Lucid dreams (LD) are a great platform for creativity. For lucid dreamers, of course, this is nothing new. Writers have been known to source plots for novels from LD, poets wake up with poems in mind, and painters draw in the morning so as not to forget the images they saw in a dream. Recently, the LD theme has been reflected in music, in two places on our planet almost simultaneously.
Toronto-based duo Majid Jordan released their third studio album, Wildest Dreams, on October 22. In an interview with Complex News, the musicians shared their dreams. Jordan revealed that he sees lucid dreams that always include an element of music. About once a month he dreams of the house in which he grew up, but rather than his family, the house is populated by his friends of recent years, and there is always some melody playing in the background.
Two days earlier, on October 20, Maika Loubté, a singer, songwriter and producer from Tokyo, presented her new album (also her third, in a symbolic coincidence) under the name Lucid Dreaming. According to the Anime News Network website, the album tells a story in which dreams and reality intersect. In her songs, the singer reflects on her personal experience of being conscious in a dream. Interestingly, the cover depicts an alien (encounters with UFOs can also be a sign of being in a phase state – a term combining LD, out-of-body travel, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, etc.).
As the singer adds: “I tried to make this album a mixture of my conscious and unconscious mind that included the music I can hear in my dreams. At first it was an experiment, but after I finished the album, the experiment became a story I wanted to share.”
Have you compared works of art inspired by LD with those rooted in reality? In your opinion, is there any difference?
