NOVA/PBS: WHAT ARE DREAMS?
Monday, November 16th, 2009 | Permalink
The folks at PBS asked me to be a guest blogger for their “Remotely Connected” blog. I blogged about the upcoming NOVA episode, “What Are Dreams?”
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I like this drawing!
Your picture says that nightmares are useful–this is intriguing. I think I agree with you.
November 25th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Thank you for this look at the neurophysiology of sleep cycles and dreaming. There is a larger story to be told. One of the world’s greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan, left a notebook of 6000 theorems behind when he died, each given to him in a dream. In Mayan dream interpretation, most dreams are interpreted much the same as in western psychology, but there is an understanding that with the supression of ego, dreams can provide more, a door for revelation. There is more on Mayan dreaming at the mayan dream box site, and the opportunity to create an environment for Mayan dreaming while supporting kids with Cystic Fibrosis.
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
The Ramanujan example is a great one in the context of this drawing. I’ve known about it for years but wouldn’t have put it into this context. Doesn’t most of the narrative in Flatland occur during dreams?