly well, or even people who are really good at scektches... It soubds like an awomse idea. why dont we have a peice about in the tutorials?

If there is a really awesome lucid or dream that sticks out in my head I draw it. I draw tons of sketches, write key words so that I don't forget certain things. Then when I look back into my sketch book I see visuals, and read words...and remember. It's great. I'll post one of these pages when I get back home at the end of March (since that's where my scanner is)

sure, that's a wonderful thing to do. just as long as you include emotions you feel and the time you feel them, that;s a very important part of recording your dreams. whether you choose to do that in writing or art, is up to you.

without sounding arrogant, im a very good artist (esp sketches) and I love to draw my dreams. But I have started trying out Mind Mapping my dreams which is basically using Drawings and Writing linking points. Ive read some topics on here about Mind mapping, so search away

Originally posted by barbizzle
I wish i could draw, beacse then i could draw all the places and people in my dream... oh well, ive always been jelous of people who can draw relaly well, or even people who are really good at scektches... It soubds like an awomse idea. why dont we have a peice about in the tutorials?

I guess you can only depict so much with stick figures!

Actually barbizzle, you can draw. If you learn. That is such a common misconception that I can't draw.
Well I could not lucid dream until I was shown either. You ofcoarse have your naturals, as you do with Lucid dreamers.
But the Principles & elements of design can be learned by anybody willing to put in the time to learn them. Provided you are not mentally handicap.

hmm. Thanks for the drawing advice... I think i might learn how to draw. I would love it so much. I mean i have other outlet for my creative and drama stuff. I make movies and write music.. it's just i have to learn how to draw more than stick figures.lol. Any idea where i could find a drawing tutrial someplace?

Originally posted by barbizzle
hmm. Thanks for the drawing advice... I think i might learn how to draw. I would love it so much. I mean i have other outlet for my creative and drama stuff. I make movies and write music.. it's just i have to learn how to draw more than stick figures.lol. Any idea where i could find a drawing tutrial someplace?

There are a plethora of books that can teach you the basics of drawing. Like I had said, just learning the principles & elements of design and then incorperating that with some of the other basics. At least get you to a point of rendering somthing on paper that you can understand for yourself.

I'm sure there are tutorials out there. You would have to do a search. Drawing techniques or something.

Originally posted by Howetzer
At least get you to a point of rendering somthing on paper that you can understand for yourself.

I'm sure there are tutorials out there. You would have to do a search. Drawing techniques or somthing.

Hey Howetzer...I idolize you!!!

hehe.

Originally posted by ShadowVengance
Hello. I know people write down their dreams to keep a good memory of it. I remeber them very well, but since I am a visual learner , and use sketches and stuff to study for tests etc. Could I sketch what I see in my dream and use it to the same effect as a dream journal? I'm hoping so but it's ok, I just want to see if doing one of these can/could improve my dream life.

This idea is only awesome of you are an excellent artist.

Also, its hard to draw movement. Dreams are more than just images, they are a procession, a movement-image (anyone know Deleuze?). Movement-images are hard to draw.

Also it is hard to draw what you are saying, thinking.

Possibly, a combination of very good drawings, and writing, may suffice...but i dunno...

HOORAH! I'm going to do this! I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be pretty easy for me, as I've been an anime and webcomic/surreal artist for a long while now.

I actually thought of this as I was reading a book about Salvador Dali, he writes under many of his paintings, that the paintings were images he'd seen in dream split seconds before awakening.

As for motion, that's where comics with seem cool. Anime is a great way to express emotion, although if your able to recognize the place in the drawing it will most likely come back to you, like visiting the house you grew up in.

I'm glad everyone supported this in a postive way ^________^

Maybe this forum can start like a "Lucid Art Gallery!" Wouldn't that be cool? It's be easier to show people like that rather than write, people can interpret writing a million and one ways.

A Pictures' Worth a thousand words......

I apologize for not getting back to this sooner!

Originally posted by Sesquipedalian Dreams
This idea is only awesome of you are an excellent artist.

I have to disagree with you Sesquipedalian Dreams. The whole purpose in writing down your dreams is to jot down the major facts to jog your memory in the morning. Then you can recall & write a more descriptive journal entry.
So sketching a rudamentary drawing I think would also work in this regard. In addition a good portion of dreams are interpreted visually. giving this perspective even more of a plus.
That is just my opion.
And opions are like rearends. Everyone has one & they all stink.

Hahah, A teacher at school taught me Opinions are toe jam, Everyone has it, and it stinks, lol. He also introduced us to meditation. Nice guy.

I've been sketching dreams for awhile now. not the whole dream, but if there's a particular scene that made an impression on me, or just the general light/ambiance of the dream, that i can't quite capture in words. Alot of times, I'll just keep alot of colored pencils along with my notebook, and color in the margins the colors that match the dream or my mood. This has no form and isn't recognizable at all, and yet, I find when I come back to read the dream months later, just having the colors there makes my memory SO much more vivid. I spend a long time trying to get the colors right though.

The problem with drawing is it's so concrete. words were meant to deal with abstract concepts, and even if you can't describe something adequately with words, you can still imagine it. For myself at least, when I look at a sketch, I tend to see only the drawing, as the whole rendering of the dream(does that make sense?). Drawings seem more final, more definite. maybe it's just because of the way I draw, and I need to adopt a more abstract technique. But dream images are very fluid, always changing, and often you never get a good visual image that can easily be transferred to paper.

and then there's times when I can't begin to describe something adequately and only a picture will do(the ol' "picture's worth a thousand words", as somebody said) Really, I need both drawings and words to record my dreams.

Bizzy

I did this for two of my dreams now. I found writing little details works very well. And as i'm drawing I'll remeber stuff I would have otherwise forgotten, drawing the images requires me to think more intensely of it, so i remeber more. It's been working good. i'm sticking to it.

Originally posted by Howetzer+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Howetzer)</div>

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This idea is only awesome of you are an excellent artist.

I have to disagree with you Sesquipedalian Dreams. The whole purpose in writing down your dreams is to jot down the major facts to jog your memory in the morning. Then you can recall & write a more descriptive journal entry.
So sketching a rudamentary drawing I think would also work in this regard. In addition a good portion of dreams are interpreted visually. giving this perspective even more of a plus.
That is just my opion.
And opions are like rearends. Everyone has one & they all stink. [/b]

I do see your point, but i still think it is easier to jog your memory with a few words, like "penguins on street", rather than trying to sketch a bunch of penguins on a street. It also takes a lot less time and effort. If i wake up in the middle of the night, i would rather scribble down "penguins in street", and continue to have awesome dreams about penguins on the street, than to try to sketch the same thing

Originally posted by Sesquipedalian Dreams+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sesquipedalian Dreams)</div>

Originally posted by Howetzer@
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This idea is only awesome of you are an excellent artist.

I have to disagree with you Sesquipedalian Dreams. The whole purpose in writing down your dreams is to jot down the major facts to jog your memory in the morning. Then you can recall & write a more descriptive journal entry.
So sketching a rudamentary drawing I think would also work in this regard. In addition a good portion of dreams are interpreted visually. Giving this perspective even more of a plus.
That is just my opion.
And opions are like rearends. Everyone has one & they all stink.

I do see your point, but i still think it is easier to jog your memory with a few words, like \"penguins on street\", rather than trying to sketch a bunch of penguins on a street. It also takes a lot less time and effort. If i wake up in the middle of the night, i would rather scribble down \"penguins in street\", and continue to have awesome dreams about penguins on the street, than to try to sketch the same thing[/b]

True.
I suppose it would be benificial in certain cases. Like trying to capture a whole dreamscape with words can take a whole page. Sketching one may be easier. But as far as your point with the penguins, I certainly agree with you.

Yes, I agree with that aswell. Penguins on the street is easier than drawing them on the street, but if the street has vast outains and a polar bear parade and lollipop houses etc, etc. I think a sketch can include more detail and a better image than the words but, the above too posts have my 100% support.

Originally posted by ShadowVengance
Hello. I know people write down their dreams to keep a good memory of it. I remeber them very well, but since I am a visual learner , and use sketches and stuff to study for tests etc. Could I sketch what I see in my dream and use it to the same effect as a dream journal? I'm hoping so but it's ok, I just want to see if doing one of these can/could improve my dream life.

That sounds like a great idea. I just wish I could draw worth shit

Originally posted by Wicked+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wicked)</div>

That sounds like a great idea. I just wish I could draw worth shit *[/b]

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I wish i could draw, beacse then i could draw all the places and people in my dream... oh well, ive always been jelous of people who can draw relaly well, or even people who are really good at scektches... It soubds like an awomse idea. why dont we have a peice about in the tutorials?

I guess you can only depict so much with stick figures!

Actually barbizzle and Wicked, you can draw. If you learn. That is such a common misconception that I can't draw.
Well I could not lucid dream until I was shown either. You ofcoarse have your naturals, as you do with Lucid dreamers.
But the Principles & elements of design can be learned by anybody willing to put in the time to learn them. Provided you are not mentally handicap.