The Art of Dreaming

August 1, 2001
Ever wondered what that bizarre dream is trying to tell you? Mellick, a clinical psychologist and registered expressive arts therapist, details a multitude of ways to decipher your dreams. A firm believer in subjective dream interpretation, she describes visual, vocal, and theatrical methods for cracking imagery. Examples include writing out dreams in haiku form, making masks of figures from your dreams, and acting out dreams. There's also a chapter that deals exclusively with nightmares and how to uncover their meanings using the aforementioned means, though the thought of reliving them long enough to work them out is off-putting. New Agey, yes, but the insights some of Mellick's patients gained from their dreams ring true. Public libraries with a large spiritualist patron base would do well to purchase this.

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