Creativity In Dreams Essay Research Paper The

Creativity In Dreams Essay, Research Paper

The mind at its Creative Peak .That which the dream shows is the shadow of

such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know

nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time

with outward and perishing things, and are sleep in regard to that which is real

within ourselves..-Paracles The quote on dreams, taken out of the novel by Ann

Faraday entitled The Dream Game, sums up the necessity for the dream and the

importance of our creativity in the dream state. Not only is it imperative to

understand this importance of creativity, but to ask and find out how this

process we call dreaming takes place. One can accomplish this task by using a

step by step approach to dreams. First looking at the mind from a psychological

standpoint and then moving on to the creative process and how it is involved in

dreaming. Ultimately, one will move to see that in a dream, the mind is at its

creative peak because the mind is unconsciously opening doors to information

processed during the day that has been unknowingly passed over. The mind is

probably one of the most complex systems in the body and is constantly being

studied. Though much is still to be understood, scientists have been able to

watch carefully and see how the dream images are produced. Many experts say that

more information is processed in a dreaming brain that in the awake state

(Faraday 17). The brainstem generates signals (PGO Waves) with sensory

information, the brainstem responds to the signals, but is not activated. These

images are the sources of dream images. Although a brainstem is not activated,

the signals do trigger a system called the Central Motor Pattern Generator,

during REM sleep, which causes the sensation of movement during ones dreams

(Hobson 162). REM sleep occurs every 90 minutes of the sleeping state, beginning

first, with short activity and increasing with each passing period. REM periods

are when the eyes move back and forth underneath the eyelids according to the

brain activity in dreaming (Faraday 20). Not only is there a complicated process

in the production of the dream image, but also as the brainstem is producing

signals it causes a reaction called A.S.H. which creates the contents of ones

dreams. A.S.H. or Activation-synthesis Hypothesis is the loss of a

neurotransmitter that chemically charges the mind to process information

differently (Hobson 164-5). These neurotransmitter.s help creativity in

dreams, but are not always used to their full potential. 95%-99% of dreams are

forgotten because the aminergic neurotransmitters are blocked in REM sleep.

However, when awaked in the REM state the transmitters are opened and

information is recorded and remembered; creativity during the dream period is

utilized (Hobson 166). The creative process is looked at from two main views.

The first is that the creative process is not enhanced by dreaming, but when one

is asleep, stress is not invading the mind and therefore it is free to think;

that is the illusion of the mind being more creative. Stress is something that

affects everyone almost every day. When applied to the creative thought process,

it is easy to see how it can become a wall that is difficult to push through.

The dream content can be traced to the current ongoing of the individuals life,

before sleep, and to the emotional level of the dreamer on the subsequent

morning. In a dream, events, thoughts and feelings are reflected, that are

passed by because we are not aware to catch them; we are to stressed (Faraday

4). Stress comes from many sources in life such as home, work, and one of the

most common among young adults and kids is school. When in deeper, longer period

of REM sleep, stress is less and less a factor. This relief, during REM

awakening dreams, leads to more bizarre dreams that include more physical and

emotional activity. Each sense, in a dream state, is enhanced when awakened

during REM cluster (Hobson 155-6). When this view of creativity in dreams is

opened, stress is simply shown to be the cause of suppressing the mind and

blocking the creative/problem solving ability in the awake state. The second

approach to the subject of creativity in dreams, is that the mind is

unconsciously opening doors to the information that we pass over each day, but

unknowingly process. Brain-wave records show, that the dreaming brain is more

active than the one that is awake. Therefore, these records prove that when

dreaming, the brain has more capacity for greater work in a given time. (Faraday

17-19). The records are recorded during the REM phase of sleep, when the brain

seems to be the most active (the creative peaks of sleep). These Rapid Eye

Movements, caused by the brain activity, occur three or four times a night

(Faraday 19). Many experts have studied the psychol

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