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Khadejah J's avatar

Hey Izel, this is such an awesome post! I have a sister who always writes down her dreams, but I never really thought to write my down. I will try to now because we forget our dreams so easily! I really enjoyed the Frankenstein piece you added in here. It really shows that creativity can come from anywhere, including our dreams :)

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

Thank you Khadejah! (I had a teacher whose name was also Khadejah!) It truly is marvelous what something small such as dreams can do! And it's so cool that your sister writes them down! You should try it out!

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Khadejah J's avatar

That's so cool Izel! Khadejah is a rare name so always cool to see other people who have it! I definitely will try writing out my dreams! Thank you so much for writing this :)

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Janet Goh's avatar

Now you inspired me to write a post of my vivid dreams! 🙏😊

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

I'm so gald to hear that Janet! Hope you find some inspiration on the way <3

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Lois Keller's avatar

I woke up from a deep sleep surprised I didn’t dream. Instead if getting up, I let myself linger and found them all there. Writing them down now. Thanks for the inspiration, I was getting distracted in substack!

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

Glad this could help you <3

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Harriet @ The Book Cellar's avatar

I think a dream diary would be a wonderful thing to start keeping again. My issue is that I'm so slow to wake up and usually by the time I'm up, all my thoughts are lost haha.

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

That happens to me as well. Most of the time, I can’t remember the dream 😅

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Selda Seyfi's avatar

I love the concept of capturing creativity from dreams. Before I had my first child, I kept a dream diary (now I’m just too tired after waking up to kids screaming during the night). I flicked through it the other day and couldn’t stop laughing. Some of them were so ridiculous!

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

I know right! Like sometimes I literary dream about elephants chasing me! Make no sense at all. But the dream journal is nice thing to do! It’s kinda sad that had to stop it. But I understand. Hope you can continue it again when the kids are grown up.

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Selda Seyfi's avatar

Oh I definitely will continue it again one day!

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Marie Vandoorne's avatar

Love the visuals Izel! 😍

Also, I've been dreaming so much more vividly since I started writing !

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

Thank You!! <3

That's so cool! Guess you could use this strategy then!

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Tania Weatherley's avatar

Great advice. I read a story in substack recently inspired by the writers dream and it was an excellent read.

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Spooky with Izel's avatar

Thank you for reading Tania! Everyone has some unique dreams that can be converted into art.

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Yashraj Singh Giri's avatar

Such an interesting article Izel! I didn't know Frankenstein was born out of a dream. So fascinating. This is lowkey magic. The status of dreams has now increased in my eyes xD.

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