Dreams serve as creative material harvested through partner sharing.

Evidence

Dreams are understood as a creative resource. Dreams are shared with a partner, and then highlights of dreaming are shared or performed in the group. Class members are encouraged to listen for sounds in their dreams. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 114

Categorization

  • SEED: Listening for sounds in dreams is a striking practice worth investigating — could be an article on hypnagogic/perceptual attention.
  • FICTION: A character who mines their dreams for ambient sound as a creative source is a compelling premise.
  • QUESTION: Does auditory dreaming sharpen waking attention to sonic environment? Worth chasing in sleep and perception literature.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 114
  • XREF: connects to: Inception’s dream architecture mirrors the vacuousness of creative-industries ideology. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 526