Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/ Dream Research & Education Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/ 32 32 Dreaming and Technologies of the Sacred https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:26:27 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4681 This is the written version of the presentation (with a 7-minute time limit) I made on Sunday, January 11, to the attendees of the Dream x Engineering Symposium at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thanks to Adam Horowitz, Michelle Carr, Karen Konkoly, and all the others who organized and participated in the symposium. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-technologies-of-the-sacred/feed/ 0 Why the Elsewhere Dream Journaling App Is the Best https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/ https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:59:33 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4671 As both a dreamer and a researcher, I find myself completely enchanted by the Elsewhere.to dream journaling app. Amazed. Smitten. Blown away. Impressed beyond all reckoning. And very excited about the future for dreamers all around the world.  For the longest time, I wondered what it would take to create a dreamer’s playground: a private, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/why-the-elsewhere-dream-journaling-app-is-the-best/feed/ 0 The Importance of Dreaming for Memory https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/ https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:15:28 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4668 It may seem hard to believe for those who rarely remember their dreams, but psychologists have found strong evidence that sleep and dreaming are closely intertwined with the dynamics of memory. Whether or not the dreams are consciously recalled in waking, the dreaming process seems to play a valuable role in the underlying system by …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-importance-of-dreaming-for-memory/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 3 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:42:22 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4666 The winner of this year’s “Audience Choice” award went to Daniel Rabanea for “Bends.” Daniel described the dream that inspired his film as follows: “I was alone on the beach. At first everything seemed calm until the sea started to look strange. A wave formed and grew bigger and bigger. My fear grew along with …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 2 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/#respond Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:30:41 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4664 The prize for this year’s Best Animation Style went to Daniele Grosso for “The Bird Insect Tornado.” Here is Daniele’s description of the dream that inspired the film: “I am at a picnic on the bank of a river with some friends. I notice a flock of pinkish colored bird insects flying around a tree. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 1 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:26:24 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4661 The prize for this year’s “Best Animation Narrative” went to Jessie Rodriguez for “Dreams – A Memory of Ghosts.”   This is how Jessie describes her work, which all the judges of the festival agreed is an outstanding piece of dream creativity: “My new animation, ‘Dreams: a Memory of Ghosts,’ explores how I seem to …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/feed/ 1 Reflections on An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming (1997) https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-dreaming-1997/ https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-dreaming-1997/#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 22:10:11 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4657 Early in my career, I had attitude about writing “secondary” texts. I didn’t want to write about what other people thought, I wanted to write about my own ideas. That’s why when the opportunity arose to write a book intended as an introductory textbook for college students, I hesitated. The offer came by way of …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-dreaming-1997/feed/ 0 Interpreting Dreams with AI-Generated Imagery https://bulkeley.org/interpreting-dreams-with-ai-generated-imagery/ https://bulkeley.org/interpreting-dreams-with-ai-generated-imagery/#respond Sun, 04 May 2025 19:54:59 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4647 The image-generating power of new AI systems has huge untapped potential for the practice of dream interpretation—and some potential downsides. Even more than AI interpretive texts, the dramatic power of AI interpretive images may open new vistas for exploring the meanings of dreams. The Value of Dream-Sharing The difficulty most of us have in understanding …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/interpreting-dreams-with-ai-generated-imagery/feed/ 0 Reflections on Among All These Dreamers (1996) https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/ https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:38:26 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4641 The first time I attended an annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams was in Santa Cruz in 1988. For the next several years (London in 1989, Chicago in 1990 (which I hosted), Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991) these conferences gave me an opportunity to learn more about the various ways in …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/feed/ 0 SDDb Upgrade https://bulkeley.org/sddb-upgrade/ https://bulkeley.org/sddb-upgrade/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:50:44 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4634 At long last, after many twists and turns, a new and improved version of the Sleep and Dream Database (SDDb) has been released, just in time for spring! Many thanks to the Elsewhere.to team–Gez Quinn, Kat Juncker, Dan Kennedy, and Victoria Philibert–for their help in the upgrade process.  The SDDb is a growing archive of …

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