{"id":5837,"date":"2013-12-19T08:01:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T13:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2013-12-19T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T13:17:01","slug":"of-dream-and-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2013\/12\/of-dream-and-art.html","title":{"rendered":"Of Dream and Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"-<\/a>Of Dream and Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

a guest blog by\u00a0V\u00e9ronique Barek-Deligny<\/strong><\/p>\n

V\u00e9ronique is\u00a0a gifted teacher of Active Dreaming and creative art in France. \u00a0In this moving and beautiful personal narrative, she describes how dreams revealed family history that was previously unknown, gave her the inspiration for a painting that helped to mobilize a sick friend’s immune system, and introduced a mythic being who gave her confirmation of her creative direction in life. All of which helps to expand our sense of what is possible through Active Dreaming. Scroll down for the original text en\u00a0fran\u00e7ais.<\/em><\/p>\n

As far back as I can remember, dreams have been part of my life. As a child, I feasted on morsels of dreams that stayed with me on waking, parts of puzzles for me to assemble. My mother told me that when the progress of a dream did suit her, she simply made it take another direction. My paternal grandmother was also a dreamer. According to family legend, she often had premonitory dreams. All of this was very present in our lives, but was thought to be just entertainment.<\/p>\n

My way of seeing dreams changed many years later. When my son Antoine fell ill in 2005, my dreams began to show me family references that were previously unknown to me, like the name of a horse that my grandfather Antoine adored for example, or the existence of a great-aunt who died at birth. This series of discoveries helped me to understand \u00a0part of my family story that was relevant to my son\u2019s disease..<\/p>\n

Intuitively, I understood that my dreams gave me access to unsuspected resources. So I began to record them and to date them scrupulously. Without knowing it, I had jumped down the rabbit hole! Soon after, I met Robert Moss and Active Dreaming gave me a frame and a direction to follow. At that time, I was leading workshops on expressive art, scrapbooking, mixed-media, collages. Very naturally, the marriage of these two activities gave birth to my first “Dream Art Journal “.<\/p>\n

I have put the dream in the service of artistic creation and artistic creation in the service of the dream.<\/p>\n

An example that touches my heart concerns my friend Alexandre. He had been seriously ill for several months and I was very worried about his health. I asked for a dream to show me something I could create that might help him.<\/p>\n

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That night, I dreamed that I was at his home, where I took him in my arms and began painting in watercolors. The colors left the picture and I found myself with white circles on a black background. I woke with a feeling of power, and the need to paint this dream right away. I knew that I painted for Alexandre but only later later what I had made… these white circles, stained with red… A for Alexandre, A for Amour (Love)…\u00a0 With my brush I armed his white blood cells to make them stronger and to help them to fight his disease. I offered my painting to my friend, explaining what I had done. I invited him to borrow the imagery. I suggested to him: \u201cKeep this painting in your line of sight as much as possible, Draw on it as a \u00a0generator, pumping out energy to fight the disease\u201d. Today Alexandre is well. He keeps the healing painting in a place of honor in his office.<\/p>\n

When art and dreams are allied, they are powerful healers…<\/p>\n

Quite recently, I met the Deer Woman in a dream in which I was at another of Robert\u2019s workshops, showing my drawings to the other participants. They were in many styles, with varied subjects. As I tidied up my pictures to get ready for the next workshop session, a very tall and very beautiful woman arrived On her head she wore the magnificent antlers of a deer, fashioned from metal and precious stones. She approached me and told me that she wanted to see my drawings. When I woke up, I felt honored by this presence, filled with energy and confidence. I knew I had received confirmation of my life direction. The way of Active Dreaming, marrying Art and Dream, is the way I must follow.<\/p>\n

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De R\u00eave et d’Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0par\u00a0V\u00e9ronique Barek-Deligny<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aussi loin que je me souvienne, le r\u00eave a toujours fait partie de ma vie. Enfant, je me r\u00e9galais des bribes de r\u00eaves qui me revenaient au r\u00e9veil, telles des pi\u00e8ces de puzzle \u00e0 assembler. Dans le m\u00eame temps, j’ai toujours entendu ma m\u00e8re dire que lorsque le d\u00e9roulement d’un r\u00eave ne lui convenait pas, elle lui faisait \u00ab\u00a0tout simplement\u00a0\u00bb prendre une autre direction! Quant \u00e0 ma grand-m\u00e8re paternelle, la l\u00e9gende familiale lui attribue de tr\u00e8s nombreux r\u00eaves pr\u00e9monitoires… Tout cela \u00e9tait bien pr\u00e9sent dans nos vies mais \u00e9tait surtout consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme du divertisssement!<\/p>\n

Ce n’est que des ann\u00e9es plus tard que ma fa\u00e7on de voir les r\u00eaves a chang\u00e9. Lorsque mon fils Antoine est tomb\u00e9 malade en 2005, mes r\u00eaves ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 me montrer des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences familiales qui m’\u00e9taient inconnues… le nom du cheval que mon grand-p\u00e8re Antoine adorait par exemple, ou l’existence d’une grand-tante morte \u00e0 la naissance. Ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments mis bout \u00e0 bout m’ont aid\u00e9e \u00e0 comprendre une partie de mon histoire familiale et le lien avec la maladie de mon fils.<\/p>\n

Intuitivement, j’ai compris que mes r\u00eaves me donnaient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des ressources insoup\u00e7onn\u00e9es. J’ai donc commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 les noter et \u00e0 les dater scrupuleusement. Sans le savoir, j’avais d\u00e9j\u00e0 mis un doigt\u00a0 dans l’engrenage! Peu apr\u00e8s j’ai rencontr\u00e9 Robert et l’Active Dreaming m’a donn\u00e9 un cadre et une direction \u00e0 suivre. A cette \u00e9poque, j’animais des ateliers d’expression artistique (scrapbooking, mixed media, collages…) Tr\u00e8s naturellement, ces deux activit\u00e9s se sont li\u00e9es pour donner naissance \u00e0 mon premier \u00ab\u00a0Dream Art Journal\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

J’avais mis le r\u00eave au service de la cr\u00e9ation artistique et la cr\u00e9ation artistique au service du r\u00eave.<\/p>\n

L’exemple le plus cher \u00e0 mon coeur concerne mon ami Alexandre. Malade depuis plusieurs mois, j’\u00e9tais inqui\u00e8te pour sa sant\u00e9. J’ai donc demand\u00e9 \u00e0 voir ce que je pouvais faire pour lui. Cette nuit-l\u00e0, j’ai r\u00eav\u00e9 que j’\u00e9tais chez lui, que je le prenais dans mes bras et que je me mettais \u00e0 peindre. Partie d’une aquarelle color\u00e9e, je me suis retrouv\u00e9e avec des ronds blancs sur un fond noir. Impressionn\u00e9e par la puissance qui \u00e9manait de ce r\u00eave, j’ai imm\u00e9diatement ressenti le besoin de peindre ce que j’avais vu. Je savais que je peignais pour Alexandre mais je n’ai compris que plus tard ce que je faisais… ces ronds blancs, tach\u00e9s de rouge… A comme Alexandre, A comme Amour… je venais d’armer ses globules blancs pour les rendre plus forts et les aider \u00e0 lutter contre la maladie… J’ai offert ma peinture \u00e0 mon ami en lui expliquant ma d\u00e9marche et lui proposant de se l’approprier. La consigne: avoir cette peinture sous les yeux aussi souvent que possible et surtout s’en servir comme \u00ab\u00a0pompe \u00e0 \u00e9nergie combattive\u00a0\u00bb d\u00e8s que le besoin s’en ferait sentir. Aujourd’hui Alexandre va bien et mon \u00ab\u00a0tableau-soin\u00a0\u00bb tr\u00f4ne toujours dans son bureau.<\/p>\n

L’art alli\u00e9 au r\u00eave… de puissants gu\u00e9risseurs…<\/p>\n

Tout derni\u00e8rement, j’ai rencontr\u00e9 la \u00ab\u00a0Femme-Cerf\u00a0\u00bb en r\u00eave. A un atelier anim\u00e9 par Robert, je montre mes dessins aux autres participants. Il y en a dans tous les styles et sur des sujets tr\u00e8s vari\u00e9s. Je les range pour poursuivre l’atelier, lorsqu’une tr\u00e8s grande et tr\u00e8s belle femme arrive. Elle porte sur la t\u00eate une parure de bois de cerf en m\u00e9tal et pierres pr\u00e9cieuses. Elle s’approche de moi et me dit qu’elle veut voir mes dessins. Au r\u00e9veil, je me suis sentie honor\u00e9e par cette pr\u00e9sence, gonfl\u00e9e d’\u00e9nergie et de confiance. Je venais de recevoir la confirmation de ce que je pressentais depuis un moment. Mon approche de l’Active Dreaming m\u00ealant Art et R\u00eave est bien la voie que je dois suivre.<\/p>\n

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‘Art and text (c)\u00a0V\u00e9ronique Barek-Deligny<\/p>\n

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