I have always had a fascination with dreams and nightmares more precisely. 20 Years ago a comic brought the world of dreams into the forefront. Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Right now there is a semi new Sandman comic coming out. It is an adaptation of Dream Hunters into comic form. Not 100% new, but still something to look forward to.

Beyond that though, the realm of dreams and nightmares has been of interest to me. Often the idea of nightmares would be related to dinner. Something you ate had caused an imbalance in your system and the result of that was apparent in your psyche via nightmares. I don't really believe in that. There was a time when I ate all sorts of weird stuff trying to induce nightmares. Nothing worked. Eating late. Going to bed immediately after a meal. Heavy meals of meat and potatoes. Light meals. Junk food. Ice cream. I tried everything except healthy foods (they scare me...) I never had any better or worse dreams based on food. Likewise, staying up for extended periods just caused me to recall less of my dreams because exhaustion would shut my body down.

This article made me pause and think though. It links creativity to nightmares. For those who don't know me personally, I have a strange mixture of talents. I am an incredibly creative and artistic person. Most of the time. But the other portion of the time I am incredibly logical and methodical. I have spent time in college learning programming and electronic engineering and calculus. I have spent time in college learning airbrush, creative writing and figure drawing (not just for the nude models either!) I wonder if the correlation between nightmares and creativity has any relevance. Often in my life I have had my focus drawn towards one aspect or the other (creative or logical) but never before did I track the frequency of my nightmares. I am going to spend some time tracking it now. Although it may be hard to since this website has gotten me rather intensely back into the technical and logical aspects of my personality. Guess I will test the lack of nightmare portion of the theory first!

Bloody MonkeyZ

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