Dreams and Photography

Vivid dreams, how can we make use of them in our everyday lives? I find photography lets me capture things that I see and sometimes feel in my dreams, colours, angles shapes and more detailed scenes too. Luckily although I dream about real world locations or locations you'd expect to be able to go to in the waking world, mostly the content is positive and non threatening. Which can't be said for some of the dreams I still remember from my childhood.

I dream of lakes or pools of warm water in softly lit caves, forests and woodlands. Vast lands, or small discreet worlds, perhaps even a living room. Sometimes my friends are there, I have conversations with them and almost lucid in nature, I know that I'm dreaming and enjoy the expereince.

But can we externalise elements of our dreams through photography, have you ever found that Narcolepsy, or a sleep disorder can have positive benefits to your creativity? Here's an example of what photoshopping allows me to create with things I see in the real world that once appeared in a dream.