Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

A recurring dream probably merits close attention. Something wants you to pay attention.

I try to see what the dream might be referring to - because the information in the world is being interpreted by my brain which only has the concepts derived from our five senses. So I think of the sequences in my dream as my brain doing its very best to process information in a way it knows I can deal with.

I know I have different priorities when I am close to dreaming and coming out of dreaming. I notice I am connected to people in a different way, and connected to the earth. For me, I have exactly the same emotional responses when I go through into shamanic trance.

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

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.

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.