What is Dream Drawing?Dream drawing is a misleading name, but it's one I like to use. This is also called automatic drawing, automatism or dreamism. It is a style of surrealism.
I could not find a large collection of these online and wanted to make one. The artists showcased are ones that have allowed me to share their own. Feel free to contact me to have yours featured! This website is very much a work in progress, so contributions are always welcome. Regardless of artistic ability, I feel like each person can showcase something profound about themselves in each piece, and it is definitely worth sharing, Personally, I use these for spiritual study. That being said, each one is invaluable to me personally. My hopes in publishing these together is that more will feel the same way about them. How do you do it?Here is my personal method. I'm sure there are endless ways to do this, but hopefully this can help you get started.
To do this, it is helpful to meditate or gain a connection to your Higher Self in some way, although that is not completely necessary. I like to use Not-Thinking or gnosis as a method to help keep myself from influencing the drawings as well. What you do is, take a pen and paper, then draw whatever your hand feels like drawing without influencing what is being drawn. To dream draw is like allowing your muscle memory to take control of the drawing, letting it take whatever form it wants to without your help. It feels kind of like itching a scratch on the paper. Even if it seems like nothing, it will eventually take form into something. Even if it looks like nothing, it could be energy that you are drawing. So, it is important to let this keep on going until you feel your hand stop on it's own and you feel like its completed. If you feel compelled to do another, keep on going until you feel no more need to turn to the next page. You can use a pendulum or similar mental methods to ask if another page should be drawn as well. It may be helpful to do a few with your eyes closed too, to avoid having your eyes influence how they space is filled. These will have less form, however. Thanks for checking these out! If you enjoy them, just know that anyone can do this and everyone should, regardless of artistic ability. It can help draw knowledge from your Higher Self and your subconscious mind, and it helps identify your mind's symbology. There is no consensus on where these come from and it is likely different for each person. |