Tuesdays April 7 - April 28 (4 sessions - this RSVP is to attend ALL 4 SESSIONS) * 8-930pm

The Dream Journal: A User’s Guide
with Bernard Welt

Even if you never remember your dreams, you can easily master a few simple tricks to catch them before they disappear, and establish a practice for keeping a dream journal and drawing upon dreams as a resource for inspiration and self-knowledge.

An introductory acquaintance with the psychology and cultural context of dreams and dreaming will offer new insights into your own dreams, and enhance your appreciation of symbolism and the place of the unconscious mind in art and life.

In 4 90-minute weekly sessions we’ll cover:
1. Training in recalling, recording, and exploring dreams
2. Current data and theories on the neurobiology and functions of dreaming
3. Modern views on finding meaning in dreams, from Freud and Jung to contemporary research on metaphorical and associative thinking
4. Cultures of dreaming through history and around the world

Participants will share dreams, using a gentle, non-intrusive method for unlocking the metaphors that structure dreams, and providing models for how we can explore dreams on our own. For more shared exploration of dreams, sign in to the weekly Dream Cafes hosted by Rhizome DC and announced on this website.

This course is suitable for persons 16 and over. Dr Welt is happy to present a course outline with writing opportunities for anyone who wants to use this experience as part of a home-schooling plan during the current health crisis.

Bernard Welt is Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University, where he created model interdisciplinary courses on dreaming that have influenced others around the world. He is the co-author, with Phil King and Kelly Bulkeley, of Dreaming in the Classroom: Practices, Methods, and Resources in Dream Education (State University Press of New York), the first major academic study of the use of dreams in education.