CreativeMornings/Berlin Interview - Margarita Fray on CAMINO, Dreams & Creativity

Our global theme for February is CAMINO, chosen by our Oviedo chapter, a Spanish word meaning “path” or “way.” And this month,  our CreativeMornings/Berlin guest speaker is Margarita Fray, a product designer, creative, lucid dreamer, and founder of Dreamsome.

In our conversation, she shared that in her talk she will explore the link between dreaming and creativity, highlight famous examples of dream inspired breakthroughs, and open up about her own dreamwork and lucid dreaming practice.

1. Margarita, the global theme this month is Camino — a path or journey. How does this idea connect to your journey / path with dreams and lucid dreaming?

I was really excited when I found out that the topic of this month is the path / the journey. I believe that dreams are the ultimate journey within. By interacting with dreams, I have been able to deepen my self-awareness and understand what impact certain life situations leave on me. Lucid dreams gave me the opportunity to connect with the deepest, most wise parts of myself. I wrote a longer-format essay about building a relationship with the Dreamer over months and multiple lucid dreams to give a glimpse of that journey:

https://dreamsomespace.substack.com/p/my-biggest-teacher-myself

2. Do you see a connection between dreaming and creativity? How has dreamwork influenced the way you design, think or create?

This is exactly what my talk will be about. Dreams and creativity are closely linked. Both dreaming and creativity help us see the world in a new way and connect dots that we haven't connected before. In fact, the part of the brain that facilitates dreaming is called the Imagination Network. And what creativity is there without imagination?
For myself, I incubate my creative ideas through dreams, and often my best ideas come to me in the middle of the night or in the morning when I wake up from dreaming. I tend to just flush them out into my notes and edit afterwards. Some parts of the upcoming talk have been written in the in-between state.

3. Last, your CreativeMornings/Berlin talk is coming up soon. What will you be sharing with the community, and what do you hope they take away from it?

In my talk, I will draw the link between dreaming and creativity. I will share famous examples of using dreams to generate creative ideas, my personal experiences with dreamwork, and especially with lucid dreaming (=the ability to be aware within the dream). I really hope to inspire my audience to connect to their dreams more often and perhaps even start learning to lucid dream.

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Interview conducted by Aida from CM/Berlin