posted February 26, 2007 12:19 AM         

Not long after I posted my article on lucid dreaming Dream Lucidity: Find Oneself Dreaming here in Universal Codes a little while ago,
there was a freaky timely/synchronistic happening.
Chris Wayan, the artist who had given me permission to use his artwork for my article, reached me through a friend, looking to contact me to ask my permission to use the segment of my own flying dream that I had written in my article at his Dream website, World Dream Bank.
It had been 3 years since I had written the article and I have never posted it anywhere else before, so for him to contact me at the same time of posting it here after all of those years tripped me out, in a surprised and smiley way.

He has since submitted my dream into his site, in the dream's initial entirety,in which, on from flying, I went on to become engulfed by a Raven's shadow and flew to break free from it and was rebirthed as a baby eaglet. I left that part of the dream out of article, because at the time of writing, I was only concerned with presenting a small example of a lucid dream experience.
Chris has graciously painted me (from a picture) as a bird-woman with wings!
You can read my dream and see Chris' beautiful art inspired from my dream here~
http://www.worlddreambank.org/L/LUCIFLY.HTM

posted February 26, 2007 12:21 AM         

Chris Wayan's website, The World Dream Bank,
http://www.worlddreambank.org/
is a collection of dreams, described by the dreamer and often enchanced with Chris' artistic visualizations.
Well, his brief intro/description of the site is:

A library of 1500 dream texts and images, sorted by topic. Do you want funny, sexy, spiritual, scary, or lucid dreams? We got 'em. Dreams are uncensored, but potentially upsetting ones have warnings. Dream well! -- Chris Wayan, 2006

Chris and I have exchanged a few letters,
and he's expressed how he is looking (well, always welcoming) for dreamers to submit dreams to his site.
From one of his letters to me~

"I built the site partly
to help other dreamers who felt isolated or unique.
So... what AM I looking for? All kinds of dreams, and
especially the odd ones hard to classify, that might
make an isolated dreamer feel like a freak. What else?
Anything you loved, or that haunts you. They don't
have to be advanced, peaceful spiritual dreams--I also
like wild adventure dreams, nightmares that force you
to face a truth, low, stupid, funny dreams, sexy
dreams that leave you glowing (or blushing) all day. I
don't know, really--just dreams that help readers see
what their own dreams can be. I've been shocked at the
spiritual vacuum in middle America that my readers
report, and how hungry people are for a practice they
can do without external support or intermediaries,
that can address burning personal issues and also get
them beyond the material level. And dreamwork does
both.
Oooops, rant!

So, really, the answer is: any vivid dream you the
dreamer are fond of--and outrageous is just as good as
transcendent. You know how eclectic the dreams
already on my site are!

The only guidelines I can think of are: I'd like the
date of the dreams, as close as you can determine,
since I keep a chronological index, and of course the
dreamer's name, (if the dream's really embarrassing a
speudonym is fine. On the other hand, adding your
email if you want feedback is also fine.) Both a bio
and some notes on the dream's meaning to you are good
but not essential. I tend to tell a dream in the
present, without analysis, and then speculate on it
only in after-notes, but I suspect my style's been
affected by reading a lot of fiction--"show, don't
tell"--and by my belief (well, suspicion) that dreams
ARE real life on some different plane, not just
symbolic stories told in the mind. But most dreamers
have other beliefs--they should write it their own
way. Dreams drawn without words, written up as news
articles, poems, songs, whatever!"

So, I really wanted to share this here and hope any of you who would like to check out his site will...or if you would like to submit a dream of your own, that would be cool as well. (to do so click on "streamlined Add Your Dreampage" on the top of his homepage)

I really think Chris' vision of having a safe refuge for others to share their dreams is a worthy one and the potential is awesome for dream exploration, as well as learning more about ourselves and the infinitely awing Universe as well, through our Dreams.

posted February 26, 2007 01:07 AM         

Thanks Lialei, some really great stuff here on dreams. Thanks for sharing this. Love those pics that he did for your dream.

posted February 26, 2007 03:02 PM         

The artwork that Chris Wayan does at his site is just awesome. The bird woman in that artistic drawing of Lisa is an amazing likeness of her. I want to see if I can buy the print from him.

Okay, as a mom I can't help but show the pictures. You can see how much his drawing resembles Lisa from her picture here.

Hope you don't mind, Lisa

posted February 26, 2007 05:08 PM         

------------------
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

posted February 27, 2007 08:05 AM         

Dean.

posted March 01, 2007 01:48 AM         

I hope you will check out Chris' website.
I really think it's such a creatively unique endeavor. I admire his pioneering spirit and the way he is so open to explore and share these other realms and give a space for people to discover more of themselves through their dreams.

We talked a bit about future possibilites, such as Dream Theatre (actually a friend of his does improvisational dream theatre ) or maybe in the future, ever expanded from Art depicting Dreams, people being able to produce video/movies of dreams that were profound to them in some way as a keepsake for themselves to remember or even share (show) their dream experience to others.
As sometimes Dreams can be just as, if not even moreso, as spiritually/psychologically transformative and profound as experiences in our 'awake' lives.

I was really grateful to think how I have a visual keepsake of a Dream that was so important to me. (thank you again, Chris )

posted March 01, 2007 01:49 AM         

As this came about naturally and I really didn't plan to post my picture here at LL, here's a more recent picture where I look more naturally like myself (the other was much more make-up than I normally wear--as a Vampiress for Halloween)The one and last time, feeling bashful at being 'out there'.

posted March 01, 2007 11:47 AM         

I tend to believe that our Dream time is more the real time and our awake time is the illusion. KEY WORD Here is " Awakening "

We're getting there, but not yet all " Awakened " from our slummber's!!!

I so love the way you embrace life Lialei, your heart is pure!!! Big Hug!!!!

Your a Beautiful Lady!!!

" Heart & Soul " is your window!!!!!

Star Sister!!!!!

posted March 03, 2007 06:19 AM         

I imagined that you are that beautiful.

posted March 03, 2007 06:28 AM         

You are such a beautiful person,
inside and out.
Like an angel

posted March 03, 2007 02:13 PM         

Loved that article you posted. And will go to that site to read other dreams as well.