Dreaming creatively?

 

The past 3 nights, my sleep has been uneasy. I have been having the most vivid dreams that I have had in a long time! These dreams are so detailed, I am remembering them quite clearly upon waking, even so much as crying when I woke up the other morning! 

I am quite interested in the meaning of dreams, and often find myself Googling possible meanings to the craziness which manifest in my night time thoughts. But the meanings this time didn't seem to connect to my waking life. As far as I am aware, I haven't been worried about my home life or relationship or my work scenario......and then today I wondered if perhaps my sudden influx of head trips during my sleeping hours was something to do with the fact that I am writing more and using the creative part of my brain in more depth. 

A bit of research has helped me to discover that this could actually be the case. There is something called the Default Mode Network within your brain which comes into play when you are sleeping (which I am going to have to look further into!) But in essence, my brain is trying to problem solve memories from my waking life creatively because it is helping me to think more abstractly. It is quite interesting the more and more I see about the connection between the creative mind and vivid dreams!

I sometimes do write the dreams down, not all of them, but some. The one I had on the first of the three nights did appear to me as a bit like a thriller novel, even if I was the main character!! Even if it only becomes a short story piece, I feel like it does have some potential!

So although these dreams are disturbing my sleep patterns, perhaps I should pay more attention to them as there may be some hidden jewels in there that will help my writing to flourish!! Who knows????

But maybe they could just let off for a couple of nights.......I need sleep!!!