We dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us.

I like the way dreams present themselves as words and images that are trying to get your attention using your model-making brain's ability to make up stories.

We dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us.

I think both science and art are impelled by curiosity: What's really happening? How do things really function? How can I really engage with the world around me? These are questions that artists and scientists both ask.

I agree that dreams seem to be involved in laying down memories but I realise that dreaming gives us access to a part of our brain we do not normally have access to.

I think the neural pathways in our brains affect what happens in our bodies, and so can alter our health.

Shamanism is the oldest form of communicating and healing. It probably resides in all of us.