How to Work With Your Nightly Dreamsby Brenda Ferrimani

Part 1

Inside:

Decorating Your Journal

Copyright 2011 by Brenda Ferrimani

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How to Work With Your Nightly Dreams, by Brenda Ferrimani

Over the next three weeks you will receive information for all of the

following topics:

Part 1- Decorating Your Journal

Part 2- How to Remember Your Dreams

How to Record Your Dreams

How to Amplify Your Dreams

How to Incubate a Dream

Jeremy Taylor’s Tool Kit for Projective Dream Work

Robert Moss’ 8 Minute Dream Sharing

Part 3- Sketches, Sychronicity, and Dream Journal Magic

Examples from Brenda’s Own Dream Journals

If you are new to dream work you will find a lot of useful information here to

help you begin to understand and honor your dreams. I have been examining

my dreams for years and I am happy to share with you so that you’ll find your

own dream time rewarding. My personal dream work has been an amazing and

joyful process! I’ve discovered, what everyone can discover, that I am a multi-

dimensional being with extra senses, talents, and untapped creativity — That I

am connected to everyone, and everything in this universe! I have learned that

no one but me can know for sure what my dreams mean. — Nothing can mean

more to me than having my own self-affirming, mind bending, and body chilling

experiences. I am so glad that you are ready to begin your meaningful dream

exploration!

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Decorating Your Journal

To help you work with your own dreams, I encourage you to start by creating a pleasing and beautiful dream journal, one that is a delight to spend time with. Working with the unconscious is serious, true, so make it fun! My time with my journal is a joyful special time! I decorate my journal with images in collage or painted that remind me of my dream world. My journal is a durable book that I can refer to often over time without tearing apart. The paper is heavy enough to accept any medium without pens, mark-ers or paint bleeding through. (I recommend a Multi-Medium “Canson” Field Drawing Book.) I love collage! — This is how I have been decorating my journals for years. It’s an easy way of creating art without the skill of an illustrator. Let your imagination out to play. Run free! No rules! - Just pure delight!!

Where do I get my images? I drag them off the internet, use old magazines, or scan old personal photos. I often use artwork I create especially. The images I use evoke certain energies that I wish to invite into my dreaming experience. Some are symbols that show up in recurring themes in my dreams. You’ll notice I have “White Spider” on my dream journal covers a lot! Living with my personal dream symbols gives them an opportunity to explain themselves as I go about my mundane day, serving as an unconscious wish, inviting magic and sychronicity into my waking life.

I have included examples of dream journals I have created in the past as examples on the next pages.

Art supplies you will need to create your journal:

1. Multi-Medium Field Drawing Book

2. Images

3. Rubber Cement, Scissors, X-acto Blade, ruler, cutting surface.

4. Paint, brushes, pens and markers

5. “Clear”, a self adhesive vinyl to cover your journal collage, and protect it.

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Some of my Dream Journal Covers

Notice White Spider - A recurring symbol in my dreams. I’ve spent a lot of time exploring what this means for me. I also dream of Russell Crowe and the Moody Blues a lot... This energy I love to invite back!

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Just in case you don’t have a couple of days to decorate your dream journal, you can

save time by clipping and printing images as you find them, and then keeping them in

labeled bags to stay organized. When you find you’ve reached the end of one journal

and you need a new one fast, you’ll be ready to create a new one in no time!

— Always keep it fun!!

Below the categories that work for my organization:

Animal Totems, Dream Themes (includes common symbols such as cars, houses, shoes,

purses, etc...), Nature, Famous People, Myth-Sacred, and Miscellaneous.

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Layout a space next to your journal about the same size as your cover. Work with your

composition there, getting it the way you want it before gluing. After you have finished

gluing, burnish your images by placing a clean sheet of paper on top and using your

hand to rub over your artwork. This will make the images really adhere to the surface.

Measure and cut a piece of Clear adhering vinyl, allowing for a 1/2 inch overlap on the

top, side and bottom of the cover. I usually cut a small square out of the overlap on the

corners so that it folds over easily, with clean edges.

See below:

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Here, some workshop fun, good idea for a party too! These women were so proud of

themselves. What beautiful cover designs! Now they have a gorgeous, artful and per-

sonally meaningful journals to spend time with every day. Just think what magic they

are conjuring!

At a recent Dream Retreat with Jeremy Taylor and Billie Or-tiz, in Loveland Colorado, these ladies took a class I held on dream journaling.

Top left photo is Glenna Erickson Bain, top right Jerry McK-instry, middle left Star Edwards, Stacey Arnett, Marlene Wol-cott. Bottom photos Glenna Erickson Bain, Mary Willis, Karen Wentworth, and Mindi Thomas

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