I keep a dream journal; it's specifically printed for the purpose, it's called the Wander Dream Journal, published by Baron Fig and I bought it at an adorable art and office supply store called Post in White River Junction, Vermont. I was told Post was started by some former Center for Cartoon Studies students, which makes sense because it had some comics specific supplies tucked in amongst the other stuff. I love this journal because I've been trying to record my dreams since I was a teenager, and this journal has helped me sustain this practice for the first time! That said, months often go by between dreams that motivate me to record them, but at least they're all in on place. The format is helpful. There's a page for recalling the dream, a 1/2 blank page to draw what the dream looked like, and a 1/2 page for interpretation. Along the margins are little boxes to check like: Recurring? Lucid? Mundane? Fantasy? Nightmare? It is the perfect balance of a controlled/freeform journal. Highly recommended! I bought it in February, 2020, right before the pandemic went into full swing. If I keep up my regular pace, I'll probably finish it by the end of this year. I remember far more dreams than I record, but it takes a lot of effort to get anything down, or at least that's always been my experience. Sometimes I have this feeling I'm letting all kinds of awesome material slip through my fingers when I don't record my dreams. But lately I've tried to cultivate more of an "oh well" attitude towards the whole thing. I catch what I catch. The good thing is that this method of recording them seems really effective. When I look back through the journal, the dreams come back to me with remarkable clarity. I have used dream imagery as raw material for comics over the years, but so far, I haven't used anything from what I think of as my pandemic dream journal. I guess it still feels like a work in progress.
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