Creativity in Lucid Dreams with Dave Green: Doodles in the Dark

Creativity in Lucid Dreams with Dave Green: Doodles in the Dark

June 1, 2026 · Episode 365

About this episode

Katherine Bell interviews artist Dave Green about his experiences and techniques in creating art through lucid dreaming.

Lucid dreaming, dream art, dream characters, and consciousness all come together in this fascinating conversation with Dave Green, London-based artist and author of Doodles in the Dark: An Artist’s Guide to Lucid Dreaming. In this episode of The Dream Journal, host Katherine Bell talks with Dave about how he creates drawings inside lucid dreams, recreates them after waking, and even hands dream pen and paper to dream characters to see what they will draw. They also explore dream meditation, dream yoga, dream portraits, the history of dream art, and the big question of whether dream characters have a consciousness of their own. If you’re interested in lucid dreaming techniques, dream creativity, dreamwork, consciousness studies, dream characters, meditation in dreams, or the connection between art and the unconscious, this episode offers a rich mix of personal experience, philosophy, and dream research. BIO: Dave Green is a London based artist who creates simple line drawings in his lucid dreams which he re-creates upon waking up. Lately he has been experimenting with giving his pen and paper to other people in his dreams to see what they create. Contact our guest…

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