Dream Work will develop foundational techniques for tracking, understanding, and analyzing our dreams. We will study foundational literature such as the analytic works of C. G. Jung, Dreams to help us tap into our natural abilities to dream deeply and lucidly, and interface with dreams as a divinatory practice, a method of introspection to foretell the future or discover hidden knowledge. Additionally, we will learn the unique language of dreams as it appears in spiritual and psychoanalytical practice, and strengthen our abilities to consistently enter the dream world through guided exercises conducted in-class and at home. Through meditation, free-association, and journalling, participants will be asked to identify and map the landscapes, characters, and moods of our individual psyches in the safe space of our classroom and at-home coursework.

Participants will co-create a zine that catalogues our dreams, with the shared goal of building a living, creative archive of a collective subconscious of those who partake in the course. In doing so, our class will mirror the dream world itself: recognizable and communal, but creatively individualized. The final zine will be assembled and disseminated by Jillian.

• Hone intuition and spiritual clarity
• Unearth and befriend subconscious feelings and motivations
• Cultivate loving self-confidence and self-knowledge
• Develop a centered journalling practice
• Publish a zine to add to your creative portfolio

Week 1 – Scape

Sensing + mapping the -scapes of our dreams, and recognizing these locations as one with a cohesive world.

Week 2 – Visitation

Identifying who/what appears in our dreams, and understanding what those visitations mean.

Week 3 – Lexicon

Decoding messages imparted by dreams and gaining fluency in common dream language + symbolism.

Week 4 – Embodiment

Developing techniques for dreaming as practice, including lucidity exercises.

C. G. Jung, Dreams

The seminal work on dreams as windows into both our subconscious and conscious ways of processing the world

Toko-pa Turner, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home

A gorgeous book on dreams and memory serving as a spiritual anchor to remind us of who we are and have always been.

Lee Irwin, The Dream Seekers: Native American Visionary Traditions of the Great Plains

An accessible, comprehensive book of Native American understandings of dreams.

Jillian MarshallI, PhD, is an educator, published author, musician, and visual artist with over fifteen years’ experience teaching everyone from kindergartners to seniors -- and from the public schools of New York City, Chicago, and rural Japan to the Ivy League. Having consciously left academia, Jillian centers her teaching practice on building community and bringing scholarly rigor to subjects not usually given formal attention, but equally (if not more) deserving.

Index scholarships are designed to benefit underrepresented groups, BIPOC members of our community, and those for whom the class price is not accessible. These need-based scholarships will go to the candidates who best demonstrate why they should be chosen for the free spot to our class based on the following criteria:

• Belong to groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the graphic design and creative industries
• Do not have jobs that would pay for these courses as professional development
• Cannot independently afford the class at list price
• Share our value of intentional community

The number of selected applicants chosen is subject to the discretion of Index and the instructor, but every course will select at least one. Apply for a scholarship here. Applications close January 6th.

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