A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Dylan Tuccillo & Jared Zeizel & Thomas Peisel

Author:Dylan Tuccillo & Jared Zeizel & Thomas Peisel [Tuccillo, Dylan & Zeizel, Jared & Peisel, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780761177395
Amazon: 0761177396
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: 2013-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

3. Find them at a hot spot. Try looking for them where they’re

usually found, whether it’s your old house, a local bakery he fre-

quented, or the factory where he worked. Make it easier on your

left brain by providing a familiar stage to set your play. Use door-

ways, other rooms, close your eyes, anything to trick your mind

into believing that you’ll find this person nearby.

Creating Works of Art

In the physical world, art

has always existed as a

hastily I make a chamber in the mesa cliff,

way of expressing the inner

with a hidden airhole too small for a per-

workings of the human

son to squeeze in or out. I add a “chimney”

spirit. It’s only limits are

hole on top so the air will circulate, and

that of the creator’s imagi-

then teleport myself inside. I adjust the

nation and the physical

stone like punching a pillow. —chrIS W.

laws of the waking world.

But can’t we start up an

art project in our dreams? Besides its role as an amazing creative

outlet, creating art while lucid dreaming has some “practical” ben-

efits: some works of art can take months even years to create in

the waking world, but not in the dream state. You can build a

huge, complicated work in mere moments. Lucid dreaming also

allows you to experiment with art that could not be physically con-

structed on the planet Earth. For example, if you’re an architect,

don’t wait for that funding to come through—build your dream

building!

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1. Intention. Wake up before your last REM cycle. Slap yourself on the cheeks, some cold water might help. Now, think about the art

that you want to create. After deciding upon your creation, go to

sleep with the intention of making it.

2. The right tools for the job. Because your stubborn brain is still somewhat tied to the physical world, it will be helpful to use the

proper tools that you’re used to working with. Once you are lucid,

seek out your materials or create them. If you are painting some-

thing in the dream space, use paint and a brush on canvas. As time

goes on, you’ll find that you won’t need paint tubes. Eventually,

brushes will also become obsolete and you’ll be able to paint with

only your mind.

3. Thinking outside the frame. Part of being an artist and a lucid dreamer is trying out new things. The dream world is at your fin-gertips, so why paint on just canvas? Try painting a building. Hell,

trying painting an entire planet! Don’t just sculpt a statue, sculpt

a civilization. If you like movies, create one that you can walk

around in. Write a song and ask a sycamore tree to sing it for you.

In the dream world, the only limitation to art is your imagination

and your own concepts of what’s possible.

Thinking Big

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can create things of

higher complexity and with more ease. You won’t need the

comfort blanket of waking-world logic as you effortlessly manifest

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