I keep forgetting what my dream even IS.

My dream is to BE the artist that I know I AM.

Which is something I am still figuring out, by having a commitment to be deeper and more present in my creative practice. Without focusing on WHAT I am creating, I just want to create more.

I do have a sense of what I would like this to look like - like a few years from now as a body of work develops. But I also want to keep an open mind and let it change.

But then the amnesia sets in.

On our Co-Dreaming/Co-Working call on Friday, which I start with a meditation for meeting the soul of your dream and listening to it…. in the meditation I could not remember my dream. Then the soul of my dream showed up as a tear from and said “Andrea! Get it together! Make a plan!”

Which is also what had come to me in doing my Dream Status Report last week. (Which I started but have not done much with but it’s only Monday as I write this and I want to work on that this week.)

So - it feels like my dream is asking me to remember it better.

The amnesia is fog that sets in...

And then it’s encouraged by self doubt, insecurity, fear about what could happen if this goes well, fear of failure, fear of never figuring out HOW to do what I want to do, panic about what that could mean, shame that I have so many layers of uncomfortable feelings, frustration that this isn’t all easier and then anger, which feels like a sign of system overload.

So the amnesia might just be a little fog but it gets weighed down by all of that.

This is part of the work of Creative Dreaming.

It doesn’t mean I’m doing something wrong or that this dream isn’t viable or now is not the time. It just means that this is the work.

Just like whatever you are facing right now, the thing that makes you think that maybe now isn’t the time or this isn’t the right dream…. that’s just your work.

Creative Dreams come with Inner Work and Dream Work as well as Outer Work.

When you can identify the Inner Work and Dream Work that your dream needs, the Outer Work gets a lot easier.

I can help!

My free guided journal You Are The Magic gives an introduction to this.

Inside the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership, the Dream Book program will guide you through the process of mapping out the Inner Work, Dream Work and Outer Work you need for your dream.

And we have the Creative Dream Alchemy program with libraries of practices to use for Dream Work, Inner Work and Outer Work.

You CAN do this!

If the Outer Work feels stuck, focus on Inner Work and Dream Work and you'll see things shift.

 

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