Dearm

Dreams are strange, aren’t they? Sometimes they make perfect sense, like a reflection of our hopes and worries. Other times, they’re bizarre fragments of thoughts and memories, stitched together in ways that defy logic. We might find ourselves flying above a city, talking to people we’ve never met, or waking up with a lingering emotion we can’t explain. But no matter their form, dreams hold a certain kind of magic — they take us somewhere else, even if only for a few hours each night.

In our dreams, we are free. We can become anything: a hero, an explorer, or even someone we've longed to be in waking life. This freedom makes dreams both comforting and powerful. They offer a safe space to confront our fears, revisit forgotten memories, or escape from the limits of reality. Some say our dreams are reflections of our subconscious mind — signals from the parts of ourselves we don’t always listen to.

At times, dreams can also be a source of inspiration. Great artists, musicians, and writers have credited dreams with sparking their creativity. Salvador Dalí embraced dreamlike imagery in his surrealist art, and Paul McCartney once claimed that the melody of “Yesterday” came to him in a dream. Even scientific discoveries have been linked to dreaming — the structure of the benzene ring and the invention of the sewing machine were both said to be inspired by dream visions.

Of course, not all dreams are joyful. Nightmares remind us that the mind can sometimes be a dark place. But even those dreams, uncomfortable as they are, have something to teach us. They remind us of what we fear, what we value, and what we might need to confront in order to heal.