A Dream Never Says…

“A dream never says ‘You ought’ or ‘This is the truth.’ It presents an image in much the same way as nature allows a plant to grow, and we must draw our own conclusions….To grasp its meaning, we must allow it to shape us….Then we understand the nature of the experience.” Jolande Jacobi, Complex/Archetype/Symbol, pg. 196.

That’s how I’m thinking of the #dreamlog, like collecting flowers along the way. Earlier today Wayne noted that #dreamlog has “given a new dimension of meaning to the term “dream-catcher,” and that works too.

The impetus is always there to interpret. As I collect these images many possible “solutions” pop into my head. But without the input of the dreamer, such interpretations are tenuous at best. I refrain from over thinking these self portraits of the psyche as it manifests on Twitter and instead focus on the grammar of the language of dreams.

As Jacobi goes on to say “Every dream is a statement of the psyche about itself.”