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Title: The Art of Dreaming: A Creativity Toolbox for Dreamwork by Marion Woodman, Jill, Ph.D. Mellick ISBN: 1-57324-574-7 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a jewel box
Comment: This book is a jewel box. What a relief to find a book of dream work that encourages one to explore, expand, and appreciate the dream itself, rather than squeeze it down to fit one single theory or crummier yet,to interpret it. Mellick acknowledges while theories can be helpful, anyone else's opinion is secondary to your own. It's your dream and yours alone.
Mellick opens up dreams, as one might a box of paints, and presents a series of brief lessons, ways to work with inner material that are rich, fruitful and ultimately nourishing.
Her premise is that since dreams do not come to us in strings of words, why should we limit working with them to writing and talking. "We can express dreams in the art form that best suits them." (p. 13). The core of the book presents several dozen different art forms, taking from five to fifteen minutes (including a number that make use of words) that can take the most mundane seeming dream and uncover many layers of meaning within it.
By taking her suggestion to treat dreams as visits to another culture, one far more varied and flexible than our waking reality, she makes all dreams, even nightmares, worth exploring. Mellick says (and shows to be true) that "the dream is often the companion of the soul," (p. 18). She would have us settle for nothing less.
I highly recommend this book if you are open to merging your own creativity, no matter if it is embryonic or fully developed, with your nightly visits to the dream garden that grows inside your heart.
Rating: 5
Summary: Living dreams
Comment: The nature of a creative or artistic process is of the same nature as our dreams; they are essentially non-linear and organic. When our dreams give inspiration and form to artistic expression then the dream is no longer limited to an existence within the boundaries of our sleeping life or mental processes. Mellick offers ways to record one's dreams that go beyond simply writing them down or verbally processing them. What is so wonderful about her suggestions is that within them I have a wide range of methods that I may use to creatively relate to my dreams. Not only does she demystify the process of dream work and analysis, but also perhaps more importantly she provides ways to bring one's dream life into waking life, through modes of creative expression such as drawing, painting, writing, movement etc. For example, I have really appreciated learning about energy drawings, something that I can do in just a minute or two in the morning. In just that brief time I can not only record a dream, but give it a form through which it can continue to inform me.
This book has opened up to me a whole new way of relating to my dreams. It outlines and describes very simple yet deeply effective methods of using creative practices to awaken a more dynamic and tangible relationship with my dream life. The processes and methods described in Mellick's book are diverse and functional to a degree that I can recommend this book to anyone, regardless of his or her personal sense of artistic ability. In other words, you don't have to consider yourself an "artist" in order to find this book accessible and insightful.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Art of Dreaming: Tools for Creative Dreamwork
Comment: Psychologist and author Jill Mellick offers much more than a dream interpretation book in The Art of Dreaming: Tools for Creative Dreamwork. Conventional interpretation relies on words to describe dream imagery, and often the words are terribly inadequate. Dr. Mellick says "we can express dreams in the art form the best suits them, in the art form whose structure is most akin to their innate structure."
She then fully describes more than 50 ways to explore dreams, including painting, dance, sculpture, drawing, poetry, music, or any combination of these. She explains several techniques for letting go of expectations and allowing the dream to guide the dreamer to the best form of expression.
Dr. Mellick also recognizes that many people don't have lots of time for working on their dreams. For those with little time for reflection, she provides a chapter titled "Expressive Dream Work in Five Minutes." A companion chapter offers techniques for those who have as much as ten minutes a day for dream work.
Not all dreams are pleasant. She offers help also to those haunted by nightmares, including how to make a healing mandala. She also discusses dreams in which a particular action or image is repeated.
Although most of us prefer to work alone with our dreams, some people find it beneficial to form a dream work group. Dr. Mellick provides guidelines for establishing a group and ensuring that it's beneficial to all participants.
One fascinating exercise asks people to imagine life events as a dream. The events can be ordinary activities. She says that doing this offers a new perspective that can be helpful in understanding our lives.
"The Art of Dreaming is an excellent resource and practical manual that inspires and amplifies self-discovery and understanding of the rich spiritual treasure and guidance that dreams provide."
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Title: Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul by Marion Woodman, Jill Mellick ISBN: 1573245666 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: 14 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Crown of Age: The Rewards of Conscious Aging by Marion Woodman ISBN: 1564558843 Publisher: Sounds True Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dancing in the Flames by Marion Woodman ISBN: 1570623139 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 06 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Bone by Marion Woodman ISBN: 0140196285 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 27 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Holding the Tension of the Opposites by Marion Woodman ISBN: 1564552799 Publisher: Sounds True Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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