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Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by intrasight on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:09PM (#31636707)
I consider myself very fortunate that I have very vivid and often lucid dreams - for 50 years since I was a child. My dreams are like cinematic productions - crazy camera work and all. I dream in color and sound. Many of my dreams have soundtracks. I often wake up in the morning with the soundtrack still playing in my head and I turn on my phone and record. I have dozens of them now. When I was ten years old I had a dream where there was a credit role at the end of the dream. None of my friends had dreams like that so I realized at a young age that I had a gift. It's obviously a very personal gift as no one else can fully experience my dreams. I do write the good ones down and share them with close friends. Of course the nightmares are also very vivid too, and also sometimes have soundtracks. I consider myself a creative person but certainly not exceptionally so. But I do feel blessed to have interesting dreams that I remember.
Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by Wistar on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:06PM (#31636937)
I realize that I have amazing dreams of intricate complexity and richness but only recall the impression I had of the dreams upon waking. The rich details dissolve away within minutes. I am left only with the sketchy, and disappointing, meta-data--the impression--I had of the dream.
Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by deltaonefour on Monday June 06, 2022 @03:15AM (#31637990)
It's just a sign of the times. There was a long period of time when everybody dreamed in black and white, then when color TV was invented everyone started dreaming in color again.

I don't know if it's particularly creative to dream with a sound track just as I don't know if it's particularly creative to dream in black and white. But your brain is definitely influenced by cinema.

Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by ushakov on Monday June 06, 2022 @12:13AM (#31637197)
same for me too

i remember my dreams in full details, like the stage, lightning, color, cast, interactions, dialogs, etc.

but mostly only small part of the whole story

music i often hear either when i fall into sleep or wake up, but also when i play it in the dream like a guitar

also i dream of pseudo-code

yeah, sometimes i wish there was a way to screen-capture my dream, because some of them would make amazing blockbusters (like some dystopian lost worlds)

Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by sweetsocks21 on Monday June 06, 2022 @03:06AM (#31637930)
I've often wished for some kind of dream recorder. I have had some very intense dreams, even "inception" style where I fall asleep inside a dream. In these dreams I'll talk to witty people, hear incredible music, see fantastic sights. But once I wake up 90% of the dream is gone and I only remember some highlights.

A weird realization for me is all the events in the dream were produced by me. Yet in real life I'm useless in front of a piano, or a paint brush. It would be great if there was a way to tap into that creativity once awake.

Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by indigochill on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:13AM (#31638502)
> Yet in real life I'm useless in front of a piano, or a paint brush. It would be great if there was a way to tap into that creativity once awake.

Imagination and technical skill (that is, how well you use a piano or paint brush) are orthogonal domains. The way to tap into your imagination is to develop your technical skill to the level where you're capable of translating what you imagine to the physical motions necessary to convey it on canvas.

Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by ushakov on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:06AM (#31638481)
yeah, a dream within a dream is also a thing

i too hear the best music in the world in my dreams

yet after i wake up i forget it instantly

the only thing i remember then is the fact that i heard it, just not exactly what

Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by lukeplato on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:31PM (#31636811)
I too am fortunate to have frequent vivid and lucid dreams. Some of the music generated in my dreams has been the most beautiful I have ever heard. I've always been afraid that I would have less lucid dreams as I got older after reading statistics on lucid dreams, but it's reassuring to hear that you were still able to experience vivid dreams as you got older
Re:Heightened dream recall ability linked to increased creat... by ushakov on Monday June 06, 2022 @12:28AM (#31637244)
i have similar impression of music in my dreams

i wake up with a feeling that what i heard was the most wonderful music ever, yet in reality hardly remember it