It’s the 82nd episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick. Let’s talk about what our dreams have to say about our creative writing life and our mental health.
My own subconscious has been poking at me — sometimes with vigor — for decades, always with the same stick: a recurring dream motif that I have come to call The Lost Apartment.
Listen as I go into detail about these recurring dreams, what they seem to symbolize, and what it all has to do with staying healthy and sane while trying to make stuff (mostly writing) and find success in a creative life.
This episode was recorded on May 2nd, 2023.
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
- Go back one episode to hear a great conversation with the author Anthony W. Eichenlaub.
- This is so close to the mid-century two-tiered end table I mention, it could almost be the same one. Anyone have half a grand so I can buy this thing and have it shipped to me?
- Keoki was a good dog. Read all about him.
- The concept of the memory palace usually refers to a mnemonic device. In this episode, I think of it as a visualization of the emergent property of my memory, creativity, and personality.
- That Sponges episode I mention.
- The next episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick will feature a conversation with author Jeffery E. Doherty.
- I’ll be at the 2023 SFWA Nebula Conference in Anaheim, California. Will you? Say hi!
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