Abstract:
“Dreaming is an act of imagination, attesting in al/ men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or, Shakespear" HF.Hedge The saying confirms that the dreaming is the way of be born of new talents ...philosophers , scientists designers, artists and architects, including landscape architects who can make the world something better place, new and creative. Dreaming is the language of mind. It nourishes mind with innovative wondering ideas. Personal creativity is greatly increased by utilizing the information gleaned from the subconscious mind in dreaming. The dream experience is perhaps the most creative form of consciousness that some people will ever experience. When recall these dreams upon waking can take symbols, images and adventures experience and discover what is going on at deeper levels of psyche. Interesting thing is each dream is inspired from the Nature and again it brings new outlook of nature's experience. This is incredible valuable information that will improve creative potentials immensely. By these dreams, the designer or artists or writer ....etc would be able to reinterpret the nature converting their dreams into metaphors that becomes a reality; may be through arts, crafts, science, ...or in other related creation. So why not in landscape !
Citation:
Krishantha, D.K.N. (2007). Landscape as a metaphor [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/1729