dream journal Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dream-journal/ Dream Research & Education Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:59:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png dream journal Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/dream-journal/ 32 32 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 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 Building the Dream Library https://bulkeley.org/building-the-dream-library/ https://bulkeley.org/building-the-dream-library/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:54:00 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4597 Construction is going well so far on the Dream Library, a stand-alone structure on a rural, forested property near Portland, Oregon. As many friends and colleagues know, the project has taken a long time to reach this stage, but at last it’s beginning to take actual shape. The building will provide a long-term archive for …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/building-the-dream-library/feed/ 0 Freud, Jung, and AI-generated Dream Interpretation https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/ https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:58:15 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4548 This is a post I recently wrote about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the practice of dream interpretation.  In coordination with the team at the Elsewhere.to dream journaling app–Dan Kennedy, Gez Quinn, and Sheldon Juncker–we have been experimenting with “Freudian” and “Jungian” modes of interpretation, and the results are very encouraging. Maybe …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/freud-jung-and-ai-generated-dream-interpretation/feed/ 0 New Dream Posts from Psychology Today https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/ https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/#respond Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:08:29 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4538 Here are the recent posts I have written for Psychology Today, going back to the middle of last summer. Although each one is written as a stand-alone discussion of a special topic in dreaming, I now realize they also form a series of interrelated texts, like the chapters of a book I didn’t consciously know …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-posts-from-psychology-today/feed/ 0 Works in Progress https://bulkeley.org/works-in-progress/ https://bulkeley.org/works-in-progress/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 01:02:32 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4360 Despite the many crises afflicting the world right now, or perhaps because of them, my Muses have been quite active recently. Urgent, even. They have inspired several writing projects I hope to share soon.  “Dreams, race, and the Black Lives Matter movement: Results of a survey of American adults” – an article co-written with Michael …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/works-in-progress/feed/ 0 The Best Technology for Studying Dreams https://bulkeley.org/the-best-technology-for-studying-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/the-best-technology-for-studying-dreams/#respond Mon, 31 May 2021 22:04:09 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4300 It’s hard to beat the simple practice of keeping a dream journal. Many exciting new tools are being developed to help us understand the nature and functions of our dreams. For example, researchers are developing technologies for generating a video “read-out” of a person’s dreams based on neural signals from the brain. They are devising …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-best-technology-for-studying-dreams/feed/ 0 Your Dream Journal: A Gift to Future Researchers https://bulkeley.org/your-dream-journal-a-gift-to-future-researchers/ https://bulkeley.org/your-dream-journal-a-gift-to-future-researchers/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:39:08 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3734 Simple steps you can take to help the future study of dreams. Sooner or later, people who keep a dream journal realize they are creating a document of more than just personal interest.  They realize their journal is an amazing window into the lived experiences of a unique individual, offering potential insights for psychology, history, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/your-dream-journal-a-gift-to-future-researchers/feed/ 0 1,001 Nights of Dream Recall https://bulkeley.org/1001-nights-dream-recall/ https://bulkeley.org/1001-nights-dream-recall/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2017 21:18:16 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3485 Between January 8, 2015 and October 4, 2017, I remembered and recorded a dream every night for 1,001 consecutive nights.  Now I’m studying the dreams and trying to find insights that can help in exploring the dream series of other people.  I don’t expect anyone to accept my personal dreams as conclusive evidence for any …

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